Important and Also and Too

[Arbud]

Try this again. Different approach
Important is spelled important not impordant.
It is still ok to say also or too instead of As Well.

[Kenswing]

I was so concerned about that. Thanks for clearing it up.

[alwann]

I was so concerned about that. Thanks for clearing it up.

Where my grammar book at?

[Topspinmo]

Ok, I can now half piece of mind…..:read:

[Pugchief]

Try this again. Different approach
Important is spelled important not impordant.
It is still ok to say also or too instead of As Well.

LOL, that has to be at the far bottom of the list of egregious spelling and grammar faux pas encountered on TOTV daily.

[MrFlorida]

Kids today can't read, so it doesn't really matter anyway.

[Kelevision]

I could care less….. as I typed that spell check actually corrected “could” to “ couldn’t” so spell check is smarter than a large percentage of Americans.

[golfing eagles]

Where my grammar book at?

It be at the bookshef :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[alwann]

It be at the bookshef :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
OLD JOKE.
"Where's it at?"'
"Don't be stupid. It's wrong to end a sentence with a preposition."
"OK then, where's it at, as---ole?"

[CoachKandSportsguy]

OLD JOKE.
"Where's it at?"'
"Don't be stupid. It's wrong to end a sentence with a preposition."
"OK then, where's it at, as---ole?"

:BigApplause: :mademyday: :beer3:

if you spend time correcting autocorrect, you won't have much time for anything else, and if that's what you value your time doing, i am very sorry about that condition

[tophcfa]

Try this again. Different approach
Important is spelled important not impordant.
It is still ok to say also or too instead of As Well.

Regardless, is it really important? I prefer substance over form.

[Risuli]

I'll add my pet peeve. "Two in a row." Two can only be consecutive. It takes three to make a row.

[Pugchief]

I could care less….. as I typed that spell check actually corrected “could” to “ couldn’t” so spell check is smarter than a large percentage of Americans.

That's because couldn't is correct in this use.

I could care less means that there is less that you could care, whereas I couldn't care less is the superlative, meaning there is no less than you could care.

You're welcome. :jester:

[shut the front door]

Ok, I can now half piece of mind…..:read:

*have
*peace

[Bill14564]

That's because couldn't is correct in this use.

I could care less means that there is less that you could care, whereas I couldn't care less is the superlative, meaning there is no less than you could care.

You're welcome. :jester:

Which is exactly what Kelevision wrote.

[Pugchief]

Which is exactly what Kelevision wrote.

Ha. I missed the part about spell check being smarter that TOTV posters. So I guess my grammar is good, but my reading comprehension needs work. :shocked:

[Bill14564]

Ha. I missed the part about spell check being smarter that TOTV posters. So I guess my grammar is good, but my reading comprehension needs work. :shocked:

Almost like double negatives, it was a tough sentence to read.

[fdpaq0580]

I'll add my pet peeve. "Two in a row." Two can only be consecutive. It takes three to make a row.

How about, the first "two in a row" of twenty?

[Kelevision]

That's because couldn't is correct in this use.

I could care less means that there is less that you could care, whereas I couldn't care less is the superlative, meaning there is no less than you could care.

You're welcome. :jester:

That was my point.. sorry you missed it… lol.

[mikreb]

Wat chu talkin' bout Willis?

[justjim]

I had only one college professor who took off grade points for grammar. He was weird! High school different story. We are beyond high school, yes?

[MandoMan]

OLD JOKE.
"Where's it at?"'
"Don't be stupid. It's wrong to end a sentence with a preposition."
"OK then, where's it at, as---ole?"

After decades as an English professor, I learned from a linguist at Columbia University a few months ago that it is in fact CORRECT in English to end a sentence with a preposition. The idea that we mustn’t do that is based on Latin grammar and was inflicted on us a couple centuries ago. However, in both Old English (as spoken and written in England until around 1200) and in Old Norse (spoken by the Vikings who ruled a large chunk of England for about 350 years), ending sentences with prepositions is grammatically correct. When I learned that, I felt liberated. After all, we are English speakers, not Latin speakers.

Still, “Where’s it at” is considered a colloquialism to be avoided, as it is more appropriate to simply ask, “Where is it?”

[Topspinmo]

*have
*peace

Surprised too that long for someone to correct it…..:thumbup:

[mbene]

'I seen' makes me crazy.

[Driller703]

Regardless, is it really important? I prefer substance over form.

