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I know, I know! I'm an ESL (Eng Sec Lang), but I can't stand it anymore!! No, no! An end to the scandal, here and now! One of my pet peeves. Anyone who feels like me, has a standing invitation to add. We're writers, aren't we? The words, the grammar, the syntax, are our tools, aren't they? So, w your permission, here it goes:
"NOWADAYS", NOT "NOW DAYS"
"DEFINITELY", NOT "DEFINATELY"
"A LOT", NOT "ALOT"
"SEPARATELY" NOT "SEPERATELY",
and if you really wanna kill me while still young, go ahead and continue to write with an inversed infinitive, like "to better do (it)".
Thanks for the attn, folks! I'm on the run!
Dan
P.S. - and pulllllleeeeese, I beg, I ask, I kneel,
, use the "to" and write "I promised not TO stay", not "I promised not stay". The infinitive conjugation of the verb is a basic must in the context, so "TO" is absolutely necessary before the verb: "What did I promise?" "Not TO stay".
"NOWADAYS", NOT "NOW DAYS"
"DEFINITELY", NOT "DEFINATELY"
"A LOT", NOT "ALOT"
"SEPARATELY" NOT "SEPERATELY",
and if you really wanna kill me while still young, go ahead and continue to write with an inversed infinitive, like "to better do (it)".
Thanks for the attn, folks! I'm on the run!
Dan
P.S. - and pulllllleeeeese, I beg, I ask, I kneel,
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