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Are you good with English Grammar ?

by Gangsterpart
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What is the difference between the following sentences:

1- " She knows how to save money by default."
2- " She knows, by default, how to save money."
3- " By default, she knows how to save money."
  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    I will tell you what they have in common. "by default" should not be in any of them

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    • Profile picture of the author timexer
      Yup, I agree.
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    i dont know but introduce her to me
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by Gangsterpart View Post

    What is the difference between the following sentences:

    1- " She knows how to save money by default."
    2- " She knows, by default, how to save money."
    3- " By default, she knows how to save money."

    The structure of Number 2 makes the most sense to me. But it's still a clumsy sentence...and really doesn't make sense.

    I mean, I don't know how you can know how to save money by default. I think you are using "by default" improperly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
    You can make sense of each sentence if you replace the word "default" with "golly".
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      You can make sense of each sentence if you replace the word "default" with "golly".
      It doesn't always work like that
      "Default is not in the stars...but in ourselves"
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      You can make sense of each sentence if you replace the word "default" with "golly".
      I would change it to: "By Not Shopping At The Sweeper Store"
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      You can make sense of each sentence if you replace the word "default" with "golly".
      Or...."By The All Powerful Might Of Thor's Hammer!"
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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Or...."By The All Powerful Might Of Thor's Hammer!"
        Damn it man, this is a grammar thread. All-Powerful should be hyphenated!
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        • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
          Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

          Damn it man, this is a grammar thread. All-Powerful should be hyphenated!
          One day Americans might learn the English language.
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          • Profile picture of the author agmccall
            Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

            One day Americans might learn the English language.
            Nope, we now need to learn Spanglish

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            • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
              Originally Posted by agmccall View Post

              Nope, we now need to learn Spanglish
              ¿Qué?.............................
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  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    I refuse to answer this, by default!

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  • Profile picture of the author brookeharper08
    Instead of spotting the difference, you can just get rid of "by default" in all three sentences. It's so unnecessary.
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  • Profile picture of the author Janice Sperry
    According to Grammarly all three are technically grammatically correct.

    "By default" does not make sense though. Maybe change it to "intuitively", "from experience" or "from common-sense"?
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    Making sense is one of the requirements for any editor/proofreader to check. I agree with the others in saying "by default" makes zero sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author Regional Warrior
    Me thinks by default yues been dudded as a test for some viral crap for social media
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