Grammar Conundrums

[CalStateTempe]

Sneaked or snuck?

Its the big debate raging in the household.

Previous battles include the proper use of is vs. are; it's vs its; in complex sentence structure.

Stolen vs stole vs stoled was an epic one that I lost, I may have or have not been under the influence when debating that one.

[gumby]

It's
Sneaked
Grammar

[UAdevil]

Lit vs lighted

[Longhorned]

I couldn't convince someone recently that "seen" isn't the simple past tense of "to see." When I tried explain that it's a past participle, I got kicked off the stoop. So we're left with:

"I walked into the liquor store and I seen this girl."

I'm still favoring the push present progressive.

[Merkin]

A hanged man is not a hung man.

[CalStateTempe]

boughten vs bought?

http://grammarist.com/usage/boughten/

Not a grammar conundrum but a pronunciation one.

jaguar is said:

1) ja-gwarr
or
2) jag-wire

[UAEebs86]

boughten vs bought?

http://grammarist.com/usage/boughten/

Not a grammar conundrum but a pronunciation one.

jaguar is said:

1) ja-gwarr
or
2) jag-wire

On the car commercials the British guy says jag-u-are.

[ASUHATER!]

Jaguar pronunciation is supposed to be jag u ar

[Katzenfreund]

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[azgreg]

[ghostwhitehorse]

[Puerco]

Thats funny , Greg.

[gumby]

"How are you guyses dinners?" Vs. "How are your dinners?"

[pokinmik]

Not a grammar conundrum per se but I can't stand when the talking heads pluralize a name. "He really needs to turn it on if he wants to be recognized along side the Michael Jordan's and Magic Johnson's of the world." It's an epidemic nowadays all over TV/radio.

[gumby]

^^^

Those apostrophes. Not needed.

On the flip side, is the singular for fan bases.

"Wildcat fan is going crazy."

[Longhorned]

"How are you guyses dinners?" Vs. "How are your dinners?"

It gets more worser. "How are your guys's dinners?" Try to untie the logic of that one.

Not a grammar conundrum per se but I can't stand when the talking heads pluralize a name. "He really needs to turn it on if he wants to be recognized along side the Michael Jordan's and Magic Johnson's of the world." It's an epidemic nowadays all over TV/radio.

It wasn't a grammatical issue until you made it one by misusing possessive forms!

[azgreg]

Is it Ok to start a sentence with a number? Example: 5 instead of Five.

[Longhorned]

Is it Ok to start a sentence with a number? Example: 5 instead of Five.

Editorial miscellany usually include the requirement of spelling out single-digits numbers anywhere in a sentence. Some venues require it for double-digit numbers as well.

But no matter what anybody says, there's nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a number. Unless it's your copy editor who says so.

[gumby]

Is it Ok to start a sentence with a number? Example: 5 instead of Five.

That's a style matter. At newspapers, it's "Five." Reason for the rule is so everyone does the same thing. Not a matter of right or wrong.
It's also why you'll see: "Some 1.5 milion people" or "A total of $1.5 million" rather than: "One million, five hundred thousand people" ...

In the body, single digits spelled out (one, two, three). Higher than nine, use the numeral.

[77HoyaCat4Ever]

"How are you guyses dinners?" Vs. "How are your dinners?"

You mean how is all y'alls dinners?

[gumby]

You guyses in the NW. We don't allow Southerners.