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In response to "F*ck, this is driving me nuts. That Politico story on B2 uses "sobering" as a verb. Does that pass muster?" by Mop

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Posted by Reagen Jan 19 '17, 09:08

do we have to reteach gerunds?

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I was editing some college application essays this week and I was astounded what the kids don't know about verb tenses. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 19, 09:16 6
- "effect/affect" and "except/accept" are what's driving me insane these days - Reagen Jan 19, 09:17 4
  - Those in your subject line can sometimes just be pure typos. Your brain knows the right word but you just type the word that sounds like it. I see - pmb Jan 19, 09:21
  - a kid told me last week that he doesn't use effect and affect ever in writing because he doesn't know which to use. that's one way to handle it. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 19, 09:19 2
    - I admit, that while I do know how to use them, I often have to pause and actually think about it. They are close enough that it requires thought. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 09:23
    - I'll take that over using it incorrectly, I suppose. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:20
- it's all about emoji's now, miss jones -- nm - decline Jan 19, 09:17
*looks up 'gerunds'* -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:09
oh dear. -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 09:09 7
- I can't be like this. I'm gonna stop using the Oxford comma and start ending sentences with prepositions. -- nm* - Mop Jan 19, 09:11 6
  - both bullshit prescriptivist notions, BTW. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:12 5
    - The Oxford comma was God's gift to grammar and clarity in the written word. - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 09:18 4
      - The real answer is to rewrite the sentence to avoid ambiguity. - Reagen Jan 19, 09:20 2
        
        or even better (rewriting!) - Reagen Jan 19, 09:32
        
        (You've split your subject in your example) -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:21
      - I'm bookmarking this. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:19

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