The Grammar Police Thread

[Hostile]

Now and then I read stuff and I just cringe. I know some of you do too. I try not to be grammar police on the forum if I can help it. Here's your chance to vent without picking on anyone in particular the way it is perceived if you quote a stupid point in a post.

Today's rant is triggered by the term air-apparent being used instead of heir-apparent.

Have fun while you vent.


There is no H in Witten. There isn't one in Novacek either.

There is no G at the end of Irvin if talking about the player not the city.

Staubach, not Starback. The helmets have a star, not his name and he played QuarterBACK not QuarterBACH.

You cannot loose a game. You lose them. Loose is how clothes fit.

Ridiculous, not rediculous.

You're welcome, not your welcome. Your indicates possession like your toys. You don't own welcome. The contracted word (meaning it has an apostrophe) literally means you are, as in you are welcome.

It is a WR corps, not a WR core.

Per se, not per say.

You have an idea, not an ideal. Unless you are talking about your principles or the absolute best of some concept.



The floor is yours. Vent away. I reserve the right to add to my list.

[BrAinPaiNt]

You need a shot of Nyquil old friend.

Go on, I won't tell on you. ;)

[AbeBeta]

I think I've mentioned before the paper with the incorrect spelling of assess.

E.g., "to ***** student attitudes toward the course..."

[Chief]

That's an impressive list. It covers everything that I see regularly on here.

On a somewhat related subject, it bothers me when sports announcers -- especially baseball announcers -- mispronounce Spanish surnames.

If you announce baseball games for a living, you HAVE to know how to pronounce these names.

Example: The "u" in Vasquez doesn't make a "w" sound. It's pronounced Vaws-kehz .... not Vas-kwehz.

There are others that are regularly butchered -- Jimenez and Gutierrez come to mind.

[BrAinPaiNt]

That's an impressive list. It covers everything that I see regularly on here.

On a somewhat related subject, it bothers me when sports announcers -- especially baseball announcers -- mispronounce Spanish surnames.

If you announce baseball games for a living, you HAVE to know how to pronounce these names.

Example: The "u" in Vasquez doesn't make a "w" sound. It's pronounced Vaws-kehz .... not Vas-kwehz.

There are others that are regularly butchered -- Jimenez and Gutierrez come to mind.

You are hardcore...english and spanish screwups get your gander.:p: ;)

[Chief]

You are hardcore...english and spanish screwups get your gander.:p: ;)

It doesn't bother me when a regular Joe (or Jose) does it.

But when it's your job to pronounce names and at least half the league has Spanish surnames, do some research, take a class ... something.

[big dog cowboy]

Good tips Hos. Someday I hope to talk more better.

[Sam I Am]

There is no H in Witten. There isn't one in Novacek either.



Start at the :52 mark of this vid. :laugh2:

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[Sam I Am]

Good tips Hos. Someday I hope to talk more better.

:laugh2:

[bbgun]

As Archie Bunker would say, "Back to the groin-acologist."

[Sam I Am]

That's an impressive list. It covers everything that I see regularly on here.

On a somewhat related subject, it bothers me when sports announcers -- especially baseball announcers -- mispronounce Spanish surnames.

If you announce baseball games for a living, you HAVE to know how to pronounce these names.

Example: The "u" in Vasquez doesn't make a "w" sound. It's pronounced Vaws-kehz .... not Vas-kwehz.

There are others that are regularly butchered -- Jimenez and Gutierrez come to mind.

Is Ibanez pronounced, I-ba-nez (Like the Ibanez Guitar) or E-bon-yez? (like they pronouce Raul Ibanez (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3504) the baseball player) :laugh2:

[xWraithx]

The user RomoIsBack is the worst poster I have ever come across in my entire life with regards to grammar... he is unbelievably bad. I mean he's just absolutely pitiful at talking. Not sure what he's saying can even be considered gibberish..

