[Grammar] plz plzzzzzzz plz help me !! some qustions about grammar

[soso2010]

I'm really confused :/ plz help me this an assigment for tomorrow

The first question is,

Discuss the questions whether the following sentences are ill-formed and if so, what the nature of the ill formedness ( pragmatic - syntactic - semantic...etc)

1- John's a living dead man
2- This oats is of rather poor quality
3- I order you to know the answer
4- I eat much cereal for breakfast

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The second question is,

discuss why the sentences below would be stigmatised by ( prescriptive grammarians) as involving 'bad grammar' and say how they would be corrected​

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1- Answer either question 1 , or question 2, or question 3
2- hopefully, the weather will clear up by tomorrow
3- We had to come home early, due to bad weather
4- I ought to go there didn't I/ sholdn't I ?
5- If I was you. I'd resign
6- Between you and I, him and her are quite good friends


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& thats it

thank you :-o & I'm waiting for your reply
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[Linguist__]

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[RonBee]

What is your opinion of the sentence "John's a living dead man"?


:?:

 

[soso2010]

:-?
ok i'll try


Discuss the questions whether the following sentences are ill-formed and if so, what the nature of the ill formedness ( pragmatic - syntactic - semantic...etc)

1- John's a living dead man (semantically ill-formed) cuz of the two negative ideas ( life&death)
2- This oats is of rather poor quality ?
3- I order you to know the answer ?
4- I eat much cereal for breakfast ?

just one :/

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The second question is,

discuss why the sentences below would be stigmatised by ( prescriptive grammarians) as involving 'bad grammar' and say how they would be corrected

​

1- Answer either question 1 , or question 2, or question 3
Answer either question 1 , or question 2

2- hopefully, the weather will clear up by tomorrow
the weather will hopefully clear up by tomorrow
3- We had to come home early, due to bad weather
4- I ought to go there didn't I/ sholdn't I ?
don't I?
5- If I was you. I'd resign
If I were you
6- Between you and I, him and her are quite good friends
he and she are quite good friends



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what do you think?:roll:

 

[soso2010]

???:?:

 

[mmasny]

:-?
ok i'll try


Discuss the questions whether the following sentences are ill-formed and if so, what the nature of the ill formedness ( pragmatic - syntactic - semantic...etc)

1- John's a living dead man (semantically ill-formed) cuz of the two negative ideas ( life&death)
2- This oats is of rather poor quality ? What are the grammatical numbers of 'this', 'oats', 'is'? What should they be?
3- I order you to know the answer ? Can you order somebody to get to know the answer right on the spot?
4- I eat much cereal for breakfast ?

just one :/

....


The second question is,

discuss why the sentences below would be stigmatised by ( prescriptive grammarians) as involving 'bad grammar' and say how they would be corrected

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1- Answer either question 1 , or question 2, or question 3
Answer either question 1 , or question 2 You've changed too much. Now, the sentence is correct, but means something else.

2- hopefully, the weather will clear up by tomorrow
the weather will hopefully clear up by tomorrow I don't see why it should be wrong as it was. Save that 'hopefully' should be capitalized.
3- We had to come home early, due to bad weather
4- I ought to go there didn't I/ sholdn't I ?
don't I? What is the auxiliary verb here?
5- If I was you. I'd resign
If I were you How about the period?
6- Between you and I, him and her are quite good friends
he and she are quite good friends How about 'I'?



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what do you think?:roll:

I am not a teacher. Please think of what I said, but note that I can be wrong.

 

[Raymott]

2- hopefully, the weather will clear up by tomorrow

A prescriptive grammarian would claim that this is wrong because weather cannot be hopeful.
That's a very old attitude, but I think it's the correct answer in this case.

Grammar Girl : Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully" :: Quick and Dirty Tips

 

[ianhood]

Pedants like me would also object to 'coming home early due to...' 'Due' is an adjective and therefore qualifies a noun. Here you need the adverb 'owing'. We came home early owing to .....(came...owing) or Our early return home was due to..(return...due).. However, these distinctions are not paid any attention by native speakers, and let's face it, most "English teachers" are not even aware of them.