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Mon Feb-15-10 03:30 PM
Response to Reply #46 |
| -Grammar mistakes I can't stand. |
BlueStater |
Feb-14-10 10:13 PM |
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agree with confusing "you're" and "your". |
Terra Alta |
Feb-14-10 10:21 PM |
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yep, misuse of apostrophes is mine, too. |
geardaddy |
Feb-15-10 01:43 PM |
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I used to feel the same way about "I could care less"... |
Ten Bears |
Feb-15-10 10:32 PM |
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ending a sentence with a preposition |
SCantiGOP |
Feb-16-10 02:44 PM |
#119 |
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A preposition is the wrong word to end a sentence with. ....nt |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-17-10 01:16 AM |
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You left out the question mark on #2. |
rug |
Feb-14-10 10:21 PM |
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semi-colon instead of the first period; yes INDEED |
Skittles |
Feb-14-10 10:23 PM |
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If I made any grammar mistakes in my post, feel free to point them out. |
BlueStater |
Feb-14-10 10:25 PM |
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lol |
Skittles |
Feb-14-10 11:15 PM |
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Let's kick his colon! |
rug |
Feb-14-10 10:28 PM |
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On that subject, a few words from Mr. Vonnegut: |
av8rdave |
Feb-15-10 10:47 AM |
#36 |
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Wow. You have effectively killed my fondness for semi-colons..... |
Jade Fox |
Feb-15-10 11:39 AM |
#38 |
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Guilty as charged here as well! |
av8rdave |
Feb-15-10 11:55 AM |
#41 |
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I will not stop; I love them. NT |
juajen |
Feb-16-10 01:51 AM |
#93 |
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Vonnegut is clever, but ... |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-17-10 11:04 AM |
#135 |
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I wrote in statement form, as if I was talking to myself. |
BlueStater |
Feb-14-10 10:23 PM |
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It are?!? |
Swede |
Feb-14-10 10:24 PM |
#5 |
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only loosers get there panties in a wade over grammer. |
KG |
Feb-14-10 10:27 PM |
#7 |
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Come on be series, this is Hugh! |
donheld |
Feb-14-10 11:43 PM |
#15 |
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It's technically a usage mistake, but 'then' and 'than'. ARG!!!!! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-14-10 10:30 PM |
#9 |
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My grammar never made mistakes |
struggle4progress |
Feb-14-10 11:29 PM |
#11 |
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I usually always |
JonLP24 |
Feb-14-10 11:36 PM |
#12 |
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"Than" is used for making comparisons |
Art_from_Ark |
Feb-15-10 08:22 PM |
#75 |
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Thank you |
JonLP24 |
Feb-16-10 02:03 PM |
#118 |
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Go play at freerice.com and get your'e mind off of it |
kentauros |
Feb-14-10 11:39 PM |
#13 |
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Damn you! |
HillWilliam |
Feb-15-10 03:20 PM |
#50 |
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Yes. |
kentauros |
Feb-15-10 03:25 PM |
#51 |
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to, two and too - there, their and they're |
Maru Kitteh |
Feb-14-10 11:40 PM |
#14 |
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Here are a few more: |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-15-10 02:01 AM |
#16 |
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good ones nt |
woo me with science |
Feb-15-10 09:02 AM |
#27 |
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I agree with you on all counts, except |
geardaddy |
Feb-15-10 01:49 PM |
#44 |
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with foreign phrases, I think those redundancies that people complain about are really okay |
fishwax |
Feb-15-10 05:21 PM |
#56 |
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"with au jus" is a howler, |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-15-10 06:20 PM |
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well, no, but "au jus" is much different from "a la mode" |
fishwax |
Feb-15-10 06:45 PM |
#67 |
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We'll have to agree to disagree about "au jus".... nt |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-15-10 08:46 PM |
#77 |
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What is your take on "Please RSVP"? |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-15-10 06:38 PM |
