[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

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.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

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.

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

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Risuli

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]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

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.

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]

Originally Posted by alwann

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]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

*have
*peace

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

[mbene]

'I seen' makes me crazy.

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

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

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

[donfey]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

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

You meant irregardless, right? ROFLMAO!

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

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...

[Marmaduke]

Originally Posted by Risuli

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]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

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.