Correct Grammar and Spelling

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
blue_ladybug

blue_ladybug

Senior Member
#63
Feb 21, 2014
70,869
9,602
113
#63
Galahad said:
No, "It is not." It ain't for I am not. It is not.
Click to expand...
i ain't going out in the rain. That's correct. ain't IS slang for "am not."

I is not going out in the rain just sounds ridiculous.
 
G

Galahad

Guest
#64
#64
jennymae said:
In Ala. we're using aint for am not, isnt, arent, haden(t), etc.
Click to expand...
But Jenny, why did you omit the apostrophe?

Ain't (Which is now in many dictionaries [plural form of dictionary. Not dictionarys. That's possessive case: The dictionary's letters are crunched in order to save paper. No wonder [not wander as in roaming or looking. Wonder is mental, curious.] its [not it's, which is it is. If not sure, try it is and its in your sentence. If you can say it is, then it's it's.] 1,800 entries fit onto 4 pages.)

Isn't
Aren't
Hadn't
 
MultilingualMessenger

MultilingualMessenger

Senior Member
#65
Jan 27, 2015
2,690
367
83
#65
People have already said most of mine (the usual you're vs. your, it's vs. its, too/two/to, their/they're/there, etc.). But nobody mentioned "sense" and "since". I've seen people write that something "doesn't make since", but that doesn't make sense. People should stop writing that, since it doesn't make sense.

There is also "anymore" vs. "any more". E.g. "I don't watch TV anymore" vs. "I don't want any more grapes."

Elin said:
It's redundant. . .like "exact same".
Click to expand...
And "whole entire". :p
 
E

Elin

Banned
#66
Jan 19, 2013
11,909
141
0
#66
Galahad said:
Jenny,
Depends on who you ask.

Some grammarians refuse any excuse to end a sentence with a preposition. "I have over three years here." Okay,
"here" is a preposition.
Click to expand...
"Here" is a preposition? Are you sure about that?

How about adverb or adjective?
 
MultilingualMessenger

MultilingualMessenger

Senior Member
#67
Jan 27, 2015
2,690
367
83
#67
blue_ladybug said:
i ain't going out in the rain. That's correct. ain't IS slang for "am not."

I is not going out in the rain just sounds ridiculous.
Click to expand...
It ain't for just "I ain't". "Ain't" is also for he ain't, she ain't, they ain't, we ain't, and you ain't. So it means the same thing as "am not", "is not", and "are not".
 
J

jennymae

Guest
#68
#68
Galahad said:
But Jenny, why did you omit the apostrophe?

Ain't (Which is now in many dictionaries [plural form of dictionary. Not dictionarys. That's possessive case: The dictionary's letters are crunched in order to save paper. No wonder [not wander as in roaming or looking. Wonder is mental, curious.] its [not it's, which is it is. If not sure, try it is and its in your sentence. If you can say it is, then it's it's.] 1,800 entries fit onto 4 pages.)

Isn't
Aren't
Hadn't
Click to expand...
Honestly, I dont know, but I'm not used to be using it, and in my parts I've rarely ever seen it being used the way you are using it. But, that be not the case for wouldn't, couldn't etc.
 
E

Elin

Banned
#69
Jan 19, 2013
11,909
141
0
#69
santuzza said:
The difficulty with "a" and "an" before a vowel can be solved if one thinks of the "y" and "w" sounds as consonants (they are actually semi-consonants). Notice I said SOUNDS not actual letters. Before the "y" and "w" sounds, one would use "a," otherwise, before a vowel sound, one would use "an."

EXAMPLE:

An ugly car

A university

Notice, the word "university" actually starts with a "y" sound (a semi-consonant).

Hope that clarifies...
Click to expand...
And before "h"?
 
3

3Scoreand10

Guest
#70
#70
Just who's bright idea was it to/too/two decide we need more than one spelling of a word.
Don't they know what a strain it put on us with limited brain cells?
 