#66 |
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I think either way is okay, personally |
fishwax |
Feb-15-10 07:00 PM |
#69 |
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Speaking of foreign phrases |
geardaddy |
Feb-16-10 09:10 AM |
#105 |
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I was thinking of a road named "El Camino Real". |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-15-10 05:54 PM |
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Name removed |
Feb-15-10 11:35 PM |
#86 |
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speaking of redundancies: |
ChoralScholar |
Feb-16-10 06:55 AM |
#97 |
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"with with the juice sauce" is even worse. |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-16-10 10:55 AM |
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I have to let the you're and your thing slide, because even though I know it |
Pithlet |
Feb-15-10 02:06 AM |
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Improper use of the subjunctive |
REP |
Feb-15-10 02:32 AM |
#18 |
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If I would've knew that |
geardaddy |
Feb-15-10 01:56 PM |
#47 |
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yeah, that bugs me too. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-15-10 11:30 PM |
#84 |
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I hate when people use terms they obviously don't understand. |
LostInAnomie |
Feb-15-10 02:37 AM |
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Doesn't mean it's a non sequitor? Goddamn, could your dog-hatred be any more blatant? |
Rabrrrrrr |
Feb-16-10 12:45 PM |
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Not really grammar, but I really HATE "More Unique" or "Very Unique"... |
old mark |
Feb-15-10 05:27 AM |
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'Safe' haven. If it's not 'safe' it's not a haven!!!! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-15-10 07:51 AM |
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Or "the whole kit and kaboodle." How can you have a whole kit and not also get the entire kaboodle? |
Bucky |
Feb-15-10 09:16 AM |
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Kith and kin ARE different. Kin are blood relatives, kith are your buds. |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-15-10 09:25 AM |
#32 |
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That doesn't mean I'm not making fun of you. |
Bucky |
Feb-15-10 09:30 AM |
#33 |
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I'm guilty of kit and kaboodle! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-15-10 09:31 AM |
#34 |
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It's caboodle with a C. |
progressoid |
Feb-15-10 01:50 PM |
#45 |
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That's only a slightly unique problem to encounter. |
Bucky |
Feb-15-10 09:13 AM |
#29 |
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I mix up you're and your and there/their/they're |
Tobin S. |
Feb-15-10 05:54 AM |
#21 |
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"Thank you to (whoever/whomever) gave me the hearts." |
woo me with science |
Feb-15-10 06:45 AM |
#22 |
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That is a problem percieved by both you and I. |
Bucky |
Feb-15-10 09:17 AM |
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It' s "i" before "e" except after c, Bucky. |
Demoiselle |
Feb-15-10 10:42 AM |
#35 |
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"I" before "e"except after "c"...that's weird. |
marzipanni |
Feb-15-10 02:13 PM |
#48 |
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I like you. |
woo me with science |
Feb-15-10 04:50 PM |
#54 |
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Yes, weird IS weird. It breaks the rule. But perceived is spelled this way. |
Demoiselle |
Feb-15-10 05:35 PM |
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Actually "I feel badly" is perfectly okay since "badly" is being used as an adjective there. |
Bucky |
Feb-15-10 08:33 PM |
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This is my last post on this subject. |
Demoiselle |
Feb-16-10 08:53 AM |
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Bravo! "I feel badly" is definitely one of my pet peeves. |
Lucy Goosey |
Feb-16-10 11:05 AM |
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actually, badly is also an adjective, and has been for more than three centuries |
fishwax |
Feb-16-10 12:42 PM |
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Thank you. Grammar rules should describe, rather than prescribe, how people speak. |
Bucky |
Feb-16-10 03:32 PM |
#126 |
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LOL. NIcely done |
woo me with science |
Feb-15-10 11:43 AM |
#40 |
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Too fricking complicated! |
Kaleva |
Feb-15-10 05:24 PM |
#57 |
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"Whom" is dead. the Grammar Nazi's need to quit moaning about it. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-15-10 11:38 PM |
