Grammar Nazi

[no bounce no play]

 

[Sundrop]

The words than and then are not interchangeable.....
Then usually relates to time.
Than is used to introduce a comparison.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Who refers to people. That and which refer to groups or things.
That introduces essential clauses while which introduces nonessential clauses.
If this, that, these, or those has already introduced an essential clause, you may use which to introduce the next clause, whether it is essential or nonessential.

Hmmm... English please?

(and btw, all my clauses are essential, thank you very much )

 

[Lisey Landon]

I love this thread
Being a foreigner and a grammar nazi is sometimes problematic. But that is what I am... I am doomed.

 

[Moderator]

Yep.

To and too get me. Too means also, but it also indicates excess.

It doesn't always work, but more often than not, if you can substitute "also" and it still reads correctly, then it should be "too" rather than the preposition "to".

 

[Walter Oobleck]

Anyone remember Conjunction Junction?

 

[Moderator]

It is not between you and I. It is between you and me.

 

[EMARX]

Grammar and I ( me, myself, whatever) have never gotten along. The only thing that remains from my school days is the term "dangling participle", and that's always made me snicker. I just let the words come out and hope they make sense.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I absolutely hate it when I spell a word so badly that even auto-correct is like... "Sorry man, I got nothing."

(how many crimes were committed in that one? )

 

[DiO'Bolic]

And why can't you delete a post if you hit "reply" in error and "enter," even if it wasn't a grammatical error?

 

[fushingfeef]

Here's another one:
Someone calls and asks for you. Do you say "This is him" or "This is he"? I never know, so I just say "Speaking."

 

[Out of Order]

Here's another one:
Someone calls and asks for you. Do you say "This is him" or "This is he"? I never know, so I just say "Speaking."

I usually say, "what the hell do you want?"

Don't get many calls anymore......

 

[Grandpa]

Here's another one:
Someone calls and asks for you. Do you say "This is him" or "This is he"? I never know, so I just say "Speaking."

Pronoun following the verb "to be" is nominative case. "This is he" is correct. If awkward.

 

[Spideyman]

Here's another one:
Someone calls and asks for you. Do you say "This is him" or "This is he"? I never know, so I just say "Speaking."

You can say either, but 'This is he', though rather formal, is a set phrase of telephone response. You can also use the set phrase, 'Speaking.'

 

[Out of Order]

It is not between you and I.

Unless you're a fan of YES the progressive rock band. Then it's And You and I.

 

[danie]

Here's another one:
Someone calls and asks for you. Do you say "This is him" or "This is he"? I never know, so I just say "Speaking."

"This is he" is correct because you are renaming the subject of the sentence. You must use a subject pronoun ("he").
"This is him" is incorrect because "him" is an object pronoun.
In accordance, you would say "These are they," when you find something, for instance. I say that a great deal because I like the alliterative quality of it...

 

[no bounce no play]

Here's another one:
Someone calls and asks for you. Do you say "This is him" or "This is he"? I never know, so I just say "Speaking."

I usually just say, This is Janis.

 

[mjs9153]

I just answer like Eddie Murphy as Mr Robinson.."WHO IZZITT!!!"
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[Haunted]

I absolutely hate it when I spell a word so badly that even auto-correct is like... "Sorry man, I got nothing."

(how many crimes were committed in that one? )

 

[Lisey Landon]

The only thing that remains from my school days is the term "dangling participle", and that's always made me snicker.