I'll quote a fellow poster speaking about RomoIsBack

I have said before he just seems to slap around at the keyboard to see what happens. Here are some other gems:

"every game is a test for dallas nothin is a test to me until january"

"when barber break you know something going to happen"

"we got a sack that butt chin tom brady for real sack sack sack"

"randy man we better be scare"

"and the rams game popcorn was not butter at all"

"i am still surprise the way our defense"

"they try to brake romo the man had 6 t.o and still played the whole game like he was winning"

"god he on them like crazy god"

"yeah i seen him on espn radio talking bout tony romo"
Seeing on radio?

"i call you stupid to ^i am not going to type all they to please you people i am to lazy"
This might explain things a bit

"i just seen like 30 minutes on romo we get respect"

"lj took out the whole pre season look at him jj sign him"



I found all that just going back to the very end of September. I get the impression his keyboard lacks an enter key, any punctuation key, and the left and right shift keys. By the way, all of these quotes were the full extent of his post.

It almost reads like he is writing his posts in a foreign language and then running them through http://babelfish.altavista.com/.

BBQ

[BrAinPaiNt]

It doesn't bother me when a regular Joe (or Jose) does it.

But when it's your job to pronounce names and at least half the league has Spanish surnames, do some research, take a class ... something.

I was just joshing you some. I don't watch baseball so I guess I don't see it, if I did it would probably bother me.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Is Ibanez pronounced, I-ba-nez (Like the Ibanez Guitar) or E-bon-yez? (like they pronouce Raul Ibanez (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3504) the baseball player) :laugh2:

I guess it depends on the company or how the person.

Favre Farve.:D

[Sam I Am]

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The floor is yours. Vent away. I reserve the right to add to my list.

How about Fixin as they say all over Texas. I'm fixin to watch the Cowboys game! :D

[daschoo]

It doesn't bother me when a regular Joe (or Jose) does it.

But when it's your job to pronounce names and at least half the league has Spanish surnames, do some research, take a class ... something.

i agree with this! obviously i watch a lot more of a certain other sport that isn't too popular when mentioned on here but there are few things that annoy me as much as the commentators getting the names wrong. i've watched games where the commentator calls the same player by four or five different pronunciations which is quite frankly lazy. or worse when their (only kidding hos) commentating on middle eastern teams resort to reffering to the players as "the number 8" etc.

my grammar isn't that great but yes some of the attempts at posts both on here and on other forums leave me scratching my head.

on a realated note, when there is something that you don't care about why do you say you "could care less" over on your side of the atlantic? over here we use "couldn't care less" which actually makes sense. not criticising just something i've noticed that puzzled me at first until i got used to it.

[xWraithx]

i agree with this! obviously i watch a lot more of a certain other sport that isn't too popular when mentioned on here but there are few things that annoy me as much as the commentators getting the names wrong. i've watched games where the commentator calls the same player by four or five different pronunciations which is quite frankly lazy. or worse when their (only kidding hos) commentating on middle eastern teams resort to reffering to the players as "the number 8" etc.

my grammar isn't that great but yes some of the attempts at posts both on here and on other forums leave me scratching my head.

on a realated note, when there is something that you don't care about why do you say you "could care less" over on your side of the atlantic? over here we use "couldn't care less" which actually makes sense. not criticising just something i've noticed that puzzled me at first until i got used to it.

you can subtract one less person from that group of idiotic morons because I corrected my younger brother on this yesterday :)

[CATCH17]

dude..

[Hostile]

How about Fixin as they say all over Texas. I'm fixin to watch the Cowboys game! :DThose don't bother me. Neither does ain't. Prolly for probably is pretty annoying.

By far the one that grinds my gears is loose for lose. "We're going to loose." How do you do that?

I have noticed that a lot of people cannot spell yeah to save their life. No idea why it is so hard. Someone, I forget who but it might have been Nors, had a G in there. Yeagh, or something like that. I've seen some who spell it yhea.

Then again this is teh Intenets and people get pwned.

[peplaw06]

It's a MOOT point... not a MUTE point.

[ScipioCowboy]

1) The appropriate phrasing is "I couldn't care less," not "I could care less." If you are capable of caring less, you care on some level.

2) Could of, would of, and should of are all incorrect. The correct spellings are could've, would've, and should've. These are contractions for could have, would have, and should have.

3) The correct contracted form of you all is y'all, not ya'll.

[Yeagermeister]

Or the crowd sure is quite

Quite what?

