When I'm consoling those who make grammar mistakes, I often give them a hug and say "There, their, they're."
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Originally Posted by rockyroad
Try being married to a HS English teacher. And having her correct me all the time for starting sentences with conjunctions. But I just shrug and keep on. Or ending sentences with a preposition. For that matter, forgetting to capitalize often gets me in trouble. Nor does that faze me. Yet I struggle on.
Did I get all the conjunctions?
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Originally Posted by johnny d
While not strictly forbidden, it is considered acceptable only in informal written communication.
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"While not strictly forbidden" is a passive transition. Tighten this up.
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Originally Posted by johnny d
Perhaps we are not that formal. It is still ironic to point out another's lack of grammar using sentence structure that isn't widely accepted.
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One should avoid the passive voice as much as possible.