The Grammar Police Thread

[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

 

[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.

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.

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.