Oh you mean quiet as in not making any noise

[Hostile]

1) The appropriate phrasing is "I couldn't care less," not "I could care less." If you are capable of caring less, you care on some level.

2) Could of, would of, and should of are all incorrect. The correct spellings are could've, would've, and should've. These are contractions for could have, would have, and should have.Sometimes I will say, "I could care less, but I honestly don't know how."

This thread is reviving my spirits. :laugh2:

[Hostile]

I just remembered one that happens all the time.

This team will be dominate. No, this team will be dominant. Turn it around. We are going to dominant them? No, we are going to dominate them.

Not interchangeable.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Sometimes I will say, "I could care less, but I honestly don't know how."

This thread is reviving my spirits. :laugh2:

:laugh1:

Reminds me of a George Carlin line, years since I heard it so it could be wrong.

When he is talking about people saying how are you doing today or have a nice day.

Said something like...if someone says how are you doing today sometimes I will say, well I am not unwell which takes them a few minutes to figure out.:laugh2:

Or if someone says, Have a nice day to which he said sometimes he thinks about saying...NO, I have had 99 nice days in a row and I am ready for a crappy one.

[Yeagermeister]

Sometimes I will say, "I could care less, but I honestly don't know how."

This thread is reviving my spirits. :laugh2:

Be quite

[jem88]

People saying things like 'should have went' bothers me (or even worse: 'should of went'.)

[Bob Sacamano]

You're welcome, not your welcome. Your indicates possession like your toys. You don't own welcome.

I think Buehler would disagree with you there

[DallasCowpoke]

There are no such words as ANYWAYS or BIDDED!!

[theogt]

Somewhere along the line, our society switched from overusing "me" to overusing "I."

In the past, people would say:

"You and me should go to the store" (incorrect) and "That's a great idea for you and me" (correct)

Now people tend to use:

"You and I should go to the store" (correct) and "That's a great idea for you and I" (incorrect)

[ABQCOWBOY]

What the hell is up with ABQ? I mean, seriously, have you read some of his posts? No kidding, the guy is beyond help. I honestly believe that spell check was probably created for him but the guy seems to have no concept of it. It's like watching a kid fall over, time after time, on a bike because he doesn't know enough to put on the training wheels. It's madness I tell you!

Makes me question the reasoning his parents must have had behind keeping this one.

:)

[Yeagermeister]

There are no such words as ANYWAYS or BIDDED!!

Anyways :rolleyes:

:D

[BrAinPaiNt]

What the hell is up with ABQ? I mean, seriously, have you read some of his posts? No kidding, the guy is beyond help. I honestly believe that spell check was probably created for him but the guy seems to have no concept of it. It's like watching a kid fall over, time after time, on a bike because he doesn't know enough to put on the training wheels. It's madness I tell you!

Makes me question the reasoning his parents must have had behind keeping this one.

:)

Well, I can't lie...your spelling is pretty bad at times, I would be with you but I have kind of taken the spell checker in firefox as my best friend on the board.:laugh2:

Even with the spell checker it is easy to screw things up on here. Sometimes you just wind up thinking to fast and not paying attention as you are typing or some other innocent mistake.

It really does not bother me much unless it is something where someone is posting in all texting style or something along those lines.

[BrAinPaiNt]

There are no such words as ANYWAYS or BIDDED!!

I have been guilty of the anyways...but try to catch myself.:D

However I don't even know what you mean by Bidded. Not sure I have heard or read that one.

I can only guess some use it as a past tense of bid or bidding on an item but I could be way off as I have never seen or heard that one.:(

[masomenos]

I have a friend who always says 'Pacifically' instead of 'specifically'. Every time she says it, I ask "As opposed to Atlantically?" and she never, never understands why.

:)

[ABQCOWBOY]

I have been guilty of the anyways...but try to catch myself.:D

However I don't even know what you mean by Bidded. Not sure I have heard or read that one.

I can only guess some use it as a past tense of bid or bidding on an item but I could be way off as I have never seen or heard that one.:(


It's true. I'm horrid. I know you guys know. I know too.

:laugh2:

I use Firefox but the spell check feature does not work. It's a firewall thing.

