Communiquez avec les autres et partagez vos connaissances professionnelles

Inscrivez-vous ou connectez-vous pour rejoindre votre communauté professionnelle.

Suivre

Native speakers of English argue that the following sentence is correct : There's some things you shouldn't forget to do. What's your opinion ?

Lots of native speakers of English say 'more stupid' and 'most stupid'. Is it right or wrong grammatically ?

user-image
Question ajoutée par Francis Panikulam , Head of the English faculty , ISM International School.
Date de publication: 2015/02/26
Zuleigha Abderoef
par Zuleigha Abderoef , Instructor , Univ of Dammam

I dont think there are degrees of being stupid - so I will not use such terminology.

Grammatically it is incorrect 

 

 

As for the quoted sentence: there's some things.....

in English grammar the verb must agree with the subject in number

therefore: There ARE some things THAT you shouldn't forget to to do.

Also I am not a fan of contractions. The sentence will have more meaning (in context) if read as:

There are some things that you should not forget to do.

Diya Deepak
par Diya Deepak , Student Employee , Newcastle Univeristy

I disagree. the sentence would be more accurately phrased as "There ARE some things you shouldn't forget to do".

Dr Yasmeen Majeed
par Dr Yasmeen Majeed , Trainer and HOD

I think it should be 'There's something you shouldn't forget to do.'

Ahmad Saleh
par Ahmad Saleh , Part-time English Teacher , ITA

As far as "Informal Language" is concerned the sentence is correct.

Francis Panikulam
par Francis Panikulam , Head of the English faculty , ISM International School.

Saying that a grammatical mistake is "informal English" is a way of escaping from the truth. A mistake is a mistake !!!!

kavitha rao
par kavitha rao , Administrative officer , Shri Pharma associates

The Sentence is Incorrect,

It should be "There are some things that you shouldn't forget to do."

BILLAL BOUNOUA
par BILLAL BOUNOUA , assistant bailiff , bailiff company

It is true that man forgets of his nature

More Questions Like This