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I know of at least seven grammatical errors that I think are both widespread but easily fixable issues in both colloquial and written usage. I'd like to share these errors, and their solutions, with you today. 1) Incorrectly constructed parrallel structure (emphasis on the...

I've read through many of the previous posts on this subject (such as this one). It is like reading a foreign language seeing "object of the preposition" and "nominative vs. objective case." Would you please indulge a native speaker who was taught through example and thus never dissected...

Ikia wrote: Will the English language no longer distinguish between nominative and objective cases of pronouns that are difficult to use? I know grammar is a report on "useage," how people use the language, but we need to be careful here that we don't throw out the baby with the bath...

Your post implies that Americans have not learned to distinguish between the future tense and the emphatic future tense. It's not bogus that the English language has a simple future tense and an emphatic future tense, is it? Ikia I wrote the above post in response to CJ's post, not any...

Hi Happy, This area is a very contentious one, so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books. Here is my opinion on the examples you present: (1) 'Who did it ?' Not I.' The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject 'who', and is a...

Hi Miriam, I was in another forum and just look at the answer that I got for this same question: "Hi, how can you explain these three sentences to a student: (All three sentences have the same meaning. The difference is in the rules. In this case, native speakers often ignore the rules...

I got to thinking I could answer my own questions by browsing the Internet. With the help of Google, I concluded that there really isn't an answer that everyone agrees on when it comes to this construction. From: http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifitsmevsiti.shtml The final factor is the...