For this week's blog, we are assigned to read "7 grammar rules you should really pay attention to." While I was reading this article, I often questioned and ponder on some of the rules presented. The first rule is about the subjunctive. It states that when a sentence in about a non-true situation following the word if or wish, the verb should be were. I personally think that is really weird because the original sentence, in my opinion, is correct. However, it is not if the sentence is followed by if or wish. So, pretty much all of the singular subject is replaced with a plural verb. Therefore, this rule really bug me.
There are several grammar rules I worry about, but two particular on this article worries me; they are the verb and pronoun problems. With the verb problems, I constantly choose the wrong lay or lie. I always have trouble telling them apart because the meaning for each one of them is very similar to each other.With pronouns, determining the differences between using you and I and a person's name and I always give me trouble.
Rule number five, the 'dangling' conversation, is a new rule I have never heard of. The rule the author's presented and the order to correct a bad dangling conversation is really neat. I will definitely try out this rule next time I write a dangling conversation.
Here is a short summary of rule number five:
"Dangers are inexplicable attractive, and even good writers commit this error a lot...in their first drafts. Here's a strategy for smoking these bad boys out in revision. First, recognize sentences that have this structure: MODIFIER-COMMA-SUBJECT-VERB. Then change the order to: SUBJECT-COMMA-MODIFIER-COMMA-VERB. If the result makes sense, you're good to go. If not, you have a dangler."
This rule will definitely help me out a lot from now on. Reading this article creates many thoughtful insight about grammar rules; however, some of the rules bugged me, while others are totally new to me.
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