Website grammar - who checks?
Dec 21, 2017, 1:39 pm
#16
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What's wrong with it? The statement is a headline in which they're using "open" as a verb. Given that they're talking about a single hotel, putting an "s" on the verb is correct. If they wanted to use "open" as an adjective, then they would have said "The Ritz-Carlton, Langkawi is now open." But since the "is" is missing, there's nothing wrong with their phrasing.
Dec 21, 2017, 4:23 pm
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"The hotel opens." is not a grammatically meaningful sentence. "Opens" typical requires either a (transitive) object or (intransitive) prepositional phrase to complete the meaning.
I'm pretty sure open is being used as an adjective describing the state of the hotel, utilizing an elliptical clause.
Dec 21, 2017, 4:37 pm
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Dec 21, 2017, 4:40 pm
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"The hotel opens." is not a grammatically meaningful sentence. "Opens" typical requires either a (transitive) object or (intransitive) prepositional phrase to complete the meaning.
I'm pretty sure open is being used as an adjective describing the state of the hotel, utilizing an elliptical clause.
I'm pretty sure open is being used as an adjective describing the state of the hotel, utilizing an elliptical clause.
Dec 21, 2017, 5:24 pm
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I doubt that any of this advice will improve the grammar on this board!
The website underlines spelling errors. So if people post with typos that can be caught by the forum's spell check program, then that means the poster couldn't care less about typos!
The website underlines spelling errors. So if people post with typos that can be caught by the forum's spell check program, then that means the poster couldn't care less about typos!
Dec 21, 2017, 5:36 pm
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My mother, may she rest in peace, sent one of my high school papers back the teacher with grammar corrections. Please do not do that to your kids. That teacher became a principal and has since retired. I run into him from time to time and he always mentions her doing that. She did that in 1977.
Dec 21, 2017, 8:43 pm
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Dec 21, 2017, 8:53 pm
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Thank goodness someone started this important informational thread.
Dec 22, 2017, 8:39 am
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Mama, is that you?
My mother, may she rest in peace, sent one of my high school papers back to the teacher with grammar corrections. Please do not do that to your kids. That teacher became a principal and has since retired. I run into him from time to time and he always mentions her doing that. She did that in 1977.
My mother, may she rest in peace, sent one of my high school papers back to the teacher with grammar corrections. Please do not do that to your kids. That teacher became a principal and has since retired. I run into him from time to time and he always mentions her doing that. She did that in 1977.
Dec 22, 2017, 8:56 am
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*shrug* There's a new Ritz. It's open. Seems unambiguous to me.
