JJMBallantyne
Joined: December 30, 2006 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 126
Number of votes received: 135
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on: Let’s you and me/I
Of course "you and me" is redundant. But that doesn't mak...
on: Try and
"One usually splits an infinitive with an adverb and that is...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
"The verb 'to be' does not take an object." Then "him" in...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
Does the use of "this is her" instead of "this is she" obscu...
on: Try and
"Elizabet's comments above are the last and best words on ...
on: Big, red bull vs red, big bull
"My college Theme Error Rules say to separate two descriptiv...
on: Try and
"Elizabet's comments above are the last and best words on ...
on: Try and
"Some people here are arguing that common usage does not mak...
on: Try and
"Jim [sic], while I'm sure you think you are very clever, un...
on: Try and
"Infinitives should also not be split. For example: '......
on: Big, red bull vs red, big bull
"If it were true then 'little blue bull' would be unusual (w...
on: When to use verbs with an s or without
"Quite clearly it is possible for many speakers to be less t...
on: When to use verbs with an s or without
"However, why one would wish to remain less than fluent in o...
on: Me Versus I
"So there goes the whole accusative, dative twaddle out the ...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
To quote Kent Brockman: here's my two cents. Spell it eit...
on: Spelling with mixed cases
"I recently gave a class of six year olds a spelling test an...
on: Big, red bull vs red, big bull
This really has nothing to do with grammar per se. Both "bi...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
"And, contrary to what some would believe, if the vast major...
on: Wanna know what it coulda be...
Wow! Over two years since this thread got started again. ...
on: Actress instead of Actor
(I realize there are old postings here.) "English is not ...
on: Try and
"If common usage doesn't make it right, then what does make ...
on: perpetrating or perpetuating?
It's a typo or a good old-fashioned spelling mistake....
on: When to use verbs with an s or without
We can certainly overcomplicate English by thinking about it...
on: Exact same
Ignore the "noise" and go back to first principles. Since...
on: Why do we call it “Predicate nominative”
One problem with English grammatical terminology is that too...
April 25, 2008, 8:55am • 0 vote
on: Try and
"Secondly, 'be' [in 'should be'] is not an infinitive, it is...