Timothy

@GrammarTable Thank you for not saying which is the right way, but which is preferred.

What's your preference? Last night I ran into a couple _________ two doors down from us.

@GrammarTable I would tend to say 'taken'

I should have walked rather than _____ (take, taking) the bus.

@GrammarTable Few sentences live in a vacuum. These sentences would be part of a ' conversation' - either written or spoken. This is where application of pragmatics can assist the confused pedant.

Which of these sentences would/could you comfortably say? 1. He drove faster. 2. He drove slower.

@GrammarTable I cannot view one as 'correct' and the other 'incorrect'. I view them as preferences and regional, Continental, cultural, etc. differences. The point I like to consider is: Is there confusion caused by the words chosen?

Correct or incorrect (grammatically speaking)? The Who are an English rock band.

@GrammarTable I would tend to say: Roll up the window. But using a pronoun I would say: Roll it up.

Which would you be more likely to say? 1. Please roll the window up. 2. Please roll up the window.

@GrammarTable Was this the film with Broderick Crawford?

@GrammarTable While not 'incorrect', it is pretentious. The sort of reply an apostrophe-watcher would make.

Is the following reply to "How are you?" incorrect? "I am well."

@GrammarTable I occasionally use Oxford commas and do not put two spaces after periods.

I ____ (use, do not use) Oxford commas and ____ (put, do not put) two spaces after periods.

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@GrammarTable I need a poll. Adds to scientific accuracy 😜 (Confirmed nerd here.)

Some of you SAY you are nerdy, but do you really MEAN it?

@GrammarTable From the opening lines of their mission statement: (They do not capitalize the word in question.) "Founded in 1956, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of nonprofit independent colleges and ..." cic.edu/about/what-we-…

They work at ____ (the, The) Council of Independent Colleges. Link in next tweet.

@GrammarTable Thank you, my thoughts exactly. But it should not be just while on the Internet that we behave ourselves.

A response to my poll earlier about the wording of a sentence, and an example of how not to act on the internet.

@GrammarTable ɡˈa͡ɪsɚ and ɡˈiːzɚ

Are "geyser" and "geezer" homophones for you?

@GrammarTable Prescriptivist baiting again? 😉

It took ____ (less, fewer) than 60 seconds for Ariela to decide to quit her job.

@GrammarTable Whichever way is considered 'proper' I would use 'Who', since 'Whom' has been steadily dropping from daily speech. I would have no problem if 'That' were used. I have regularly heard the 'That'/'Who' exchange in regular speech.

Louise ran out of her apartment holding a bat in pursuit of a rival industry executive ____ (who, whom) she had learned was nearby.

@GrammarTable Optional, neither desirable nor undesirable

Please select the option that best describes your position on the comma after "that" in the sentence below. The chocolates were so expensive that, after trying and failing to give them up, Mona applied for a job at the company that made them.

@GrammarTable I can say 'languages expert' To me it is in the same pattern as 'maths expert '

These results are surprising to me. No matter the number of languages, I’d still use “language” in that sentence. Voters who said both were OK, are you really truly sure you’d say “languages expert”? I believe some would, but not this many…

@GrammarTable One platypus Two platypus As in ... One deer Two deer

Which do you use for the plural of "platypus"?

@GrammarTable For me, it would depend on the purpose of the meeting: Meet me - general purpose meeting Meet with me - your job is on the line

A male manager, 35, needs to discuss a work matter with a new female employee, 22. Which would you be more likely to say to the employee if you were the manager? 1. Can you meet me at 4:45? 2. Can you meet with me at 4:45?

@GrammarTable He sprang. He had sprung.

What would you *say* in the sentence below? Then he _____ (past tense of "spring") into action! (I'm asking about spontaneous speech—not writing.)