American Grammar

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by kefutiwi, Nov 8, 2010.

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    Hey,
    Now, I know that I can speak good English and I pay close attention to grammar ( no commas before 'that', commas before 'and', periods before the close of quotation marks). But what is American grammar? One of my clients had a problem with what I had written, even though I could still not see what was wrong with it. I do not think I can post up his article here. But what do you guys think?
     
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  2. Perry Rose

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    Now I know I can speak English quite well, and I pay close attention to grammar (no commas before "that," commas before "and," periods before the close of quotation marks), but what is American grammar?

    One of my clients has a problem with what I had written, even though I still could not see what was wrong with it.

    I don't think I can post his article here, but what do you guys think?


    See the difference between my version and yours?

    Writing does not have to be perfect. Only a snob would think otherwise. I'm a copywriter, and there have been times when I would look back at my work and cringe a little after noticing an error or two. Hell, even many well-known writers make mistakes, including editors, but...from what I read just from your post, you need to take an English course.
     
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    I agree with you Perry Rose,

    It's not on how you write the sentence but on how the way you construct it correctly.
     
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    Presumably you mean:-

    It's not how you write the sentence but how you construct it.

    Or as Perry would say:-

    Sentence how the construct, struct them sentence sentence construct. BEER. Sentence constrict.

    :) :) :)
     
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