The Grammar Police Thread

silverbear

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Hostile;2875629 said:
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
 

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ABQCOWBOY;2875752 said:
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...
 

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hairic;2876395 said:
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...
 

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DallasCowpoke;2875995 said:
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?
 

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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.
 

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One that drives me crazy is

We played really good today.

It's we played really well.
 

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

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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.
 

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xWraithx;2875984 said:
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.
 

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Yeagermeister;2878854 said:
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.
 

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Hostile;2875419 said:
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.
 

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CanadianCowboysFan;2879949 said:
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... ?
 

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CanadianCowboysFan;2879949 said:
Those aren't grammar issues, they are spelling and word usage issues.
I fixed the thread title so it is fit and proper.
 

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CanadianCowboysFan;2879949 said:
Those aren't grammar issues, they are spelling and word usage issues.
Some of them are grammar issues.
 

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I could care less....



OK. Then, by all means, care less.

Couldn't. Couldn't care less.
 

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theogt;2875746 said:
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.
 

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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.
 
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