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Apr 18, 2014 14:14:41   #
larryge Loc: SW Michigan
 
You are who I was talking about spewing angry vitriol. Do you know what "stupid SOB" means. Shove your comments!

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Apr 18, 2014 16:06:26   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
Augustus Greatorex wrote:
Moron, Do you know what peeve means? Or are literally challenged?


My! Aren't we on a roll today! Did you get an increase in your dementia meds?

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Apr 19, 2014 00:49:46   #
dennisimoto Loc: Washington State (West)
 
Well, so much for having a little fun with the language.

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Apr 19, 2014 01:03:34   #
AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State
 
dennisimoto wrote:
Well, so much for having a little fun with the language.


I found it fun. :D

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Apr 19, 2014 01:16:36   #
Worried for our children Loc: Massachusetts
 
dennisimoto wrote:
Well, so much for having a little fun with the language.





ROFPML!!!!!

Soooooooooo r u gunna sey ware tha topik izz?

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Apr 19, 2014 09:00:38   #
Augustus Greatorex Loc: NE
 
dennisimoto wrote:
A thread in the main section used the word, "to," in its title where, "too," should have been used. As in, "too many." For some reason one poster took umbrage with it and the whole thread unraveled from the original subject and went into a whole diatribe on English usage. I'm thinking most of us do know the difference but we get caught up in the moment or get a little, 'fat fingered,' and leave typos more often than intentional goofs.

With that said, I do see, "then," and, "than,' used interchangeably a LOT! "Your," and, "you're," along with, "there," "they're," and, "their." I don't see, "two," used where, "to," or, "too," belong but I think I may actually be the last living American who knows the difference between, "affect," and, "effect."

My real pet peeve though is repetitive redundancies. "HIV v***s," "PIN number," "ATM machine," to list a few. I grit my teeth heavily over, "point in time," too. My all time favorite though has to be, "hot water heater." If the water is already hot, why do you need to heat it?

Soap box folded and put away. Thanks for listening.
A thread in the main section used the word, "... (show quote)


My deepest and sincerest apologies. I don't listen very well.

You wanted to grouse about something?

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Apr 19, 2014 14:57:09   #
RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC
 
AuntiE wrote:
I just want to know where it's at. Could you help me find it? :?: :evil: :evil:
:evil:


Yeah...I h**e that one, too.

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Apr 19, 2014 15:06:42   #
RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC
 
My favorite peeve is misuse of the word "of" for "have," e.g. "I could of done it differently.", or "You should of said something.". Lots and lots of people get that wrong, including many on this forum. I don't think they're typos or mindless mistakes, either. I think they just don't know that what they are trying to do is use the contractions "could've" (instead of "could have" ) and "should've" (instead of "should have" ).

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Apr 19, 2014 15:22:42   #
larryge Loc: SW Michigan
 
Absolutely! :thumbup:

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Apr 19, 2014 17:33:49   #
Singularity
 
Armageddun wrote:
Jumbo Shrimp :shock: :shock: :shock:

Cold as ice :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

park in a driveway, drive in a parkway :?: :?: :?:


Working hard vs. Hardly working?

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Apr 19, 2014 17:41:00   #
Singularity
 
AuntiE wrote:
I found it fun. :D


Glad you finally found 'it' again. Whew! I feel more like I do now than I did a while ago.

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Apr 19, 2014 17:45:49   #
Singularity
 
Augustus Greatorex wrote:
My deepest and sincerest apologies. I don't listen very well.

You wanted to grouse about something?


Yeah! F'ing autocorrect! Makes me look stupid when I'm not even trying!

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Apr 19, 2014 17:54:30   #
Singularity
 
AuntiE wrote:
I found it fun. :D


I've been hearing in the media for a couple years, what sounds like a grammatical error to me, or I may have been incorrect for a lifetime.

A couple examples:

"The family say they don't travel too far to town.."

"The group found their name tags on the table..."

Shouldn't it be, "The family members say..."
And
"The members of the group found..."

Or am I illiterate, too?

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Apr 19, 2014 18:04:00   #
AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State
 
RetNavyCWO wrote:
My favorite peeve is misuse of the word "of" for "have," e.g. "I could of done it differently.", or "You should of said something.". Lots and lots of people get that wrong, including many on this forum. I don't think they're typos or mindless mistakes, either. I think they just don't know that what they are trying to do is use the contractions "could've" (instead of "could have" ) and "should've" (instead of "should have" ).
My favorite peeve is misuse of the word "of&q... (show quote)


The most over used is "got". I got the present as opposed to I received the present. I got the grocers as opposed to I bought the groceries and on and on and on with the I got.

I got has gotten to me. :hunf: :x :twisted:

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Apr 19, 2014 18:14:16   #
AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State
 
Singularity wrote:
I've been hearing in the media for a couple years, what sounds like a grammatical error to me, or I may have been incorrect for a lifetime.

A couple examples:

"The family say they don't travel too far to town.."

"The group found their name tags on the table..."

Shouldn't it be, "The family members say..."
And
"The members of the group found..."

Or am I illiterate, too?


I will go with your version. I am V E R Y old school. It shows up in my writing with things such as, Do you not find it interesting? Not a direct assailment; however, I am incapable of using a contraction in writing. I literally was forced to tell one of my tutoring students, "because I say so". He kept arguing about the fact he can use contractions in conversations and found no reason he could not in writing. Point of laughter is, our cohort Slatten once sent a message to me using as many possible contractions as he could find. Suffice to say, he rrrrreeeeeggggggrrrrrreeeeettttttteeeeddddd his behavior. :mrgreen: :shock: :-o

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