Search results for 'tag:Grammar tag:Jokes' matching tags 'Grammar' and 'Jokes'

Re: Hi

PrinnySquad — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:12:25 GMT

I just hoped I spelled your nationality right:P. It is Thai, isn't it?
I think I didn't make myself clear enough, so I will rephrase the last question: what topics, i.e. Grammar, joke, articles, sports, books, of englishforums.com that you like to visit. I'd love to join in some of your discussion and make new friends. I am kinda lost, this forum is huge.

Re: party like it's 999

Grammar Geek — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:40:35 GMT

Hi Aedilis, and welcome to the English Forums.

Yes, of course you can posts questions like that, or any other that relate to English grammar, vocaulary, or comprehension!

Many people predicted terrible things or the end of the world when the year 2000 was just ahead. The idea about partying like it's 1999 (Nineteen ninenty-nine) is that you don't have a care in the world, because it may all be over the next day. Have a good time now; the future is uncertain.

Was the context for this quote something set in the Middle Ages? If so, it was a joke, referencing this attitude of 1999 (and a song by the same title.)

what r the mistakes? can u check my answers ? please

lucaslucas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:11:44 GMT

couple of sentences with mistakes, can u guys try to find and correct?

in each sentence there is one grammar mistake.

I tricked him to admit his guilt. --> I tricked him into admitting his guilt.
Have you got used to live in that flat yet? --> Have you got used to living in that flat yet?
I would only do it if I would know the details. -->I would only do it if I knew the details.
If I were not taking this important exam, my friend wouldnât come.-->If I were not taking this important exam, my friend would come.
Iâd rather you had not to stayed out so late.--->I'd rather you haven't stayed out so late.
It is much more easy to do this task than the previous one.--> It is much easier to do this task than the previous one.
He drives the same car like I do.--->He drives the same car like me? I? idk here sentense looks like correct one
The exam having been corrected, the teachers were able to leave to home. ---> The exam having been corrected teachers were able to leave home.
It was the most useful advise I had ever heard. --> It was the most useful advise I have ever heard.
He canât swim and neither cannot his wife.---> He cant swim and neither can his wife.
So great a story it was that I wanted to hear it again.---> here idk whats is the mistake...
12. What Is the use of asking the same question over again. --- > what is the use of asking the same qestion again.
If you have problems, John is the best person to talk.---> If you have problems, John is the best person to talk (to/with)? or maybe sth ealse
He think to go to Athens for his holiday this year.----> He thinks to go to athens( or of going..?)
Florence had set her heart for becoming a nurse and no-one was able to dissuade her for putting her ambition in practice. ---> no one
She prides herself in being a very good driver. ---> She prides herself on being a good driver.
The prospect to spend some of the best years of his life in prison appalled him.---> The prospect of spending.....
Being a hot day we couldnât go for a walk.---> idk here .
Not being as much intelligent as I had hoped he was, he failed to understand what it was about. ---> Not being as intelligent as....
You neednât think I was taken by your joke.----> Don't you think I was...
But for her warning me I would certainly been run over.---> But for her warning me i would have certainly been run over.
While still a child, my grandmother died.---> While being still a child, my grandmother died.

Re: When electricity goes

Grammar Geek — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:41:50 GMT

New2grammar
you're breaking out

No - that means you're getting pimples. (Actually, it has a lot of meanings, but ...)

You mean "You're breaking up." It means "the signal is breaking up/not coming through and I can no longer hear you clearly."

This is used as a joke on a lot of sitcoms. Something like "The huband says "Hey honey, I'm going to be home late tonight" because he wants to have a couple drinks after work with his friends. The wife says something like "No, I need you home tonight on time because..." and the husband will make weird noises, pretending it's static and say "Sorry honey, you're breaking up. See you around 9 or 10!"

Re: 'Page-turner' A cliche?

Philip — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:53:39 GMT

Grammar Geek

Philip, you need to replace "you southerners" with "you gals."

A bodice-ripper is a romantic novel usually involving some combination of heaving bosoms, castles, swords, and rogues with hearts of gold. The covers have absurdly muscled men with their shirts in tatters, with one arm wrapped around the damsel in a pose of intense passion.

Frankly, it's a mainstay of my summer reading.

Actually, within an hour after posting that joke to the "southerners", I learned from a friend exactly what a "bodice ripper" is. I should have known, since until recently I often posed for artists making covers for those books.

Re: white lie

optilang — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:45:23 GMT

New2grammar
What is a fat lie??? Joke?

Can you give me an example of white lie?

A fat lie is like a big lie.

He told me when I started working for the company that I would treble my salary after a year. It was a fat lie.I've been her 12 months and I'm earning less than when I started.

See above for white lie.

Re: until now

Avangi — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:26:52 GMT

New2grammar
another joke? Please share

I keep double-p-ing "apartment," which is reminiscent of its French etymology. (I've been expecting Yoong to get me on it.) Sorry, no joke. Will you settle for an old pun? She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat. (maybe you've heard it)

Re: MM's 10-letter word

Mister Micawber — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:34:26 GMT

.
pejoration -- No. What happened to pluperfect?
Is it ... an adjective? a noun? a verb? -- A noun

Would you say it's related to ... grammar? vocabulary? pronunciation?-- Pronunciation.

I'm not going to be very coy with this one, because I don't think it's in anyone's active vocabulary. I just happened to think of it because it's related to Spoonerisms... and I had to look it up to check the spelling. It is a phenomenon which produced this mouldy old joke:

A Latino named Jose went to America to see the Yankees vs. the Red Socks. When he got his ticket, it was in the nosebleed section. He did not care what section he was in. Anyway, it was game day. Everyone stood for the National Anthem. When Jose got home, he said, "Mama, they made a song in America just for me." -- "How does it go, hijo?" -- "It goes, 'Jose, can you see?'

Re: why do I not have to do homework?

Avangi — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:10:54 GMT

New2grammar
What's C O D? Call of Duty ? How does that relate to the post as a joke?

I've gotta quit doin' this! I was picking up on anon's typo of "collect" in place of "correct." We have expressions like "collect call," where the person receiving the call must pay. "C.O.D." = "cash on delivery," which is an old old method of paying for shipped merchandise, in which the carrier collects for the price of the goods plus the shipping charge, and then returns the money to the sender (minus the shipping). The expression was so well-known it was often abused, i.e. applied loosely.

- A.

Re: test

Taka — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:16:57 GMT

Grammar Geek
It's just supposed to be a joke, suggesting that what we're doing here is not "real life."Â
Â

Then it follows that the real life we're not doing and should do is the one with instruction, which seems to contradict with MM's interpretation...Â