[Hostile]

There are no such words as ANYWAYS or BIDDED!!There's also no such word as irregardless. Think about it. The word is regardless. At no time does it need the added IR to make it correct.

One of my local buddies, a Bears fan, misuses tract constantly.

He will say, "I've got to keep tract of all the stats." No, he's got to keep track of all the stats.

[Hostile]

I have a friend who always says 'Pacifically' instead of 'specifically'. Every time she says it, I ask "As opposed to Atlantically?" and she never, never understands why.

:)Best post in the thread.

:laugh2:

[Yeagermeister]

There's also no such word as irregardless. Think about it. The word is regardless. At no time does it need the added IR to make it correct.

One of my local buddies, a Bears fan, misuses tract constantly.

He will say, "I've got to keep tract of all the stats." No, he's got to keep track of all the stats.

Maybe he's trying to get you to install some lights

[Danny White]

You cannot loose a game. You lose them. Loose is how clothes fit.


Not mine. :(

[poke]

Well, I can't lie...your spelling is pretty bad at times, I would be with you but I have kind of taken the spell checker in firefox as my best friend on the board.:laugh2:

Even with the spell checker it is easy to screw things up on here. Sometimes you just wind up thinking to fast and not paying attention as you are typing or some other innocent mistake.

It really does not bother me much unless it is something where someone is posting in all texting style or something along those lines.

in the spirit of this thread.............( i know it was just a typo) i couldn't resist.
i apologize now for the fact that i don't capitalize and i ain't fixin to start doing it ya'll. ( which i have been told is not proper anyways ).

[ABQCOWBOY]

in the spirit of this thread.............( i know it was just a typo) i couldn't resist.
i apologize now for the fact that i don't capitalize and i ain't fixin to start doing it ya'll. ( which i have been told is not proper anyways ).

Hey Poke.

[poke]

Hey Poke.

heck that looks so good capitalized i may start doing it !

[DallasCowpoke]

However I don't even know what you mean by Bidded. Not sure I have heard or read that one.

I can only guess some use it as a past tense of bid or bidding on an item but I could be way off as I have never seen or heard that one.:(

Yea, "bidded" rears it's ugly head when you're playing a card game like spades or hearts.

Inevitably, some walking meat stick will say something like "I don't know how I got set on that hand, I only bidded 4!?"

[DallasCowpoke]

Not mine. :(

:laugh2:

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Hos it must really make you cringe to read Leotis or Pittman4two....diet tribe. LMAO


I have several relatives that say warsh when talking about doing laundy. "I'm going to warsh my clothes." Drives me nuts.

They will also say, "I'm going to go to the Wal Marts". I'm always making fun of them.

[xWraithx]

Hos it must really make you cringe to read Leotis or Pittman4two....diet tribe. LMAO


I have several relatives that say warsh when talking about doing laundy. "I'm going to warsh my clothes." Drives me nuts.

They will also say, "I'm going to go to the Wal Marts". I'm always making fun of them.

for some reason, my ex-boss says "Walmark" (with a k) and "twiced" (with a d)

never heard that before her

[DallasCowpoke]

Here's another that drives me nuts.

It's "Happy New Year" and "New Year's Eve/Day". Your not wishing someone a happy multiple of years.

[ChldsPlay]

Hate the loose thing as well. Hate when people use the wrong version of a word (their instead of there, etc. Though admittedly in a hurry I do this at time by mistake).

I hate when people say warsh or Warshington.
I hate when people call a sub woofer a sub wolfer and they call wolves wooves.
I hate more than anything people who say Missouruh instead of Missouri. Stupid Missouruhans.
Hate when people say Cue-pons instead of koo-pons.
I know some of those are how people talk and now type, but it still bugs me.

Surprised that Hos didn't mention people using Irving when talking about Michael, or Irvin when talking about the city.

[ChldsPlay]

I have a friend who always says 'Pacifically' instead of 'specifically'. Every time she says it, I ask "As opposed to Atlantically?" and she never, never understands why.

:)

My wife does that but she has problems with a lot of words since she had a speech impediment when she was a child that her parents never really took the time to help her with.

She says breakfix, and stanima too.

