exciter  +  379185 Wed, 13 Jun 07 07:31 PM Hello, Two questions I would like to ask: 1. Is it true that one does not need to put a 'the' if the thing that is supposed to take it has an 'adjective' before? I remeber myself reading such an explanation.... Please correct me if I am wrong. 2. After a paragraph, suppose I make a new paragraph. Normally, one does not give a line break and starts the new line but leave a blank to the left. I also encounter that one gives a line break and starts the new line without a blank to the left. I mean like this: ***    *** *** or *** *** *** Is both correct? Thanks exciter Joined on Sat, Jan 29 2005 Junior Member 65 Paragraphs

	Kooyeen  +  379194 Wed, 13 Jun 07 07:42 PM Hi, 1. I don't think so. --- Here's the dumb guy who stole your girlfriend. 2. It's just a question of style. Write the way you like best, not the way people tell you to write. Unless you are like GG, lol. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Veteran Member 5,200 I'm on your internets, degrading your language with my ignorance and apathy

	exciter  +  379397 Thu, 14 Jun 07 09:33 AM Regarding 2, What kind of styles are there? How many styles? Could you provide a link? Thanks. P.S: What is GG? exciter

	nona the brit  +  379721 Thu, 14 Jun 07 11:56 PM 1. No, that rule is incorrect. You still need the 'the' even if there is an adjective. 2. You are thinking of 'indented' paragraphs. This is very old fashioned now. The best thing to do is to leave a line space and not indent. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,773 The name says it all. Paragraphs

	Grammar Geek  +  379912 Fri, 15 Jun 07 02:06 PM As an American speaker, I find All I want to do is have some fun sounds just fine to me. Perhaps it's informal, but it's so pervasive that I really can't tell the difference. Maybe the to do is to X sequence just sounds too "jumbly" because I would certainly say I want to X. CJ, your thoughts? You'll make us all smarter on this, I'm sure! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 20,878 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Grammar Geek  +  379974 Fri, 15 Jun 07 03:58 PM  Kooyeen wrote: Hi, 2. It's just a question of style. Write the way you like best, not the way people tell you to write. Unless you are like GG, lol. What do you mean by that, Kooyeen? Grammar Geek

	Kooyeen  +  380083 Fri, 15 Jun 07 07:12 PM  Grammar Geek wrote:  Kooyeen wrote: Hi, 2. It's just a question of style. Write the way you like best, not the way people tell you to write. Unless you are like GG, lol. What do you mean by that, Kooyeen? Hi GG, you are a writer right? So you are in the professional writing field. I remember reading in some of your posts that you (maybe not you, but writers in general) can't do everything you want in that field. If I'm not mistaken, editors, publishers, etc. sometimes force you to follow particular guidelines and use a certain style. Is it so? As for "All I want to do is (to) have fun" I learned (I don't know where) that "to" is ok, but it is usually left out. It seems you can leave it out when there are some structures with the verb "do": All you have to do is (to) try to stay away from... The best thing to do is (to) learn English in the US... What you should do is (to) report that behaviour to the moderators... etc... Kooyeen Grammar, Verbs, Learn English