https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:06:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938702 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:58:13 +0000 Adira 938702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHotDog: Try to remember VANE - Verb: Affect, Noun: Effect </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938662 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:50:34 +0000 MrsHotDog 938662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Effect vs affect. After 30 years of not knowing which one to use, I give up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938633 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:44:42 +0000 Adira 938633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: haha, now I just hope it's correct so I didn't just steer you totally wrong! That's my understanding of what the rule is though. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938625 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:43:17 +0000 Meridian 938625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Seriously?! I have never heard of the syllable rule, but that helps immensely!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938608 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:40:19 +0000 Adira 938608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, the other one that gets me is when to use "that" vs "which".</p> <p>@indi: Semicolons! <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon" rel="nofollow">http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938606 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:39:31 +0000 tysonja 938606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>toward/towards :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938601 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:37:46 +0000 DillonLion 938601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ie or ei confuses me. I never know. I mean I know the poem is "I before E except after C' But there are exceptions to the rule! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938599 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:37:38 +0000 Adira 938599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: If it's one syllable, you add the s, if it's more, you don't. So for example: Hess's car is nicer than Charles' car. I BELIEVE that's the rule anyway - English majors please correct me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938597 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:36:34 +0000 Adira 938597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: Ugh, who vs whom - I never figured this one out!</p> <p>@cranberryapple: Same!</p> <p>As for commas, I had a friend in college that would put a comma every time she had a pause in her thought. So she might be thinking a totally straight forward sentence, but if she paused while thinking it, she added a comma!</p> <p>"Today, I got up for, work and I wasn't sure, what I wanted for breakfast."</p> <p>She used to have me proof-read her papers and I was constantly removing all her random commas! Luckily, she's gotten a lot better and is now a pro with the commas! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938590 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:35:28 +0000 Meridian 938590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This sounds so trivial, but when someone's name ends in an "s" and then using their name as a possessive (does this even make sense?) throws me off. </p> <p>Such as: "That is Charles' car." Or is it "That is Charles's car." I believe it is "Charles' car", but I've seen it the other way in print (in books) which makes me doubt myself... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938573 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:27:47 +0000 cranberryapple 938573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The rules for when to use "lay", "lie", "lied" and "laid"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938292 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:08:04 +0000 mrsjazz 938292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: YES TO THE SERIAL COMMA!!! I am very serious about serial commas. Please use them! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938271 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:03:16 +0000 indi 938271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: That's what I meant by "soft sound" but I don't know the proper term to describe it. The one that KILLS me though is "an historian." I still argue that "hi" sounds hard enough to make the an awkward. </p> <p>PS - I love your name! It was the name of my very first puppy, so it makes me smile when you post. :-)</p> <p>Oh, and the serial comma debate. Do we use it, do we not!? *I do, and giggle about the strippers, JFK, and Stalin meme every time.* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938268 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:03:02 +0000 runsyellowlites 938268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>who vs whom. As soon as I think I got it, I'm confused again! I swear I have to google it everytime! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938264 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:02:48 +0000 mrsjazz 938264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: My husband says I use too many commas. He's such a know-it-all! Yes, you use "a" in front of consonants and vowels that sound like consonants (like a union "you" and a one-time thing "won") and "an" in front of vowels and silent h sounds. And what she said---&gt;@Freckles: </p> <p>@Freckles: Ha. My husband doesn't need any encouragement to correct my grammar :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938254 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:01:09 +0000 Lindsay05 938254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of it! I hated learning it in school. The only thing i excelled at was spelling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938246 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:59:19 +0000 Dandelion 938246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: I just say "I'm her" or "I'm dandelion" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938240 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:57:50 +0000 regberadaisy 938240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: see! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938229 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:54:55 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 938229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: good call! I'm going to do that now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938226 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:54:04 +0000 Freckles 938226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: That's correct, though i think the exception is when using acronyms. Like, i think you'd say "He got an MBA" not "He got a MBA. because M sounds like "em". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938217 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:51:58 +0000 Freckles 938217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: I actually encourage DH to correct me when i say something incorrectly! I do tend to mix up my object and subject pronouns (he vs. his) sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938213 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:50:38 +0000 indi 938213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE commas, but I think most folks have started dropping them out of daily communication. So when I use them and people try to tell me my proper commas are wrong, I go batty! Semi-colons, though, wtf are those? So confused.</p> <p>@regberadaisy: I *think* a vs an really just has to do with whether the next word starts with a consonant or a vowel (or soft vowel sound).</p> <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: Ha, I cheat and just say "this is X." Muahaha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938212 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:50:17 +0000 Mrs. Pen 938212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some spelling gets me, mainly "er" vs "or". I was constantly misspelling interpreter, and had to remind myself it's all "e's". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938203 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:46:09 +0000 MrsTiz 938203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: I do too! If not I say "this is her" or "speaking", though when I say "speaking" I always feel like a biatch </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938202 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:46:05 +0000 mrsjazz 938202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: HAHAHA! I'm going to answer the phone like that now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938198 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:45:34 +0000 mrsjazz 938198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: a vs. an is a one of my pet peeves! haha. Sorry :) </p> <p>DH always corrects me on my pronoun use. Sometimes it sucks being married to an English teacher! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938194 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:44:22 +0000 Cherrybee 938194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you mean *which* grammar rules confuse you?! Lol. </p> <p>I don't think any stand out for me as being particularly confusing but we all make mistakes - it's hard to concentrate 100% of the time!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938190 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:43:29 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 938190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How to answer the phone! I always forget if its "This is she" or "this is her", so sometimes I say "that's me!" Even though that's probably wrong too.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-rules-confuse-you#post-938177 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:38:59 +0000 regberadaisy 938177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When to use a vs an and also say vs says vs said! </p>