Site Map | E-Mail | Easy English This is the good stuff. Not too many links, but all you'll ever need. Won't hurt a bit. Win some bets on grammar and spelling in your spare time. You might win enough to put 128K RAM on your machine by next week! Check out the tips below the links, too. I'm just an e-mail away if you have any questions.
| Apostrophe | CD's vs. CDs | They're both correct, but in different circumstances. If you have more than one, you have several CDs . (No apostrophe because it's not possessive.) If the CD is pink with puce polka dots, you're talking about the CD's color . With colors like that, the CD's bound to be possessive, or in the case of this sentence, the CD is... |
| Personal pronouns | He gave it to you and I vs. to you and me | You wouldn't say, " He gave it to I ." The same principle applies to between you and I . Between is a preposition, and Miss Post said we needed to use an objective pronoun with a preposition, so we know that she gave that advice to me and him . (I know it doesn't sound right, but that's because we're getting used to hearing the TV commentators say it wrong.) |
| Spelling | alot vs. a lot | A lot is nice to have if you need plenty of RAM (or are building a house, for that matter). Alot is a misspelling of a verb. Even if you allot enough time for a project, it'll take another hour. |
| Spelling | alright vs. all right | All right is the opposite of all wrong . See above because I can't think of another joke right now to help you remember. |
