Comments on: Do You Make These 7 Mistakes When You Write?

By: David

David — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:25:28 +0000

Paul, it’s used this way only for emphasis. Sometimes a sentence might have several connotations.
Note the difference between “He did it” and “He did it himself.” The actual meaning (the denotation) is the same, but the emphasis adds a nuance to that meaning that isn’t easy to convey in any other way.

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By: AJP

AJP — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:37:04 +0000

Yes, “its” is possessive, but you wouldn’t put an apostrophe in “yours” or “his”, so you wouldn’t put one in “its”.

By: Annika

Annika — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:15:38 +0000

I always avoided i.e. and e.g. because I never heard an explanation that clearly explained the difference, but you’ve got me sorted now. Thanks!

By: Nick Cobb

Nick Cobb — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:26:58 +0000

Posts like these always seem to stir up trouble!
Award for the best reply goes to Brian for… “M, you’re absolutely wrong, but thanks for being brave enough to let everyone know.” Excellent!

By: naijadotcom

naijadotcom — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:05:58 +0000

Thanks for this great post,we often overlook the simple details of basic vocabulary when blogging especially when in a hurry.

By: aLfie mella

aLfie mella — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:18:07 +0000

M,
I second the motion. You were too bold to explain, yet you remained still incorrect.

Grammar is not a matter of sounding correct or not. Many blunders–because they have been used for so long–have now sounded correct, but the fact remains that they are still grammatical errors.

‘I’ as a pronoun is used as the subject or in the subject of a sentence; thus, “I will give you a call.”

“Me” as a pronoun is used as the object of a verb or as the predicate or as part of the predicate. Like, for example, “Give me a call,” in which ‘me’ is the object of the verb ‘give,’ as well as a part of the predicate “me a call.” The subject of the sentence is the invisible “you,” as in “You give me a call” or “You give Chris and me a call” or “You give me and Chris a call.”

By: aLfie mella

aLfie mella — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:01:59 +0000

I meant “Chris and me.”

By: aLfie mella

aLfie mella — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:58:07 +0000

It all depends on when and for what we would be using the language. For instance, for informal e-mail messages or letters to friends, typographical errors and a few grammatical (including misspelling) flaws, I think, are forgivable and acceptable. But when dealing with essays, journalistic articles, or formal speeches, for example, correct grammar must be observed.

By: aLfie mella

aLfie mella — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:54:49 +0000

Grammatically/syntactically, the correct pronoun to use is “me” because what this sentence needed was the objective case “me” (‘you’ and ‘me’ here are the objects of the verb ‘give’), not the subjective “I.”

Not all that sounds correct to the person is necessarily technically correct. There are so many grammatical blunders that have “sounded correct” just because they have been used for a long time, but it doesn’t change the fact that the use remains incorrect and improper.

Just my input.