10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback When used with than, a conjunction, the error is (usually) the omission of the ending verb in the secondary clause. You are incorrect in your statment about different than/from. Yes - He is no different than all the others are.
[June 9, 2006, 15:12]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback They seem to use seen as an all-purpose verb. see, saw, have seen. This drives me crazy. People more and more it seems use the wrong tense in their sentences.e.g I seen that error. I seen Joe at the store.
[June 7, 2006, 18:04]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Incidentally, is the such a verb as "commentate" which is supposedly what "commentators" do? The most ubiquitous sin is the mistake of using "me" where "I" would be the correct choice, as in "He's bigger than me" instead of the correct "He's bigger...
[June 7, 2006, 17:03]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Thank you for the article, I am thrilled to see at least one other person in the world who has decided that 'impact' used as a verb is impacting proper usage. Kudos!
[June 25, 2006, 5:50]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
News Note: Impact is not a verb. Often, we're in a hurry, quickly dashing off emails with typos, grammatical shortcuts (I'm being kind here), and that breezy, e.e.cummings, no-caps look. It's expected. It's no big deal.
[June 6, 2006, 16:00]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Thank you thank you THANK YOU for your entry "Impact is not a verb. I've thought about egging the offices of the American Heritage Dictionary on a daily basis for their acceptance of impact as verb, but I can't afford that much breakfast food.
[June 16, 2006, 21:37]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Attempting to use "leverage" as a verb. Shows you up to be a Sales/Marketing geek who is unsure of what else to say.
[June 16, 2006, 20:46]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Anyone who uses the word 'Internet' as a verb does not get my business. "A better way to Internet" says peoplepc online. I would be worried that if I needed to call their phone support, they might ask me, "Did you Internet today?
[June 22, 2006, 16:05]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback The word is a contraction of "until"; "till" is a cash register or a verb used by farmers. ".really helped me alot.no, it's "a lot" wait till we get home.no, it's "wait 'til".
[June 7, 2006, 23:48]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback The word "setup" is a noun not a verb. If you are describing the process of setting something up, then you use the verb phrase "set up". "Setup" vs.set up". I see this all the time!
[June 7, 2006, 22:48]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Impact is a verb.http://webster.com/dictionary/impact I love the article and it's about time someone wrote one. I have a bit of a qualm, though.
[June 7, 2006, 18:02]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback The author, Jody Gilbert, states that "impact is not a verb. They all list impact as a verb. That may be news to Merriam-Webster, American Heritage and Encarta.
[June 7, 2006, 16:42]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback When it comes to "impact" not being a verb, the author is simply not familiar with engineering -- where "impact" as a verb is used to denote a specific type of action. For instance, the man impacted the ground.
[June 6, 2006, 23:24]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Um.impact is most certainly a verb. Check the OED!
[June 6, 2006, 22:17]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Though "impact" should have minimal uses as a verb, it does have uses as a verb!
[July 27, 2006, 18:24]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback The same goes for 'if.then' constructions and the usage of the verb 'to lie' and 'to lay' - which isn't a different (or incorrect) tense of 'to lie' but, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, a completely different verb with a different...
[June 6, 2006, 23:46]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback A real grammatical error is on the order of subject-verb agreement, or mistaking a fragment for a sentence, or mistaking a transitive verb for an intransitive one, etc. My biggest pet peeve: lists of pet peeves that the author calls "grammatical...
[June 8, 2006, 16:05]
A Sentence Should Not End With A Verb!
Talkback A verb should not end a sentence. No - He is no different than all the others are. Yes - He is no different than are all the others.
[June 2, 2007, 22:36]
I/Me - You Need A Subject, A Verb And An Object
Talkback A correctly formed sentence needs a subject (He); a verb (is) and an object (me). However, the sentence "He's bigger than I" is incorrect because it contains a verb (is) and two subjects (He, I) with no object.
[April 25, 2007, 13:08]
I See This All The Time
Talkback Someone in the discussion said they think impact is a verb, possibly because it has the word "verb" next to it in Merriam-Webster. I agree with you. However, the only correct usage is that something can "have an impact" on you.
[June 19, 2008, 16:50]
