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Avangi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical errors

Hi,
Are some/all errors in punctuation/capitalization considered grammatical errors?

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Hi, Are some/all errors in punctuation/capitalization considered grammatical errors? To me, yes, they all are. eg They make it hard to find the start and end of a sentence eg They make it hard to see the sentence construction eg They make it hard to distinguish common and proper nouns Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Are some/all errors in punctuation/capitalization considered grammatical errors?
  • To me, yes, they all are.
  • eg They make it hard to find the start and end of a sentence eg They make it hard to see the sentence construction eg They make it hard to distinguish common and proper nouns Clive
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Hi,

Are some/all errors in punctuation/capitalization considered grammatical errors?

To me, yes, they all are.

eg They make it hard to find the start and end of a sentence

eg They make it hard to see the sentence construction

eg They make it hard to distinguish common and proper nouns

Clive
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Officially, some grammarians consider punctuation a separate study. I don't know about capitalization. For that matter, are errors of vocabulary considered grammatical? Like Clive, I think that practically speaking, they're all one big headache.
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Thanks for your replies, gentlemen. Emotion: smile
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I could be off-beam here, but errors in punctuation and capitalisation do not to me seem like grammatical errors. Perhaps we could call them "orthographical" errors?
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In my children's class, they call it "mechanics."
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mechanics

Ooh! I like it! Can I use it? (I'll try 'orthographical' as well, but I'm not sure I can spell it consistently.)
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Mister MicawberI'll try 'orthographical' as well, but I'm not sure I can spell it consistently.
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Thank you all for your insight. Emotion: nodding
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