Are that English sentences correct.

[sask]

The first case, "Where my glass is?", doesn't work very well because it places the emphasis of the sentence on "is" and not "my glass". It just sounds awkward. I suppose that goes for the last case as well.

[Hum]

Why is my glass empty ? :shifty:

[Tews]

Because you were thirsty? :rofl:

[perochan]

if you wanna talk like Yoda, pick #1. :D

[COKid]

I must be ready for bed, because I actually found this thread interesting.

Yoda! Good one. :laugh:

[nekkidtruth]

So do I need to learn grammer from scratch or do I need something else cuz I considers these sentences correct due to some abnormal teachings.... :blink:

I'm going to go with "from scratch". You might also want to take up spelling "cuz" there's clearly an issue there as well.

[Reacon]

To throw this out there: "Where my glass is" could be used as a statement referring to a relative location.

"My glass, where is it?" could be considered correct and usable in speech, but "Where is my glass?" is more conventional.

[nekkidtruth]

To throw this out there: "Where my glass is" could be used as a statement referring to a relative location.

"My glass, where is it?" could be considered correct and usable in speech, but "Where is my glass?" is more conventional.

"Where my glass is" is not proper english. Nothing will change that. Is it used? Probably. But it is definitely not proper english, no matter how you slice it.

[lamminium]

1)Where my glass is? 2) Where is my glass 3) My glass, where is :whistle:

(1) works in oral context. Expository essays will never see it arise under any circumstances.

(2) is wrong. In its current affirmative form, it makes no sense to place a modal verb in front of the subject.

(3) works in poems.

[XerXis]

"that" in the title should be "these" I guess.

"Are these sentences correct English" would be the way I would have asked it. But English is my third language, so I might be wrong :)

The last one could be correct if you say it like: "My glass, where is it?", but that's stretching it a bit :)

[Seizure1990]

(1) works in oral context. Expository essays will never see it arise under any circumstances.

(2) is wrong. In its current affirmative form, it makes no sense to place a modal verb in front of the subject.

(3) works in poems.

The first doesn't even work orally. If someone said that out loud, I'd know English wasn't their first language.

The second one is correct. What are you talking about? How would you say it then?

As stated above, the last almost works. If it had the "it" at the end, THEN it would be poetic. As is, it is still just wrong.

[lamminium]

The first doesn't even work orally. If someone said that out loud, I'd know English wasn't their first language.

The second one is correct. What are you talking about? How would you say it then?

As stated above, the last almost works. If it had the "it" at the end, THEN it would be poetic. As is, it is still just wrong.

1) Context matters. Consider this:

"Would you mind grabbing the key over there?"

"Where the glass is?"

2) Punctuation matters. This is a grammar enquiry, isn't it? There's no question mark in his post. The sentence therefore assumes an affirmative , not interrogative, mood. Hence, inverting the order of subject+verb makes no grammatical sense.

Of course, you can mention the lack of a full stop in each of his final two sentences. Without a positive presence of any grammatical mood indicator, the automatic assumption ought to be affirmative. Hence, the full stop is assumed for the purpose of interpretation.

3) Again, context. You don't know what the subsequent verse is. Thus, you shouldn't criticise its usage. Poetry is known for its diversity in prose and structure.

I teach grammar. So please excuse me if my opinions don't conform to your view.

Nonetheless, I may be wrong and I'm more than happy to be shown where I err.

[Seizure1990]

1) Context matters. Consider this:

"Would you mind grabbing the key over there?"

"Where the glass is?"

2) Punctuation matters. This is a grammar enquiry, isn't it? There's no question mark in his post. The sentence therefore assumes an affirmative , not interrogative, mood. Hence, inverting the order of subject+verb makes no grammatical sense.

3) Again, context. You don't know what the subsequent verse is. Thus, you shouldn't criticise its usage. Poetry is known for its diversity in prose and structure.

I teach grammar. So please excuse me if my opinions don't conform to your view.

Nonetheless, I may be wrong and I'm more than happy to be shown where I err.

I just think that for the purposes of teaching grammar, you're taking context too much into consideration. When you take a standardized grammar test and they ask you whether the sentence is correct, they don't expect you to wonder what context each sentence is in. They are meant to be read stand-alone. I just took the same approach here.

As for punctuation, I have to be honest, I was kind of ignoring it because it is so commonly left out on forums and the like, but yes, technically speaking, it's missing.

[Teebor]

These aren't my glasses

Suddenly Glasses, Thousands of them

what where we talking about again?

[lamminium]

I just think that for the purposes of teaching grammar, you're taking context too much into consideration. When you take a standardized grammar test and they ask you whether the sentence is correct, they don't expect you to wonder what context each sentence is in. They are meant to be read stand-alone. I just took the same approach here.

As for punctuation, I have to be honest, I was kind of ignoring it because it is so commonly left out on forums and the like, but yes, technically speaking, it's missing.

Well, I teach essay writing also. This means that one has to take the overall context into account. Agreeably, I will never allow (1) and (3) in a proper essay, as partially stated in my first post in this thread.

The OP asked whether the examples were "correct", not "grammatically correct in certain scenarios". I understand that he's not very well versed in English and so I was a bit fastidious. Granted, I just want to explore all the possible outcomes so he won't be constrained in his speech and will pay more attention to punctuation, especially when enquiring about matters of similar nature. :)