I thought for a minute you were going to say irregardless!

[donfey]

Regardless, is it really important? I prefer substance over form.

You meant irregardless, right? ROFLMAO!

[JMintzer]

After decades as an English professor, I learned from a linguist at Columbia University a few months ago that it is in fact CORRECT in English to end a sentence with a preposition. The idea that we mustn’t do that is based on Latin grammar and was inflicted on us a couple centuries ago. However, in both Old English (as spoken and written in England until around 1200) and in Old Norse (spoken by the Vikings who ruled a large chunk of England for about 350 years), ending sentences with prepositions is grammatically correct. When I learned that, I felt liberated. After all, we are English speakers, not Latin speakers.

Still, “Where’s it at” is considered a colloquialism to be avoided, as it is more appropriate to simply ask, “Where is it?”

It's only proper if you're from Pittsburgh... :clap2:

[Marmaduke]

I'll add my pet peeve. "Two in a row." Two can only be consecutive. It takes three to make a row.
My pet peeve it's when friends, good friends do not understand what R.S.V.P. means or... do not come to the party after saying they would, with NO Apology.
Worse than "showing up", after failing to respond.

[dougawhite]

"She enjoys cooking her family and her dog"

"She enjoys cooking, her family, and her dog"

[jimjamuser]

LOL, that has to be at the far bottom of the list of egregious spelling and grammar faux pas encountered on TOTV daily.
I like the ones that NEVER end their sentences with a period. They turn a paragraph into just ONE big long gob of word salad.

[jimjamuser]

Some of us got hit with too many concussion grenades during WW1.

[jimjamuser]

I'll add my pet peeve. "Two in a row." Two can only be consecutive. It takes three to make a row.
I didn't know that. That is the kind of question that might be asked at the pearly gates to determine if you go up or down.

[Pugchief]

My pet peeve it's when friends, good friends do not understand what R.S.V.P. means or... do not come to the party after saying they would, with NO Apology.
Worse than "showing up", after failing to respond.

One interpretation would be that they aren't really "good friends" if they treat you that way. Just saying....

[Pugchief]

ONE big long gob of word salad.

So familiar....Where have I heard that expression before?

[Kevco]

Try this again. Different approach
Important is spelled important not impordant.
It is still ok to say also or too instead of As Well.

“Looky here, who am dat?”

[jimjamuser]

How about, the first "two in a row" of twenty?
Maybe it should be - the 1st consecutive 2 items out of 20 ?

[jimjamuser]

I had only one college professor who took off grade points for grammar. He was weird! High school different story. We are beyond high school, yes?
One ? is, do we stay "beyond high school" when we are here in a retirement area? I assume that there is a gradual mental decline. If only we could go back physically to high school level. Maybe next lifetime?

[Harold.wiser]

Proper grammer, what is that? It's rarer than hen's teeth!

[Whatnext]

Proper grammer, what is that? It's rarer than hen's teeth!

Proper spellin has its place as well

[jimjamuser]

My pet peeve linguistically is in TOTV when people use the word "loose" when it should be "lose". This could be because they temporarily have a "loose" screw in their head that they need to "lose". Lose means to fail to win or fail to find something. Loose is adjective meaning than something is not tight or free from restraint. Example - the dog got loose. One interesting example is the former military command "loose arrows". Some people in TOTV land may just keep their finger on the letter O so long that it becomes OO in the word LOOSE when they really mean LOSE (and they fail to proofread). But, I think that many people must believe that LOOSE is correct in all situations. I wonder ?

[Topspinmo]

My pet peeve linguistically is in TOTV when people use the word "loose" when it should be "lose". This could be because they temporarily have a "loose" screw in their head that they need to "lose". Lose means to fail to win or fail to find something. Loose is adjective meaning than something is not tight or free from restraint. Example - the dog got loose. One interesting example is the former military command "loose arrows". Some people in TOTV land may just keep their finger on the letter O so long that it becomes OO in the word LOOSE when they really mean LOSE (and they fail to proofread). But, I think that many people must believe that LOOSE is correct in all situations. I wonder ?


You lose me which makes me lost.

[CFrance]

It's only proper if you're from Pittsburgh... :clap2:
'n at. Jeet yet?

[CFrance]

That's because couldn't is correct in this use.

I could care less means that there is less that you could care, whereas I couldn't care less is the superlative, meaning there is no less than you could care.

You're welcome. :jester:
"I could care less" is now an accepted form of sarcasm meaning the same as "I couldn't care less."

