The Zeta Institute.

[Xtermo]

Herlock said:

All the same, in you're case, you should use 'she' and 'her,' respectively.

Bonks Manae

"All the same, in your case, you should use 'she' and 'her,' respectively." You want the posessive "your" in that case. You, however, used the contracted form of "you are."

[Infested Manae]

Having commited one of the seven deadly grammatical sins, Manae whips out a small knife and unseams himself, his guts sprawled across the floor.

[ToolazytologinMagna]

Okay, seriously people. I thought that the purpose of this thread was to help others to make more clear that which they have to say... Not to make them feel lesser or in anyway below those with a "superior" grasp of English. Okay, so some don't use the correct pronoun when refering to members of Indian castes, big fuckin' deal. I'm not trying to slight those of you who have taken the time to master the conjugations or tenses, or some obscure particle of speach that no one or their mother knows. That shows dedication, and I respect that. But in all honesty, this is turning into a damned stupid thread. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and there needs to be some allowance for that.

So your English penis is bigger than some others, I'm sure that their penis is bigger than yours in other areas.

(I don't know how well that expression translates outside of Texas, but it's the only one I could think of at the moment.)

[Xtermo]

I'm going to have to agree. Cyg should make a new thread that has all the basic, accepted rules of grammar for reference, then lock this thread as well as the new one.

[Cygnus X-1]

I was thinking of picking the good parts out of this thread, so I'll allow Manae to make his adverb/adjective post before making a locked thread. Good idea, however.

Bonks Cyg.

I already mentioned this either in this thread or another one. I'm pretty sure it was this one. All the same, in you're case, you should use 'she' and 'her,' respectively. With no specified sex, males should use masculin, and females should use feminine.

Untrue, especially if a historical or intellectual document. The gender of the author bears no relevance; therefore one should default to the masculine.

[Infested Manae]

Shrugs.

The Dragonqueen always did mention how it's history.

Anyway, back to the import topic, with hopes it doesn't sound rushed!

Adverbs, and those lovely adjectives.

Quickly, now, look! There's one now! And another sneaky one! Egad, they're all over the place! As well they should be, as they turn your mundane sentence:

The cat ran.

into an extrordinary one:

The brown cat suddenly ran!

Short and sweet, adverbs describe a verb. Often, you'll notice they end in -ly. Quickly[/b] ran. Suddenly wrote. Quietly looked. They add a little something to the normal verb, adding a level of description just not possible otherwise.

Also, note that you don't need to place an adverb before the verb:

Suddenly, the cat ran.

Suddenly is still an adverb (how did the cat run? Suddenly.), it's just at the start of the sentence instead. Be careful, however, of placing them too far from a verb.

The cat ran into the house suddenly.

By adding that prepositional phrase, the adverb is fairly removed from the idea of running, and can sound wrong. That's not to say it is, but it's best to avoid it, no?

Adjectives work much like an adverb, except instead of describing verbs, they describe nouns and other objects in the sentence.

The brown cat ran.

In this instance, brown describes the cat, and is an adjective. Adjectives can also be moved around into other places, but again don't get them too far away. For example:

The cat, which was brown, ran.

still uses brown as an adjective, except now in a prepositional phrase. While proper, nobody really talks this way, at least not anymore. Again, you can do it, but it's better to try to avoid.

Finally, many adjectives easily become adverbs, and vice versa. Sly and slyly. Quick and quickly. Easy, right?

They are such easy things to use. Opps, just used another there!

So, spice up what you're going to say with some spiffy new adjectives and then quickly toss in a few shiny adverbs as well.

Cyg... maybe you should do a few quick notes on prepositions and prepositional phrases before locking.