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Old 05-18-2004, 12:32 PM   #161 (permalink)
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Yeah, Baby is a nickname because they probably haven't come up with a name yet. They don't want to call the baby an 'it,' but still want to refer to it lovingly as 'Baby.'
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Old 05-18-2004, 02:04 PM   #162 (permalink)
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Over there, they have their golf course, where they're playing golf.

Two owls are flying to their nest in the tree. I'm watching, too.
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Old 05-18-2004, 02:27 PM   #163 (permalink)
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The pronunciation of accross as accrossT.

I normally chalk up to stylistic differences a lot of the things I've seen in this thread, but the homonym stuff bothers me, and misuse of the well/good types of related words. I also don't care for redundancy in written works, unless it's a narrowly defined technical word or phrase. I think it was mentioned previously, but I'll single it out here: lots of exclamation points at the end of sentences in an email. No one can be that damn excited over anything.

The funny thing is that as I'm typing this, I realize I'm feeling self-conscious about what I'm typing. I've probably committed some sort of grammatical sin in this post, but I suppose that's life.

And I'll finally add my weight to the cry against the bastardization of English involving cuz/ltr/lmao. It reminds me of being in high school and writing r/h/t/s in someone's yearbook.

And this may not be in fashion on a forum board, but the following bothers me as well :

That is all.
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Old 05-18-2004, 05:56 PM   #164 (permalink)
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The thing that bothers me most about grammer is that I don't believe in most of it. You see, I'm a programmer and well versed in many different computer languages and as it turns out, there's a lot of similarities between programming and natural languages. In computer languages there are various ways of writing the exact same statement in the same language. For example, in C, the statement: i = i + 1; is semantically identical to: i+=1;. They just use different syntax. Often different organizations define coding standards or conventions that specify the use of one form or the other. This mearly makes the code easier to read by other humans. In the natural languages there are ways to do the same thing. So long as a sentence conveys the intended meaning, it should be correct. Essentially, every English class I've ever had has been teaching me a specific standard, and each test I've had has been testing my coherance to that standard. And finally, this is where my peeve comes in... I hate conforming to standards.
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Old 05-18-2004, 06:04 PM   #165 (permalink)
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I'm sure that your programs parse well when you don't conform to standards. Words are like that too. Use them properly and you can get more meaning from them.
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Old 05-19-2004, 06:27 AM   #166 (permalink)
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It reminds me of being in high school and writing r/h/t/s in someone's yearbook.
I must ask. What is "r/h/t/s"?
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Old 05-19-2004, 08:52 AM   #167 (permalink)
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Maybe it's a local thing for rednecks (originally hail from S.C.) It stand for "raise hell this summer" and I have it plastered over god only knows how many (4) highschool annuals and several tee shirts that everyone signed in middle school. We were so cool and daring....how I long for those halcyon days.
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Old 05-19-2004, 01:50 PM   #168 (permalink)
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Here are my pet peeves:

1) I'm with Batman on improper use of 'myself.'

2) Improperly using 'I' instead of 'me.' "It is just you and me." NOT "It is just you and I."

3) Improperly using 'which' and 'that'. Remember: if you can tell the specific thing being discussed without the which or that clause, use which; if you can't, use that.


4) Improperly using 'e.g.' and 'i.e.' Remember: 'e.g.' stands for 'for example,' so only use it when you are listing some examples; 'i.e.' stands for 'that is.'
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Old 05-19-2004, 02:02 PM   #169 (permalink)
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BTW, I'm a business lawyer and draft contracts all day long, so the correct use of grammar can have an impact on my clients. I regularly pull out a little book called "The Goof-Proofer," which I bought in college, and recommend it to everyone. The book is a really easy read, and lists the 41 most common errors in writing and speaking.
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Old 05-20-2004, 09:17 AM   #170 (permalink)
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"I HATE the confusion of good/well.
I'm not even sure what the exact rule is.
But I hate it when someone says something like "I heard that he did real good".

Ok... "Good" is an adjective. It is used to modify nouns, such as "I am good" in which case "Good" is modifying the noun "I".

"Well" is an adverb, used to modify a verb. An example of this would be "I am doing well" in which case "well" is modifying the verb "to do."
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Old 05-20-2004, 09:35 AM   #171 (permalink)
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"I HATE the confusion of good/well.
I'm not even sure what the exact rule is.
But I hate it when someone says something like "I heard that he did real good".

