Paging All Youse Grammar Police - HELP!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Thank you for the confirmation.

[SacTown Chronic]

Which would be an opportunity to be grateful, in my book.

[Alex]

Yes, it should have been past.

[Gemini Cricket]

This thread embiggens my grammar doings.

[Alex]

And if you want some information on how you'd know:

"Passed" is always a verb ("I passed the car" "he passed away").

Past can be a noun ("I knew him in the past") and adverb ("he drove past me"), and adjective ("the past events were a success") or as a preposition ("the high school is down the road just past the convenience store"). But not a verb.

In your sentence, "passed" is used as a preposition. Which means it should be "past."

[SacTown Chronic]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

This thread embiggens my grammar doings.

DeSean Jackson of the Eagles said that it's "unpossible" to cover him with one defensive back.

"Perhaps all of us can get passed the big dinner and look forward for the opportunities ahead to be grateful."

Maybe it's a fortune cookie calling for a happy and safe post-Thanksgiving, uh, movement.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I have another grammar question. One of our more annoying directors sent out a banal Thanksgiving e-mail last week which included this sentence:

"Perhaps all of us can get passed the big dinner and look forward for the opportunities ahead to be grateful."

Am I correct in thinking he should have used "past" instead of "passed"? Or is that a perfectly cromulent sentence?

Passed/past isn't the only grammar error in his sentence.

I would have said "Perhaps we can all get past the big dinner, and look forward to the opportunities for being grateful that lie ahead.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'm trying to think of some minute sliver of distinction between the words "swift" and "rapid".

"small bird" vs. "rough patch of river"

Perhaps it is a poison that both kills birds and dissolves rocks.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Passed/past isn't the only grammar error in his sentence.

I would have said "Perhaps we can all get past the big dinner, and look forward to the opportunities for being grateful that lie ahead.

The comma is unnecessary.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

DeSean Jackson of the Eagles said that it's "unpossible" to cover him with one defensive back.

::shudder::

Originally Posted by JWBear

I would have said "Perhaps we can all get past the big dinner, and look forward to the opportunities for being grateful that lie ahead.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

The comma is unnecessary.

Unnecessary, but not out of line.

I love grammar!