Erik's Grammar Guide - Page 16

cleeeeeeeeeetus! · #**151** (**permalink**) 07-24-2007

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Originally Posted by PhilliesPhan

Seen it earlier? Hah.

Where have you been these past few month(s)?

Working two jobs, trying to make some money for the family. Other than that, I really haven't had the time for much of anything. If I did have free time, I'd play a little WoW... but that's about it.

`NthErik. · #**152** (**permalink**) 07-27-2007

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Originally Posted by skeRer

Somehow, I've never made any of the mistakes that have been pointed out

Something I find hard for me is the spelling of words that have 2 "n", 2 "t", 2 "l" etc. etc. Like "literally", "Honestly" etc. etc. Now i'm good with them but some of them are tricky. That's a good thing I have a english/french dictionnary not too far from my desk
Same goes for words with a "e" at the end (or when they don't have one I think they do.. ) such as "sense", "fabulous", "jealous".. I kinda found the trick but I still misunderstand some of them. :/

Dictionary*

I see why you messed that up though since in French it's "dictionnaire".

skeRer · #**153** (**permalink**) 07-27-2007

Ahah

Thanks for correcting me =) I do this kind of mistake pretty often.. Sometimes, in french you need to double a letter, when in english you don't need to.. God damn exceptions

<3

Cpt Camp · #**154** (**permalink**) 07-27-2007

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Originally Posted by `NthErik.

Well that is a rule but it's not necessarily set in stone. "Further" can be used in both senses; farther can't be.

I'm focussing mostly on the things I notice in the forum and things that are definitely wrong. If you want to make a thread on disputed things in English, like whether the past participle of "to sneak" should be "sneaked" or "snuck", then be my guest. It's only that it's not the focus of this particular thread.

That's a good one to put under the spelling section. I always see it misspelled or abbreviated as "deff." with two f's.

Socom · #**155** (**permalink**) 07-30-2007

Why do you have to put an apostrophe at the end of word that end with "n" or "a".

Example- Goin' or Wanna'

`NthErik. · #**156** (**permalink**) 07-30-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Socom

Why do you have to put an apostrophe at the end of word that end with "n" or "a".

Example- Goin' or Wanna'

The apostrophe denotes a deleted letter, in the case of "goin'", it's a 'g'. It's for the same reason that you put an apostrophe in "doesn't".

o Shifty · #**157** (**permalink**) 07-30-2007

Thank you for making this thread, I hate it when people use bad grammar and misspell words

MiStEr NeWb · #**158** (**permalink**) 07-30-2007

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Originally Posted by o Shifty

Thank you for making this thread, I hate it when people use bad grammar and misspell words

The irony of this post is killing me.

`NthErik. · #**159** (**permalink**) 08-08-2007

All right I've just added one that's really been annoying me.

People tend to write things like "noticable" or "irreplacable". These would be pronounced "no-ti-ka-bl" and "ir-re-pla-ka-bl". The correct spelling is "noticeable" or "irreplaceable", the 'e' is retained so the pronunciation of the 'c' is kept soft.

Captain 67 · #**160** (**permalink**) 08-08-2007

Well done, Erik. I always thought of myself as a decent writer, and now I refer to this thread.

Thanks.

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