Grammarians UNITE!

[greyfields]

pips&peeps :

So, I have a question for English chick and Greyfields:

How do you pronounce aluminum?

This is a trick question, as it's actually spelled differently in the US and the UK. So I pronounce it as it's spelled.​

 

[farmerlor]

My grammar pet peeve would have to be You're/your and their/they're/there. Another one is redundant pronouns like "George, he went to the store."

 

[greyfields]

Although there is something charming about the expression:

"I like bacon, me."

Redundant, yes. Reflexive and expressive? Certainly.

 

[JennsPeeps]

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That's a very French sentence structure.

"J'adore le bacon, moi!" is a common way of phrasing a sentence.

And remember all - this thread is about preaching to the grammar choir. If you're not in church, you don't have to listen to the sermon.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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I am also completely charmed by taking a declarative statement and reshaping it into a rhetorical question with the addendum of "innit?" ("isn't it?").

It is good that my parents couldn't afford to send me to London for a semester. I might've been easy prey for some lad with a kind eye and a lilting voice...

 

[miss_jayne]

i think it's interesting that many point out 'the BAD grammar'...the correct term is 'poor grammar'.

or this, "That is bad English, talk right!" um, no! "That is POOR English, SPEAK correctly, please."

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Ok, now you are just getting picky.

 

[Opa]

I surely do believe that if ya'll keep writin' an readin' these here right way of speakin' posts afor you no it weal all be talkin' more better dontcha know

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

I can't stand the use of "New and Improved"
Can it really be both New AND Improved?

And I can not stand text speak. Even when I am IMing with my dh or my friend, who really laughs his butt off at me for this. I will type out the words and not shorten them. Ya know. Tonight NOT 2nite. GAAHH

My daughter has actually corrected me on some of my speaking errors. And she is 6. At least her teachers seem to care.

 

[greyfields]

well vs good

I'd say 80% Americans do not display proper usage.