Grammar usage and syntax.

Is it 'if i had ran across...' or 'if i had run across...' ?
by Ombliss22 on January 29th, 2012 | 2 people like this | 6 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Which is correct grammar - do you put his or him before a verb?
by Answerbag Staff on July 12th, 2010 | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Do you feel that you can eat a bowl of alphabet soup and crap out better grammar and spelling than most people on the internet?
by Dontfeedthefatass on January 20th, 2012 | 4 people like this | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is pair singular or plural?
by Answerbag Staff on July 7th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Which of the following is the grammatically correct way to say the sentence?
by T4 on January 17th, 2012 | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is puncta singular or plural?
by Answerbag Staff on July 5th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is syntax the tax on tobacco and alcohol?
by Weylon on January 16th, 2012 | 1 person likes this | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is grammar check used for?
by Answerbag Staff on May 27th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is the sentence in the description gramatically correct?
by KATTALNUVA on January 8th, 2012 | 3 people like this | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is fishes correct grammar?
by Answerbag Staff on May 14th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Where did "should of" come from? How can anybody confuse "have" and "of"? They don't even have any letters in common.
by Bootsiebaby on December 29th, 2011 | 3 people like this | 9 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is the use of the apostrophe in"its"?
by Answerbag Staff on April 15th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

VSO Syntax! Could someone please explain to me where prepositions ETC ETC would go in the VERB-SUBJECT-OBJECT order? Thanks! :D
by CrimsonFlame on December 24th, 2011 | no answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is the most frequently spoken word used in the English language?
by Answerbag Staff on July 10th, 2010 | 8 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

"Boffins" Why are so many (even non British) media using the term to describe scientists? Are you familiar with the word?
by 'Chengdu on December 15th, 2011 | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

How do I change a verb to a noun?
by Answerbag Staff on May 7th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

How do you write "What part of... didn't you understand?" so it's grammatically correct in a book?
by KATTALNUVA on December 13th, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What does it mean to write in narrative form?
by Answerbag Staff on April 30th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is the correct sentence "She coocks a meal" OR "She bakes a meal".
by Aga-Khan-Durrani on December 2nd, 2011 | 6 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is pronoun agreement?
by Answerbag Staff on March 18th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is "Grammar"?
by Aga-Khan-Durrani on December 2nd, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 3 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is criteria singular?
by Answerbag Staff on June 28th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

I call people up on the telephone for a living and it amazes me in my clear voice and I say I'm Chris women alot respond back Kwess?? Why?
by CosmicWunderkind on December 1st, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is a bachelor's degree capitalized?
by Answerbag Staff on June 20th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is Gerund?
by Aga-Khan-Durrani on November 30th, 2011 | 1 person likes this | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

How do I use"an"with a consonant that sounds like a vowel?
by Answerbag Staff on May 23rd, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is "Infinitive" in english grammar?
by Aga-Khan-Durrani on November 29th, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 5 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Can right be an adverb?
by Answerbag Staff on May 7th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What preposition I should use in this sentence. ".......the night I looked in the sky". At/In/Into the night.
by Aga-Khan-Durrani on November 27th, 2011 | no answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is it called when verbs match?
by Answerbag Staff on April 4th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What sentence is correct "Dog laps milk". Or "Dog drinks milk". Please clearify it if you know?
by Aga-valiant on November 26th, 2011 | 7 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is a present progressive verb?
by Answerbag Staff on March 15th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Don't you just hate it when people use the incorrect prepositions on their sentences?
by NotSuspiciousAtAll on November 23rd, 2011 | 2 people like this | 8 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is conflict&compromise?
by Answerbag Staff on May 21st, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Have you ever put the wrong emPHASis on the wrong syLLABle?
by Have A Nice Day on November 22nd, 2011 | 1 person likes this | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is verb agreement?
by Answerbag Staff on March 22nd, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What's the proper way write a specific time in a sentence?
by KATTALNUVA on October 27th, 2011 | 1 person likes this | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Why is past progressive important?
by Answerbag Staff on March 18th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

"It doesn't even look like his room anymore. Omygosh it looks like a Tampax box!" Drivel? or greatest movie quote ever?
by Aaron_J8432 on October 19th, 2011 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is a copula verb?
by Answerbag Staff on March 14th, 2010 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

When is it correct to use the word "utilize" and when is it correct to use the word "use'?
by Peaches on October 16th, 2011 | 2 people like this | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

What part of speech is "when" in: "My eyes flared with rage when i saw it"? Is the phrase "when i saw it" a PrepPh: Adv-time?
by Anastasia_M1192 on October 15th, 2011 | no answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Do tweets have subject nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns? Do you know the parts of speech? Are they important?
by GibsonGuy on October 4th, 2011 | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Blue balloon is an object/colour alliteration can you supply more?
by Ombliss22 on October 2nd, 2011 | 2 people like this | 5 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Do you know how to properly use an oxford comma ? Follow this, if you can boys. : ) (Video included)
by Ice man on September 3rd, 2011 | 3 people like this | 5 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Are "balderdash" and "fiddlesticks" part of your everyday language? If not, what word do you substitute?
by GibsonGuy on August 21st, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Does it annoy you when people use the phrase "for instance" as a noun? There is no such thing as "a for instance"!
by Will_Huddersfield on August 15th, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 7 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

I've noticed that where I live most people now say "I'm sat . . ." instead of "I'm sitting . . ." Is this just a British thing?
by Will_Huddersfield on August 12th, 2011 | 2 people like this | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Can a statement become a question just by putting a question mark at the end of it?
by Ombliss22 on August 9th, 2011 | 4 people like this | 7 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

How do you use quotation marks in a story when a character is quoting someone else?
by KATTALNUVA on August 3rd, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

The reasons of English Usage Mistakes by AB users are:---?
by prof. mes solzhenitsy on June 28th, 2011 | 5 people like this | 6 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Why do British pronouce Idea like Idear? There is no R in it!
by n1kkigirl on June 27th, 2011 | 7 people like this | 18 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Is it correct to say, "she is taller than I?" I believe it is correct because the verb is assumed. "She is taller than I am."
by Jesse_C457 on June 1st, 2011 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What are the grammatical attributes of "is"? Please see discription
by sntrada on May 29th, 2011 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

What is the correct use of a colon versus a semi-colon?
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on May 13th, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

Who knows that the US actully DID FIND THE WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION???? I've seen them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by miriah on May 3rd, 2011 | 1 person likes this | 4 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

If any great Pro-American Russian writer like me or my predecessor Alexander Solzhenitsyn misuses the grammar rules what comes of it?
by prof. mes solzhenitsy on April 25th, 2011 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax

Why is the word "Lose" written as "Loose" so often, by so many people? I'm not being pedantic, it's just that it happens all the time.
by Omar Little on April 18th, 2011 | 4 people like this | 10 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

if you have to invente a new word what would it be? /discription
by funkydisco on March 27th, 2011 | 2 people like this | 2 answers | in Grammar usage and syntax

How many americans does not like the way they look?
by Ellinor_S on March 23rd, 2011 | one answer | in Grammar usage and syntax