[masomenos]

Since were getting all Englishy in this thread, I'd like to point something out.

While people constantly made fun of Bush for saying 'nuke-u-lar", he wasn't exactly wrong. The Oxford English Dictionary accepts that pronunciation both as a regional variant and as a word derived from slang. If it's good enough for the OED, then it should be good enough for Keith Olbermann.

[Hostile]

Hate the loose thing as well. Hate when people use the wrong version of a word (their instead of there, etc. Though admittedly in a hurry I do this at time by mistake).

I hate when people say warsh or Warshington.
I hate when people call a sub woofer a sub wolfer and they call wolves wooves.
I hate more than anything people who say Missouruh instead of Missouri. Stupid Missouruhans.
Hate when people say Cue-pons instead of koo-pons.
I know some of those are how people talk and now type, but it still bugs me.

Surprised that Hos didn't mention people using Irving when talking about Michael, or Irvin when talking about the city.I did. Look at the very first post.

[Aikbach]

I've never heard Starback before but I don't think its incorrect.:D

Better than saying Roger Starbucks.

[Yeagermeister]

I've never heard Starback before but I don't think its incorrect.:D

Better than saying Roger Starbucks.

I hear he makes great coffee

[poke]

for some reason, my ex-boss says "Walmark" (with a k) and "twiced" (with a d)

never heard that before her

my mom , who is from alabama, does the exact same thing with those words.

[ScipioCowboy]

My wife does that but she has problems with a lot of words since she had a speech impediment when she was a child that her parents never really took the time to help her with.

She says breakfix, and stanima too.

I can relate.

[bbgun]

My wife does that but she has problems with a lot of words since she had a speech impediment when she was a child that her parents never really took the time to help her with.

She says breakfix, and stanima too.

As a kid, I used to say mazagine.

[Hostile]

I knew someone would post something that would remind me of more.

It is not alot. It is a lot. Two words not one.

It also gets me when people use it's for possession of something, or belonging to it. It doesn't show possession. It's means it is. So this is wrong. The monster wanted it's meal. That says the monster wanted it is meal. Makes no sense whatsoever.

I have a friend who butchers Spanish and English together. She thinks she speaks Spanish wonderfully. She doesn't. She can't resist though. She has to say certain things in Spanish. I speak Spanish really well and I resist the urge to simply start talking Spanish with her because it would go right over her head and I know it. Chief would love this lady. Talk about butchering Spanish names. She's a master at it.

[Undisputed]

I hate when people call a sub woofer a sub wolfer and they call wolves wooves.

I laughed out loud for some reason. "wooooves"...:laugh2:

Hate when people say Cue-pons instead of koo-pons.Now I feel like a fool. :D Apparently I'm like Stewie.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5735/coolwhip002.jpg

[DallasCowpoke]

It also gets me when people use it's for possession of something, or belonging to it. It doesn't show possession. It's means it is. So this is wrong. The monster wanted it's meal. That says the monster wanted it is meal. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Eww, that's a good 1, it always throws me. I bet I get it wrong half the time.

[Achozen]

I hate when the thread title has every word capitalized.

[Hostile]

I hate when the thread title has every word capitalized.Yet that is the proper way to do it.

[peplaw06]

As a kid, I used to say mazagine.

My brother used to call spaghetti, bisketti.

[Achozen]

Yet that is the proper way to do it.
Proper according to who?

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

I have several relatives that say warsh when talking about doing laundy. "I'm going to warsh my clothes." Drives me nuts.

This one reminded me of a friend that lives in Iowa.

If it is singular, he uses the word wash. But if it is plural, he uses the word warsh.
He washes his car, but he warshes his clothes.

[Hostile]

Proper according to who?You are more than welcome to check the New York Times Manual of Style or The Chicago Manual of Style if you wish.

The first word of a Title and all nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives in a title are to be capitalized. You can but are not required to capitalize all words. You can leave out definite and indefinite articles as well as conjunction words.

Ask any English Teacher and they will confirm this for you. I was an English Major and the Capitalization of the first letter in titles is known as majuscules and the other letters are miniscules and this forum or rule is known as Manuscript Form.

