Zutto Otokonoko da to Omotte ita Gakitaishou ga Onnanoko deshita - Ch. 30
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@MangaMonger yeah and getting scolded wasn't new to them either
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@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′○)
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@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
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@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
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@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.
"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.
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@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
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
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@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
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@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.
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