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How about the use of apostrophe to make a plural? |
woo me with science |
Feb-16-10 04:47 AM |
#95 |
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That's a spelling mistake, not a grammar one. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-16-10 07:53 AM |
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Dismissed that one too, have you? |
woo me with science |
Feb-16-10 01:40 PM |
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It's one of the easier rules. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-16-10 11:09 AM |
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So what? It is not part of English as spoken anymore. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-16-10 03:02 PM |
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That rationale can make noo-CUE-ler okay. |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-16-10 03:05 PM |
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But that's you. Lots of non-twit people use 'whom' in their conversations. |
Bucky |
Feb-16-10 03:36 PM |
#128 |
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That's just nonsense. |
woo me with science |
Feb-16-10 04:07 PM |
#132 |
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What about the Grammar Nazi's needs? No, wait, I don't care about their needs. |
Bucky |
Feb-16-10 03:33 PM |
#127 |
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"Ask not for who the bell tolls." |
Lionel Mandrake |
Feb-17-10 11:10 AM |
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What about those who use an apostrophe to make a plural? n/t |
DFW |
Feb-15-10 07:32 AM |
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*snork* No body doe's that |
struggle4progress |
Feb-15-10 05:57 PM |
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Thanks for clarifying, my good Blue. I've heard the misuse of ironic you described, and didn't |
raccoon |
Feb-15-10 07:51 AM |
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"it's" as a possessive |
MrsMatt |
Feb-15-10 07:53 AM |
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So is "its" the correct possesive? |
Jade Fox |
Feb-15-10 11:42 AM |
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yes - if something belongs to it |
MrsMatt |
Feb-15-10 01:01 PM |
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it's a wise dog that scratches its own fleas |
pokerfan |
Feb-15-10 07:05 PM |
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"If it ain't a contraction, no apostrophe action" - that's how I remember it's and its |
Rabrrrrrr |
Feb-16-10 12:48 PM |
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AOL has a headline with that particular error... |
CBHagman |
Feb-18-10 08:38 PM |
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Get over yourself! It's the internet, not a William Safire article. |
Bucky |
Feb-15-10 09:13 AM |
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William Safire |
geardaddy |
Feb-15-10 01:55 PM |
#46 |
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Like Carl's Jr? |
gmoney |
Feb-15-10 03:30 PM |
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More proof that Safire was a twit. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-15-10 11:40 PM |
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Agreed. |
geardaddy |
Feb-16-10 09:08 AM |
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That was a great article! "I shall now more appropriately order three burritos supreme, |
Rabrrrrrr |
Feb-16-10 12:49 PM |
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Yup. |
geardaddy |
Feb-16-10 03:22 PM |
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One time I THINK I went to bed for drunken monkey-love with my wife... |
MiddleFingerMom |
Feb-15-10 11:03 AM |
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people using loose when it should be lose |
nickinSTL |
Feb-15-10 03:19 PM |
#49 |
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Apostrophe abuse!!!! |
Mad_Dem_X |
Feb-15-10 03:27 PM |
#52 |
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You're post is ironic! |
Kaleva |
Feb-15-10 05:15 PM |
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The one that infuriates me is "whose" when in fact the author |
Mike 03 |
Feb-15-10 05:46 PM |
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Check out The Oatmeal |
mysticalchick |
Feb-15-10 05:50 PM |
#60 |
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"I seen." |
Prisoner_Number_Six |
Feb-15-10 05:58 PM |
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Emphatically agree. |
Jack Sprat |
Feb-18-10 08:54 PM |
#145 |
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looser and rediculous |
MadBadger |
Feb-15-10 06:13 PM |
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Okay, here's some of mine I've not yet seen addressed: |
pink-o |
Feb-15-10 06:56 PM |
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Misuse of the apostrophe... |
GoCubsGo |
Feb-15-10 07:33 PM |
#71 |
