Let's make this thread an online English Class

Surely it would be...

"I'm calling you, you're not calling me."

 

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Evin proffesaurs. Holly shit, this has be gotten uot ouf controll.

 

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wesmorris

yes, it's not

(now please consider that answer... is it grammatically wrong?)

Oh, and I have another question here. Is any of these sentences correct?
1) I used to walk faster than most people did.
2) I used to walk faster than most people used to.
3) I am used to walking faster than most people are.

 

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The Demi Perfect .....

Yes, you are right. It should have been "YOU'RE" for it wasn't possive. Thank you for pointing that out.

 

Pardon, that comment was directed at Bonzai Monkey.

Yes. The first half of the sentence it's definately wrong.

"It is not you who are calling me" is gramatically incorrect. I'm not sure but I'd guess that the alternate is technically gramatically incorrect as well since it's got too many words. The use of the word "it" in that sentence is unnecessary. If you have to use 'it' anyway (lol) you should use the second one: "It is not you who is calling me".

(that one was incorrect, it shoudl be "are any of these sentences correct")

Hmm.. I'm not sure if it's gramatically incorrect, but it's certainly an odd way to put it. A better alternative might be: "At the time I walked faster than everyone" or "I used to walk faster than almost everyone" or something to that effect. It's the 'did' at the end that throws it off. Actually I think the sentence is technically okay, just a little odd.

Same kind of deal, though it's not quite as awkward. I'm not sure but I think you're technically not supposed to end a sentence with "to". I do it sometimes though. It actually might be okay in certain cases, I'm not positive. I'd try "I used to walk faster than most people did". Actually now that I think about it, I don't think you need the thing on the end at all. How about "I used to walk faster than most people". Yes, that's much better.

Again, the 'are' at the end messes it up. Try it without it and don't be afraid to use contractions. It sounds more friendly. "I'm used to walking faster than most people." That's the ticket.

 

Well, maybe you shouldn't listen to me because I just checked with Mr. Gates (pasted them into microsoft word). He says that the first one is right, second one is wrong. *sigh*

I suppose grammar isn't really my thing.

MS Word doesn't have a problem with this sentence: "It is not you who are calling me, but it is I who am calling you."

I'll shutup now.

 

Exactly who is it that you wish fucked?

 

You never called me; I called you.

 

Is should be are.

1) sounds reasonable

 

Oh man that's not very jolly..... rodger....

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I thought that the word 'any' represents a singular object, hence I wrote "Is any....?"

 

somewhat acceptable

Anyway I have something troublesome...... again

please examine this sentence... I'm not really sure if the structure is right...

"There are not as many apples in this house as compared to oranges."

(the idea is for every object A, there are more than one object B)

 

Color me stupid, but I disagree. "is" if appropriate in that context would limit it to one potential answer, but it's still not appropriate. If you wanted to know if only one of them was correct you would ask it that way. Leaving out the "one" between the "any" and "of" jacks it all up, so I don't think you're right.

In other words if you want to use it in the manner you perscribed, then it should be phrased as you stated "Is any one of these statements correct?". The term "one" is NOT superfluous in this case.

 

Ok , now you have to make references to this thread to people, Like... ohh half the people on the psuedo science board?

 

You didn't call me, I fucking did.

 

I didn't get your interpretation from what you quoted. In other words, I believe there must be a rule that supercedes what you quoted. Without the "one" in the sentence, I think it's wrong even though the rules you quoted were right.