We see most of sentences which are grammatical correct,but not sound perfect, or sound awkward.In that condition,which sentence should we choose to write or speak?: based on grammatical or based on sounding perfect.
NOT A TEACHER
(1) Do you mean: Should I write "It is
I" (the grammatically correct pronoun) or
It is
me" (the one that is used by 99% of speakers and thus sounds natural)?
(2) That is a hard decision. If you were a university professor, and you wrote
"me," some of your colleagues might tease you about your grammar. Since most
of us are not in the language business, it would probably be better to go with the
form that
sounds natural.
(3) I have just read this beautiful sentence:
Diego Velazquez "painted with such skill that words fall away
, useless."
Wow! What a writer! That is certainly grammatically correct. But most of us
ordinary people would express the idea in a more natural manner. The problem with
that sentence, IMHO, is that it is so beautiful and unusual that the reader stops
reading for a second. On the other hand, the following sentence would atrract no
attention: He painted with such skill that it is useless to try to describe it in words.