Ok... "Good" is an adjective. It is used to modify nouns, such as "I am good" in which case "Good" is modifying the noun "I".
I could be wrong, but I thought this was "I am well" with well modifying the verb "to be". Maybe if you're treating "good" here like Plato's "The Good"?
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Old 05-20-2004, 10:26 AM   #172 (permalink)
 
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Strangely, you're probably both right.

When someone asks "how are you?" You'd probably answer "I am well," rather than "I am good."

When someone asks "how are you at volleyball?" You'd probably answer "I am good," rather than "I am well."

See the distinction?
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Old 05-20-2004, 10:42 AM   #173 (permalink)
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I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but when you are referring to a decade such as the 60s, you do not use an apostrophe (i.e. 60's) -- unless it is possessive.
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Old 05-20-2004, 12:52 PM   #174 (permalink)
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I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but when you are referring to a decade such as the 60s, you do not use an apostrophe (i.e. 60's) -- unless it is possessive.
The apostophe is the most mis-used thing in the english language.. Look for a book called Eats, Shoots and Leaves which is a good book about horrible grammer mistakes
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Old 05-21-2004, 04:39 AM   #175 (permalink)
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Them are cool.

I hate that more than anything in the world.

Instead of using they, it is replaced with them.

Nothing makes me feel more hickish and redneck than hearing someone say that. I was once dating a really nice guy, but after hearing him say that, it was over.
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Old 06-08-2004, 10:51 AM   #176 (permalink)
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I hate when people say, "try and stop me"

When it should be "try to stop me"
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Old 06-08-2004, 08:39 PM   #177 (permalink)
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I have a couple. I'm an english snob.

"Quote" used as a noun: the right word is "quotation," as in, "Larry quoted a quotation."

"Quality" used to mean "good": it doesn't. It must have a qualifier, in order to specify good or bad quality; by itself it means nothing.

In general, the verbing of nouns and vice-versa.

Commas after subject noun phrases, otherwise known as "techie comma" because it entered english usage from German engineers. Example: The dog with the red collar, chased the ball.
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Old 06-08-2004, 08:51 PM   #178 (permalink)
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I've always hated how you're supposed to place periods and commas inside quotation marks.

It should be:

He said "hi".

NOT

He said "hi."
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Old 06-08-2004, 11:37 PM   #179 (permalink)
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i hate it when people say...i know, right? bastards
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Old 06-09-2004, 09:25 AM   #180 (permalink)
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I hate it when people spell losing "loosing".
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Old 06-27-2004, 09:52 AM   #181 (permalink)
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My pet peeve is the use of 's for plural nouns.
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Old 06-27-2004, 11:20 AM   #182 (permalink)
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My pet peeve is the use of 's for plural nouns.
Likewise omitting the apostrophe when it's supposed to be possessive.

One I've noticed quite a bit in the past couple of years that I'd never seen before is people substituting "then" for "than."
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Old 06-27-2004, 11:22 AM   #183 (permalink)
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Another one. It drives me up the wall when people use "insure" instead of "ensure".

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Old 06-27-2004, 11:26 AM   #184 (permalink)
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Using "entitled" for "titled," e.g., "I read a book entitled Fun with Dick and Jane."

That one may actually be considered correct usage, but I hate it anyway.
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Old 06-27-2004, 11:29 AM   #185 (permalink)
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If you really want to drive yourself nuts, I suggest reading "Eats, Leaves and Shoots" - you will learn additional grammar faux pas with which to be eternally annoyed.
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Old 06-28-2004, 08:37 PM   #186 (permalink)
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"should OF could OF would OF"
"I would OF got on the bus if I wasn't late"
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Old 07-01-2004, 12:47 PM   #187 (permalink)
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I can't always spell correctly... but I HATE IT WHEN "DAMMIT" IS SPELLED "DAMNIT". I see it all the time while playing online multiplayer games.
Oh no!!! I do this all the time. *Feels ashamed*

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Old 07-01-2004, 04:04 PM   #188 (permalink)
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Oh no!!! I do this all the time. *Feels ashamed*

Don't be. They're both corruptions of "damn it." It's rather funny to hear someone say they're annoyed because people substitute one non-word for another non-word.
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Old 07-21-2004, 12:07 PM   #189 (permalink)
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Adverbs. It's not that people use them incorrectly, it's just that they don't seem to use them at all.