No, I did not look this up, but you are more than welcome to and see if I am full of crap or not.

[Bob Sacamano]

I recently figured out that there is no apostrophe in "yours", I used to spell it "your's", like when I say "yours truly", I used to say "your's truly" and the like

I also hate the TV judges who don't use proper English, that chick on Divorce Court pisses me the hell off whenever she talks, you're freakin' educated, don't speak like you're with your home girls, speak properly!

[MarionBarberThe4th]

How can you care when you dont capitalize or punctuate and what-not?



Its important to know as much of this mess as you can, I teach it to my kids, but adults correcting other adults is condescending and tacky.

[ScipioCowboy]

Proper according to who?

Proper according to whom?:D

[hairic]

Ellipsis abuse... it's like after every thought... they throw in an ellipsis...

It's... annoying...

[masomenos]

Ellipsis abuse... it's like after every thought... they throw in an ellipsis...

It's... annoying...

Oh, that's a good one!

[jackrussell]

Though I've never seen anyone spell it this way....and don't hear it as much as I used to, so let's hope it's a passing phase:

"Aks me a question."

[jackrussell]

Good tips Hos. Someday I hope to talk more better.

It's 'talk more gooder' stoopid.

[Yeagermeister]

Ellipsis abuse... it's like after every thought... they throw in an ellipsis...

It's... annoying...

.....anyways.......:rolleyes: ........

[hairic]

.....anyways.......:rolleyes: ........

That's another one.

There was no English word "anyways" a few years ago, it's "anyway".

Since it's been used so much recently, it's reached a colloquial level. Yet, it's not even an improvement on "anyway"; there's no change in definition, it's not a plural, and it takes extra tongue and finger energy to get it out. It's adoption has caused an all-around loss in human caloric wealth.

[Yeagermeister]

That's another one.

There was no English word "anyways" a few years ago, it's "anyway".

Since it's been used so much recently, it's reached a colloquial level. Yet, it's not even an improvement on "anyway"; there's no change in definition, it's not a plural, and it takes extra tongue and finger energy to get it out. It's adoption has caused an all-around loss in human caloric wealth.

I Guess You Didn't Realize It Was A Joke........:D

[hairic]

I Guess You Didn't Realize It Was A Joke........:D

I realized it was a joke (you already used it in the thread), I just wanted to have my turn to talk about it. ;)

[DallasEast]

This is off-topic, but I dislike incorrect descriptions. One of my pet peeves is one involving someone's automobile. Here's an example of a conversation which gives me migraines:

Friend: "Hey! Let's jump in my car and go to the store!"

Me: "Dude! You drive a Chevy Silverado!"

:banghead:

[peplaw06]

Ellipsis abuse... it's like after every thought... they throw in an ellipsis...

It's... annoying...

........guilty as charged.......

[ChldsPlay]

I did. Look at the very first post.

That you did, my bad. "My bad," is another phrase I'm not fond of. Ignore the fact that I just used it.

[silverbear]

I just remembered one that happens all the time.

This team will be dominate. No, this team will be dominant. Turn it around. We are going to dominant them? No, we are going to dominate them.

Not interchangeable.

This was definately a descent post... :D

[Yeagermeister]

This was definately a descent post... :D

Yeah Hos did purty gooooood.....

......

.......


.....

[silverbear]

Makes me question the reasoning his parents must have had behind keeping this one.

:)

You have NO idea how many times I've asked that very question, nor of how many posters...

[silverbear]

Ellipsis abuse... it's like after every thought... they throw in an ellipsis...

It's... annoying...

Grrrrrrrrrrr... actually, the extensive use of the ellipsis is considered a reliable indicator of extreme intelligence... only a chosen few can carry it off properly...

[bbgun]

Now bare with me ...

[Chief]

Now bare with me ...

That's a pretty good pick-up line.

[jem88]

Here's another that drives me nuts.

It's "Happy New Year" and "New Year's Eve/Day". Your not wishing someone a happy multiple of years.
What about my not wishing someone a happy multitude of years?

[Hostile]

I've noticed people have a real hard time with homonyms.

There is a place. The store is over there.
Their is possessive. Their car got stuck
They're means they are. They're celebrating their 50th anniversary this season. This is similar to your and you're.

