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Double Negatives/ Usage Problems/ Pronoun Cases/ Who vs. Whom

Double Negatives/ Usage Problems/ Pronoun Cases/ Who vs. Whom. Ch. 21 p. 117-120 and p. 135-142. Double Negatives. A sentence that contains two negative words. Do not write sentences with double negatives. To express a negative idea, you should use only one negative word.

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Double Negatives/ Usage Problems/ Pronoun Cases/ Who vs. Whom

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  1. Double Negatives/ Usage Problems/ Pronoun Cases/ Who vs. Whom Ch. 21 p. 117-120 and p. 135-142

  2. Double Negatives • A sentence that contains two negative words. • Do not write sentences with double negatives. • To express a negative idea, you should use only one negative word. Ex. 1 Wrong: I can’t never remember his name. Correct: I can never remember his name. Ex. 2 Wrong: We never saw no lions. Correct: We never saw any lions.

  3. Common Usage Problems • “To accept most commonly means to receive willingly. Except usually means apart from or excluding. “ • “Advise is a verb and advice is a noun. So advice is what is given and the act of giving advice is called advising (or to advise).” • “In most situations, affectis used as a verb and effect as a noun.”

  4. “All ready means completely prepared. Already means prior to a specified or implied time.” • “When exactly two entities are specified, betweenshould always be used:Ex.“This contract is entered into between the Seller and the Purchaser.” Amongshould be used where the entities are considered as a group, mass or collectivity: Ex. “There is consensus among shareholders that this approach be adopted.” • “Beside is a preposition meaning "next to.“ Besides is a preposition meaning "except" or "in addition to.“”

  5. “Farther is used in relation to physical distance; it means "at or to a greater distance" whereas "further" means "to a greater degree".” • “When the context is that of a comparing, use "than"; in most other cases, especially when used in the context of time or the order in which events occur, the correct usage is "then".” • There, Their, and They’rehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdyhxtIZsJc

  6. To, Too, and Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5GWRL65Ky4 • “Into indicates movement, action or transformation. "In to" is usually used to mean "in order to".”

  7. Grammar Workbook p. 117 and 119 (exercise 1, #1-5)

  8. Pronoun Cases • The relation between a pronoun’s form and its use in a sentence is known as case. English has three cases: nominative, objective, and possessive.

  9. Nominative Case • Use a personal pronoun in the nominative case (1) as the subject of a verb or (2) as a predicate pronoun.

  10. Objective Case • Use a personal pronoun in the objective case as (1) a direct object (2) indirect object or (3) the object of a preposition.

  11. Possessive Case • Use the possessive case of personal pronouns before nouns to show possession. Use certain personal pronouns by themselves to indicate possession. Personal Pronouns in the possessive case are never written with apostrophes.

  12. Who VS. Whom • Who is a pronoun in the nominative case, Like other nominative pronouns, who is used as the subject of a verb.

  13. Who VS. Whom • Whom is a pronoun in the objective case. Like other objective pronouns, whom is used (1) as the direct object of a verb or (2) as the object of a preposition.

  14. Sources Used • Grammar Workbook • http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/accept_except.htm • http://www.diffen.com/difference/Advice_vs_Advise • http://www.diffen.com/difference/Affect_vs_Effect • http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/already_all_ready.htm • http://www.translegal.com/common-mistakes/between-vs-among • http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/Beside.htm • http://www.diffen.com/difference/Farther_vs_Further • http://www.diffen.com/difference/Than_vs_Then • http://www.diffen.com/difference/In_To_vs_Into

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