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How well do you know your English Grammar?

 

02-16-12 09:45 AM
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I'm curious to see how well everybody knows their grammar rules, especially the harder ones.  So the way this will work is I'll post a sentence with multiple grammatical errors in it.  Your job is to post the corrected sentence and provide a short explanation of your corrections.  The challenge will be to find all of the mistakes.  Since this is a site all about video games and cartoons, all of the sentences will be based on them.

Do you think you're ready?  Good luck!

The following sentence has 3 mistakes, 1 easy, 1 intermediate, 1 hard:

"By making stellar jumps off of floating blocks, the goombas were flattened by Marios fall."

Good luck everybody!
I'm curious to see how well everybody knows their grammar rules, especially the harder ones.  So the way this will work is I'll post a sentence with multiple grammatical errors in it.  Your job is to post the corrected sentence and provide a short explanation of your corrections.  The challenge will be to find all of the mistakes.  Since this is a site all about video games and cartoons, all of the sentences will be based on them.

Do you think you're ready?  Good luck!

The following sentence has 3 mistakes, 1 easy, 1 intermediate, 1 hard:

"By making stellar jumps off of floating blocks, the goombas were flattened by Marios fall."

Good luck everybody!
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"By making stellar jumps off of the floating blocks, the Goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."

I added an article to the blocks, capitalized Goomba, and gave Mario the possession he deserved. However, I question the entire sentence. I understand you wanted to say everything in one sentence, but it doesn't sound right to me. Not sure if we're supposed to rewrite the entire sentence or just fix specific mistakes, though. 
"By making stellar jumps off of the floating blocks, the Goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."

I added an article to the blocks, capitalized Goomba, and gave Mario the possession he deserved. However, I question the entire sentence. I understand you wanted to say everything in one sentence, but it doesn't sound right to me. Not sure if we're supposed to rewrite the entire sentence or just fix specific mistakes, though. 
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02-24-12 10:21 PM
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danielbelitch: Sorry for the confusion.  Naturally the sentence sounds strange since you only caught one of the intended mistakes.  The article isn't necessary.  Since goomba is a species name, it doesn't require capitalization, just like how you wouldn't capitalize the word 'human.'  You are absolutely right in adding an apostrophe to 'Marios.'  With regard to how to fix the problems, you are welcome to either fix the sentence or enumerate the mistakes.  Good job on finding one of the mistakes thus far.
danielbelitch: Sorry for the confusion.  Naturally the sentence sounds strange since you only caught one of the intended mistakes.  The article isn't necessary.  Since goomba is a species name, it doesn't require capitalization, just like how you wouldn't capitalize the word 'human.'  You are absolutely right in adding an apostrophe to 'Marios.'  With regard to how to fix the problems, you are welcome to either fix the sentence or enumerate the mistakes.  Good job on finding one of the mistakes thus far.
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I suppose in the world of Mario it's just a species name, but I figured it should be capitalized since it's a trademark in our world. Oh well. Let's try this: "Mario's stellar jumps off of the floating blocks caused him to fall onto the goombas, flattening them in the process." Am I allowed to reword the sentence to this degree? For the record, I did notice that the double passive voice in the original sentence caused 'Mario's fall' to be the indirect object rather than the direct object.
I suppose in the world of Mario it's just a species name, but I figured it should be capitalized since it's a trademark in our world. Oh well. Let's try this: "Mario's stellar jumps off of the floating blocks caused him to fall onto the goombas, flattening them in the process." Am I allowed to reword the sentence to this degree? For the record, I did notice that the double passive voice in the original sentence caused 'Mario's fall' to be the indirect object rather than the direct object.
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"By making stellar jumps off floating blocks the goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."

Let's see how rusty my skills are.
"By making stellar jumps off floating blocks the goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."

Let's see how rusty my skills are.
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I am completly English, the main language of the USA!

"By making stellar jumps off floating blocks, the goombas were flattened by mario's fall."
I think I have it perfect.
I am completly English, the main language of the USA!

"By making stellar jumps off floating blocks, the goombas were flattened by mario's fall."
I think I have it perfect.
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Except that you forgot to capitalize "mario".
Except that you forgot to capitalize "mario".
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Yeah I can solve this....

"By making stellar jumps off floating blocks, the goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."
Yeah I can solve this....

"By making stellar jumps off floating blocks, the goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."
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"By making stellar jumps off of the floating blocks, the Goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."

I am not an English major... but I think I got it right.

"By making stellar jumps off of the floating blocks, the Goombas were flattened by Mario's fall."

I am not an English major... but I think I got it right.
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I'm not an expert at grammar by any means, but the current sentence makes it sound like the goomba's are the ones jumping off of the blocks. Is that one of the mistakes you were looking for, by any chance?
I'm not an expert at grammar by any means, but the current sentence makes it sound like the goomba's are the ones jumping off of the blocks. Is that one of the mistakes you were looking for, by any chance?
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I'm not the best with grammar But I try and I mostly just learn stuff on my own however since school really wasn't helping much.
I'm not the best with grammar But I try and I mostly just learn stuff on my own however since school really wasn't helping much.
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Yeah, I'm pretty good with grammar. Overall, I don't study because I find it as a waste of time for Language. I know how to go about talking. Unless it's a brand new subject that I have no clue about, I just take the test like normal and usually get a mid B to a low A.
Yeah, I'm pretty good with grammar. Overall, I don't study because I find it as a waste of time for Language. I know how to go about talking. Unless it's a brand new subject that I have no clue about, I just take the test like normal and usually get a mid B to a low A.
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Alright everyone-- as a combined force, you found all of the mistakes, but there wasn't an individual person that got all three.  The three mistakes are as follows:

1.  "Marios" needs an apostrophe because it is a possessive modifier.
2.  The goombas weren't doing the jumping, so there is a misplaced modifier.
3.  "of" is an unnecessary preposition since it doesn't add any more information to the sentence.

Therefore, one way to rewrite this sentence is:

By making stellar jumps off floating blocks, Mario flattened the goombas with his fall.
Good work to those of you who found those mistakes.  I think all of you got the missing apostrophe and lots of you caught the preposition.  A handful of you caught the misplaced modifier, which is one of the most subtle English grammar quirks.

Sorry it took so long to get the answer out to you-- just had a lot of projects to do.  Congrats!
Alright everyone-- as a combined force, you found all of the mistakes, but there wasn't an individual person that got all three.  The three mistakes are as follows:

1.  "Marios" needs an apostrophe because it is a possessive modifier.
2.  The goombas weren't doing the jumping, so there is a misplaced modifier.
3.  "of" is an unnecessary preposition since it doesn't add any more information to the sentence.

Therefore, one way to rewrite this sentence is:

By making stellar jumps off floating blocks, Mario flattened the goombas with his fall.
Good work to those of you who found those mistakes.  I think all of you got the missing apostrophe and lots of you caught the preposition.  A handful of you caught the misplaced modifier, which is one of the most subtle English grammar quirks.

Sorry it took so long to get the answer out to you-- just had a lot of projects to do.  Congrats!
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I know it very well been practicing it for about eight years I guess Iam from the USA so of course I know it well I study it even today trying my best
I know it very well been practicing it for about eight years I guess Iam from the USA so of course I know it well I study it even today trying my best
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I'm actually glad this one got bumped, 'cause I got to see the answer. But alas, it's run its course and it's time for it to end.

*Closed*
I'm actually glad this one got bumped, 'cause I got to see the answer. But alas, it's run its course and it's time for it to end.

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