84 rules of Russian

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

Very interesting text. It's humor, but can be useful for those who learning Russian. 
Every item contains mistake related to rule described in it. :)
Here is the link

UPD: The text is in Russian only.

Comments

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

It would be useful if you could add that the text is in Russian only, and requires a quite advanced level of understanding.

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

Thanks for yor remark, I've really forgot to add it.

[cranberry-babe.livejournal.com]

it's very useful even for all of the native speakers here :)
indeed

[la-clue.livejournal.com]

And in was made for native speaking learners, I suppose:) But it's perfect!

[fretfool.livejournal.com]

Wow, cooooool!! I've read and reread it with pleasure. Thank you so much! :)

[oryx_and_crake]

Most of this is borrowed from a well-known English text. Some rules are not even applicable to Russian, e.g. the one about not finishing a sentence with a pronoun.

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

Some of this. :)
Original English text (1979) has only 26 rules.
Many of these rules are applicable to almost any language.

You mean 36? Finishing sentence with pronoun is not grammatic, but stylistic mistake.

[oryx_and_crake]

A sentence ending with a pronoun can be a perfectly good and sound construction in Russian.

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

A sentence ending with a pronoun sounds perfect but incomplete.
Rule 41. :)
I don't want to say that ending a sentence with pronoun absolutely unacceptable, in colloquial it can be used, but it is not very good style I think.

[bayukov.livejournal.com]

could you translate in Egnlish, say, article #82? :) I think that it would be a good exercise :)

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

I don't know English good enough to translate it, but I think it's possible, any language has parasitic words and constuctions. ;)

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

Not even to translate, word-by-word translation of this sentence is meaningless. "Interpret" will be more correct.

[bayukov.livejournal.com]

well, a word-by-word translation is a wrong thing in all cases, I think. As for the text I think it needs instructions for foreigners to avoid misunderstanding :)

[just1user.livejournal.com]

If you want to be kinda understood, don't use sorta parasitic words and stuff.

[bayukov.livejournal.com]

not exactly. Your sentence doesn't contain parasitic words (it is just colloquial speech) unlike the Russian text.

[bayukov.livejournal.com]

Maybe I am wrong, though. Yes, probably something like this.

[alon_68]

I guess, it can be interesting and useful for native (or, at least, fluent) Russian speakers. For people in the process of learning Russian it can be even harmful, fixing incorrect forms.

[igorborisov.livejournal.com]

I don't think so.
You think than exercises like "Find a mistake" are harmful for people learning language?
I said about mistakes in every sentence.

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

"Ради презентативности будь креативным промоутером исконно-русских синонимов на топовые позиции рейтинга преференций"

That's my favourite! :) Indeed, many people simply take foreign words instead of searching for a Russian counterpart. I wonder if such a rule is translatable into English...