Grammar clarification thread
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Affect is the verb form of the noun effect. Affect means to have or make an effect. Examples: 1) We don't know what kind of effect the incessant headbanging will have on him. 2) The incessant headbanging may or may not affect him.
Then is an adverb used in a sentence to list events in a sequence, or to denote an additional fact, or as a linking adverb connecting an idea or question with an according verb. Examples: 1) He lowered his head, then quickly raised it back up, and then started over again back at the lowering of his head. 2) The most evident symptom of incessant headbanging is the extensive strain on the muscles of the neck, then there's the whiplash effect that can liquify the brain if it is not stopped. 3) If he enjoys incessantly banging his head, then let him do it.
Than is a conjunction, usually used after a comparative adjective or adverb, with which to denote preference, inequality, or difference between two elements. Examples: 1) The bald headbanger bangs his head faster than the long haired headbanger. 2) The tripping headbanger appears to be headbanging for a different reason than the rest of the family.
I rest my case.
Then is an adverb used in a sentence to list events in a sequence, or to denote an additional fact, or as a linking adverb connecting an idea or question with an according verb. Examples: 1) He lowered his head, then quickly raised it back up, and then started over again back at the lowering of his head. 2) The most evident symptom of incessant headbanging is the extensive strain on the muscles of the neck, then there's the whiplash effect that can liquify the brain if it is not stopped. 3) If he enjoys incessantly banging his head, then let him do it.
Than is a conjunction, usually used after a comparative adjective or adverb, with which to denote preference, inequality, or difference between two elements. Examples: 1) The bald headbanger bangs his head faster than the long haired headbanger. 2) The tripping headbanger appears to be headbanging for a different reason than the rest of the family.
I rest my case.
Jeslek
Banned
fury said:Affect is the verb form of the noun effect. Affect means to have or make an effect. Examples: 1) We don't know what kind of effect the incessant headbanging will have on him. 2) The incessant headbanging may or may not affect him.
Then is an adverb used in a sentence to list events in a sequence, or to denote an additional fact, or as a linking adverb connecting an idea or question with an according verb. Examples: 1) He lowered his head, then quickly raised it back up, and then started over again back at the lowering of his head. 2) The most evident symptom of incessant headbanging is the extensive strain on the muscles of the neck, then there's the whiplash effect that can liquify the brain if it is not stopped. 3) If he enjoys incessantly banging his head, then let him do it.
Than is a conjunction, usually used after a comparative adjective or adverb, with which to denote preference, inequality, or difference between two elements. Examples: 1) The bald headbanger bangs his head faster than the long haired headbanger. 2) The tripping headbanger appears to be headbanging for a different reason than the rest of the family.
I rest my case.
Fuck did you know that? Or did you look it up? If you know that, you are smart, because not everyone can explain it so nicely.Lets add more to MY court:
3) sit vs set
4) raise vs rise
5) can vs may
Jeslek
Banned
OK fury is smart, he is very smart, time for harder questions.
6) Define coordinating conjuction.
7) Name the articles.
8) Define indirect object.
9) Can a complex sentence consit of a) two independent clauses, b) two dependend clauses, c) one independent and one dependent clause
10) What is a comma splice?
Still harder (in my opinion):
11) What is a gerund phrase?
12) What is a participle phrase?
13) What is an infinitive phrase?
(I'm a grammar nut)
6) Define coordinating conjuction.
7) Name the articles.
8) Define indirect object.
9) Can a complex sentence consit of a) two independent clauses, b) two dependend clauses, c) one independent and one dependent clause
10) What is a comma splice?
Still harder (in my opinion):
11) What is a gerund phrase?
12) What is a participle phrase?
13) What is an infinitive phrase?
(I'm a grammar nut)Knew it.
