Grammar question
 

Which is grammatically correct?

Roy regarding this contacted you.

or

You were contacted by Roy regarding this.

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Roy regarding this contacted you.

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First one sounds stupid, so I presume that's the correct one!

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Should the first one have any commas? It sounds very weird to me.

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May sound stupid but its correct. Even M/S Word agreed!!


i must admit i'd tend to use "Roy contacted you regarding this"

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cheat :pp

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I think the first one would be correct if it had commas in it.

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What about "Regarding this, Roy contacted you."? :confused:

*EDIT* or "Roy contacted you regarding this."

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The first one is correct but badly punctuated. It is a more Germanic form, but not 'wrong' for that. I voted for option two because the first one is wrong due to lack of commas.

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I *think* they are both okay, given the correct punctuation.

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Roy rang, call him back .... :D ;)

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Neither.

The first one should be punctuated as "Roy, regarding this, contacted you".

The second should be punctuated as "You were contacted by Roy, regarding this", although it's more informal.

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Personally I feel this forum could do with some more grammar tests on a regular basis..... :D

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Or try:

"Personally, I feel this forum could do with more regular grammar tests."

;)

Death to excess verbiage!

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*slap

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It's interesting as Microsoft claim it is "Roy regarding this contacted you" without punctuation.
Is there a difference between our grammar and american grammar?

Personally, I'd say "Roy contacted you, regarding this"

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Yes there is.

Eats, shoots and leaves or Eats shoots and leaves highlights a number of them. THe book itself is not being re-edited for american grammer but left as is.

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and split infinitives

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Ahh the old serial-killer panda story.

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i think the first one would be ok with commas, but as it stands the second

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Err, yes? I was reading that and fell off the end of the sentence!!

"as it stand the second...." what?

Waits in anticipation.... :)

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Oo, the gloves are off now - I love it when all our pent-up frustration over bad spelling, grammar and punctuation starts to spill over. :D

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And you've managed that seemingly impossible task; namely making a comment about bad spelling, grammar or punctuation without making one of these mistakes yourselves and ending up looking like a lemon! :)

And for the ÃÃâ€*’¼bergramm arians - would it have been better for me to have used a comma above, rather than a semicolon?

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A comma, I think ... I have no idea why. It just 'feels' better.

And how many times do you think I checked and re-read my last post before I hit 'submit'? :D

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Dunno m8 once or twice? :D

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Hey!! I come here to relax after a hard day in the classroom,not to face a discussion on WORK! :pp

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I chose, 'You were contacted by Roy regarding this'.

One thing bugs me though. I wonder what it was Roy contacted someone about? One thing's for sure. If he hadn't felt it necessary, we wouldn't have to give opinions on the correct way of writing about what he did.

That Roy's got alot to answer for! :)

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I guessed.

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:nworthy: :D