Comments on: Grammar 101: Maintaining Parallel Structure

By: Grammar 101: Is It Maybe or May Be? « Beyond the Rhetoric

Grammar 101: Is It Maybe or May Be? « Beyond the Rhetoric — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:18 +0000

[...] between “maybe” (one word) and “may be” (two words) is not a matter of writing style. There is a distinct difference between the two, because they are different parts of [...]

By: Grammar 101: Ending in a Preposition « Beyond the Rhetoric

Grammar 101: Ending in a Preposition « Beyond the Rhetoric — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:12:27 +0000

[...] and it is not a rule that we all have to follow all the time. In this way, it is similar to maintaining parallel structure in that it is more about writing style and ease of reading. Consider this famous example from [...]

By: dcr

dcr — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:21:00 +0000

I just thought of one you could do: Sale vs. Sell.

Hang out in any marketing forum, and you’ll see people write stuff like, “Where can I sale my stuff?”

It’s like nails across a chalkboard…

By: dcr

dcr — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:32:23 +0000

Good post. I always try to keep this in mind. I sometimes break the rules, though.

But, sometimes it is for effect. Yeah, that’s the ticket…

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:11:32 +0000

I can see some great instances of this in real world writing. I have seen the first example in a newspaper before. Something good to think about while trying to construct my posts for the blog.

I will start posting on the blog regularly starting this week since school has started. Also, it seems that as the students and teachers come back my blog traffic increases, in which I can see the correlation between school and reading about school.

By: EarningStep

EarningStep — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:11:06 +0000

thanks a lot my friend . honestly i have a lot questions in my mind . i will ask it next time you post about grammar.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:23:32 +0000

For that sentence, I think using “to” is still correct, but “for” just sounds better to me.

By: EarningStep

EarningStep — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:06:34 +0000

OMG… my grammer worst than i though…
if i can ask you more , what the different between for and to. both of them looked the same for me

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:04:20 +0000

1. He was fired because of always coming late for work. Or… He was fired because he always came late for work.

2. Kwan doesn’t like blogging and neither do I.

By: EarningStep

EarningStep — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:57:10 +0000

i remembered my english tutor ever said to me that present tense is use for FACT..
oh ya one more question :
1.kwan don’t like blogging , either do i
or
2. kwan don’t like blogging , neither do i