Two is a number. Most people grasp that.
To means toward. Most of the time this is the word you want to use.
Too means also and is used as a qualifier. I like that too. In that context it clearly means also. All the time people will say, I like that to. It is wrong. The other use as I said is a qualifier. That salsa is too hot. The salsa is not just hot, it is too hot.

Accept and except are others. I can accept that except for the added clause.

Than and then are really butchered.

[Yeagermeister]

One that drives me crazy is

We played really good today.

It's we played really well.

[bbgun]

I still have problems with "that vs. which" and "that vs. who."

[vta]

I aint got the tyme to red this all fin thread rite now... but I will have to say... the reponses has bin very ejukashunl... thank yu all! I lirnt mor about gramer her then when in schol, where they was mor intrested in beeng jock and beeting up nrds.

[the kid 05]

for some reason, my ex-boss says "Walmark" (with a k) and "twiced" (with a d)

never heard that before her

My aunt says "twiced". She also says "warsh" instead of wash and stralls in stead of straws.

[Temo]

One that drives me crazy is

We played really good today.

It's we played really well.

This one gets me all the time. Ever since a middle school teacher reprimanded me that "Superman does good, you just did well" I've been cringing whenever this is wrongly used.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Now and then I read stuff and I just cringe. I know some of you do too. I try not to be grammar police on the forum if I can help it. Here's your chance to vent without picking on anyone in particular the way it is perceived if you quote a stupid point in a post.

Today's rant is triggered by the term air-apparent being used instead of heir-apparent.

Have fun while you vent.


There is no H in Witten. There isn't one in Novacek either.

There is no G at the end of Irvin if talking about the player not the city.

Staubach, not Starback. The helmets have a star, not his name and he played QuarterBACK not QuarterBACH.

You cannot loose a game. You lose them. Loose is how clothes fit.

Ridiculous, not rediculous.

You're welcome, not your welcome. Your indicates possession like your toys. You don't own welcome. The contracted word (meaning it has an apostrophe) literally means you are, as in you are welcome.

It is a WR corps, not a WR core.

Per se, not per say.

You have an idea, not an ideal. Unless you are talking about your principles or the absolute best of some concept.



The floor is yours. Vent away. I reserve the right to add to my list.

Those aren't grammar issues, they are spelling and word usage issues.

[vta]

Those aren't grammar issues, they are spelling and word usage issues.

Lissen Candian! Don't spilt hares over trivealitees...
is it tru i here in canda they have funn shaped heds and tawk funy... ?

[Hostile]

Those aren't grammar issues, they are spelling and word usage issues.I fixed the thread title so it is fit and proper.

[theogt]

Those aren't grammar issues, they are spelling and word usage issues.Some of them are grammar issues.

[Vintage]

I could care less....



OK. Then, by all means, care less.

Couldn't. Couldn't care less.

[fgoodwin]

Somewhere along the line, our society switched from overusing "me" to overusing "I."

In the past, people would say:

"You and me should go to the store" (incorrect) and "That's a great idea for you and me" (correct)

Now people tend to use:

"You and I should go to the store" (correct) and "That's a great idea for you and I" (incorrect)

I continue to hear "I" and "me" misused, as in the examples you give. As I tell my son, the easiest way to know which is the correct term is to think of the singular usage.

So when he says "Me and my friend went to the movies" I repeat "Me went to the movies?", and he follows with "My friend and I went to the movies"

Using your example "That's a great idea for you and I" I would say "That's a great idea for I?", hopefully the speaker will respond with "That's a great idea for you and me".

Just drop the second person and you'll know which term to use.

[rkell87]

my aunt(not my ant) adds an (s) to random things.

she'll ask me to go to blockbusters all the time.

then she will ask me to go to kroger, not krogers.

and this happens with all sorts of things with no discerning factor as to why one thing gets an extra (s) and another doesn't.

[vta]

Has anyone ever had a glass of Soder, as my cousin calls it?
Ever been to the liberry?
Ever had anything bought over to your house?

[JonJon]

I didn't see this listed yet, but the one that really gets to me is the incorrect usage of the word of.