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in that case, here's a blog you may enjoy |
fishwax |
Feb-15-10 07:37 PM |
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Those are pretty bad, too. |
GoCubsGo |
Feb-16-10 04:06 PM |
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I can't stand when people say an when it's supposed to be a. |
bamacrat |
Feb-15-10 07:36 PM |
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I wear a Double-Secret Grammar Police Badge |
TripleKatPad |
Feb-15-10 07:44 PM |
#74 |
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Thanks |
turner52 |
Feb-15-10 09:10 PM |
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Some of my pet peeves have already been mentioned |
Art_from_Ark |
Feb-15-10 08:56 PM |
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Because "me" is not strictly "Objective", but is what Linguists call "Oblique" |
Odin2005 |
Feb-15-10 11:46 PM |
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I never learned that in my grammar-related classes |
Art_from_Ark |
Feb-16-10 12:09 AM |
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That's because it's not a part of FORMAL, standard English. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-16-10 08:00 AM |
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"Could have WENT" and "Could have DID" |
tilsammans |
Feb-15-10 10:02 PM |
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I use "could have went" a lot. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-15-10 11:27 PM |
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And THEN there's "could OF went" and "could OF did" |
tilsammans |
Feb-16-10 04:49 AM |
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My dad used to say "Should have went" all the time |
Mad_Dem_X |
Feb-16-10 08:38 AM |
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That one is becoming all the more common: shouldn't have went, and so forth...nt |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-16-10 11:08 AM |
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Mine's stupid esoteric, but it's "a myriad of". |
nolabear |
Feb-15-10 10:45 PM |
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yeah, that one bugs me, too |
gmoney |
Feb-15-10 11:35 PM |
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People who pronouce "realtor" as "re-luh-ter" |
PhD |
Feb-16-10 01:03 AM |
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Adverb shortage. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Feb-16-10 01:50 AM |
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Be thankful that "yore" has fallen out of common usage... |
krispos42 |
Feb-16-10 02:58 AM |
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Their You Go Nitpicking |
we can do it |
Feb-16-10 08:07 AM |
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Well, their only human. |
Deep13 |
Feb-16-10 08:08 AM |
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Incorrect use of the word "literally" |
Lucy Goosey |
Feb-16-10 11:18 AM |
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Beat me to it. nt |
Tommy_Carcetti |
Feb-16-10 03:27 PM |
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It's not exactly incorrect, it's just an idiom. |
cemaphonic |
Feb-17-10 11:47 AM |
#137 |
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But I can still hate it, right? |
Lucy Goosey |
Feb-17-10 02:41 PM |
#143 |
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'texting talk' |
mycatfred |
Feb-16-10 12:15 PM |
#111 |
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It's shorthand. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-16-10 02:58 PM |
#120 |
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I have teenagers in my class who use "W.T.F." and "I.D.K." conversationally |
Bucky |
Feb-16-10 03:42 PM |
#130 |
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Your 2) is a usage mistake, not a grammar mistake. |
AngryAmish |
Feb-16-10 12:51 PM |
#116 |
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Why do you hate Alanis Morrisette? |
Tommy_Carcetti |
Feb-16-10 03:26 PM |
#124 |
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Aren't there like whole web-based communities based on explaining reasons to hate her? |
Bucky |
Feb-16-10 03:38 PM |
#129 |
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Anyone who says "very unique" gets shot |
Zomby Woof |
Feb-17-10 01:18 AM |
#134 |
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Okay, "extremely unique!" |
kentauros |
Feb-17-10 11:48 AM |
#138 |
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Reading this thread makes me want to spell bad on purpose. |
Forkboy |
Feb-17-10 12:13 PM |
#139 |
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I thought one of the cardinal rules of The Lounge |
kentauros |
Feb-17-10 12:15 PM |
#140 |
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It would be a whale of a time. |
Forkboy |
Feb-17-10 12:28 PM |
#141 |
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Extra words |
Thirtieschild |
Feb-17-10 12:51 PM |
#142 |
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