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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:59 PM Original message |
A few common grammatical errors that drive me up the bloomin' wall! |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. If I Was You... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why did I know that would happen? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. we also say... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I was a childhood Mainah... |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "So Don't I" |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You know, I think I say that, too... |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. prepare to meet your maker |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Oh for cryin' out loud! |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. "SO DON' I"?????? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:12 PM Original message |
It's "You are TOAST, fucker." |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. but I TOLD YOU |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Oh yeah, really? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. One of my partners asked me if I say |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I have been trying to figure that one out during this thread... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. But |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If I utter it slowly... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's interesting because I've never travelled that far west in the US north before... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Plenty |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Avoid sentences which end in preposition. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Giggle |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. They're errors are you're irritations. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh, that's just piss-ah. I'd just STFU if I was you. Your screwn. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, reading freerepublic is like indulging in a copyediting orgy. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's vocabulary feng shui hell over there. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. "Vocabulary feng shui" |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. You mean copy-editing? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Actually, no, I thought it was "copyediting." |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. I feel guilty when I end a sentence with a preposition. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. Speaking of plurals... |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. I could care less. n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. And I couldn't |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's a spelling thing that so many otherwise intelligent folks use |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. A lot |
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VeggieTart (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ooh, don't get me started |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. When does one use "myself?" |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. When one is a professional athlete |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. Grammar whore? Are they supposed to say "Go downward"? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. (snort) |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. insecuritlesness sucks |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. oh yeah.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. Top three: 1. "I have went" or "I could have drank" or "I haven't ate" |
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