Jasper
Joined: June 9, 2012
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Misplaced clauses?
Can clauses be misplaced because I always thought that they ...
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on: Pled versus pleaded
Jayles is just stating a fallacy, the appeal to popularity, ...
on: Pled versus pleaded
@AnWulf Why do have the need to bash and get rid of Latin...
on: When “that” is necessary
@Warsaw Will, I am not Jayles. And on the note of that no...
on: Word in question: Conversate
@smitty No one cares....
on: When “that” is necessary
"That" can be a demonstrative pronoun or a relative pronoun....
on: One of the most...
Yes, I don'r consider those as errors either. But most presc...
on: One of the most...
Actually, considering that errors is being compared to more ...
on: Misplaced clauses?
Warsaw Will, What kind of linguist books do have? I wish t...
on: Misplaced clauses?
Thank you, Warsaw Will....
on: intend on doing?
Happy New Year, Warsaw WIll and everyone else! Anyway, I ...
on: intend on doing?
Whoops, your not you're....
on: intend on doing?
Although I would not say it sounds wrong, its grammar, which...
on: concerning
Denkof Zwemmen, Is your outcry because of concerning bein...
on: my being vs me being
What about "warned"? I have a hard time accepting "warned" a...
on: Medicine or Medication?
On Porter's lyrics, I think was merely to maintain a rhyme w...
on: Verb-tense agreement for a quote that is still true
On Porter's lyrics, I think was merely to maintain a rhyme w...
on: American versus British question
Hairy Scot, http://images.wikia.com/bloons/images/8/83/Ho...
on: “Bring” vs. “Take” differences in UK and American English
I found this article helpful: http://www-personal.umich.e...
on: Complete Sentence
theshockdoctrin, The verb is "delivered" but the subject ...
on: “Bring” vs. “Take” differences in UK and American English
I want to say it is because the two words are so similar. Bo...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
Yes, I did that just because I wanted to compress the phrase...
on: Exact same
This may help: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/exac...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
Oops, in the example (center): (that person)/(she/he/they/et...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
In subjective complement forms: She is Mary= Mary is She. So...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
Thanks Warsaw Will, I believe that, when in a nominal cla...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
Hey, Warsaw Will, Would you mind helping me this problem:...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
No one is trying to get rid of singular and plural. I, and s...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
I didn't say that I didn't believe in language families; don...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
"...and English grammar needs to correspond with that of mos...
on: “Anglish”
Personally, I think that adding Anglo-Saxon words would be g...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
Warsaw Will, Could you provide a link to your find?...
on: Not just me who thinks... or Not just me who think... or Not just I who think... or Not just I who thinks...
For the first, well, if we add "Is it" to "Not just me who t...
on: “If I was” vs. “If I were”
Brus, I think you mistook me for being part of your and W...
on: “If I was” vs. “If I were”
I'd simply add the word still: "If I were still the Prime...
on: Whom are you?
Warsaw Will, I apologize for acting a little contentious ...
on: When “one of” many things is itself plural
I know this is a 'dead thread', but I believe the problem li...
on: always wanted to be
"J. K Rowling always wanted to be an author." ~ (Simple Past...
on: “and” or “but” followed by a comma
Porsche, are you perhaps British because I've seen British a...
on: Latest vs. Newest
I use ensure and I'm an American. And I like the sound of fi...
on: Latest vs. Newest
D. A. Wood, "I also proudly write American English, and "...
on: Latest vs. Newest
D. A. Wood, You're not being specific nor are you being g...
on: me vs. myself
Like is a preposition, and by that logic, the pronoun should...
on: Pronouncing “gala”
Anwulf, what's the book about?...
on: Latest vs. Newest
Jeremy, I, somewhat, concur....
on: Latest vs. Newest
D. A. Wood, all I said was that nouns can be used as adjecti...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
Actually, Perfect Pedant, that was simple mistake on my part...
on: Latest vs. Newest
Nouns can be used as adjectives....
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
D. A. Wood, In correct, formal grammar everyone and every...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
Brus, The slippery slope argument relies on fallacious lo...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
Oops: "...that is why they/them/their is used." That should ...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
Brus, Everybody is a singular subject and so takes on a s...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
I'm sorry but using they, them, and their when referring to ...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
Well, it provides a 'verbification' format like ennoble (fro...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
I know this is old, but I rather like enslaffen, which is de...
on: Acronym-verb agreement
It should be singular; however, that only depends if you're ...
on: Shall have done？
My teacher told me that should/could/would also denote the f...
on: One of the most...
I think it has to do with the fact that most is a superlativ...
on: “It is what it is”
'It is what it is' is sentence with a noun clause (what it i...
on: that vs. if and whether
I would say 'if that' because 'that' is relative pronoun tha...
on: Whom are you?
@Warsaw Will, Although you might find it stilted, 'whom d...
May 11, 2013, 2:30pm • 0 vote
on: Pled versus pleaded
Whoops, the fallacy that if only a few people know or believ...