[Aces4]

There is no end to the obliteration of the English language. How about the annoying vetran, vetranarian, litrally, integerty, shtrong, shtraight, and annivershary to list a few anomalies. Then there are the newscasters starting a story with a couple they or a woman she or the policeman he.
Also, me and he are going away, him and me have a date tonight and this type of language is cutting across all levels of society. Listening to the English language now is often cringeworthy but them are the way it goes.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

I thought for a minute you were going to say irregardless!

irregardless has been added as a word, if i remember correctly. Words can be added to the dictionary over time. How do you think all those high tech words are now found in the dictionary?

A high school acquaintance mailed a new word request and it was added to one of the dictionaries, though the word was a derogatory use of someone's last name. .

[fdpaq0580]

OLD JOKE.
"Where's it at?"'
"Don't be stupid. It's wrong to end a sentence with a preposition."
"OK then, where's it at, as---ole?"

"Preposition"? Isn't that hemorrhoid medication?

[fdpaq0580]

LOL, that has to be at the far bottom of the list of egregious spelling and grammar faux pas encountered on TOTV daily.

Fox paws?

[fdpaq0580]

Maybe it should be - the 1st consecutive 2 items out of 20 ?

Zackly! 😃

[fdpaq0580]

"I could care less" is now an accepted form of sarcasm meaning the same as "I couldn't care less."

Not "accepted", "EXCEPTED". Just trina hep.

[fdpaq0580]

Regardless, is it really important? I prefer substance over form.

Substance is not attractive if it isn't nicely formed. Just sayin' that both are important. 😉

[Whatnext]

"I could care less" is now an accepted form of sarcasm meaning the same as "I couldn't care less."

But it doesn't, does it?

[fdpaq0580]

You lose me which makes me lost.

Are you sure you're not loost?
Or, should that be loosed?
Oh, hail! 🤔

[Flyers999]

Just reading all of the posts in this thread is making my blood boil.

Don't you hate it when ignorant people try to pass themselfs off as intellectuals?

[CFrance]

But it doesn't, does it?
It depends on how you choose to interpret it.

[fdpaq0580]

Just reading all of the posts in this thread is making my blood boil.

Don't you hate it when ignorant people try to pass themselfs off as intellectuals?

Ya! Specially when they interups me right in the middle of my intelectualizing with frens. Know what I mean?

[fdpaq0580]

It depends on how you choose to interpret it.

Literally?

[Whatnext]

It depends on how you choose to interpret it.

Clarification is important if you 'could care less.' By what % could could you care less?
'Couldn't care less' is 100%

[fdpaq0580]

Clarification is important if you 'could care less.' By what % could could you care less?
'Couldn't care less' is 100%

Iffen you says so. Sounds 'bout rite tou me. 🤠

[Topspinmo]

I'll add my pet peeve. "Two in a row." Two can only be consecutive. It takes three to make a row.


But, not when rows are inline. There can be 1 row or two or more rows lined up. :ho:

[fdpaq0580]

But, not when rows are inline. There can be 1 row or two or more rows lined up. :ho:

If the Sargeant yell "lineup in a row,men" , and there is only you and Beetle, what do you do? Side by side? Front and back? Diagonal? Or tell the sarge he's a dumb mo#&@$#/@%er?
All I know is I will be 1st in line.

[Topspinmo]

If the Sargeant yell "lineup in a row,men" , and there is only you and Beetle, what do you do? Side by side? Front and back? Diagonal? Or tell the sarge he's a dumb mo#&@$#/@%er?
All I know is I will be 1st in line.

Can’t yell that, I out rank him….:eclipsee_gold_cup:

[ElDiabloJoe]

Where my grammar book at?

:coolsmiley: I see what you did there.

[Flyers999]

"She enjoys cooking her family and her dog"

"She enjoys cooking, her family, and her dog"

Now you've done it. That's the verboten Oxford comma you just used. Even Oxford doesn't use it anymore, sometimes. The Associated Press style—the standard style for journalism—does not use the Oxford comma. You won’t find it in most newspapers or in magazines anymore.

Even Oxford leaves out the Oxford comma sometimes | University Marketing Communications (https://umarcomm.umn.edu/blog/2024/04/08/even-oxford-leaves-out-oxford-comma-sometimes/)

(The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, is a comma placed immediately before the coordinating conjunction (usually "and," "or," or "nor") in a list of three or more items. )

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