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Grammar thread 2017-03-01 02:31:39 Post No. 9172107
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Grammar thread Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:31:39 Post No. 9172107 [Report]

I need help with English Grammar. Linguistics presumably goes in /his/, but since this is english grammar I thought it better to post here.

Which is more grammatical?
>Neither [of my shoes] is there
>Neither [of my shoes] are there

Is "Neither" plural or singular? I lean towards plural since "Zero [of my shoes] is there" sounds worse than "Zero [...] are there".

Secondly, can "I" be an object? As in "He is taller than I" vs "He is taller than me". The first sentence could also be expressed as "He is taller than I am" and have the same semantic value, but it doesn't necessarily make the first sentence wrong, does it?

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:32:14 Post No.9172110
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:32:14 Post No.9172110 [Report]

Start with the Greeks

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:33:04 Post No.9172116
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:33:04 Post No.9172116 [Report]

>>9172110
what

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:49:03 Post No.9172187
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:49:03 Post No.9172187 [Report]

>>9172107
[your] shoes are the subject, the verb corresponds to the subject

shoes are plural, the usage therefore is "are"

idk how to describe it in exact technical terms but that's pretty much it

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:53:33 Post No.9172207
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:53:33 Post No.9172207 [Report]

say I have a sentence that goes like

>...these groups of characters are isolated from the real world: group 1 is isolated [in this way]; group 2 is isolated [in this way]; group 3..
and so on. Is this okay or should I just use periods like a normal person

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:58:38 Post No.9172240
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:58:38 Post No.9172240 [Report]

>>9172207
i question the use of using semicolons to separate list items that are independent clauses, but that's my opinion on style. I don't believe there are any hard and fast rules that prohibit it

Anonymous 2017-03-01 03:00:00 Post No.9172246
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 03:00:00 Post No.9172246 [Report]

>>9172110
more like start with the romans

Anonymous 2017-03-01 03:01:21 Post No.9172250
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 03:01:21 Post No.9172250 [Report]

>>9172187
So Neither always acts as a Determiner and never as a Noun head?

Anonymous 2017-03-01 03:01:32 Post No.9172253
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 03:01:32 Post No.9172253 [Report]

>>9172246
agreed

Anonymous 2017-03-01 04:29:24 Post No.9172632
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 04:29:24 Post No.9172632 [Report]

>>9172246
>Start with the Romans
>Not resume with the Romans
Are you new?

Anonymous 2017-03-01 09:04:29 Post No.9173501
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 09:04:29 Post No.9173501 [Report]

>>9172107
is

Anonymous 2017-03-01 10:27:53 Post No.9173670
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 10:27:53 Post No.9173670 [Report]

>>9172107
Would you say "neither of both are"? Of course not, it sounds retarded. It is always " is", boyo.

Anonymous 2017-03-01 10:29:13 Post No.9173673
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 10:29:13 Post No.9173673 [Report]

>>9172632
you should never shorthand your dog folder...

Anonymous 2017-03-01 10:52:55 Post No.9173710
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 10:52:55 Post No.9173710 [Report]

>>9173670
Although you're right, you should at least know the reason why it's so

Anonymous 2017-03-01 11:59:59 Post No.9173859
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 11:59:59 Post No.9173859 [Report]

>>9173710
>implying grammar has something to do with reason

Anonymous 2017-03-01 01:04:43 Post No.9173980
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 01:04:43 Post No.9173980 [Report]

>>9172110

Lol

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:26:53 Post No.9174163
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:26:53 Post No.9174163 [Report]

>>9172246
Oh dear.

>>9172110
Good point.

>>9172107
Homework goes somewhere other than 4chan like reddit.

Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:28:20 Post No.9174168
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Anonymous 2017-03-01 02:28:20 Post No.9174168 [Report]

>>9173670
>neither of both
I don't think you can have neither of both. Neither of either.

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