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== Grammar & Usage: Search & Destroy Missions ==
== Grammar & Usage: Search & Destroy Missions ==

Revision as of 14:28, 2 December 2005

I'm a 42-year-old software developer who really likes homestarrunner.com. I'm blessed with three great daughters who all love Homestar as well. It's one of the few things that all four of us can share and enjoy together.

Oh, and sorry about having such a goofy user name. My real name is hm*h0mey587.


Contents

Current Most Favoritests

It deliciously didn't work!
  • least favorite character: Homsar (who else?)


Guestbook

  1. I R F 22:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC) First yipee!
  2. -- Benol, aka Coach B 12:55, 2 December 2005 (UTC)YAY!!! I GET SECOND SIGN!!!
  3. Elcool (talk)(contribs) 14:28, 2 December 2005 (UTC).

Grammar & Usage: Search & Destroy Missions

These are some of the demons that I try to exorcise from the wiki.

  • alot — This should be two words. Always.
  • everyday — Many people mistakenly type this as one word when it's supposed to be two. As a single word, it is an adjective, as in "let's use the everyday china". If you're not using it as an adjective, chances are you need to make it two words. One diagnostic trick is to replace "day" with "week" and see if what you wrote still makes sense.
  • is comprised ofComprise is a synonym for include, but some people misuse it as a synonym for compose (the most common offense being "is comprised of"). A book comprises the chapters. The chapters do not "comprise" the book, and the book is not "comprised of" its chapters. If you want that sentence structure, use is composed of, is made of, includes, etc.
  • its vs. it's — Anybody who still isn't sure about this one should watch local news again and memorize "Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar":
Ohhhhh... If you want it to be possessive,
It's just "I-T-S."
But if it's supposed to be a contraction,
Then it's "I-T-apostrophe-S,"
Scalawag.
If you insist on using it's as a possessive, then please have the decency to also use her's, him's, you's, me's, them's, and us's.
  • only (dangling modifier) — A modifying word should be as close as possible to the thing it modifies. Usually, the "only" is occurring too early in the sentence.
Wrong: I only bought her the present because I wanted to say I was sorry.
Right: I bought her the present only because I wanted to say I was sorry.
The word only isn't restricting the number of things you bought; it is restricting the reason for the purchase.
  • serial comma — Someday I will write the argument for why serial commas are the way to go, and those of you with a newspaper background will tar and feather me.
  • should of — This is a common corruption of should've or should have, and comes from what Bernstein calls "a bad ear". Homestar provides a deliberate example of this in dullard.
  • somewhat of a — This phrase is never correct; use "something of a" instead. Examples of correct usage:
He took a somewhat biased approach.
Mom is somewhat perturbed.
Bobby is something of a showoff.
  • till and 'till — Use 'til or until. Don't use till unless you're flippin' dirt or operatin' a cash register. Never use 'till under any circumstances.
  • weather — If you mean the conjunction whether, then type "whether".
  • which vs. that — I need to remember to write something here about restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses.

Search & Destroy Mission HQ

If you'd like to request new grammar & usage search & destroy missions, please add your requests here in this section.

  • Some examples of such "issues" would be a lot vs. *alot and whether (conjunction) vs. weather (noun). —THE PAPER PREEEOW 18:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
  • the misuse of may vs. might vs. can. So many people use may because it sounds nicer while the correct word is might. I R F 23:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Not using commas *shudders at the thought*-- Benol, aka Coach B 12:56, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Awards, Honors, and Other Incidents That Inspire Awe, Fear, Pity, or Loathing

Congratulation, you have been awarded The Grammar Guru award for your superior knowledge of grammar, and usage of that knowledge for the betterment of the wiki.





Keep up the good work!




Thanks for the honor! — Bill Martinson 03:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

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