osageid Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Compliment vs complement .... It goes on and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 That was so fun. Apparently we have dropped the word 'much' from usage at least in regard to this now common speech pattern. Not that long ago we would have all said "That was so much fun" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Another one I hate: your's. "Your" is already possessive and "your is" makes no sense, unless the writer means "yore's", in which case it's a nonstandard usage of "yore". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Oh, and ditching the little Asian boy, Ly. (That's a reference to a book my stepmother has from when she was a kid that talks about adverbs.) E.g., drive safe. On this, I sad disagree with Ms. Stamper's colleague: http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0030-flatadverbs.htm When there's an adverbial form of an adjective (such as with safe and safely), it's just lucking fazy to not use it. When there's not (such as with early and late (lately has its own meaning)), flatly adverbalize away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 adverbalize... well y not? here I was hoping 'himselves' would make it to our lexicon. maybe next time. miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Another one I hate: your's. "Your" is already possessive and "your is" makes no sense, unless the writer means "yore's", in which case it's a nonstandard usage of "yore". A long time ago, we received a brass door knocker as a gift--the inscription: "The Carmoney's." The error bugged me, but it was a nice gesture, so we hung the thing up. That door knocker is still on the door of our house, more than 20 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Another one I hate: your's. "Your" is already possessive and "your is" makes no sense, unless the writer means "yore's", in which case it's a nonstandard usage of "yore". A long time ago, we received a brass door knocker as a gift--the inscription: "The Carmoney's." The error bugged me, but it was a nice gesture, so we hung the thing up. That door knocker is still on the door of our house, more than 20 years later. Nice. But not inaccurate. Edited April 16, 2012 by diehli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 adverbalize... well y not? "Adverbialize" seemed... wrongfullish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfchorn Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Conversate I converse. I have a conversation. I don't conversate. Of course, some folks may say I don't converse very well, either. But that's another story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I take all of the above*...if I could just get my gf to use a proper noun every so often so I know WTF she is talking about! An actual subject in the sentence would be nice too. * I am sure I am guilt of many of the evils mentioned. Including the one I mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Another one I hate: your's. "Your" is already possessive and "your is" makes no sense, unless the writer means "yore's", in which case it's a nonstandard usage of "yore". A long time ago, we received a brass door knocker as a gift--the inscription: "The Carmoney's." The error bugged me, but it was a nice gesture, so we hung the thing up. That door knocker is still on the door of our house, more than 20 years later. Nice. But not inaccurate. The house belongs to the Carmoneys. It is the Carmoneys' house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 one more reason to hate spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddler Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 “It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.” ― Andrew Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanjacket Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Probably too common to even be worth mentioning: Your vs You're. Daily misuse. Also, the world literally, which brings to mind this picture: "I literally jumped out of my skin!" "I literally love cats!" "I'm literally dying from allergies right now.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 A long time ago, we received a brass door knocker as a gift--the inscription: "The Carmoney's." The error bugged me, but it was a nice gesture, so we hung the thing up. That door knocker is still on the door of our house, more than 20 years later. Nice. But not inaccurate. The house belongs to the Carmoneys. It is the Carmoneys' house. I understand completely, but if you abstract a bit, you're the Carmoney and your wife is the _____-Carmoney (that is, you're only natural-born Carmoney that owns the place (assuming the kids haven't been put on the title)). It was funnier when I thought that it was a wedding gift (somehow I got that impression the first time I read it), so there was the obvious misspelling and then there was the more subtle, ominous hint. Also, the world literally, which brings to mind this picture: "I literally jumped out of my skin!" "I literally love cats!" "I'm literally dying from allergies right now.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanjacket Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hahaha! I remember that sketch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modoc Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Probably too common to even be worth mentioning: Your vs You're. Daily misuse. Had to laugh at this one, because I was sent a picture of an older teacher with the black board (remember those?) showing the value of punctuation. Knowing Your S#!% and Knowing You're S#!%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I take all of the above*...if I could just get my gf to use a proper noun every so often so I know WTF she is talking about! An actual subject in the sentence would be nice too. * I am sure I am guilt of many of the evils mentioned. Including the one I mentioned. You should literally orientate your(you're) GF and conversate on the the advise and impotence of proper nouns irregardless of your(yore,you're) verbalising usage and proper subjugation of the afore(four)mentioned subject matter(madder). 'Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I gave up a long time ago and just read the board phonetically, but they all drive me nuts. Loose and lose is are the two that really irk me, 'cause I'm not trained to phoneticize them... SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) LOL Back to advice and advise. They're showing up again! STOP IT! Edited October 1, 2012 by Sarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 "Physicality"...so gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 LOL Back to advice and advise. They're showing up again! STOP IT! I'll take that under advicement !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 "should of" vs "should have" Please don't type "should of" when you really mean "should've" Should've is the contraction of Should and have. typing should of when you mean should've makes you sound as ignorant as those that misuse the words their, there, they're, it's, its, hear, here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Juice? Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 'moot' vs 'mute' Moot is irrelevant Mute is silence There is a difference The one that really makes me cranky is 'irregardless'. There is NO SUCH WORD' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Juice? Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 It's a lot like the importance of punctuation. I was helping my uncle Jack off the horse. (uhhh what?) VS I was helping my uncle Jack, off the horse. (SPCA friendly lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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