GC's Grammar Class 101

Dionysus · #1 05-15-2007, 11:06 PM

Seen vs. saw?

christiangirl · #2 05-15-2007, 11:16 PM

Saw is past tense and seen is past participle I think. I may be messing up the terminology, but seen is used with helping verbs like 'have': I saw vs. I have seen.

RedefinedDiva · #3 05-16-2007, 12:16 AM

I wish some folks would stop throwing an apostrophe in front of every 's' that falls at the end of a word.

And some folks need a constant refresher pertaining to the difference between its and it's. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!!!

BlueReign · #4 05-16-2007, 12:26 AM

I hate it when people confuse "your" and "you're". I even corrected my daughter's hand-made Mother's Day Card for this!!!

She wrote: YOUR the best mother

I said: NO, it should read YOU'RE the best mother. You're is the contraction of

YOU ARE

RedefinedDiva · #5 05-16-2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueReign

I hate it when people confuse "your" and "you're". I even corrected my daughter's hand-made Mother's Day Card for this!!!

She wrote: YOUR the best mother

I said: NO, it should read YOU'RE the best mother. You're is the contraction of YOU ARE

While I hope the poor baby's feelings weren't hurt after all her hard work, every moment is a teachable moment.

Grown, college educated folks still make that mistake....

BlueReign · #6 05-16-2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

While I hope the poor baby's feelings weren't hurt after all her hard work, every moment is a teachable moment.

Grown, college educated folks still make that mistake....

No, she wasn't hurt. She's on her way to middle school and I don't want her to eventually be one of those grown folks still making that mistake.

skeeliteful · #7 05-16-2007, 10:28 AM

I am so glad I have company when it comes to grammer and usage.

When is it appropriate to use a semi-colon ";"?

christiangirl · #8 05-16-2007, 12:27 AM

Double negatives are SO unattractive.

And stop saying 'the' before stuff that shouldn't have a 'the.' Your dog does NOT have "the mange" he just has mange. And your son doesn't like to go outside and play "the basketball."

Lyoness · #9 05-16-2007, 12:29 AM

thanks for who/whom rule. that's the first time it's been explained in a simple manner. i find i have an issue with spelling using the "i" "e" before "c" rule. example: their, friend, etc. how do you know?

christiangirl · #10 05-16-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lyoness

i find i have an issue with spelling using the "i" "e" before "c" rule. example: their, friend, etc. how do you know?

"I" before "E" except after "C" and when sounding as "A" as in "neighbor" and "weigh."

Drolefille · #11 05-16-2007, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

"I" before "E" except after "C" and when sounding as "A" as in "neighbor" and "weigh."

And when that doesn't work and you stare at it for five minutes trying to decide, click the spell check button

christiangirl · #12 05-16-2007, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

And when that doesn't work and you stare at it for five minutes trying to decide, click the spell check button

Yeah, that was implied.

jojapeach · #13 05-16-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

"I" before "E" except after "C" and when sounding as "A" as in "neighbor" and "weigh."

HIJACK!

I swear I didn't understand that rule until watching a Charlie Brown movie where Charlie Brown was in a spelling bee, and he replayed a little ditty where he repeated, "'I' before 'E' except after 'C'."

/HIJACK

I like this thread!

Thanks for the who/whom link.

MysticCat · #14 05-16-2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

I wish some folks would stop throwing an apostrophe in front of every 's' that falls at the end of a word.

Thank you. For example, GLO's is not the plural of GLO.

My pet grammatical peeve is the misuse of "myself" in place of "I" or "me," as in "Redefined Diva, Drolefille and myself will be conducting grammar reviews." And lately, my wife and I have observed a distressing increase the use of "I" in place of "me": "BlueReign appropriately corrected christiangirl and I."

christiangirl · #15 05-16-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

: "BlueReign appropriately corrected christiangirl and I."

I just thought, "Corrected us doing what?" But I get it now.

It's not exactly an error, but I can't stand leaving "I" in lower case on the net. I might if I'm typing in a hurry, but normally I can't do that. It just doesn't look right.