For the would-be writer in you...
1 posted on
09/08/2014 6:29:29 AM PDT by
PeteePie
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To: PeteePie
“Comprising of” – should be “comprising” or “comprised of.” Dave commits one of my own pet peeves.
Comprise: "consist of; be made up of."
"Comprised of" is redundant - that would be simply, "comprised" or "comprises" or "composed of", if you just have to use the word "of".
2 posted on
09/08/2014 6:35:42 AM PDT by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: PeteePie
‘could of’
should be ‘could have’
3 posted on
09/08/2014 6:40:05 AM PDT by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: PeteePie
On here?
Loose vs lose
I wouldn’t even say I “love” to hate it. I just hate it.
5 posted on
09/08/2014 6:41:22 AM PDT by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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6 posted on
09/08/2014 6:44:02 AM PDT by
choctaw man
(Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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7 posted on
09/08/2014 6:44:40 AM PDT by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: PeteePie
I’ll side with John Derbyshire—data is singular.
9 posted on
09/08/2014 6:46:30 AM PDT by
odawg
To: PeteePie
•Every time I hear Paul McCartney sing, “In this ever-changing world in which we live in,” I cringe. Correct usage is “… in which we live.”
My third grade teacher said ‘Prepositions aren’t to end sentences with.”
Ha!
Forget proper English... no one is teaching it anymore.
10 posted on
09/08/2014 6:47:50 AM PDT by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: PeteePie
When people say “times it by ten” instead of “multiply by ten.” That may just be a Baltimoron thing. I haven’t heard it since moving from MD in 2007.
11 posted on
09/08/2014 6:48:14 AM PDT by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: PeteePie
“...at the end of the day...”
“...it is what it is...”
“...moving forward...”
...and all those stupid cliche catchphrases talking heads repeat endlessly as fillers for actual content.
12 posted on
09/08/2014 6:49:33 AM PDT by
struggle
To: PeteePie
The confusion of “bring” and “take” bothers me. And so does the all-too-common double-negative “irregardless.”
To: PeteePie
Gender vs Sex
Gender is a grammatical term.
Sex refers to Male and Female.
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21 posted on
09/08/2014 6:52:23 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: PeteePie
Non English people using the word “whilst”.
23 posted on
09/08/2014 6:53:11 AM PDT by
CodeToad
(Romney is a raisin cookie looking for chocolate chip cookie votes.)
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To: PeteePie
could not care less vs. could care less
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30 posted on
09/08/2014 6:56:19 AM PDT by
moovova
To: PeteePie
My biggest peeve lately is this mindless phrase MY BAD, which makes absolutely, positively no sense whatsoever, but it's used everywhere. It's not funny, nor cool, nor grammatically logical in any way.
31 posted on
09/08/2014 6:56:46 AM PDT by
laweeks
To: PeteePie
Oh boy...pet peeves:
The electrical bolts that come from the sky...they are spelled “lightning” not “lightening”.
The word “height” does not end with a “th” sound.
There is no “k” sound in the word “ancient”.
There is no “k” sound in the word “etcetera”.
Sherbet is not pronounced “Sherbert”
“Told” is not pronounced, “Toad”
There is no “d” in the word, “refrigerator”.
33 posted on
09/08/2014 7:00:57 AM PDT by
Drawsing
(Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
To: PeteePie
“More then” instead of “more than”. That drive me bonkers.
34 posted on
09/08/2014 7:01:37 AM PDT by
wvguy
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