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Commonly made grammatical/spelling mistakes
Andiio:
S instead of a Z
e.g. Rationalise, not rationalize
iNerd:
@herzy: Epic triple post ;D
@fuzzy-logic: Where's the space/time for another subject, "English grammar".
@Andioo: ...but it's prize, not prise :P
Aden:
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--- 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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This one's interesting.. can you explain this further Aden?
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A split infinitive occurs whenever an adverb 'cuts' or 'splits' the full infinitive of a verb. Normally a full infinitive would be 'to say', 'to do' or 'to go' (which many foreign languages would teach), but a split infinitive would be 'to slowly go', where the 'to' and the infinitive verb bit has been split in two parts by an adverb. The primary reason why people are arguing against this being grammatically incorrect is because there are just times when it is impossible to 'not' have a split infinitive without a sentence making sense or flowing well. You can read more about it here:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/grammartipsplitinfinitive
--- Quote from: fuzzylogic on January 12, 2011, 02:23:43 pm ---
Although it wouldn't come up too often in an English essay: MUM not mom!!!!
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Haha, EXACTLY!
Ghost!:
Organisation, not Organization.
Andiio:
--- Quote from: ATAR on January 12, 2011, 02:34:23 pm ---@herzy: Epic triple post ;D
@fuzzy-logic: Where's the space/time for another subject, "English grammar".
@Andioo: ...but it's prize, not prise :P
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I only mean in some words obviously.
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