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Bookmark or Share- personal pronouns - "than her" versus "than she" - English Language ..."Alex is more soft-spoken than she." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend." Now, append the word "is" to the above two sentences: "Alex is more soft-spoken than she is." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend is." They still make sense, although neither is considered good writing (they aren't wrong, per se, but they ain't great shakes ...
- "Hello, This is" vs "My Name is" or "I am" in self introductionHaving said that, I think there is a tinge of racism to not accept e.g. "Myself X" as proper English. My reason for this is no one says that calling a friend "mate" or "dude" is annoying or wrong english.
- "is getting" vs "will get" - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeAlex gets married next month is equally valid. If you want to call that "present tense" you can, but next month clearly establishes that Alex's marriage lies in the future (it's not happening now). –
- What is the difference between "me neither" and "me either"?Alex: Neither, thank you. Kris: Me neither. However, if the response is in agreement to a negative statement, then me either is more common, generally. Negative statement: Terry: I didn't like the movie last night. Alex: Me either.
- When a word ends in 's' or 'x', do you add 's or just anOne would certainly say "Alex's" and not "Alex'." For names ending in the letter s, either just ' or 's is acceptable, although I believe that 's is more common with the plain ' being reserved for plurals that end in s. For example, one would say "That is Dolores's car," but you would say "That is the lions' pen."
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