scyllacat
Joined: December 16, 2008 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 38
Number of votes received: 60
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Recent Comments
on: wrong, incorrect, bad
I was all set to say the same thing as mshades; they're more...
on: Usage rules for adverbs
Ah, so there is a reason it sounds wrong. Thanks Jayles....
on: Usage rules for adverbs
oh, dear. The grammatical issue here MIGHT be splitting the...
on: want it that way
Yeah, "I want it IN that way" would imply something other me...
on: “I’ve got” vs. “I have”
Everyone's pretty much said it. In written stuff, it's redu...
on: “I recommend that you do not” vs. “I recommend you not”
yeah, the first sentences are wrong. The verb "do" is gener...
on: Past Perfect vs. Past Tense
Oh, that's annoying. I assumed I could give you a reason I ...
on: i’s vs “i”s
I prefer the first one. It's the one I was taught, and the ...
on: Difference between “lying” and “misleading”
To lie only requires that the speaker not tell the truth. I...
on: Whom are you?
The answer to your question is "not a chance." The verb "to...
on: Interrogative use of perhaps/maybe
Yes. It's not ever going to work for formal English. If yo...
on: Plural of Yes
I believe "Yesses" is correct. It looks really funny, I kno...
on: “she” vs “her”
No, you could NOT both be correct. The pronouns have to mat...
on: There was/were a pen and three pencils...
I disagree. This is one of those cases where sound matters....
on: A piece of irony
Joke's on you. "Ignert" is a colloquial form, frequently pro...
on: Space After Period
It's a style issue, not a rule. There's nothing to argue AB...
on: Fetch Referring to People?
Possibly regional, given the division, but yes, in the South...
on: Difference between a release and a waiver
Agreed. This is not a grammar issue. Grammatically, "waive...
on: Capitalization of dog breeds
#1 is right--except I'm not sure if I should capitalize ""Fr...
on: “all but” - I hate that expression!
I'm fascinated by the idea that came to me that this person ...
on: Why Don’t We Abolish Irregular Verbs and Nouns?
I was going to leave what would probably become an increasin...
on: Teams — is or are?
Sorry. Hopeless American, I don't know these names you're t...
on: There is/are progress and improvements.
I would so not write that sentence, but if it were necessary...
on: Defining a proper noun
It seems to me that anything COULD be defined as a proper no...
on: On Tomorrow
Sounds like it's just an old-fashioned way of saying things ...
on: Speaking with negations
Also what Nigel said. I can imagine the exasperated parent ...
on: Wet vs. Whet
Agreed. "Whet" is correct. An appetite is an intangible an...
on: Teams — is or are?
"Team" is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective...
on: Cut on/off
That's curious. I don't know why. Have you only ever heard...
on: Sleep / Asleep
I have heard it as a dialectic form here in the Deep South. ...
on: Green eyes
Jealousy is the "green-eyed monster," so if someone calls yo...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
Ok, I was speaking in the legal sense. I suppose I should h...
on: Where does the period go?
Oh, I'm going to have fun here. This question is easy, i...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
P.S. "UPS and FedEx will not deliver to PO boxes." Min...
on: “dis” vs “un”
Wow, this is a great question. Given the examples, I guess ...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
I don't know, you must live in Crazyland, from my point of v...
on: Please be advised....
It reminds me that they say, in German (or at least they did...
August 13, 2011, 2:18pm • 1 vote
on: “My writing books” or “Me writing books”?
Except, @goofy, in the example given, "me" is not an object ...