Rules of Cricket for Dummies

People sometimes complain that the rules of cricket are difficult to understand. This is of course not true. But still, a bit of simplification has never hurt anybody:

Start: you have 2 teams in the game, one is out in the field and one in.

1. Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.

2. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.

p.s. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. This should not worry you too much.

3. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.

4. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

5. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

Punctuation

When should you use spaces with punctuation in English?

1. When using a computer, use only one space following periods, commas, semicolons, colons, exclamation points, question marks, and quotation marks. The space needed after these punctuation marks is proportioned automatically.

2. With some typewriters and word processors, follow ending punctuation with two spaces when using a fixed-pitch font.

3. Use no spaces on either side of a hyphen.

Example: We borrowed twenty-three sheets of paper.

The use of Who vs. Whom

Many students of English have a problem with deciding when to use Who or Whom.

However, by applying a simple rule, students will no longer suffer


Rule: Use the he/him method to decide which word is correct.

he = who
him = whom

Examples: Who/Whom bought the car?
He bought the car. Therefore, who is correct.

For who/whom should I call?
Should I call him? Therefore, whom is correct.

We all know who/whom pulled that prank.
This sentence contains two clauses: We all know and who/whom pulled that prank. We are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. He pulled that prank. Therefore, who is correct.

We want to know on who/whom the prank was pulled.
This sentence contains two clauses: We want to know and the prank was pulled on who/whom. Again, we are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. The prank was pulled on him. Therefore, whom is correct.