http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/bjhhd/post.htm#129883Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:43:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129883Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/bjhhd/post.htm#129883http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-129883.xml<br> 1--<i> Head of the Department</i> if that is his title; <i>the head of the department</i> if that is his function.<br> <br> 2-- Either is fine.&nbsp; <i>Authorization</i> as a perquisite is uncountable; <i>authorization</i> as an individual action, spoken or written, is countable.<br> <br> <br><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/bjhdw/post.htm#129820Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:129820Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/bjhdw/post.htm#129820http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-129820.xml<P>Which is correct:</P> <P>He is the Head of the Department or he is Head of the Department.</P> <P>He will do it only when he receives formal authorization from you or he will do it only when he receives a&nbsp;formal authorization from you.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/lbwg/post.htm#54474Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:44:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:54474CalifJim2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/lbwg/post.htm#54474http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-54474.xmlWhile not appropriate for very formal use, these are correct and widely used. <br /> <br />"what" in place of "which" is extremely common because the two are so similar in meaning. <br /> <br />"go to" for "attend" is just a more colloquial expression -- also extremely common. <br /> <br />"ic" is correct in "Is that sarcastic?", as is "sarcasm". <br /> <br />That is sarcastic = That is a sarcastic remark. <br /> <br /> <img src="/emoticons/emotion-15.gif" alt="Geeked [8-|]" />http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/lbhn/post.htmWed, 10 Nov 2004 00:38:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:54464Wushu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommonErrorsOrGoodWriting/lbhn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-54464.xmlI've seen some 'mistakes' written so many times around the internet, I was wondering if they were really mistakes or if I was wrong. Would things like these be appropriate for formal use? <br /> <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-55.gif" alt="Idea <i>" />What University do you go to?</i> <br /> <br />The correct way to write that would be, "Which University do you attend?", right? I've seen "what" used in the place of "which" so many times, I was wondering if that is actually considered correct. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-55.gif" alt="Idea <i>" />Is that sarcastic?</i> <br /> <br />I assumed that "ic" should be replaced by "ism", is this correct? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />