Since my friends know I am a writer, they often come to me with grammar questions. This makes me feel smart, and sometimes even beautiful, like a shiny penny that is good at math.
Yesterday a friend pointed out that her spellchecker informed her there is no such word as "ahold." Her example: "I tried to get ahold of you last night, but there was no answer."
I thought they should simply be separate words--a hold--but upon looking it up we discovered that simply "hold" without a pronoun is proper. "I tried to get hold of you last night."
But we were wondering if that is always the case. For instance, if we're using the term as if we wish to get a grip on something physical. The proper way to say it is "I was trying to get hold of his naughty bits under the table." But is "I was trying to get a hold of his naughty bits under the table" ALWAYS incorrect? Because "I was trying to get a grip of his naughty bits" is correct over "I was trying to get grip of his naughty bits."
This is very important, as it is imperative to be accurate while grabbing naughty bits.
Yesterday a friend pointed out that her spellchecker informed her there is no such word as "ahold." Her example: "I tried to get ahold of you last night, but there was no answer."
I thought they should simply be separate words--a hold--but upon looking it up we discovered that simply "hold" without a pronoun is proper. "I tried to get hold of you last night."
But we were wondering if that is always the case. For instance, if we're using the term as if we wish to get a grip on something physical. The proper way to say it is "I was trying to get hold of his naughty bits under the table." But is "I was trying to get a hold of his naughty bits under the table" ALWAYS incorrect? Because "I was trying to get a grip of his naughty bits" is correct over "I was trying to get grip of his naughty bits."
This is very important, as it is imperative to be accurate while grabbing naughty bits.
