#grammar post

[nini-burger]

DO PEOPLE NOT USE OXFORD COMMAS REGULARLY???? IS THAT NOT STANDARD FIRST GRADE GRAMMAR?????

IT WAS TAUGHT TO ME AS LIKE THE MERE BASICS WHEN WE WERE FIRST LEARNING HOW TO USE COMMAS BUT SOME PEOPLE???? DONT USE AN OXFORD COMMA.

WHY IS IT EVEN CALLED THAT

IM SO CONFUSED PLEASE

[ryuujirawrz]

it annoys me when people mess this up but instead of being an asshole I’m gonna teach it

Your - a possessive pronoun. Used to describe something someone possess or a person with a connection to them. Akin to using the word ‘my’. For example “my dog”= “your dog” “my pencil”=“your pencil”

You’re - a combination of the words “you are” and a shortening of the expression. For example, “you are pretty”=“you’re pretty”

now, the more commonly messed up one

Their - also a possessive pronoun, used to describe something belonging or in relation to someone ELSE. Can be used in context of one person or multiple people. For example, “That belongs to (person). It’s theirs.” “That’s their pencil.”

They’re - a combination of the words “they are” and a shortening of the expression. Just like you’re. “They are fun to hang out with”=“They’re fun to hang out with”

There - a word used to describe the location of something. For example, “I will meet you over there.” Describes my location. Different than the usage of ‘here’ because ‘here’ describes your current location, while ‘there’ describes a location away from your current one.

hope this helped :3

[apileofashandember]

A now ongoing thread of favorite Google docs grammar suggestions:

My sentence: The sun in her eyes made her squint as she exited the station.

Grammar suggestion: squint —> squirt

[severusish]

PSA: the difference between the words canon and cannon

I see a lot of folks in the fandomverse making this mistake, which is frankly quite an easy mistake to do. I am guilty of making this mistake. I am sure I have made this mistake before.

But just so we can all avoid it, here is the difference between the two words.

For your info:

canon: a set of rules, works, etc.

In the case of fanfiction you could then say for example “He died in the canon.”

Other forms of the word: canonical, canonize, canonization.

cannon: a weapon, or used to describe the way something is done.

In the context of a weapon, you could say “They fired the cannons at the castle walls.” In the case of it being an adjective, you could say “The couple behind us almost cannoned into us (this example is from Google).”

Other forms of the word: cannon (plural), cannoned, cannoning, cannons (plural).

More reading about this: x

Now, some of you may say; “Screw it! HEADCANNON!” 💣 (Which would basically mean Headgun.) And yes that is hilarious so please continue.

Note: I’m not here to police people, just to let folks know that there is a difference between the two words.

So in most cases I will assume that the use of cannon instead of canon is a mistake. But some of you people are 100% cheeky enough to be doing it intentionally just because you find it funny.

It’s the latter group I’ve got my eye on 👀

Tbh cannon instead of canon is passive aggressive and hilarious so please continue if that’s the energy you feel like giving.

But that’s the info I have for you!

ANYWAY THAT’s all byeee

— ish.

[kimminstudying]

The following do not insert -isc in their conjugation

Acconsentire - to agree

Applaudire - to applaud

Aprire - to open

Assentire - to agree to/consent

Avvertire - to announce

Bollire - to boil

Conseguire - to result

Consentire - to agree/consent

Covertire - to conver

Copire - to cover

Divertire - to enjoy

Eseguire - to do

Fuggire - to escape

Inghiottire - to swallow

Inseguire - to follow

Investire - to invest

Mentire - to lie

Offrire - to offer

Partire - to leave/depart

Seguire - to follow

Sentire - to hear

Servire - to serve

Soffrire - to suffer

Vestire - to dress

The following -ire verbs do insert -isc in their conjugation into the present tense of the indicative.

Aderire - to adhere

Attribuire - to attribute

Benedire - to bless

Capire - to understand

Colpire - to hit

Costruire - to build

Definire - to define

Digerire - to digest

Dimagrire - to lose weight

Esaurire - to exhaust

Esibire - to exhibit

Fallire - to fail

Ferire - to wound

Finire - to finish

Garantire - to guarentee

Gestire - to manage

Guarire - to heal

Impazzire - to go mad

Inserire - to insert

Istruire - to instruct

Preferire - to prefer

Pulire - to clean

Punire - to punish

Restituire - to return

Riunire - to meet

Sostituire - to substitute

Spedire - to send

Stabilire - to establish

Suggerire - to suggest

Tradire - to betray

Trasferire - to transfer

Ubbidire - to obey

~brianna

[elysiancorner]

Day 22 of 100 Days Challenge for Langblrs

learn a new grammatical concept or make a post and explain a grammatical concept if you’ve learned everything related to grammar

.Les Adjectifs Démonstratifs.

On utilise les adjectifs demonstratifs pour:

Reprendre un mot qui est placé avant dans la phrase;

par ex.: J’aime Bordeaux, cette ville est magnifique.

Ou, dans la phrase qui précède;

par ex.: Le festival accueille de numbreuses personnes. Ce festival a lieu en été.

Pour montrer quelque chose ou pour désigner un objet déjà nommé.

Masculin: ce, cet (devant une voyelle ou un h muet);

Féminin: cette;

Pluriel: ces.

»  Examples:

Ce festival est vraiment génial.

J’ai vu cet artiste au festival de la Nouvelle-Orléans.

Je te conseille d’aller voir cette expo.

Regarde ces œuvres d’art!

ce sac;

ce portefeuille;

ce pays;

cet homme;

cet été;

cet ordinateur;

cette valise;

cette écharpe;

cette ville;

ces livres;

ces lunettes;

ces hôtels.

Sorry for not posting it yesterday, barely spent any time on the computer. Anyway, I’ll post another short grammar post for you guys tomorrow since today’s is also pretty short. xx

[legit-writing-tips]

What are you ending your sentences with prepositions for? Well... according to this video, you’re doing it for good reason. 

[poondragoon]

Attention

Henceforth, using the abbreviation “T. rex” will ONLY refer to reasonably anatomically/phylogenetically correct renditions of Tyrannosaurus rex.

All common-but-technically-incorrect shorthand (“T-Rex,” “T. Rex,” etc,) now refers exclusively to retro or “hollywoody” rexes.

Examples of T. rex

Examples of “T-Rex, etc.”

You’re welcome.