Prescriptive Syntax

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Usage rules

  1. who/whom

  2. can/may

  3. will/shall

  4. active/passive

  5. different than/from

  6. multiple negation (isn't no way)

  7. preposition stranding

  8. it's me/I

  9. hopefully,

  10. PREP you and me

  11. N is is that

  12. relative pronoun (N that/which V)

  13. majority is/are

  14. each/none SG/PL

  15. plurals

  16. split infinitives

  17. that/which

  18. affect/effect

  19. lie/lay

  20. try and V

  21. "foreign" plurals (octopi, corpora, crises)

  22. subjunctive (if I was able...)

Example: different from/different than

One opinion

Another opinion

Third opinion