Grammar police, pet peeve.
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You sound like some of my supervisors... Sorry the DUI report was written on 6 hours of sleep at 3 am.
I mean, it's your case, you're the one that has to defend it in court.
I just try to keep some lawyer from making them look dumb on the stand.
I still get to write reports too, so its not like I sit on the golden throne. I get to fill out all of the UOF forms, write all the supporting documentation for when we get into a scuffle, etc.
Dumb people repeat other dumb people to "fit in." They're bone-headedly anti-intellectual because they keep getting tricked and pushed around by "smart people" and have to prove to those surrounding themselves that they're not out to get them since they're "one of the tribe."
I think a big problem is people who do not read much do not see these words and make the connection that they are saying them incorrectly. It also impacts their vocabulary. My parents did not read much and my mother in particular, to this day, butchers the English language using a simple vocabulary. I grew up hearing these words and saying them incorrectly but as a pre-teen, teen, and even young adult, I can remember thousands of times, stopping mid-sentence to acknowledge a word had a syllable or particular spelling and that I had been saying that word incorrectly.
My FIL was an attorney and he, my MIL, and my wife are all voracious readers with a love of language. The first thing I noticed when I met them +25 years ago was they used a whole lot of words my parents did not use and there was precision in how they said them and used them. When you have an expanded vocabulary it allows you to get your ideas across in fewer words with more precision. I have since learned to love the English language too and I love reading a new word I hadn't heard before or heard and never knew what it meant.
Books...people in this country need to read some more books...
As a safety professional, I work with a lot of organizations that say they have no accountability.
Their policies are wishy washy and filled with should.
They are often apprehensive about using “shall.”
Hello? Clear expectations, roles, and responsibilities. Let’s start there, shall we?
The misuse of "of" in descriptions.
Ex: That deep a home run becomes "That deep of a home run". That drives me bat guano.
Ex: That deep a home run becomes "That deep of a home run". That drives me bat guano.
"A month of Sundays will pass before you see that deep a home run again", is how it would live in a complete sentence.
"A month of Sundays will pass before you see that deep of a home run again", is how many broadcasters will say it.
"A month of Sundays will pass before you see that deep of a home run again", is how many broadcasters will say it.
Legal (L.L.) or Dog Latin bothers me having studied Latin late in Elementary School. I do have a soft spot for Church Latin though, LOL.
On another note, my wife scolds me constantly for pronouncing human as 'yoo-men; "What's a yoomen bean?!"
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To our German car guys - do these irk so?
In Geman the W is like two v together so it's really a strong V !
Volkswagen should be 'Folks-Vahgen
BMW should be Bee-em-vee
Adidas = Adi DAS
ops! that's a shoe brand! also some guy Adolph ...
gotta blame Run DMC on that one
In Geman the W is like two v together so it's really a strong V !
Volkswagen should be 'Folks-Vahgen
BMW should be Bee-em-vee
Adidas = Adi DAS
ops! that's a shoe brand! also some guy Adolph ...
gotta blame Run DMC on that one
For me it is stimulated and simulated. Anyone over the age of fifteen, with a vocabulary that includes stimulated and simulated should know the difference.
And any self respecting mechanic or shade tree DIY mechanic should know the difference between brake and break.
With no intent to excuse poor grammar, particularly on the part of those that should know better, such as those in journalism, quite often it feels like the grammar police is just an opportunity for some to be a little snooty towards others, who may not have the same education. We are all wired differently.
I worked as a Quality Engineer before retiring. Like @Pablo, my training and experience taught me to avoid being verbose in my writing. To the point, accurate, avoiding all unnecessary filler. Engineers also tend to be poor spellers. Many of my past coworkers don't put any value in spelling. I don't know how many times I have heard, "That is what spell checkers are for".
My son is an English major and teaches high school English. He is very well read, and loves to use as many words (big, obscure words) as much as possible in his conversations. For me, it is sometimes painful to have to listen to him talk, waiting for him to explain something in five minutes, that could have been said in one or two minutes.
We are all wired differently. I try to be tolerant of wordy people that, to me at least, seem to like to hear themselves talk, seemingly for the purpose of impressing others. I hope they are tolerant of my simple, to the point speach.
And any self respecting mechanic or shade tree DIY mechanic should know the difference between brake and break.
Absolutely agree.Long as I understand what they are saying, I give them a pass and keep my mouth shut.
Life is too short for nit picking. (or maybe I should have said to short)
With no intent to excuse poor grammar, particularly on the part of those that should know better, such as those in journalism, quite often it feels like the grammar police is just an opportunity for some to be a little snooty towards others, who may not have the same education. We are all wired differently.
I worked as a Quality Engineer before retiring. Like @Pablo, my training and experience taught me to avoid being verbose in my writing. To the point, accurate, avoiding all unnecessary filler. Engineers also tend to be poor spellers. Many of my past coworkers don't put any value in spelling. I don't know how many times I have heard, "That is what spell checkers are for".
My son is an English major and teaches high school English. He is very well read, and loves to use as many words (big, obscure words) as much as possible in his conversations. For me, it is sometimes painful to have to listen to him talk, waiting for him to explain something in five minutes, that could have been said in one or two minutes.
We are all wired differently. I try to be tolerant of wordy people that, to me at least, seem to like to hear themselves talk, seemingly for the purpose of impressing others. I hope they are tolerant of my simple, to the point speach.
I grew up with lunch and supper. Or sometimes dinner was used to refer to a midday meal. It wasn't until I moved to California for a few years, when nineteen years old, that I heard dinner used as an evening meal.
Agreed.Some of ya'll get triggered over some really silly things .
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People sometimes wrongly think ATF has sugar molecules, but more sticky....whipped in a tork cadillac convertor. Makes tranny get engaged. Sweet!
Oh, that's another one. Cadillatic converters.
"I seen" when it should be "I saw". I have heard it said many times, while living in the northeast.
I notice improper conjugation quite a bit on the forum.
"I didn't saw it in time."
"I use to go there once a week."
I give people the benefit of the doubt because I'm being done in by typing shoddily on my phone all the time. Patterns of consistent errors of a particular type do however emerge.
My name is Hugh...so you can see where tis is going!Legal (L.L.) or Dog Latin bothers me having studied Latin late in Elementary School. I do have a soft spot for Church Latin though, LOL.
On another note, my wife scolds me constantly for pronouncing human as 'yoo-men; "What's a yoomen bean?!"
Decades ago when I was a waiter, we had a manager who was from NY. During one pre-shift, he was in discussion with another waiter who was foreign and wasn't quite knowledgeable on various US accents. The manager then talked about something I did (nothing bad), and the other waiter thought he was being talked about it and denied the topic. A literal "Who's On First" played out! "Yoo did this" No I didn't! What do you mean? You said you. Yes, Yoo." Well I didn't do that. I didn't say you did." It got cleared up and we all had a good laugh over it.
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