Sit is mainly a verb associated with resting in a position where your butt supports your torso and your legs (and usually arms, unless at a computer or with a beer in hand) are in a resting position, e.g. "The headbanger refused to sit, for fear of losing his headbanging momentum". However, it is also used to describe inactivity, e.g. "The headbanger sat there for what seemed like an eternity, just banging away", or a term to describe supervision, e.g. "The woman agreed to sit with the baby headbanger and make sure it didn't get into any trouble", and also as a term to denote agreement or disagreement: "The idea of never headbanging again didn't sit well with the family, despite the offering of a lifetime supply of pizza, beer, and $10 billion cash"
Set, as a verb, is to place something down on a surface, e.g. "Set the beard banger over there by the alien banger.", or to place the environment of for example, a story or movie, e.g. "He set his story of the first time he started headbanging to a rock concert that happened many months ago". Set, as a noun, is used to name a collection of items that go together, e.g. "The set of headbangers went everywhere together.", or as the way something is positioned, e.g. "The set of his hand was constant the entire time he was banging". Set, as an adjective, is mainly used in describing something that is established or fixed, such as "The little guy was set on banging his head non-stop", or as a state of readiness. "He was all set for more headbanging once we were able to get the water hose in his mouth, and believe me, that wasn't easy."
Stay tuned for the settlement on #4
Sit is mainly a verb associated with resting in a position where your butt supports your torso and your legs (and usually arms, unless at a computer or with a beer in hand) are in a resting position, e.g. "The headbanger refused to sit, for fear of losing his headbanging momentum". However, it is also used to describe inactivity, e.g. "The headbanger sat there for what seemed like an eternity, just banging away", or a term to describe supervision, e.g. "The woman agreed to sit with the baby headbanger and make sure it didn't get into any trouble", and also as a term to denote agreement or disagreement: "The idea of never headbanging again didn't sit well with the family, despite the offering of a lifetime supply of pizza, beer, and $10 billion cash"
Set, as a verb, is to place something down on a surface, e.g. "Set the beard banger over there by the alien banger.", or to place the environment of for example, a story or movie, e.g. "He set his story of the first time he started headbanging to a rock concert that happened many months ago". Set, as a noun, is used to name a collection of items that go together, e.g. "The set of headbangers went everywhere together.", or as the way something is positioned, e.g. "The set of his hand was constant the entire time he was banging". Set, as an adjective, is mainly used in describing something that is established or fixed, such as "The little guy was set on banging his head non-stop", or as a state of readiness. "He was all set for more headbanging once we were able to get the water hose in his mouth, and believe me, that wasn't easy."
Stay tuned for the settlement on #4
GOD ALMIGHTY
YHWH
That is correct. Lord overrules puny judges any day. 
GOD ALMIGHTY
YHWH
Have you ever seen a court disappear? It just vanishes into thin air, never to be seen or heard from again.
Jeslek
Banned
I can't say I have. Don't you have some prayers to answer? I hear a lot of people are praying for a 7 in Las Vegas right now. Now go play with your lighting and let me be the judge of MY court.GOD ALMIGHTY said:Have you ever seen a court disappear? It just vanishes into thin air, never to be seen or heard from again.
Raise is a verb used for describing ascension to a higher level, as in "His head raised as soon as it lowered, almost too fast for me to see", an act of upbringing, e.g. "He raised his kids to be headbangers just like he was", or an increase in size, power, salary, or mass. "All of a sudden he raised to be 10 times bigger than he was before, it freaked me out! The intensity of his headbanging raised more than ever before. His company raised his pay because of the attention he was drawing to his workplace." It is also used as a noun to denote the act of increasing, including an increase in salary. "He used the raise he got to buy a bigger house so he could have more kids who would follow him in his foot...er..headsteps."
Rise is a verb which is used for all the things Raise as a verb is used for, except for the act of upbringing and the act of increasing salary, but with the addition of climbing, emerging, or standing up from a lower position, e.g. "They were headbanging even before they rose up out of bed. When they were taking baths, they would keep on headbanging and then would still be banging after they rise up from underwater. When they went upstairs, they would rise to the beat of their heads. Everywhere they went and everything they did would include their heads banging.", or as the act of erecting, as in "He was watching porn and headbanging, and the HLA gave his little wanker a rise, and he wouldn't even try to fap, he'd just keep on headbanging", or to cause a commotion. "They were headbanging so much at the concert the other day that they got a rise out of the other people who didn't have the stamina to headbang that much" As a noun, it is used for the angle of a slope or as an increase in status; "They rose to almost royalty levels in some places, where people would worship them just for their dedication to headbanging"
#5 in a little bit
