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FR Grammar Pet Peeves (Shameless Vanity)
My Fertile Mind
| 12/30/08
| Your Uncle Miltie
Posted on 12/30/2008 10:02:49 AM PST by Uncle Miltie
I apologize for the shameless vanity, but I'm going to propose a thread for today: Your pet peeves about others' grammar on FR.
I'm not innocent. But, can we please use apostrophes for possessives and not use apostrophes for plurals?
Please chime in with your pet peeves.
Possessive Example:
Correct: My dog's bone is in the yard.
Incorrect: My dogs bone is in the yard.
Plural Example:
Correct: My dogs are in the yard.
Incorrect: My dog's are in the yard.
Admin Mod: Please move this thread as appropriate.
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KEYWORDS: englishliteracy; freepun; frilliterati; grammarnazi; humor; lol; pedant; spellcheck
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Now someone can flame me for excessive use of colons. (Donning flame retardant suit....)
To: Uncle Miltie; tx_eggman
mine is definitely - DEFINATLY
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posted on
12/30/2008 10:03:39 AM PST
by
SpinnerWebb
(mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
To: Uncle Miltie
“Anyone who doesn’t like apples is out of their mind.”
AHHH!
Regards,
3
posted on
12/30/2008 10:04:20 AM PST
by
VermiciousKnid
(Wake up and smell the incense!)
To: Uncle Miltie
4
posted on
12/30/2008 10:04:28 AM PST
by
Carl LaFong
(Building Code Under Fire)
To: Uncle Miltie
Thats a looser thread if I’ve ever seen one. ;^)
5
posted on
12/30/2008 10:04:36 AM PST
by
eureka!
(Dear Lord: Some epiphanies for some of the 'rats now in charge, particularly BO? Please...)
To: Carl LaFong
They have pills for that these days!
6
posted on
12/30/2008 10:05:12 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(Sometimes, I guess there's just not enough bags of popcorn.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Okay — loose and looser for lose and loser. They’re/their/there misused.
7
posted on
12/30/2008 10:05:26 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
To: Uncle Miltie
Both of my grammars are deceased.
8
posted on
12/30/2008 10:05:39 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Happy New Year
.
.
.
.
or is it
MerryChristMahHanakaKwanza !
(My bad)
9
posted on
12/30/2008 10:05:41 AM PST
by
IrishMike
(Barry Soetoro has demonstrated that he is a shenanigans man !)
To: Uncle Miltie
Best use of bad grammar:
“To boldly go where no man has gone before.”
That split infinitive is PERFECT.
“To go boldly where no man has gone before” just doesn’t cut it.
Regards,
10
posted on
12/30/2008 10:06:10 AM PST
by
VermiciousKnid
(Wake up and smell the incense!)
To: Uncle Miltie
Correct: My dog’s bone is in the yard.
Its bone is in the yard.
11
posted on
12/30/2008 10:06:11 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Uncle Miltie
“Would of” or “Could of” instead of the contractions “Would’ve” or “Could’ve.”
To: Uncle Miltie; Admin Moderator
Admin Mod: Please move this thread as appropriate. We don't have a category for Grammer Nazis......
13
posted on
12/30/2008 10:06:16 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Uncle Miltie
14
posted on
12/30/2008 10:06:30 AM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
LOL!
This thread is a good corrective for a lousy day at work.
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posted on
12/30/2008 10:06:47 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Women were treated like livestock by Mohammad, so Allah must want women treated like cows forever.)
To: Uncle Miltie
16
posted on
12/30/2008 10:07:02 AM PST
by
Ron Jeremy
(sonic)
To: Uncle Miltie
Let’s lose the loose when lose is called for.
17
posted on
12/30/2008 10:07:20 AM PST
by
Bobalu
(McCain has been proven to be the rino flop I always thought he was.)
To: Uncle Miltie
I love these yearcend threads.
18
posted on
12/30/2008 10:07:24 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(Grace = unmerited favor; Mercy = punishment withheld)
To: Uncle Miltie
WTF is up with all the acronyms?
To: Uncle Miltie
I am so bored with nitwits who do not know the difference between “advise” and “advice.”
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posted on
12/30/2008 10:07:37 AM PST
by
bill1952
(McCain and the GOP were worthless)
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