Timeline for Ungrammatical: "Half the boys jumped, but only a quarter of the girls did."?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2015 at 4:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/560286850724929536 | ||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 20:14 | vote | accept | ConfusedScientist | ||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 20:14 | vote | accept | ConfusedScientist | ||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 20:14 | |||||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 20:14 | vote | accept | ConfusedScientist | ||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 20:14 | |||||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 19:34 | comment | added | Hot Licks | It's a perfectly fine sentence. Several ways one might reword it, but I doubt that any would be noticeably better. | |
| Jan 27, 2015 at 19:27 | answer | added | Jim Reynolds | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 27, 2015 at 19:14 | history | edited | Marthaª | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
spelling in the title, use-mention distinction
|
| Jan 27, 2015 at 19:10 | comment | added | John Lawler | This is Conjunction Reduction with optional Do-Support. Yes, it is called a "pro-verb" (pronounced differently, of course), and do is one of the most common pro-verbs. It is completely grammatical; your colleague is incorrect. Require them to cite a rule next time they try to correct your grammar. | |
| Jan 27, 2015 at 19:02 | review | First posts | |||
| Jan 28, 2015 at 0:13 | |||||
| Jan 27, 2015 at 19:02 | history | asked | ConfusedScientist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |