The disease is spreading!
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Re: The disease is spreading!
Thanks for the correction. That's what I get for not checking my Latin. You can edit my work anytime.snoscythe wrote:I think you meant to use e.g. (as long as we are talking about grammar and usage peeves).tww wrote:How about using "of" in the place of "have," i.e., I would of gone if I had the time.
Also--if the "of" instead of "'ve" is a pet peeve, do not, under any circumstance whatsoever, read the book "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. He makes that mistake a few times every page and it will drive you batty if you're peevish about it. Otherwise a great book, but that (and the fact that everything in the plot seems to takes place via conversation) made me want to quit halfway through.
Another one that I see all too frequently is "ect." instead of "etc."
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I love the talk about steering wheels and then that Scottish slang there at the end Schmoe, the use of "me" in place of "my", but where does it drive your nuts? Do they take a separate vehicle from you?Schmoe wrote:Much like a steering wheel in the crotch, this one drives me nuts!tww wrote:How about using "of" in the place of "have," i.e., I would of gone if I had the time.
BTW, does anybody around here know the difference between "who" and "whom?"
Where the hell am I going and why am I in this handbasket?
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Who is used as a subject pronoun and whom is used as an object pronoun. The easy trick is anytime you could substitute "him," you use "whom," and when you could substitute "he," you use "who."urroner wrote:I love the talk about steering wheels and then that Scottish slang there at the end Schmoe, the use of "me" in place of "my", but where does it drive your nuts? Do they take a separate vehicle from you?Schmoe wrote:Much like a steering wheel in the crotch, this one drives me nuts!tww wrote:How about using "of" in the place of "have," i.e., I would of gone if I had the time.
BTW, does anybody around here know the difference between "who" and "whom?"
Example-He did this/Who did this? You gave it to him/You gave it to whom?
I'm just a regular, everyday normal guy,
I can't afford a car, I use public transportation,
I don't mind, I read till I reach my destination,
sometimes a newspaper, sometimes a book,
the money I save, this stuff is off the hook,
I can't afford a car, I use public transportation,
I don't mind, I read till I reach my destination,
sometimes a newspaper, sometimes a book,
the money I save, this stuff is off the hook,
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Re: The disease is spreading!
i don't need grammer. Or Speling.
As long as I cans puts up my feets at the ends of the day and lossen my belt. I'm good.
As long as I cans puts up my feets at the ends of the day and lossen my belt. I'm good.
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Don't you mean "Maybe I'm fewer tolerant when I'm tired?"IowaCougar wrote:OK - here's another one that is spreading like wildfire. I'm seeing it constantly by those who should know better:
Does anyone know the difference between "less" and "fewer" anymore? There seem to be fewer and fewer individuals who do, and their example is less inspiring than it used to be. (By the way, it is "used to", not "use to").
My wife told my I was grumpy teaching Seminary this morning. Maybe I'm less tolerant when I'm tired.
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Well, I know when I had early morning seminary, I paid attention fewer when I was un-more awake.
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Re: The disease is spreading!
Actually, since we're now empty-nesters, we have two empty bedrooms, so you could have your own room! You just have to promise to come and attend the BYU-Iowa State Basketball game on Dec. 1, rather than spread salt on my lawnDdawg wrote:All-right Iowa Cougar. Now yoo've dun it - yoo've pissed me off a bunch. Drawing atention us folkz that can't spell nuthin' for nuthin'.IowaCougar wrote:I gnash my teeth a lot at the bad spelling in the forum, but understand that sometimes it's just typo-issues, and other times it's just thinking faster than one can type. But one of the most annoying spelling mistakes is when people spell the word "lose" as "loose". Now it's spreading to the professional media. Wo is me!
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Send me yer home address so I can come over and write durty wurds in yer lawn with salt. That'll teach ya.
P.S. It'll bee a long drive. Kan I sleep the nite on yer couch?
-- By the way, it is "rather than", not "rather then." That's another common mistake.