Grammar Discussions

[Beano]

I'm certain that the editor of this post was also asleep given some punctuation errors I noticed.

Agree. Sentence send with a full stop and start with a capital letter!

On the other hand social media and bulletin boards are exempt from correct grammar!

Almost correct

Sorry, forgot exclamation and question marks, etc.

 

[kookaburra75]

Sorry, forgot exclamation and question marks, etc.

I was trying to work out whether you meant Sentience or Sentence. A misplaced "I" means a lot.

 

[Beano]

I was trying to work out whether you meant Sentience or Sentence. A misplaced "I" means a lot.

Touche! E&OE!

 

[TheRealTMA]

I was trying to work out whether you meant Sentience or Sentence. A misplaced "I" means a lot.

But there was no misplaced “i”?

National Trust blacklists volunteer who pointed out spelling mistakes

Andy Jones banned from helping out after criticising charity’s boss

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[VPS]

But there was no misplaced “i”?

National Trust blacklists volunteer who pointed out spelling mistakes

Andy Jones banned from helping out after criticising charity’s boss

www.telegraph.co.uk

I think the national trust in the UK to be very careful with the way they’re handling a few things.

 

[Hvr]

This gets me. Some seemingly plural words, don't have a singular in the same context. The plural and singular are the same, even though ending in an "s". Goods, meaning things, is singular and plural. You can't have one "good"! The same for premises, meaning a building. There is no "premise" meaning a single building. A 'premise' is something completely different! And yes, I have seen the word 'premise' used to mean one building. This is from the Qantas web site. I was catching up on taking lithium batteries and power-banks in carry-on. I would hope it is a typo?
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So, if it's not dangerous, does that mean it's a good good? And if it is dangerous then it's a bad good?

 

[Beano]

But there was no misplaced “i”?

National Trust blacklists volunteer who pointed out spelling mistakes

Andy Jones banned from helping out after criticising charity’s boss

www.telegraph.co.uk

So, if it's not dangerous, does that mean it's a good good? And if it is dangerous then it's a bad good?

Therein lie the pitfalls of English!

Therein lie the pitfalls of English!

language*

 

[Beano]

I was trying to work out whether you meant Sentience or Sentence. A misplaced "I" means a lot.

"sentence send" = "sentences end"! My bad!

 

[Quickstatus]

Ok, Im waiting for the first AFF grammar infraction of 2026.