I ain't saw more gooder writin then in this forem that I kin think of.
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Portuguese, French, English.
Edit. Spanish is only fourth.![]()
1. Avoid alliteration always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. They're old hat.
4. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
5. Be more or less specific.
6. Never generalize.
Seven. Be consistent.
8. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's superfluous.
9. Who needs rhetorical questions?
10. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
It's not the ones where every word is capitalized, It's the Ones where words Are capitalized at Random that makes Me crazy.See this all the time......
What setting do the old guys use Where The First Letter Of Every Word Is Capitalized?
What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
Tri-lingual.
What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
Bi-lingual.
What do you call someone who speaks one language?
American .
Since we've left humor behind and are talking about serious errors in grammar, can anyone point out the error in the sentence I quoted?Not only could most students not communicate in writing, but many had little to any reading comprehension.
I know the answer to this. Unfortunately, it's the same cause as most grammar problems; lazy.OK - O/T but semi-related.....
Why do SO many people have such an issue with the proper use of the word 'seen'?
I'm a Son of the South and yes, we have many different dialects and word usage not accepted everywhere, but the 'seen' thing seems to cross all borders.
And, IIRC it's covered somewhere around the 2nd Grade.
"Hey - I seen a deer on the way to work!"
"I seen a bunch of AR's at the last gun show"
"Been awhile since I seen a '68 Cadillac"
Sorry - you sound like you dropped out of elementary school.....
This is my thoughts exactly johngalt. I wish more would think this way. It's really a question of respect....if I am trying to ask a serious question and hope to get a serious answer, I do my best to be correct. I consider it disrespectful of me to write in gibberish and then demand everyone else to decipher it.
The forum is a medium for communication. Language defines the rules by which we communicate. Since I am interested in communicating, it is to my best interests to follow the rules as best I can.
Since we've left humor behind and are talking about serious errors in grammar, can anyone point out the error in the sentence I quoted...?
Correct. The implication of the sentence is that the students couldn't read or write well. Saying, "...little to any..." doesn't back that statement up as intended. It could mean "little to a lot" which is not what he meant. Saying, "little to no" or "little, if any,..." would both be correct.“Not only could most students not communicate in writing, but many had little to any reading comprehension.”
Wail, not to pick on Old Cop, but out of curiosity, I am gonna say one should not have double negatives, and I think “little to no” rather than “little to any.”
I wish I could, my friend. There are many things in writing the English language that completely baffle me. What you posted above is one of them. I think some rules are there just to confuse us.“Who” and “whom,” continue to confuse me, though, as well as, at least sometimes, “which” and “that.” How about you explain those two, Rastoff, for the English grammar nerds among us?
1. Avoid alliteration always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. They're old hat.
4. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
5. Be more or less specific.
6. Never generalize.
Seven. Be consistent.
8. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's superfluous.
9. Who needs rhetorical questions?
10. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.