ChuckMurphy
09/05/2014 11:44
Subject: Re:question for grammar gurus
I would use "of" Guinea Pigs instead to replace "in" Guinea Pigs
Anonymous
09/05/2014 08:02
Subject: question for grammar gurus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, isn't that the beauty of the English language? Whoever wants to be a grammar snob, or considers herself a grammar snob, or has pretensions about being a grammar snob, is a grammar snob.
Clearly you're a superior grammar snob, but we're all grammar snobs in our own fashion.
Yeah, it's whomever, but thanks for proving my point. Yes, I am a superior grammar snob. I don't answer questions about having boys as I only have daughters. I try to stick to areas where I have knowledge. I don't really understand why anyone would purport to know the grammatical correctness of something if they did not know for a fact that they were an expert.
No, actually, it's whoever. Whoever is the subject of the sentence. "Who is a grammar snob? Whoever." -- not "Whom is a grammar snob? Whomever."
It always cheers me up when somebody goes out of their way to correct somebody's grammar incorrectly.
Anonymous
09/05/2014 00:03
Subject: Re:question for grammar gurus
Whoever is correct. If it was functioning as an object, whomever would be.
Anonymous
09/04/2014 23:54
Subject: question for grammar gurus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, isn't that the beauty of the English language? Whoever wants to be a grammar snob, or considers herself a grammar snob, or has pretensions about being a grammar snob, is a grammar snob.
Clearly you're a superior grammar snob, but we're all grammar snobs in our own fashion.
Yeah, it's whomever, but thanks for proving my point. Yes, I am a superior grammar snob. I don't answer questions about having boys as I only have daughters. I try to stick to areas where I have knowledge. I don't really understand why anyone would purport to know the grammatical correctness of something if they did not know for a fact that they were an expert.
I may be wrong, but I believe that "whoever," used as a subject pronoun, is correct. Am I mistaken?
Also, you don't know any boys? You have no opinion at all upon half of the species?
Anonymous
09/04/2014 23:46
Subject: question for grammar gurus
Anonymous wrote:subject of the sentence *is singular* ^^
Agreed. "Distribution" is the singular subject which is modified by the propositional phrase "of cadmium particles."
Anonymous
09/04/2014 23:39
Subject: question for grammar gurus
And yes, I realize "they" should be "he" or "she" 
Anonymous
09/04/2014 23:38
Subject: question for grammar gurus
Anonymous wrote:Well, isn't that the beauty of the English language? Whoever wants to be a grammar snob, or considers herself a grammar snob, or has pretensions about being a grammar snob, is a grammar snob.
Clearly you're a superior grammar snob, but we're all grammar snobs in our own fashion.
Yeah, it's whomever, but thanks for proving my point. Yes, I am a superior grammar snob. I don't answer questions about having boys as I only have daughters. I try to stick to areas where I have knowledge. I don't really understand why anyone would purport to know the grammatical correctness of something if they did not know for a fact that they were an expert.
Anonymous
09/04/2014 22:40
Subject: question for grammar gurus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is the following grammatically correct [I've changed some of the important elements (test species, test substance etc.) for privacy]? I am concerned that the "their" doesn't clearly refer back to the cadmium particles...TIA!
"Distribution of cadmium particles in guinea pigs and their potential impact on bone strength"
Distribution of cadmium particles and potential impact on bone strength in guinea pigs.
Yes.