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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
two questions lumped together
1. I have this tendency to put the article "the" or very much inclined to put the article "the" eventhough the collective noun part of the sentence seems to refer generally like this.
Purple-haired people are fun. (Here, Purple-haired people are being referred generally and it is being written as a general statement but I have this tendancy to put the in front of the collective noun, Should I curve this tendancy ?)
2. Do you think it is sub-standard English to use elliptical expressions in writing or write elliptically? I am asking because I use them a lot and have seen them being used a lot.
Please do it if driven to ...
Please do it if done well.
Please do it if finished early.
3. I got this partial sentence from a post here. Shouldn't it be better to have "thes" here?
... and in my opinion, simpler is better.
... and in my opinion, the simpler is the better.
Purple-haired people are fun. (Here, Purple-haired people are being referred generally and it is being written as a general statement but I have this tendancy to put the in front of the collective noun, Should I curve this tendancy ?)
2. Do you think it is sub-standard English to use elliptical expressions in writing or write elliptically? I am asking because I use them a lot and have seen them being used a lot.
Please do it if driven to ...
Please do it if done well.
Please do it if finished early.
3. I got this partial sentence from a post here. Shouldn't it be better to have "thes" here?
... and in my opinion, simpler is better.
... and in my opinion, the simpler is the better.
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1. Purple-haired people are fun . I have this tend e ncy to put the in front of the collective noun, Should I curb this tend e ncy?
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- Purple-haired people are fun .
- I have this tend e ncy to put the in front of the collective noun, Should I curb this tend e ncy?
- -- Yes.
- 2.
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Purple-haired people are fun. I have this tendency to put the in front of the collective noun, Should I curb this tendency? -- Yes.
2. Do you think it is sub-standard English to use elliptical expressions in writing or write elliptically? -- Not at all!... if you have done it correctly. The subject referents must be patent
Purple-haired people are fun. I have this tendency to put the in front of the collective noun, Should I curb this tendency? -- Yes.
2. Do you think it is sub-standard English to use elliptical expressions in writing or write elliptically? -- Not at all!... if you have done it correctly. The subject referents must be patent
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1. You should definitely curb that tendency!
2. It is not sub-standard to use ellipsis! As Mr. M. already mentioned, the subjects of the two clauses need to be the same.
3. I like "simpler is better" better. To me it is an alternate way of saying "simplicity is better (than complexity)". It doesn't suggest "the simpler one (way / method) is the better one (way / me
2. It is not sub-standard to use ellipsis! As Mr. M. already mentioned, the subjects of the two clauses need to be the same.
3. I like "simpler is better" better. To me it is an alternate way of saying "simplicity is better (than complexity)". It doesn't suggest "the simpler one (way / method) is the better one (way / me
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