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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Are these real grammar rules? If so, what are they technically called?
A Professor marked these on a paper, and she is not one to be seconded guessed, it's a long story, so I've come here ...
1) So I had something like, "is also great," and she marked that wrong and said I need to re-write it as "also is great" because I seperated a verb. But I can't find that rule on Google.
2) I had, "The bathroom and the bedroom are both on the top floor." She said that wrong, and I had to re-write it as, "Both the bathroom and the bedroom are on the top floor."
3) I had, "The gas will help eliminate rats." And she said that was wrong, it must be "The gas will help to eliminate rats."
What rules am I breaking exactly? Are these just nitpicking, or are these real rules of grammars that are still commonly enforced? Would a real copywriter even care about these?
1) So I had something like, "is also great," and she marked that wrong and said I need to re-write it as "also is great" because I seperated a verb. But I can't find that rule on Google.
2) I had, "The bathroom and the bedroom are both on the top floor." She said that wrong, and I had to re-write it as, "Both the bathroom and the bedroom are on the top floor."
3) I had, "The gas will help eliminate rats." And she said that was wrong, it must be "The gas will help to eliminate rats."
What rules am I breaking exactly? Are these just nitpicking, or are these real rules of grammars that are still commonly enforced? Would a real copywriter even care about these?
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Anonymous 1) So I had something like, "is also great," and she marked that wrong and said I need to re-write it as "also is great" because I seperated a verb. But I can't find that rule on Google. There is an old prescriptive rule that an adverb should not split an infinitive (come between to and the main verb).
- Anonymous 1) So I had something like, "is also great," and she marked that wrong and said I need to re-write it as "also is great" because I seperated a verb.
- But I can't find that rule on Google.
- There is an old prescriptive rule that an adverb should not split an infinitive (come between to and the main verb).
- g.
- "to boldly go where no man has gone before " would not be right.
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Anonymous1) So I had something like, "is also great," and she marked that wrong and said I need to re-write it as "also is great" because I seperated a verb. But I can't find that rule on Google.There is an old prescriptive rule that an adverb should not split an infinitive (come between to and the main verb). e.g.
"to boldly go
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