FR Grammar Pet Peeves (Shameless Vanity)

My Fertile Mind | 12/30/08 | Your Uncle Miltie

[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.

[r-q-tek86]

“then” and “than”

[dfwgator]

“then” and “than”

Guilty!

[Turret Gunner A20]

I before E except after C.

????

rein reign
reiv3
seine
seize
weight

[wvguy]

insure/ensure

[glennaro]

Incorrect: Where is this thread leading to?

Correct: Where is this thread leading to, huh?

[Turret Gunner A20]

A boarder would be someone who is renting a room.

A boarder is one who takes meals in the home of another -- most often a roomer in that person's home.

[autumnraine]

Man! Frank Zappa had some beautiful eyes. Looks like he forgot the eye drops after the doob though.

[warsaw44]

well, I damn my own eyes by reading 99.9% of comments left on Youtube.

[NEMDF]

Seriesly.... I can overlook improper grammar in quick responses more than in those which are long and for which the poster has obviously invested some time and thought. (I am having grammar paranoia right now!)

When I read the “comments” on some of the MSM web sites, I shudder to see some of the terrible examples of spelling and grammar used. Perhaps Freepers can set a better example by attempting to be more accurate.... Refuse to lower our standards and all that.

On a personal note, I am getting married on Saturday, and I am SO EXCITED! I was married from 1978 until 1994, single since then. In 2004, I met the most wonderful man, and we are making it legal on Saturday in the presence of our 3 Marines, the nursing student, and the nurse (and others..).

[Old Professer]

Might’ve but I doubt it.

[rhema]

Our own President-elect said: “President Bush has invited Michelle and I to the White House.” Harvard must be proud.

Did he follow it with "Her and I are happy to accept"?

[mylife]

I think it’s just the pic. The entire thing is a bit reddish.

[ApplegateRanch]

Grammar? What does a book of magic spills have to do with English punctualation?

[autumnraine]

I think they added the “reddish” to make the eyes not so noticable. haha

[Try_Freedom]

There it is again. Was my post so unclear? I was saying that “would OF” or “could OF” are completely, mind numbingly, stupid misspellings of the correct contractions for would have, would've, or could have, could've.

[mylife]

"No fooling"... ☺

[Help!]

Folks need to learn the different definitions of "then" and "than." THEN - *noun: that time; that moment ("We will arrive before then") *adverb: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors) ("Then he left") *adverb: at that time ("I was young then") *adverb: in that case or as a consequence ("If he didn't take it, then who did?") THAN: point of departure in a comparison expressive of inequality ; used with comparative adjectives and comparative adverbs a function word to indicate difference of kind, manner, or identity ; used especially with some adjectives and adverbs that express diversity 2: rather than —usually used only after prefer, preferable, and preferably Distinguished from each other in spelling in 1700

[TChris]

Did he follow it with "Her and I are happy to accept"?

I believe it was "Her and Me is..."

[mlo]

“clothes” not “cloths”

[mlo]

Is there any use for the word “utilize”? I that word. Just say “use”.