Grammar Discussions

[JessicaTam]

Targeted spelling error?

 

[Deleted member]

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Targeted spelling error?

And Grammar

 

[clazman]

My claim to fame is i got 51% in English... may be we could take this to the next level and highlight the mistake and what it should be. I cannot see the spelling or grammar mistake

 

[get me outta here]

Well, a draw is like 'quick draw McGraw'. Whereas a drawer might be what is in this box.

"High quality wood board with lacquered in white", is nonsensical, perhaps it could say, 'High quality wood board with white lacquer'.

My claim to fame is i got 51% in English... may be we could take this to the next level and highlight the mistake and what it should be. I cannot see the spelling or grammar mistake

 

[Captain Halliday]

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Targeted spelling error?

It's a shame the accessories are not included. I've been looking everywhere for a giant pineapple for my bedside.

 

[medhead]

Is there redundancy in saying the hardwood legs have a natural colour?

 

[JessicaTam]

Is there redundancy in saying the hardwood legs have a natural colour?

Well one leg is natural coloured. I am not sure what the others look like.

 

[SeatBackForward]

And Grammar

With errors like that, no wonder they recommend kids stay away until the box is gone.

 

[ketsuzei]

From 1926:

"...it is a good deal better to use who wrongly, because that is the common error, than it is to use whom wrongly, because that is the uncommon error, and sounds alarmingly like the error of pretense."

http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper4...Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1926 - 8217.pdf

 

[get me outta here]

That's succinctly put.

From 1926:

"...it is a good deal better to use who wrongly, because that is the common error, than it is to use whom wrongly, because that is the uncommon error, and sounds alarmingly like the error of pretense."

http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper4...Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1926 - 8217.pdf

 

[whatmeworry]

Ok confess, who corrected this sign?

 

[get me outta here]

Plus, there was more to correct. But, maybe the overseas buyers could get the gist of it.

Ok confess, who corrected this sign?

 

[sergeyvzn]

Shocking...but I've seen worse. I work for a NSW Government agency and often sit on recruitment panels. If you could see what people write in their job applications for some really high level and high salary positions...claiming that they have MBA etc

 

[whatmeworry]

Plus, there was more to correct. But, maybe the overseas buyers could get the gist of it.

The buyer is probably most interested in the last line. "Two Townhouse permit!".

 

[get me outta here]

My favourite incoming job application on a panel that I was on, in answer to a particular requirement was ,"no worries there", with no further information supplied. It gave me the best laugh of the day.

Shocking...but I've seen worse. I work for a NSW Government agency and often sit on recruitment panels. If you could see what people write in their job applications for some really high level and high salary positions...claiming that they have MBA etc

 

[Captain Halliday]

Sorry about the quality. This was taken in a dimly lit market in Bali. In case you can't read the plaque: "Serenity tell em their dreamin"

 

[anat0l]

1. "I didn't think that that was such a bad idea."
2. "I didn't think that was such a bad idea."

Given the two statements above, which is correct?

• One of them is grammatically correct, the other is not (and which one?)
• Both are grammatically correct, but they express different ideas / semantics.
• Both are grammatically correct and express exactly the same idea.
• Both are grammatically incorrect.

 

[sergeyvzn]

1. "I didn't think that that was such a bad idea."
2. "I didn't think that was such a bad idea."

Given the two statements above, which is correct?

• One of them is grammatically correct, the other is not (and which one?)
• Both are grammatically correct, but they express different ideas / semantics.
• Both are grammatically correct and express exactly the same idea.
• Both are grammatically incorrect.

Number 3. Both are correct and express the same thing.

"That" is a subordinating conjunction linking the principal clause "I didn't think" to the subordinate clause "that was such a bad idea".

However - to avoid repetition "that" would normally be omitted. It's perfectly fine and often happens in a spoken language with conjunctions.

 

[cove]

I am still laughing at the grammar corrections on the real estate sign. Now where is my chisel point texta??

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I dunno if this has already been mentioned? I was reading a trip report today and someone had snapped a picture of a t-shirt for sale in SkyMall titled 'commas save lives'.

Printed on the t-shirt was

Let's eat Grandma
Let's eat, Grandma
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commas save lives