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luken93:

--- Quote from: Aden on January 12, 2011, 01:44:36 pm ---My English teacher always told me to stop using 'split infinitives' such as 'to clearly understand' in my essays. Although I know that there is a bit of a divide as to whether or not split infinitives are 'grammatically correct', I think it is still best to avoid using them in your essays.

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Can you explain this into more detail? I think I may do this but I've never heard anything about it...

fuzzylogic:

--- Quote from: herzy on January 12, 2011, 02:24:50 pm ---This thread is making me twitch - it's like an amalgamation of my pet hates. My one is slightly less relevant, but whenever you use 'if' as an hyperthetical, use 'were' or 'had' not 'was'.

If I were to go to the shops?

Would you still go out with me if I were married?

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*hypothetical?  I think, lol.
Reading this thread makes me think that English Grammar should be introduced as a subject in primary schools and lower secondary schools!

herzy:
affect: verb
effect: noun
simple :)


..unless you're being wanky and using effect as a verb... but if I need to explain how, it's safer to just not use it :)

herzy:

--- Quote from: fuzzylogic on January 12, 2011, 02:28:24 pm ---
*hypothetical?

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aaaawks

herzy:
edit: ^^ techically affect can also be a noun, but I wouldn't use affect as a noun or effect as a verb. In everyday speech, the easiest way of being fail safe is to use affect as a verb, and effect as a noun. I.e. The GFC affected the Australian economy minimally. The GFC had a minimal effect on the Australian economy.

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