Incorrect usage:

I would of seen it...

I could of seen it....

I should of seen it...

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

It should be:

I would've, could've, or should've, which is an abbreviation of the full usage of the phrase, "would have," could have,"or "should have."

[windward]

My boss always says "Please insure that you get x done" It's ensure!

Irregardless. Not a word.

Double negatives.

Playoff birth instead of berth.

my grandmother pronounces spatula "spatchler" and volcano "volocano"

[windward]

Oh yeah, I had a coworker that would say "bented" instead of bent.

[Zaxor]

irregardless...nope doesn't exist... it is regardless.

[DallasCowpoke]

my grandmother pronounces spatula "spatchler" and volcano "volocano"

I always crack my friend's wife up when we're cooking together. I'll put on my best Justin Wilson Cajun accent and tell her to "get out dat dahm spatulater and spatulate it". I'm funny like that. :p:

[bbgun]

I always wince when Mel Kiper says "Dee-troit."

[kmp77]

"Let me axe you sum'tin." :banghead:

[masomenos]

I thought of a couple, not sure if they've been mentioned.

It's 'anyway' not 'anyways'.

It's 'couldn't care less' not 'could care less'.

[ScipioCowboy]

I thought of a couple, not sure if they've been mentioned.

It's 'anyway' not 'anyways'.

It's 'couldn't care less' not 'could care less'.

Ahem (http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2875612&postcount=21).:p:

[masomenos]

Ahem (http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2875612&postcount=21).:p:

Great minds Scorpio.

Oh, the 'could of, would of" thing was good to bring up too!

[Sam I Am]

I have a friend who always says 'Pacifically' instead of 'specifically'. Every time she says it, I ask "As opposed to Atlantically?" and she never, never understands why.

:)

While I find that extremely amusing I also find is very un-amusing that you do not explain the error in her grammer / pronunciation / usage...

Actually, I'm unclear at where exactly the error is occuring! It's not Pronunciation sense she isn't saying the right word, It isn't grammer since it's a single word she is failing to say and not a sentence or structure of words, and it isn't usage as it's not actual a word you would use (a word at all) in the first place! :laugh2:

[daschoo]

Ahem (http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2875612&postcount=21).:p:

ahem indeed
http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158350&page=2
first post, last paragraph :D
(not sure how you do the fancy linking to a specific post thing)

[silverbear]

I SOOOOOO wanna be in the Grammar Police...

Do they get cool uniforms?? Can they carry guns (for the particularly egregious repeat offenders, of course)??

How's their health insurance plan??

[Sam I Am]

I SOOOOOO wanna be in the Grammar Police...

Do they get cool uniforms?? Can they carry guns (for the particularly egregious repeat offenders, of course)??

How's their health insurance plan??
You WANNA be in the Grammar Police? You've failed the test while asking for the privilege... :laugh2:

[Temo]

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2881713&postcount=79

[silverbear]

You WANNA be in the Grammar Police? You've failed the test while asking for the privilege... :laugh2:

Hey, I'm off-duty... when I'm on the job, I'm a regular little George Will...

Anybody in here got a doughnut??

[Bigdog]

I guess what part of the country you are from words can take on different meaning. My co-workers are always telling me they can tell I grew up on the east coast since I call athletic shoes sneakers and they call them tennis shoes. Tennis shoes are athletic footwear that is specifically to play tennis in.

[windward]

I interviewed someone the other day who kept saying "Majorly" to my every question. Quite irritating.

[SuspectCorner]

I always crack my friend's wife up when we're cooking together. I'll put on my best Justin Wilson Cajun accent and tell her to "get out dat dahm spatulater and spatulate it". I'm funny like that. :p:

'I always crack up my friend's wife'... as long as we're on the subject. :)

[daschoo]

I guess what part of the country you are from words can take on different meaning. My co-workers are always telling me they can tell I grew up on the east coast since I call athletic shoes sneakers and they call them tennis shoes. Tennis shoes are athletic footwear that is specifically to play tennis in.

over here the correct term would be trainers although i tend to refer to them as gutties

[jimmy40]

Is it any wonder Cowboys fans aren't considered a tough crowd?