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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:18 AM Original message |
Grammatical Gripe |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. "I could care less." My eyes hurt when I read that one. |
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Dez
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Didn't you know |
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. native speakers are always worse |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It's actually "FOR all intents and purposes" :) |
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. sorry, it's "TO all intents and purposes" |
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ET Awful
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Thu Jan-27-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. As demonstrated below, it is contextual, and in most cases "for" is the |
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KurtNYC
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I saw that as an option on a newspaper's poll |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Once and a while, I like to tow the line. |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Quiet Kick-Ass-Bob, I don't want to have to kick your ass. |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So you want me to act like a |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes, a def-moot :) n/t |
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trotsky
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh well, it's all a mute point. ;-) |
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RaleighNCDem
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. UGH! My co-worker does that. |
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markbark
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. May I please add "loose" to your list? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They're are too many idiots out their. There education was substandard. nt |
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LiberalEsto
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thank you |
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gollygee
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. Add confusion between less and fewer to your list please |
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CBHagman
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yes, and I'd mention "less carbs." |
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yellowcanine
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Not to mention loose for lose, as in "what a looser!" That one sleighs me. |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not to mention sights. :) |
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yellowcanine
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Wed Jan-26-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oops - I see somebody already mentioned "loose". Ok. Site for "Cite". |
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RebelOne
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. And also Web sites. Not Web sights. |
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tjwmason
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. Could of AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Agreed, I had forgotten that one. n/t |
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Wed Jan-26-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. I always thought it was a contraction... |
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LDS Jock
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. does a misused apostrophe count as grammar? |
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WateryHands
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. A sub-gripe here: People who do not know how to form the plural |
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fishwax
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. often seen used with decades |
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fishwax
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. For a long time, people made the opposite mistake |
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Flaxbee
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Hot Pizza's! With frie's! |
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ScreamingMeemie
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Wed Jan-26-05 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Well you is acting like an expert. |
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miss_kitty
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. cool. I already knew those and I agree with you |
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miss_kitty
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. PS |
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JimmyJazz
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Well, aren't we just the school teacher today! |
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fishwax
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. making possessives by adding just an apostrophe |
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WateryHands
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. According to my Chicago Manual of Style |
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fishwax
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Okay, I'll trust CMS |
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JimmyJazz
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. What can we tell you, ET awful, it's a doggie dog world out there! |
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Richardo
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. "Should of" when you mean "should HAVE" |
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Richardo
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I see tjwmason has already covered this for me... |
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DrGonzoLives
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. What if I TOW the line? |
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MrModerate
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
37. I must live a very sheltered life |
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rug
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Wed Jan-26-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
39. Your third sentence is ungrammatic. |
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skippysmom
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. my pet peeve: |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You use "an" before a vowel, OR before a consonant if the consonant |
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skippysmom
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Wed Jan-26-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. You're right; thanks for reminding me |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Absolutely correct. |
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WMliberal
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
42. haha. Zeedub is in a corner somewhere laughing. |
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tjdee
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Wed Jan-26-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. MY GOD! I used the phrase "tow the line". |
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ET Awful
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Wed Jan-26-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Hehehe, this wasn't directed at any single individual, just a general |
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keithjx
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Wed Jan-26-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. Everyone forgot: |
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steely
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. These examples of grammatical errors run the whole gambit. |
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kath
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. What about "marshall law"? I see that one here a lot. |
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Runcible Spoon
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Wed Jan-26-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. aren't we all being a tad judgmental? |
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