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POSTED BY: Caite
UPDATED: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:22
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Originally posted by Caite:
Okay, here's my pet grammar peeve: I really don't like people who overgeneralize grammar rules. The one that I am thinking of (that I hear most often) is when people want to say something like "Kaylee came over to talk to Mal and me," but because they've always heard that it's "Mal and I" they say that even though it's not correct.
The best way to keep from making this mistake is take out the other person. Would you say "Kaylee came over to talk to I?" No, you wouldn't. You'd say "Kaylee came over to talk to me."
Next person, por favor.
p.s. this is fun in a really sick and twisted way.
You know, I'm guilty of that! Thanks for clearing it up for me, I'll not make that mistake again!
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I only wish my students were quite so grateful. Today I did a bunch of mini lessons with my 10th graders (we have a block period, and I did sentence variety, run-ons, fragments, and subject verb agreement), and my 5th period just did not want to pay attention and do their work. Well, they'll get a reality check come Friday when the final drafts of their essays are due.
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I completely understand! I'm also from Texas. Plus I have a Master's degree in English.
I have to admit my biggest pet peeve (next to the your/you're bit, but that's been covered) is the misuse of y'all. Or the mispelling of y'all. I have no issues with the word itself, but use it properly! Y'all = you all. Meaning more than one person. Do not use it for the singular.
Secondly, it's not spelled ya'll. ARGH! I actually read a book by a respected fantasy writer and y'all was mispelled and misused. The horror!
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::blushes because she's been using y'all wrong::
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As your students get older, they'll realize that they don't want to sound illiterate and uneducated. "Knowdledge is power" means "blah blah blah" to them!
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more verbal pet peeves;
realitor ( realtor)
calvary (cavalry)
tri-ology (trilogy)
using conscience and conscious as if the same word!!!
ARRGGHH!!
"Haven't you killed me enough for one day ?"
- Mal, War Stories
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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:Quote:I had to look this up because of your use of the word "always." Here's what I found:
Originally posted by Caite:
You put punctuation inside quotation marks...always
* period and comma within quotes except when followed by parenthetical reference
* colon and semicolon outside quotes
* dash, exclamation mark, and question mark inside quotes if it applies to the quote itself, but outside quotes if it applies to the whole sentence
And people wonder why grammar is so tricky.... I still hates it.
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Please forgive my question, but being a german who is interested in the english language and tries to learn about it as much as possible I have to ask it.
Wouldn't the correct use of the period/full stop in "I had to look this up because of your use of the word 'always.'" put the period behind the quotation marks?
Wouldn't you put the period inside the quotation marks only if you quoted a whole sentence? The period you used ends your sentence or so I would understand it.
So it should read: I had to look this up because of your use of the word "always".
If you quoted a sentence you would put it at inside the marks, right?
Example:
I had to look this up because of you saying "Always put the punctuation inside the quotation marks."
Now I am wondering if you would put a period after the quotation mark as well to indicate that your sentence has ended, or if the period indicates ending both sentences. Could anyone shed some light on this?
The more I think about, the more I get the feeling that I am mixing german and english grammar rules here.
I really have to work on my rethorical skills to bring my point across with fewer words, I guess
. See ya,
Gavida
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