Posts Tagged ‘Grammar Mistake’

Which is correct: It is I or It is me?

Monday, October 13th, 2008

I never realise that ‘It is me’ is grammatical incorrect until I read this book titled ‘Woe is I’ by Patricia O’ Conner

Woe is I

Woe is I

With English it is very easy to get confused. A lot of people including native English speakers if they were asked ‘Who told you that? will answer ‘It is me’ rather than ‘It is I’. At least I learn new things today!

Datum and Data

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

This may sounds odd but the word “data” is a plural therefore it expects plural verb. The singular form of the word ‘data’ is ‘datum’. I need to admit that I didn’t realise the word ‘data’ is plural. How many times I have used the word ‘data’ with singular verb?