How to speak and write correctly: I get on or climb

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

There are more correct options than meets the eye.

There are two verbs in Russian: climb and climb. And in speech practice, they are absolutely equal. True, the word climb is considered the Russian spelling dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences: climb is common and stylistically neutral. The correct form of the 1st person singular of the present tense is getting on.

The verb to climb, according to Gramota.ru: to climb compilers of some dictionaries, is colloquial. This word is permissible in oral speech, but not desirable in writing. The form of the 1st person singular of the present tense in this case will be different - I climb.

It is interesting that in the Moscow region the verb to climb is gradually becoming obsolete. Statistical assessment of the functional properties of vocabulary based on the materials of the Internet. It is quite possible that someday the more common word climbing will completely replace it.

Thus, they are true to climb and climb, climb and climb. But climbing and getting on with writing is still more literate from the point of view of a strict literary norm. But all kinds of lazyu, lazia, climbing are definitely unacceptable either in oral or written speech. No way!

The imperative mood of these and related verbs also causes a lot of problems for native speakers: laziy, slaziy, slaziy. All this, of course, is incorrect. Dictionary of pronunciation and stress difficulties in modern Russian: climbing options. Some reference books even indicate to climb that the word climb does not have an imperative form at all. Therefore, in order not to be mistaken for sure, if you ask someone to come down from somewhere, it is better to say get off (and if on the contrary - climb in).