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Alot vs. A lot: 9 Language Crimes to Watch Out For
Dictionary.com ^ | 24 October 2013 | Dictionary.com

Posted on 10/24/2013 10:50:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java

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1 posted on 10/24/2013 10:50:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
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Alright, hopefully people will learn something from this, but anyways....


2 posted on 10/24/2013 10:51:55 AM PDT by GeronL
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“I informed you thusly. I so informed you thusly.” Dr. Sheldon Cooper


3 posted on 10/24/2013 10:52:04 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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Alot is better that you at everything.
4 posted on 10/24/2013 10:54:09 AM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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Similar to “anyways” is “towards.” There’s no need for the “s,” AFAIK.


5 posted on 10/24/2013 10:55:40 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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One man’s crime is another’s colorful use of language.


6 posted on 10/24/2013 10:58:58 AM PDT by DannyTN
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While it’s a spelling issue rather than grammar, my pet peeve is seeing the past tense of “lead” spelled “lead” instead of correctly as “led”.


7 posted on 10/24/2013 10:59:15 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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Is it “ya’ll or “y’all”?


8 posted on 10/24/2013 10:59:29 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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Also, the overuse of “impacted” has replaced good old “affected.”


9 posted on 10/24/2013 11:03:31 AM PDT by Salvey
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‘Folks’ (pronounced FOKES)

-used to refer to everyone from American families of 4 to Al Qaeda terrorists.


10 posted on 10/24/2013 11:03:51 AM PDT by relictele ("An elective despotism was not the government we fought for..." - James Madison)
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Alright, hopefully people will learn something from this, but anyways....

I know I learned alot. /sarc

11 posted on 10/24/2013 11:03:52 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
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My editor’s pet peeve was ‘first annual’ anything. An event can’t be called ‘annual’ until it occurs a second time, one year after the inaugural event.


12 posted on 10/24/2013 11:06:19 AM PDT by Bob
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ewe all!


13 posted on 10/24/2013 11:07:59 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: COBOL2Java; a fool in paradise

I’m sure a lot of posters here could care less!


14 posted on 10/24/2013 11:08:39 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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LOL! I knew this thread would generate a few chuckles. :-)

I'm an volunteer editor over at www.fanfiction.net (I have a few stories of my own there as well), and this entry in dictionary.com caught my eye.

Thanks for the posts!

15 posted on 10/24/2013 11:09:55 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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Like it will matter next month, when the great majority of people in America will be trying desperately to find something to eat.

Yeah, the FR headlines are a little gloomy this morning.

16 posted on 10/24/2013 11:10:47 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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Aaargh! “a” volunteer; I had “an” amateur volunteer....sigh


17 posted on 10/24/2013 11:11:40 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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Even though it is proactive, I doubt this will have the desired affect.


18 posted on 10/24/2013 11:11:46 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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Is it “ya’ll or “y’all”?

It's youse. :-)

-PJ

19 posted on 10/24/2013 11:12:53 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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“Hopefully, it won’t rain tomorrow.”

Perfectly grammatical, but why is ‘it’ hopeful? Is ‘it’ ever hopeless?


20 posted on 10/24/2013 11:12:59 AM PDT by proxy_user
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