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Johnny Rotten · 01-30-2004, 02:09 PM

Your interest was piqued, not peaked. It was not peeked, either. Besides, to say your interest was "peaked" is to say you are no longer as interested as you were at that time.

That is all.

Gimli · 01-30-2004, 06:01 PM

Word!

It's also "sleight of hand" - not "slight of hand".

Junchbailey · 01-30-2004, 06:03 PM

And also it is "intents and purposes" not "intensive purposes."

NetterButter · 01-31-2004, 10:50 PM

it's YOU'RE not YOUR, fuckers! hahaha, thats the only one i have to gripe about.

Derwood · 02-01-2004, 08:59 PM

You are a loser, not a looser.

KWSN · 02-02-2004, 04:28 AM

ESTOY CAYENDO, not ESTOY CAENDO, for fuck's sake!

JazzmanAl · 02-02-2004, 07:32 AM

Then and than -- as different as night and day.

Mr.Deflok · 02-02-2004, 11:09 AM

JazzmanAl! Look at your sig...

Quote:

Originally posted by NetterButter
it's YOU'RE not YOUR, fuckers! hahaha, thats the only one i have to gripe about.

But then again it's probably intentional...

gilada · 02-02-2004, 11:20 AM

Head over heels in love... hate that phrase... um, you are almost ALWAYS head over heels. Your head is always over your heels, in terms of positioning, unless you're asleep, or in a strange position.

Have your cake and eat it too - um, you can have your cake and eat it. The phrase should be 'eat your cake and have it too.' that one, you can't do.

uncle phil · 02-02-2004, 01:38 PM

most definitely...

Giant Hamburger · 02-02-2004, 02:42 PM

It should be "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less" but it doesn't really bother me so much so I guess I could care less.

Jadey · 02-02-2004, 11:09 PM

There is no "k" in et cetera! Or in especially! They are not pronounced:

ek-SET-ur-a

or

ek-spesh-a-lee!

Dammit!

Batman976 · 02-02-2004, 11:31 PM

It should be pronounced "ax," not "ask." Sheesh people!

01-30-2004, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten lost and found Location: Berkeley	Grammar Niggle of the Day... Your interest was piqued, not peaked. It was not peeked, either. Besides, to say your interest was "peaked" is to say you are no longer as interested as you were at that time. That is all.

01-30-2004, 06:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Junchbailey Psycho Location: Columbia Falls, MT	And also it is "intents and purposes" not "intensive purposes." __________________ Hey guys -- I finally got a semen sample after pumping on my wiener for 2 whole days

01-31-2004, 10:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
NetterButter Crazy Location: in a hole, ventura county,cali	it's YOU'RE not YOUR, fuckers! hahaha, thats the only one i have to gripe about. __________________ www.holeinthe.net

02-01-2004, 08:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	You are a loser, not a looser. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

02-02-2004, 04:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
KWSN green	ESTOY CAYENDO, not ESTOY CAENDO, for fuck's sake! __________________ Your arms are broken!

01-30-2004, 06:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gimli Loser	Word! It's also "sleight of hand" - not "slight of hand".

02-02-2004, 07:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
JazzmanAl Crazy Location: Iowa?	Then and than -- as different as night and day. __________________ I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. -The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot Your dumber then me.

02-02-2004, 11:20 AM	#9 (permalink)
gilada Psycho Location: Dallas, Tx	Head over heels in love... hate that phrase... um, you are almost ALWAYS head over heels. Your head is always over your heels, in terms of positioning, unless you're asleep, or in a strange position. Have your cake and eat it too - um, you can have your cake and eat it. The phrase should be 'eat your cake and have it too.' that one, you can't do. __________________ Hey, this isn't rocket surgery. See my futurephone pics at: http://gilada.textamerica.com See my DVD's at: http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=gilada

02-02-2004, 01:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	most definitely... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

02-02-2004, 02:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	It should be "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less" but it doesn't really bother me so much so I guess I could care less.

02-02-2004, 11:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jadey This Space For Rent Location: Davenport, Iowa	There is no "k" in et cetera! Or in especially! They are not pronounced: ek-SET-ur-a or ek-spesh-a-lee! Dammit!

02-02-2004, 11:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
Batman976 is you wicked? Location: I live in a giant bucket.	It should be pronounced "ax," not "ask." Sheesh people! __________________ The following statement is true. The preceding statement was false.