"Man, he's running fast!"

Man, he's running quickly

"Why is this car in front of me going so slow!?"

Why is this car in front of me going so slowly?!"




It also bugs me when people use prepositions when they're not applicable.

"Where are you at?"

The 'at' is not necessary. It's redundant.




The improper conjugation of verbs annoys me to no end as well. I'm sure you've all heard plenty of people saying "we be" and "I is".



The thing I've had the most trouble explaining to people is the english subjunctive. For example, a person would be trying to put himself in a situation and totally fail grammatically at doing so:

"If I was an astronaut, I'd be on the moon by now."

No! No! No!

If I were an astronaut, I'd be on the moon by now.




That's it for my ranting for now.
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Old 07-21-2004, 02:04 PM   #190 (permalink)
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I guess for me it would be when people end a sentence with a preposition that doesn't even need one. (Oops. I didn't read above) For example, they will say, "Where are we going to?" when "Where are we going?" would be both shorter and more correct.

The other thing that annoys the shit out of me is when people put "apostrophe's" on "plural's" instead of "possessive's." I had a boss who did this constantly in his memos, so one day I went through and added apostrophes to every word ending in "s" in his entire memo. Even words like "glass" got changed to "glas's." That did not put me in the best favor with the boss.
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Old 07-22-2004, 10:34 AM   #191 (permalink)
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It gets me when the word "data" is treated as singular. It's (or is it its ) plural, the singular form of the word is datum.

It also bug sme when people cvan't use backspace to fix qick typos...

Is it that hard to proof read what you wrote?
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Old 07-22-2004, 01:16 PM   #192 (permalink)
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It bothers me when people incorrectly use the word myriad by adding an "a" and an "of"

For example: "There are a myriad of reasons for..."

The proper usage of the word would be: "There are myriad reasons for..."
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Old 07-22-2004, 01:21 PM   #193 (permalink)
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Several of you say you aren't english majors, hell I was absent the day they taught english at my school...

Like most not guilty of the transgression, the mixing up of your, and you're are terrible. When I receive e mail form somebody that doesn't take the time to figure that out...they get a short ride to the trash file. The other really bad one in my book is ending a sentence with a preposition. My mom was a teacher, and if someone said "Where are my socks at", she would say, they are right under the at, just where they belong.
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Old 07-24-2004, 09:09 AM   #194 (permalink)
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I believe in good grammar as well, however, my spelling could use a good brushing up.
I hate it when people say "yous guys". You hear this a lot in the northern part of the country. It sends a shiver down my spine. I do not know why?

Oh ya, this too. The word "that" being over used.

How does that look?
How does it look?

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Old 07-25-2004, 04:43 AM   #195 (permalink)
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I'm no expert at the english language, but I have a few peeves.
Definetly definately definatly. There is definitely a problem here.Uranus ir not your anus, it's more like urine us (please don't).
Vega is pronounced Vay-ga.
Further is a statement of more abstract distance, farther is for more concrete. I have to further look into the situation. I ran farther than the others.
You say tomatoe. I'll say tomato.
Rite right.
I hate it when people use words(usually big) incorrectly to sound intelligent when they don't know their meaning.
When you peruse a page, you read through it carefully. You do not skim through it.
By the way, heighth is a real word meaning height. "The heighth of fashion."

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Old 08-02-2004, 12:08 PM   #196 (permalink)
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When people say "strenth" and leave out the damn G! It's strength DAMN IT!
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Old 08-11-2004, 02:56 AM   #197 (permalink)
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As for 'forte' and 'cheque'...they're French words that have been Americanized.
I prefer to think they were Anglicised
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Old 08-12-2004, 07:01 AM   #198 (permalink)
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My biggest pet peeve is when starting a new sentence CAPITALIZE the first letter. That just irritates me so much when people just use lower case.

Also, while not so much a grammatical pet peeve, when people feel that they have to use those big college words when there are other simpler words available for us simple people to understand (and when I say us, I mean me).
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Old 08-12-2004, 11:28 AM   #199 (permalink)
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I hate when people use the word times wrong. Like they say you times 4 by 3 instead of saying you multiply 4 by 3.
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Old 08-12-2004, 10:09 PM   #200 (permalink)
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Two big ones that I've seen a lot here are rediculous and wierd. They are spelled ridiculous and weird.
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