Originally posted by dickbulge+Apr 11 2005, 04:32 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dickbulge @ Apr 11 2005, 04:32 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-summertime@Apr 11 2005, 11:42 AM
I have a very strong suscipsion that i know two folks here. [post=299624]Quoted post[/post]
My Gawd! If there is anything that grates on me it is the improper use of "suspicion"! Officials in Washing do it! News reporters do it! It has become pandemic!
People who use it that way sound like illiterate nincompoops.
"Suspicion" is a
noun. "Suspect" is a
verb . Say "I strongly suspect I know....."
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There is a reason I don't critisize other people's grammar. Case right here.
In the sentence "I have a very strong suspicion that i know two folks here."
The word I is a pronoun, have is a verb, a is an adjective, very is an adverb, strong is an adjective, and suspicion is a NOUN. These words by themselves make up a sentence all of its own.
I have a very strong suspicion. In parts of sentence the word I is the simple subject, have is the simple predicate and suspicion is the direct object. A very strong, all together as one phrase, modifify the word suspicion.
So people who use that choice of words may sound like nincompoops which is what you just called the person who wrote this sentence. Very tactfully I might add. And so gracious to boot.
But gramatically speaking there is nothing wrong with that sentence. There is a second sentence, "I know two folks here." It is a short sentence but it also is written perfectly. These two very simple sentences as joined by the word that. Together they make a complex sentence not to be confused by a compound sentence using and, or, but. That serves as a conjunction. Consequently in a complex sentence the part with the "that" is not considered a complete sentence but rather a modifing clause on the main sentence.
I agree that to say "I suspect there are two people here" is a better sentence. But to say the first one in grammatically incorrect is incorrect. And to say that the person who said it is a nincompoop is not only incorrrect, but extremely rude to say to a fellow person on this forum.
I strongly advise that you consider blocking my posts. You will find too many errors. If that bothers you, don't tell me. Just don't read my posts. I am sure I rank first in in the nincompoop category already which is fine. Nearly everyone here has made an error on a post so I will be in good company.
This ends your grammar lesson for the day.
