24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong

[big dog cowboy]

24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong
by Reader's Digest Magazine, on Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:23am PDT

The Reader's Digest Version of all those confusing words and seemingly random rules you missed in English class.

You never mean: Could care less

You always mean: Couldn't care less

Why: You want to say you care so little already that you couldn't possibly care any less. When the Boston Celtics' Ray Allen said, "God could care less whether I can shoot a jump shot," we know he meant exactly the opposite because 1) God has other things on his mind, and 2) God is a Knicks fan.


You might say: Mano a mano

You might mean: Man-to-man

Why: You don't speak Spanish by adding vowels to the end of English words, as a columnist describing father–teenage son relationships seemed to think when he wrote, "Don't expect long, mano a mano talks." Mano a mano (literally, "hand to hand") originated with bullfighting and usually refers to a knock-down, drag-out direct confrontation.

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[CowboyMcCoy'sWife]

24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong
by Reader's Digest Magazine, on Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:23am PDT

The Reader's Digest Version of all those confusing words and seemingly random rules you missed in English class.

You never mean: Could care less

You always mean: Couldn't care less

Why: You want to say you care so little already that you couldn't possibly care any less. When the Boston Celtics' Ray Allen said, "God could care less whether I can shoot a jump shot," we know he meant exactly the opposite because 1) God has other things on his mind, and 2) God is a Knicks fan.

I get caught saying this a lot. That's what I get for being married to an English major.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

In yesterday's post I said I tend to get "run" over instead of "ran". That's why I'm not a grammar ****.

I couldn't care less about grammar.

 

[YosemiteSam]

You might say: Mano a mano

You might mean: Man-to-man

Why: You don't speak Spanish by adding vowels to the end of English words, as a columnist describing father–teenage son relationships seemed to think when he wrote, "Don't expect long, mano a mano talks." Mano a mano (literally, "hand to hand") originated with bullfighting and usually refers to a knock-down, drag-out direct confrontation.

This is the way I've always heard it used. Like in this context. "We can settle this mano a mano". Meaning fight it out.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

In yesterday's post I said I tend to get "run" over instead of "ran". That's why I'm not a grammar ****.

I couldn't care less about grammar.

Just face it dude, you have the IQ of tire-pressure!

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[ethiostar]

You almost never mean: Different than

You almost always mean: Different from

And

You might say: That

You might mean: Which

I'm guilty of those two.

Speaking of Grammar *****.....

I thought this was pretty well done and funny.

[youtube]N4vf8N6GpdM[/youtube]

 

[YosemiteSam]

You almost never mean: Different than

You almost always mean: Different from

And

You might say: That

You might mean: Which

I'm guilty of those two.

Speaking of Grammar *****.....

I thought this was pretty well done and funny.

[youtube]N4vf8N6GpdM[/youtube]

:laugh2: