This is the one that kills me: Irregardless. What?
Grammarians UNITE!
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hahaha! My father used to say that ALL THE TIME! I would tell him that word doesn't exist and he'd say "irregardless" again!!
We have a gal here at work that says "No wheres" all the time. Makes me want to smack her.
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I correct my husband too if it is something he might do around other people (but I correct in a nice way, not a nagging wife way). He didn't read very much when he was growing up, so there are words he has heard being used, but never seen how they are spelled. He ends up mispronouncing them as a result. Like someone else said, I think that reading helps your mind learn spelling and grammer without ever having to actually study grammer (at least the fairly common rules). If I didn't read as much as I do, I'm sure my spelling would be even more atrocious than it is!
I correct my husband too if it is something he might do around other people (but I correct in a nice way, not a nagging wife way). He didn't read very much when he was growing up, so there are words he has heard being used, but never seen how they are spelled. He ends up mispronouncing them as a result. Like someone else said, I think that reading helps your mind learn spelling and grammer without ever having to actually study grammer (at least the fairly common rules). If I didn't read as much as I do, I'm sure my spelling would be even more atrocious than it is!
Ooh! I just thought of one.
"I could care less."
Ok... so you are saying that you do care. I think what you really mean is "I couldn't care less".
"I could care less."
Ok... so you are saying that you do care. I think what you really mean is "I couldn't care less".
How about " I don't want nothin". Does that mean you want something if you don't want nothing? (or anything)
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You must be from the south. People say that where I am from in there every day language.
I correct my dh a lot. Sometimes he'll get that puzzled look on his face when I'm talking. Then I stop and give him the definition of the words I used
Preach on, JennsPeeps!
Webfoot
(formerly known as "The Grammar Tyrant)
Webfoot
(formerly known as "The Grammar Tyrant)
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This is how I teach it to my students.
After adding an apostrophe to a word that you're wanting to make possessive, imagine an invisible circle around everything before the apostrophe.
Whatever is in that invisible circle is the number of things you're writing about.
Examples:
My dog's food. = My (dog)'s food.
You're writing about one dog.
My dogs' food. = My (dogs)' food.
You're writing about more than one dog.
I hope this helps!
This is how I teach it to my students.
After adding an apostrophe to a word that you're wanting to make possessive, imagine an invisible circle around everything before the apostrophe.
Whatever is in that invisible circle is the number of things you're writing about.
Examples:
My dog's food. = My (dog)'s food.
You're writing about one dog.
My dogs' food. = My (dogs)' food.
You're writing about more than one dog.
I hope this helps!
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