Grammar police, pet peeve.
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I have noticed people have stopped pluralizing words which end in “-st.” It’s very odd and it seems to have started relatively recently.
“I enjoy being around other geologist.”
“Where do these ablest get the nerve?”
“Fascist have no business here.”
“I enjoy being around other geologist.”
“Where do these ablest get the nerve?”
“Fascist have no business here.”
Where is it AT? Where you AT?
The word "like" used, like, every other, like, two words.
The words "so" seems to be used at the front of sentences a LOT more frequently, nowadays.
The word "like" used, like, every other, like, two words.
The words "so" seems to be used at the front of sentences a LOT more frequently, nowadays.
In Pittsburgh we have 3 rivers. One of those is the Monongahela commonly called the Monn. And a nearby city is also named Monongahela. It is a 5 syllable word, Ma-non-gaa-heal-yea. The local TV stations hire Weather people who are not aware of the proper prounciation of it and they murder that word when they try to say it with 4 or even less syllables.
So is that like bad grammar where you at? That be like normal here.
Why do Southerners change store names to plurals? "Wanna go down to the Walmarts with me?"
@ctechbob, I know your pain. While I am the first to admit that my spelling and grammar are garbage, I work with worse. I regularly review reports and other documents in the "legal realm" that are written by a variety of people, including university grads. I literally have to proof read and correct spelling daily. I tell them to spellcheck but also check the spellcheck.
Reminds me of this,
"A Carolina Hillbilly is visiting a friend at Harvard, and they agree to meet at the library. He's a bit lost, so he stops a passing student. Carolina Hillbilly: "'Scuse me, could you tell me where the library's at?" Student: "Around here, we don't end our sentences with prepositions." Carolina Hillbilly: "All right, could you tell me where the library's at, ******e?"
Zee09
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Or the old saying zinc instead of sink.
Hey..Philly & Wilmington folks have running wudder in the zinks now!
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Wife and I fell out laughing after we cringed at the headline for an article in a local news paper yesterday.
Title was : Community Holes a fundraiser + party for injured LEOs who put it all on the line for citizens daily. Duh!
Title was : Community Holes a fundraiser + party for injured LEOs who put it all on the line for citizens daily. Duh!
Some of ya'll get triggered over some really silly things .
You added an extra space before the period.
I always do . I prefer the look .
I say wooder but that's my accent. My wife grew up 30 miles north of me and she pronounces beer and bear the same way.
Many people add an apostrophe to pluralize words ending in a vowel.
We strongly avoid "should" in the pharmaceutical world.
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