MultilingualMessenger

MultilingualMessenger

Senior Member
#71
Jan 27, 2015
2,690
367
83
#71
Elin said:
And before "h"?
Click to expand...
Depends on if it's pronounced or not.

E.g. "A hoverboard" or "a hologram" (because the H is pronounced) vs. "an hour" or "an herb" (because the H is not pronounced).
 
G

Galahad

Guest
#72
#72
blue_ladybug said:
i ain't going out in the rain. That's correct. ain't IS slang for "am not."

I is not going out in the rain just sounds ridiculous.
Click to expand...
Well, you're right. But only since I ain't not eaten yet, and it done made my mind tired. And when it does rain, I is going in the rain. I like the rain. Bugs me when them reins get wet. Slip right through my hands, those reins sure do. Rain on the reins just means I gots to sit taller on the coach, as if I reign over all the land like a king.
 
Willie-T

Willie-T

Banned
#73
Feb 7, 2015
22,418
413
0
#73
My BIL is named Herb, and we pronounce the "H" in his name.
 
G

Galahad

Guest
#74
#74
3Scoreand10 said:
Just who's bright idea was it to/too/two decide we need more than one spelling of a word.
Don't they know what a strain it put on us with limited brain cells?
Click to expand...
So we can get the true cents of the word. I mean the true sense of the word.
 
1joseph

1joseph

Senior Member
#75
Dec 14, 2014
590
12
18
#75
3Scoreand10 said:
Just who's bright idea was it to/too/two decide we need more than one spelling of a word.
Don't they know what a strain it put on us with limited brain cells?
Click to expand...
...brain sales...where?
 
G

Galahad

Guest
#76
#76
jennymae said:
Honestly, I dont know, but I'm not used to be using it, and in my parts I've rarely ever seen it being used the way you are using it. But, that be not the case for wouldn't, couldn't etc.
Click to expand...
Okay. I understand. But go for consistency. If would've could've been should've then should've should've led to ain't and aren't. But it hadn't.

Hope you can read what I wrote. Or have you read it? A reed is not red. Just read a book about plants and you'll see.
 
G

Galahad

Guest
#77
#77
MultilingualMessenger said:
People have already said most of mine (the usual you're vs. your, it's vs. its, too/two/to, their/they're/there, etc.). But nobody mentioned "sense" and "since". I've seen people write that something "doesn't make since", but that doesn't make sense. People should stop writing that, since it doesn't make sense.

There is also "anymore" vs. "any more". E.g. "I don't watch TV anymore" vs. "I don't want any more grapes."



And "whole entire". :p
Click to expand...
No. Since is pronounced with a long I, as in SIN. SINCE.

Since you mentioned sense, I feel (pun intended) like the 99 cents that's always slapped on the end of a price tag is foolish.

2.99, 3.99, and then the sales pitch, Buy it for less than $50.00. What's that? Only $49.99!


Sense and cents sound alike.
Since is more like sin.
 
M

Miri

Guest
#78
#78
I could never understand the following.

Read this book - as in do this in the future tense
I read this book - as in I have just done that past tense

Same spelling :confused:

-------

Then there are the following words

bone
tone
moan ( shouldn't this be spelt mone?)
 
M

Miri

Guest
#79
#79
Oh and the other one

breech / breach
 
G

Galahad

Guest
#80
#80
Galahad said:
No. Since is pronounced with a long I, as in SIN. SINCE.

Since you mentioned sense, I feel (pun intended) like the 99 cents that's always slapped on the end of a price tag is foolish.

2.99, 3.99, and then the sales pitch, Buy it for less than $50.00. What's that? Only $49.99!


Sense and cents sound alike.
Since is more like sin.
Click to expand...

NO. I MEANT SINCE IS PRONOUNCED WITH A SHORT I.

Long I is I. Short I is Right, as in SIN. This is correct.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.