Meanwhile, there's this other keeper from Martin_Fierro.
Posted on 07/28/2008 5:38:09 PM PDT by paulat
I am SO FREAKING TIRED of people who don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose."
Y'all are ILLITERATES!!
Sorry, I couldn’t here you....
***How do you feel about “irregardless”? Just curious.***
I just found it in 19 dictionaries. Eisenhower used it in a speech, and was greatly criticized for it. But, it became so often used that it’s become acceptable.
Don’t try to use your age as an escape goat.
Meanwhile, there's this other keeper from Martin_Fierro.
IRRitated....
Hugh Downs, formerly of NBC on the left.
Sirius Black, Azkaban escapee on the right.
EXACTAMUNDO!!!
How about “irregardless” as a pet peeve?
I hate the word irregardless whenever and whomever uses it.
...ma cool still here....
This retired English teacher agrees with you. As a department head, I had frequent arguments with the biology, history, social studies, etc, teachers who would not correct for grammar. “Content is more important”, is the refrain I heard way too often.
While content is important, it is also necessary to be able to communicate that content with proper grammar and spelling. Colleagues, employers, and friends will judge ones intelligence and education by proper usage of the English language.
That said, I don’t want any poster to quit posting because of a lack of communicative skills. It is more important that we benefit from your thoughts. I’ve been married to a
“hillbilly” for 47 years. His grammar is, and always will be, atrocious. (he is a product of his environment) Even with his Masters’ Degree in Business, he needs me (or his wonderful secretary) to correct his communications. We do so gladly.
Bottom line? Mastery of grammar and spelling are most helpful, but not totally necessay if you have someone to help you.
***Improper word choice makes me nauseous.***
LOL!
I do asbestos I can.
I can translate for you.
LOL
It’s just a wasted syllable. Almost as bad as desalinization.
Is that Hugh Hewitt on the right?
No, no, no...Y’all is plural. This comes from a GRITS. (Girl Raised in the South-Alabama)
You can say, “Y’all are illiterate or, for emphasis, all y’all are illiterate”. The singular is “you” are illiterate.
The spelling error I hate the most is seperate. My mom taught me that there is a rat in separate.
I agree holeheartedly. You make a lot of cents. Buy.
Lose/loose is bad. My pet peeve is the confusion of “affect” and “effect.” I know quite a few people who get it wrong close to 100% of the time.
Just damn.
Necessy = necessary
I really do know better.
I could care less.
Said as if it actually meant something?
My understanding is that I am supposed to keep quiet and translate it to the correct form even though the correct form is a complete contradiction of what was said.
Aargh.
Some people have a way with words, and some people ... ummm... not have way I guess. - Steve Martin ( back when he was funny)
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