I'm confused with the word through, [as in] "I looked through this pile of papers." It can't be threw because I'm not throwing the papers. So is it thru? But then whenever I type thru it looks grammatically incorrect for some reason. ... But I do wonder on the correct usage of affect vs. effect. Both of these words would...
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I learned as you did—through reading (my husband is the technical expert in our house). But that was back in a time when you could count on most of what you read as being grammatically correct. ... You can paint over stoopid, but you can’t hide it. It always show thru. Believe me, I know !
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The Classic Opel Forums > The Lounge > Humor ... User Name Remember Me? ... You know your wife should really appreciate how much you go thru to get her a gift and make sure that it works.
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Question: Incidentally, is it now considered grammatically correct to begin sentences with an adverb? ... That digraph represents a runic letter from Anglo-Saxon (a "yogh"), whose sound no one has pronounced in 600 years. "Thru," "tho," or "tuff" would not bother me in the least.
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a) Available through the school's guidance office ... To be GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT, there SHOULD be a 'comma', either after the word "directory", or after the word "and"! In the 'absence' of the 'comma', "I" would say that "a" would be the correct answer... "there IS (blah, blah, blah) and a (blah, blah, blah).
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It’s as if the default rule to sound grammatically correct is to always say “I” and never say “me” if in doubt. Which, of course, is wrong. ... It is EASY to spot ENGLISH abuse because Americans are required to take an English course every year thru high school.
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The Queen's English refers to grammatically correct and coherent written expression in the English language. It does not refer to a specific accent, intonation or regional variation of the spoken language. ... Colour not color; Through not thru; Now try pronouncing aluminium without making the oooo sound!
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The MT is charged with producing a grammatically correct document that adheres to the formatting requirements of the facility or healthcare professional for which they are transcribing.
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Is this sentence grammatically correct... ... The content of this agreement is agreed or given according to our client requirement. They have vetted thru this agreement earlier and asking us to proceed...
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