Grammar Corner

[GimmeTheBall!]

You Yanks and Yankettes mangle the Queen's English so frequently that I have decided to begin a gramnar go-to place.
Have a question on grammar? Usage? Punctuation? Awful trends in the language?

Try me, blokes!

Each day or so I will highlight a facet of English that we tend to mangle.

Let's begin with the common mistake of noun verb usage:
"Each one of you have a mission in life."
It should be thus:
"Each one of you HAS a mission in life."
Each is called a determiner. And it's a pronoun. But it can mimic a noun that affects the verb has/have.

Each is singular, thus, has.

 

[Runwildboys]

People seem to get insulted and angry when anyone tries to correct them.

That said, I would've begun by mentioning that "of" should never follow "would", "could", "should", or "might".
I believe the sound of the contraction is what causes the confusion, but "would have" or "would've" is the correct phrasing, not "would of".

That just irritates me.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Let's start with 'gramnar'...

 

[Rockport]

Let's start with 'gramnar'...

LOL you caught GimmeABreak. Too funny. In all seriousness, many grammatical errors are due to Android or IOS spell checking. No need to get one’s panties in a wad over these errors as long as the point is clear. Again kudos!

 

[SuspectCorner]

LOL you caught GimmeABreak. Too funny. In all seriousness, many grammatical errors are due to Android or IOS spell checking. No need to get one’s panties in a wad over these errors as long as the point is clear. Again kudos!

Gimme keeps things interesting around here... it's all in fun.

 

[Rockport]

Gimme keeps things interesting around here... it's all in fun.

He does. Even though we disagree a lot he keeps it real.

 

[viman96]

July 4th pretty much was/is the USA's response to Queen's english

 

[SuspectCorner]

July 4th pretty much was/is the USA's response to Queen's english

get behind a tree and musketball as many 'determiners' and 'pronouns' as possible. Any verbiage dressed in red. And **** King George.

 

[Vtwin]

Wake me up when we get to conjunction junction.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Wake me up when we get to conjunction junction.

BOSS.

It has arrived!

 

[Londonboy]

People seem to get insulted and angry when anyone tries to correct them.

That said, I would've begun by mentioning that "of" should never follow "would", "could", "should", or "might".
I believe the sound of the contraction is what causes the confusion, but "would have" or "would've" is the correct phrasing, not "would of".

That just irritates me.

Allot of People make that mistake.
The might of Rome was it's Legions BTW

 

[Runwildboys]

Allot of People make that mistake.
The might of Rome was it's Legions BTW

I know you intentionally typed "allot", but was the apostrophe in "it's" also on purpose?

Also: What???

 

[Cowboys_22]

Awe man! Are we going to have to diagram sentences too?

 

[Chrispierce]

But “Gimme” is fine? Ok...grammar on folks.

 

[Londonboy]

I know you intentionally typed "allot", but was the apostrophe in "it's" also on purpose?

Also: What???

Hee Hee, thought You'd miss that'n…...bravo Sir.
Just thought I'd show an example where "of" can happily follow "might"......just being a smart Ellick in other Worlds.

 

[Runwildboys]

Hee Hee, thought You'd miss that'n…...bravo Sir.
Just thought I'd show an example where "of" can happily follow "might"......just being a smart Ellick in other Worlds.

Oh, I should have caught that, but I was thinking there was some significance to the quote itself. You tricky Brit!

 

[Londonboy]

Oh, I should have caught that, but I was thinking there was some significance to the quote itself. You tricky Brit![/QUOTE]

We learned it off the Romans

 

[Montanalo]

You Yanks and Yankettes mangle the Queen's English so frequently that I have decided to begin a gramnar go-to place.
Have a question on grammar? Usage? Punctuation? Awful trends in the language?.

I like the idea of a grammar thread and, at the least, it will be fun.

So, explain this use of the Queen's English: very recently, I heard a BBC newsreader state, "... the government are blah, blah, blah". Why is government considered plural in this sentence? This isn't the first time I have heard the "pluralization" of what most Americans would consider a singular noun.

By the way, I lived in the UK for a number of years and am an avid reader of the London Times as well as the BBC

 

[rynochop]

We had someone use irregardless in a thread..still refuses to admit that's not a word
And he acts all high and might which is funny

 

[Khartun]