Posted on 08/30/2015 10:38:18 AM PDT by B4Ranch
Whenst duhze it evuh end?
Less - fewer. Yes!!!
also
imply - infer
My favorite was when Obama said, “President Bush invited Michelle and I...” It was clear the man was not bright.
Thanks for #5, I am guilty on that one ;)
"I contacted X, and made an appointment to meet him tomorrow."
The problem is, I and others may not review this note for a day or more after the appointment when, "tomorrow," has become yesterday. It's much more precise to say, "I contacted X, and made an appointment to meet him in person on Monday, August 31, 2015."
It is hard to take this article seriously.
Two rules were violated with the very first character in the title.
First, counting numbers up to and including ten should be spelled out.
Second, numbers at the beginning of a sentence should be spelled out.
The first character of the title is “6”, violating two rules at once.
Did you know?? Hitler’s speeches were checked by a grammar Nazi.
“I’ve always had a problem with #6. I understand the use of the apostrophe for the contraction of “it is” - but the non-use of it when dealing with possession has always puzzled me.”
An easy way to remember it is to think of an apostrophe as a missing letter. In “It’s” the apostrophe stands for the missing ‘i.’ If you say, “The dog licked it’s tail,’ you’re actually saying ‘The dog licked it is tail.”
“Lose/loose/loser/looser”
Dear God. If you knew how many times applicants to our production co. fail this simple grammar test. And some of them are even Ivy school grads’.
and I even caught some on FR within the past year.
It ended long ago only to begin again!
Makes my day when somebody says “your an idiot.”
You might want to check your spelling. I think you will find that the word “choose” is not spelled “chose.”
If you can’t figure out which of those to use, replace it with “impact” instead.
It does annoy me when people do this stuff. It’s not grammar nazi-ism, it’s just basic English. When I see people using improper words, I automatically assume I’m going to have to correct them on other things as well. Like facts. If you’re incapable of speaking/writing correctly, why would I think that you’re capable of doing anything else correctly?
The worst is professional emails (my boss has had several issues in his), or articles from news sources. More than half of the articles I read have some mistake/error in them. I can understand one every now and then, a mistype or something, but the sheer volume of problems shows either retarded authors, and a lack of editors. Or editors that don’t care, in which case I don;t know why any reputable publication would employ them.
Apostrophes should only be used to show possession or a missing letter — not to make a noun plural.
(Former English teacher here.)
Woman/women. (This women?)
Have/of. (He should of?)
Such ambiguity is a nuisance as well. It’s similar to when people use local terms, abbreviations, or initials and expect everybody has their local knowledge.
OC - Osceola County? Occupied California?, Ontario Canada?
Tri State Area - which 3 states?
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