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brooklynite

(94,483 posts) Wed Oct 13, 2021, 07:57 PM Oct 2021

Grammar lessons...

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Grammar lessons... (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2021 OP

OMG Enter stage left Oct 2021 #1

Clearly should be "These is the guys....." HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #2

"Dese is dose guys..." Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #8

That is why we are instructed to not see offending faults in others. ShazamIam Oct 2021 #3

No, no no!! "Deez Is Da Guyz . . . " hatrack Oct 2021 #4

No! madamesilverspurs Oct 2021 #6

"They're" hatrack Oct 2021 #7

Reminds me of my days as a GTA . . . . hatrack Oct 2021 #13

Same situation. madamesilverspurs Oct 2021 #14

Doze is dem guyses lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #9

By getting the ships unloaded and filling store shelves?... lame54 Oct 2021 #5

And lots of overtime pay for longshoremen, truck drivers, etc. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #10

Sez the Grinchy Old Perverts (GOP) lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #11

Grammar Nazis, the lot of youse. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2021 #12

Enter stage left

(3,395 posts)

1. OMG

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:11 PM

Oct 2021

the reply is just as bad, or worse.

HUAJIAO

(2,382 posts)

2. Clearly should be "These is the guys....."

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:19 PM

Oct 2021

Midnight Writer

(21,737 posts)

8. "Dese is dose guys..."

Reply to HUAJIAO (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 10:31 AM

Oct 2021

ShazamIam

(2,570 posts)

3. That is why we are instructed to not see offending faults in others.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:34 PM

Oct 2021

hatrack

(59,583 posts)

4. No, no no!! "Deez Is Da Guyz . . . "

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:35 PM

Oct 2021

Claremont? Or Hillsdale? Only their English professors know for sure!!

madamesilverspurs

(15,800 posts)

6. No!

Reply to hatrack (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 11:12 PM

Oct 2021

Shouldn't that be "THERE English professors"?

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hatrack

(59,583 posts)

7. "They're"

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 08:07 AM

Oct 2021

hatrack

(59,583 posts)

13. Reminds me of my days as a GTA . . . .

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 07:12 PM

Oct 2021

I had college seniors who couldn't handle to/two/too.

Oy.

madamesilverspurs

(15,800 posts)

14. Same situation.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 07:33 PM

Oct 2021

College seniors who couldn't differentiate between wore/war and our/are . . . some were so bad that I had to read their papers out loud in order to get the gist of what they were trying to say. Lack of paragraphs and missing punctuation often added to the confusion. It was infuriating that these students made it out of high school and then into college with such poor skills. I tried to encourage them to participate in the free writing labs, pointing out that they would not graduate unless they could pass the written English essay exam. Some were glad for that encouragement.

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