Author Topic: 10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes (Read 955 times)

JT · « **on:** June 07, 2006, 06:23:34 AM »

http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020415,39273376,00.htm

Aside: Are mistakes like their/there/they're and then/than grammatical in nature? I thought grammar covered mainly syntax and morphology, not usage.

Porter · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:14:41 AM »

"What are you doing over they are?"

That's bad usage, especially if you intended "What are you doing over there?"

Jonathon · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2006, 08:47:47 AM »

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http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020415,39273376,00.htm

Aside: Are mistakes like their/there/they're and then/than grammatical in nature? I thought grammar covered mainly syntax and morphology, not usage.

You are correct, sir. However, in layman's terms, grammar also covers usage, spelling, and punctuation.

I don't think I'd include "different than" in the top-ten list, especially since it's occasionally correct.

pooka · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:47:49 AM »

In the Linguistics Department I took Grammar which was mostly syntax and morphology. In the English department I took Modern English Grammar, where the professor didn't even have a good grasp on generative grammar principles (Which is odd because he was in the Linguistics department, it was just sort of after his time.)