Comments for Grammar Wench

Comment on recurring vs reoccurring by cheapseeds

cheapseeds — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:34:51 +0000

Just what I needed! Looking for whe1ther I could use reoccurring. Glad I’m not the only one with this question.

Comment on recurring vs reoccurring by monkeybc

monkeybc — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:03:45 +0000

Also, thanks for the help, it did come in handy.

Comment on recurring vs reoccurring by Kenn

Kenn — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:47:32 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. Reoccurring shows up okay in MS Word, but it just didn’t look right.

Comment on input vs imput by Ginny

Ginny — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:45:32 +0000

exactly as I thought – thank you so much!

Comment on proved vs proven by Michelle Custodio

Michelle Custodio — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:17:43 +0000

Yeah. Great point. There's really a great difference between proven and proved.

Comment on nevermind vs never mind by LA Clark

LA Clark — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:04:01 +0000

Slandering? Wow! Actually I find that using pop cultural reverences makes it easier for the children to whom this website is aimed to recall the information. In that spirit I think “Kurt” would approve.

Comment on nevermind vs never mind by W.W.

W.W. — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:00:18 +0000

Kurt wanted the name to be “Nevermind” because it WAS grammatically incorrect… Do some research next time to avoiding slandering someone…

Comment on Money isn’t Evil by LA Clark

LA Clark — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:38:41 +0000

I was not referring to money as the object of the sentence. I was simply stating that money is a physical object and it is only what we do with it or how we treat it that can be given a value.

Comment on skiddish vs skittish by Betty

Betty — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:02:23 +0000

I seldom see it written correctly. I started doubting myself in writing “skittish”. I finally did a search to see it in print.

Comment on Money isn’t Evil by Carsten S.

Carsten S. — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:49:09 +0000

“Money isn’t Evil” [sic]

Neither is love.

You are right about the quote being wrong.

The basis of your deduction is debatable though.

It does not say that money (or the love thereof) is evil (ADJECTIVE), but the ROOT of evil (NOUN).

Much like an object, such as money, can not be good or evil in itself, an emotion such as love can not either.

However, as both “money” in the incorrect quote and “love” in the correct quote are subjects (grammatically), I claim that either may be seen as the ROOT of evil.

What I am saying in short is that while one quote is correct and one is not, they are both GRAMMATICALLY correct.

Oh, and “evil” is not a name, but a noun (at least in this context) and so should not be capitalized.