LannyPC
TUG Member
True. But I wasn't talking about something like that. I meant something like '"Your going to the store".
Ah, I see.
True. But I wasn't talking about something like that. I meant something like '"Your going to the store".
Using complementary instead of complimentary or vice versa.
Who/whom - never know/can remember the rule when to use whom
Whose - it is, who is, correct?
Are the grammar police the same people as the mattress-tag police?
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...and then there are the sportscasters who don't know the differenced between forte (French, strong part of a sword, pronounced Fort) and forte (Italian/music, loud, pronounced Fort-tay).If we are discussing pronunciation, every sportscaster that puts a T in Wimbledon grates on my nerves.
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...and then there are the sportscasters who don't know the differenced between forte (French, strong part of a sword, pronounced Fort) and forte (Italian/music, loud, pronounced Fort-tay).
Totally agree! And another is effect and affect. I did a quiz on these two once, all of the various uses of the two words, and I was completely confused by the end of the quiz. I failed. And I have a degree in English. So embarrassing.Those were the easy ones.
The real killers are lay and lie, laid and lain.
Anyone who can use those verbs correctly is a grammar genius.
My first job was World of Sleep in Denver, from age 18 to 21. I worked in the warehouse, and people would actually call us and ask why they cannot remove that tag on their new mattress.Are the grammar police the same people as the mattress-tag police?
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It's very daring to write articles like this, as you have to get everything right or bear the scorn of a few readers.
My first job was World of Sleep in Denver, from age 18 to 21. I worked in the warehouse, and people would actually call us and ask why they cannot remove that tag on their new mattress.
If we are discussing pronunciation, every sportscaster that puts a T in Wimbledon grates on my nerves.
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