Originally Posted By LacyBelle Another one that bothers me when I see it... "ridiculous" spelled "rediculous" I know it looks funny with the two "i"s, but is correct. (psst...GrumpysWife...It's grammar --with an "a" near the end instead of the "e").
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I've decided I like the phrase "intensive purposes" and I'm going to try to use it in a sentence today.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I'd post something here but I'm ascared too. (And fyi, I *totally* throw grammar/spelling out the window on LP. Having to think about it in hyperspeed at work all day and then coming on LP and *not* thinking about it at all is part of what helps me relax and part of what I find charming about the internet. LOL. I imagine I've been annoying a WHOLE lot of people for a while now! LOL. Oops!)
Originally Posted By alexbook My brother recently pointed out that it's common to use "there's" when "there are" (or "there're) would be correct. I certainly do it.
Originally Posted By alexbook ^--and I don't proofread my posts enough. Should've been one more quote mark there.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ ooooh here's mine I axed him a question - So very wrong I asked him a question - correct and people using then and than incorrectly drives me around the bend too.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 For me, one of the wonderful things about growing older and/or wiser is I've learned that I don't need to reach internal resolution on all the conflicts -- including really important conflicts -- that I notice. For example: -- I believe, generally, that improper usage of grammer and incorrect spelling belies a lack of intelligence. vs. -- At least a couple of my favorite LP'ers, who I know well and find VERY intelligent, routinely violate some of the most simple grammer and spelling rules. How do I reconcile that contradiction? I don't. (Except maybe by being not so quick to make a judgement about the intelligence of the next English-language rule-violator I meet.) The violations that my friends commit continue to grate on my nerves -- when others commit them. I continue to "accept" the violations when my friends do them. Whatever. Doesn't make sense. But that's how it is. Hmmmmmm... Could have something to do with the fact that I realize that I incorrectly use "there's" instead "there are" a lot. Or that I have to remember what Tiggirl taught me every time I try to spell "separate": "There's 'a rat' in 'separate.'" Sometimes, for whatever reason, the "right stuff" just doesn't stick with you. Sometimes English grammar and spelling make no sense. And sometimes you just gotta say, "Hey, wait a second! Wasn't this thread about the misunderstanding of idioms?!"
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 LOL! And sometimes you gotta say, "Whoa! Nothing like using a few typos and grammatical errors to get your point across!"
Originally Posted By chickendumpling It's *think*. You got anudder THINK coming. Do you people not pay no mind whatsoever? <-- ducks and runs
Originally Posted By knightnfrees << I could care less.>> or would it be I couldn't care less? LOL! Ok, I'm leaving before the Inspector clobbers me. ;P
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA My mom used to say 'another think comin' -- I just thought she had a cold!
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I taught Inspector how to spell seperate! Woo! I hate it when I'm going about my everyday life and I hear people say "Wow! That rocks!" or "You really rock!" when we ALL know the correct phrase is "You tock!". I wish people would get this right. ;o) ~Beth
