Zutto Otokonoko da to Omotte ita Gakitaishou ga Onnanoko deshita - Ch. 30

htt

Group Leader
Joined
Nov 13, 2019
Messages
40
@rebel16 shrug, fair point here. there are still some proper nouns that aren't capitalised (see: the seasons), and I'm personally iffy on whether "Baby" would be capitalised -- slightly leaning towards yes for that bit of clarity

@manabi the topic is "getting pregnant with (the) baby," tho I'll concede your sentence also flows. anyway, my tongue-in-cheek devil's advocate defence here will be, this girl's getting preggers while still a high school student -- stereotype and gimme dat kinda broken [english] (○` 3′○)

@polo k

@shad0wreaper133 is this subject verb agreement for "getting" -> "is" ? that sucker's a gerund, so "getting pregnant with (the) baby" is the noun clause or whatever you call it. totally open to getting corrected on this (or anything tbh) if you have a shiny link

[I'm making an effort to reply to all pings from now on, weewooweewoo] ...(* ̄0 ̄)ノ
 
Double-page supporter
Joined
Sep 10, 2019
Messages
575
@htt Yeah, as a native English speaker, I can confidently say that English is confusing and weird. Thanks for your hard work!

"The nouns we use to talk about our families cause a lot of trouble. The rule of thumb is, when you use a word like mom, dad, or aunt, capitalize it only if the word is being used exactly as you would a name, as if you were addressing the person directly. If the word is not being used as a name, it is not capitalized—although that has nothing to do with the word’s importance."

Source: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/proper-nouns/

So, "I gave my mom a flower," and, "I gave Mom a flower," both mean exactly the same thing, and both sentences use proper capitalization based on how "mom" is used. The same would apply for "baby;" without a preceding determiner, it becomes a name.
 

htt

Group Leader
Joined
Nov 13, 2019
Messages
40
@rebel16 nice, thanks for the linky, it's neat to see that rule of thumb codified (o゚v゚)ノ
 
Joined
Jan 18, 2019
Messages
38
@htt As a native English speaker, a woman wouldn't "get pregnant with baby" she would "get pregnant with a baby"

Since the word "baby" starts with a consonant, you would use "a" before it. Compared to the word "owl" which would result in using "an" since it starts with a vowel.
https://writingexplained.org/a-vs-an-difference
 

htt

Group Leader
Joined
Nov 13, 2019
Messages
40
@Shad0wReaper133 right, the intention was for "baby" to be taken as a proper noun (see rebel16's post above for deets). otherwise, we're in agreement that it would need an article in front (definite or otherwise) to make the grammar gods happy
 
Joined
Jan 18, 2019
Messages
38
@htt Yeah I like grammarly and all, but but after using their program for like 2 years I've found it exceptionally sucks at coherent sentences that follow grammar rules. Which their program would follow the "rules" that page would list so I wouldn't take it as 100% fact since there are many exceptions to many rules in English.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Top