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In reply to the discussion: Aaaaaaargh!! I hate being a grammar cop!!!! [View all]Codeine
(25,586 posts)66. OMG I literally had this conversation
with my 15-year-old yesterday afternoon. Stop swallowing letters!! If we lived in an area where that was the regional accent then fine, but California isnt that place.
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Have always felt the same. However, if fewer people don't know the difference between
Hoyt
May 2020
#28
My youngest daughter teaches English at a community college. Writing was important in our house.
notdarkyet
May 2020
#22
Ed Sullivan: Beah-les. Back when I had New York City in-laws, they'd say boh-les.
NBachers
May 2020
#40
I am mostly with you, but it is my understanding that the United States Post Office
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2020
#21
Thank you for saying you would rather be corrected by a grammar cop.
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2020
#23
When I was a kid we had a neighbor who pronounced the flower "anemone"
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#35
in-co-ate ... like the h isn't even there ... ttbomk anyway ... think accent is on CO but not sure
mr_lebowski
May 2020
#36
When I become the Grammar Dictator of North America there will be SEVERE consequences
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2020
#39
My dad was a grammar cop starting when I was first learning to talk.
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#27
People who use 'anymore' like it's synonymous with 'nowadays' drive me insane ...
mr_lebowski
May 2020
#37
I will confess to the uncontrollable urge to put an apostrophe in its, as in "Put in its place."
NBachers
May 2020
#42
Here's the best way I've ever come across to remember how to handle the "its" apostrophe:
royable
May 2020
#45
I am currently helping a nephew teaching online English classes with his eight year old
malaise
May 2020
#46
I feel your pain. While I make plenty of typos, I do know basic grammatical and spelling rules.
hlthe2b
May 2020
#48
When my daughter was young, she would mis-hear words that she had never seen in writing.
Tracer
May 2020
#53
AND!!! Expensive signs, neon and such, which have apostrophe s all over the place,
LAS14
May 2020
#59
Here's where an understanding of apostrophes is significantly important:
Totally Tunsie
May 2020
#61