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Re: Language pet peeves
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Reply to: #541856 by HerSheI
Sep 1, 2010 6:16am
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A friend of mine just started a grammar facebook page. Now maybe we can all learn something new!

Grammar Tips from Monica
Re: Language pet peeves
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Reply to: #541542 by Kirbert
Sep 1, 2010 6:34am
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Linoleum lizards
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Reply to: #541866 by Grrly Girl
Sep 1, 2010 7:58am
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we wear a Parker in the winter

I caint hep meself, that their word isn Parker, it's (see that, I learned somethin') Parka, ;-)

OD havin' fun with grammar and spellin'....not sayin' I'll pick up each an ever one, tho. ;-)
Re: Language pet peeves
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Reply to: #541856 by HerSheI
Sep 1, 2010 8:39am
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Here's a better way to remember its and it's (a teacher told me this one).

Possessive is his and hers, they both end in s but no apostrophe.

So when possessive is referenced ("That car had its fender crunched."), it looks like his and hers: its.

When it stands for "it is" ("It's raining today") then you use it's.

Of course, if Cousin It owns something, it might get confusing, but let's not even go there . . .

KuKu
Re: Language pet peeves
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Reply to: #541930 by KuKu
Sep 1, 2010 9:06am
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Of course, if Cousin It owns something, it

Caint hep maself
It's Cousin Itt
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Reply to: #541929 by Esmerelda
Sep 1, 2010 9:06am
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Since we're coming out of our corners, here's my peeve:

Please don't say "Thee-AY-ter." Ever. Thank you.

BAC :-)
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Reply to: #541942 by BfloAnonChick
Sep 1, 2010 9:09am
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Please don't say "Thee-AY-ter." Ever. Thank you.

How about THEE-a-ta?
Hoping to not offend, but to me it sounds snooty.
Re: Language pet peeves
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Reply to: #541929 by Esmerelda
Sep 1, 2010 9:15am
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Ooh - jewelry is one of my nails-on-chalkboard words too. As is REALTOR. Re-AL-tor. It's (apostrophe included) bad enough when regular people say re-LA-tor, but when I hear it on a commercial for a real estate agent, steam comes out of my ears!
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Reply to: #541941 by Grrly Girl
Sep 1, 2010 9:15am
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I didn't know that!

Thanks!

KuKu
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Reply to: #541947 by KuKu
Sep 1, 2010 9:22am
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now for bonus points, who are the other characters
two points per character
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Reply to: #541949 by Grrly Girl
Sep 1, 2010 9:39am
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Uncle Fester
Mortitia
Gomez
Thing
Lurch
Pugsley
Wednesday

Those are off the top of my head.

What was the name of the lion?
And the Aunt?

KuKu
"Tish! You spoke French!"

KuKu
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Reply to: #541954 by KuKu
Sep 1, 2010 9:59am
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I used to say I was Mortitia with my roses. They always got black spot and by the middle of summer were bare limbs with spotted faded leaves. I got rid of those thankless bushes.
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Reply to: #541954 by KuKu
Sep 1, 2010 10:13am
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The Lion was Kitty Cat.
I don't remember the aunt - there was Grandmama Frump?
And let's not forget Cleopatra - the meat-eating plant.
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Reply to: #541959 by judithandsparky
Sep 1, 2010 10:19am
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Funny, I'm like that with ALL plants, indoor and out!

KuKu
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Reply to: #541962 by TrailTroll
Sep 1, 2010 10:20am
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Ah yes.

And I just have to say, John Astin was HOT in this show!

KuKu
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Reply to: #541929 by Esmerelda
Sep 1, 2010 10:32am
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Ok here's one that gets me every time... let me first say I'm guilty of saying it myself. I honestly had to look it up in the dictionary to realize it wasn't a word because it is used so freely.

Anyways

There's no s. It's just "anyway." Ever since I realized this, it just grates on me to hear it.

Another one that gets me is "irregardless." Let's examine that word. Adding "less" at the end makes the word "regard" mean without regard. Adding "ir" to the beginning of a word makes it an opposite. So irregardless then means without without regard? Sadly, this word is now an accepted word and has made it into an unabridged dictionary.
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Reply to: #541929 by Esmerelda
Sep 1, 2010 3:26pm
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The word is jewelry. Not jew-luh-ree. You make jewelry out of jewels... not jew-luhs.
jewel-ry.

Jewelreally think people will notice you have less on your chest? snicker, snicker...
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Reply to: #541967 by Dizzy
Sep 1, 2010 3:36pm
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without without regard?

I know what that makes it then, raising hand...redundant! right? in excess!

OD
this is a test, and only a test.....
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Reply to: #542026 by Okie Dog
Sep 1, 2010 3:39pm
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Ooops, on second reading that sounds vaguely familiar, of which I am not. So sorry, if sorry's are needed....or sari's if needed.

OD
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Reply to: #541967 by Dizzy
Sep 1, 2010 6:55pm
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Another one that gets me is "irregardless."

I have this same fight at work all the time!!!!
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Reply to: #541967 by Dizzy
Sep 1, 2010 7:29pm
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So irregardless then means without without regard? Sadly, this word is now an accepted word and has made it into an unabridged dictionary.

There's also flammable and inflammable -- which mean exactly the same thing! Whassup wit dat?
Re: Language pet peeves - tangent
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Reply to: #542073 by Kirbert
Sep 2, 2010 3:09am
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Heard every day on NPR - "This is NPR Innernational."
From Entertainment Tonight - one of the presenters pronounces it "Ennertainment".
Irregardlessly, it ain't right. They should of learnt how to say the name of they're own program.
(just typing that makes my teeth itch.)

Now for extra credit. Two points for each correction, no partial credit for just finding the error. Five super bonus points for finding all.)
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Reply to: #542116 by Grrly Girl
Sep 2, 2010 8:53am
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Heard every day on NPR - "This is NPR Innernational."

I just heard a couple of days ago that NPR no longer stands for National Public Radio. Apparently they kept the letters but changed what they stand for. I have no idea what NPR means now -- but I'll bet it has something to do with that "International" stuff.
Re: Language pet peeves - tangent
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Reply to: #542116 by Grrly Girl
Sep 2, 2010 9:12am
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Irregardlessly, it ain't right. They should of learnt how to say the name of they're own program.

Regardless, it isn't right. They should have learned how to say the name of their own program.

KuKu
Re: Language pet peeves - tangent
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Reply to: #542185 by KuKu
Sep 2, 2010 9:26am
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KuKu, the winner !
All points added to your on-going tally sheet.
Did I mention the top prize is to be TG's Sherpa on his next trek?
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Reply to: #542190 by Grrly Girl
Sep 2, 2010 9:47am
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KuKu, the winner !

Almost...
she forgot this part:

Five super bonus points for finding all.

Sentence fragment. (Like that. And this.)
Should be: You get five super bonus points for finding them all.

hehehehe
Re: Language pet peeves - tangent
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Reply to: #542174 by Kirbert
Sep 2, 2010 9:29pm
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I love NPR. One of my favorit programs is stardate. I also like In are backyard. I wish that would come back on.

mig21
Re: Language pet peeves
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Reply to: #541674 by Gryffindors
May 18, 2011 9:39am
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One of my grammar pet peeves is ending a sentence with a preposition. "Where are you at?" sounds so 'hillbilly' (my apologies to anyone who lives in the hills or is named Billy), when "where are you" works perfectly well and is correct.
Marm