Posted on 12/22/2004 9:32:13 AM PST by georgiadevildog
I am starting a grammar thread at the behest of Xenalyte and TheMom. Post your most irritating pet peeves of grammar or usage here.
"This design allows one person to perform the task by theyself."
My keyboard thanks you for the coffee shower it just got due to your post.
as long as we are all in a humerus mood today heres one from Conspiracy_guy
A priest and a rabbi are sitting next to each other on an airplane. After a while the priest turns to the rabbi and asks, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?" The rabbi responds, "Yes,that is still one of our beliefs."
The priest then asks, "Have you ever eaten pork?" To which the rabbi replies, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham sandwich."
The priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.
A while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?" The priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith."
The rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?"
The priest replied, "Yes, rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my faith."
The rabbi nodded and was silent for a few minutes, and then he said, "Beats the heck out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?"
Yew R their.
I'm from Georgia. We can barely spell enunciate, much less do it.
lol
I was once in a spelling bee where the announcer was a 5th-generation South Texan. That was HARD!
Ping me, PLEASE!
Homophunny ping, and an extra apostrophe ' for Mr. K!
a friend of mine graduated from a journalism program at a state university. he made the error frequently that you speak of--it's and its.
Oh good! A proofreader's paradise. But because I'm doing that right now, I'll be back. :-)
You're added!
I before E except for after C and a thousand other words that this doesn't (does not) apply to.
LOL!
all ya'll yours belong to us!
BTTT
Oh, come on. That's how I order my steak!
Improper use of the prefix "co". e.g. "co-conspirator", "co-mingle".
The relationship between a cospirator and a conspiracy is the same as the relationship between a partner and a partnership.
Just as members of a partnership are partners, not "co-partners", members of a conspiracy are conpirators, not "co-conpirators".
Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: con·spir·a·cy
Pronunciation: k&n-'spir-&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: Middle English conspiracie, from Latin conspirare
1 : the act of conspiring together
2 a : an agreement among conspirators b : a group of conspirators
"The act of conspring together."
"An agreement among conspirators." (not "co-conspirators")
The use of the prefix "co", meaning "jointly" or "together", with the word "conspirator" is both incorrect and redundant.
The use of the prefix "co" with the word "mingle" is, in my opinion, an even more egregious error. "Mingle" is a synonym for "mix". The definition of "mingle" is "to bring or mix together". Therefore, the use of the prefix "co" with the word "mingle" incorrect, unnecessary, and redundant.
And that's my rant for today. ;)
This thread is as much fun as watching a dog chase it's tail. I guess you have too be their.
These are not homophones, but "I seen the car" or "we was at the mall" really sets my tooth on edge.
We're not doing homophones exclusively. You're absolutely right. Subject/verb agreement is among the most common usage errors. Annoying! I admit that I use them in speech. I'm from Georgia. That's what we do. In writing, however, I can't tolerate obvious errors like that.
The misuse of the word "bias", as in "The media is bias."
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