➖Grammatical errors for the advanced student➖
Careful placement of adverbs
▪️ Casual English is extremely casual about the placement of adverbs. Careful prose takes care to locate adverbs in such a way as to indicate what they modify. Again, this is particularly important in writing philosophy.
❌ Don't say: You should only consider this in your actions…
✅ Say: You should consider only this in your actions…
❌ Don't say: This is not true for you, but for me.
✅ Say: This is true not for you, but for me.
#adverbs #advanced
➖Grammatical errors for the advanced student➖
That and which
▪️ Although completely lost in casual English, the distinction between that and which is extremely useful when writing precisely, and so extremely useful in philosophy. The rule is to use that with a restrictive clause and to use which with a nonrestrictive clause, set off by commas:
✅ Say: She accepted the first answer that seemed true.
✅ Say: She accepted the first answer, which seemed true.
📌 Notice that these sentences express entirely different propositions.
➖Wrong position of adverbs➖
** The adverb of indefinite time misplaced.
❌ Don't say: They come always to school by bus.
✅ Say: They always come to school by bus.
▪️ Pace adverbs of indefinite time, like ever, never, always, often, seldom, soon, sometimes and the adverbs almost, scarcely, hardly, nearly, even, before the principal verb.
📌 Note: With the verb to be place the adverb of indefinite time after the verb: They are always beautifully dressed.
#wrong_adverb #adverbs
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Careful placement of adverbs
▪️ Casual English is extremely casual about the placement of adverbs. Careful prose takes care to locate adverbs in such a way as to indicate what they modify. Again, this is particularly important in writing philosophy.
❌ Don't say: You should only consider this in your actions…
✅ Say: You should consider only this in your actions…
❌ Don't say: This is not true for you, but for me.
✅ Say: This is true not for you, but for me.
#adverbs #advanced
➖Grammatical errors for the advanced student➖
That and which
▪️ Although completely lost in casual English, the distinction between that and which is extremely useful when writing precisely, and so extremely useful in philosophy. The rule is to use that with a restrictive clause and to use which with a nonrestrictive clause, set off by commas:
✅ Say: She accepted the first answer that seemed true.
✅ Say: She accepted the first answer, which seemed true.
📌 Notice that these sentences express entirely different propositions.
➖Wrong position of adverbs➖
** The adverb of indefinite time misplaced.
❌ Don't say: They come always to school by bus.
✅ Say: They always come to school by bus.
▪️ Pace adverbs of indefinite time, like ever, never, always, often, seldom, soon, sometimes and the adverbs almost, scarcely, hardly, nearly, even, before the principal verb.
📌 Note: With the verb to be place the adverb of indefinite time after the verb: They are always beautifully dressed.
#wrong_adverb #adverbs
#shokouh_sattari
@shokouh_sattari