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Pugchief 05-17-2025 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2432111)
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 05-17-2025 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2432120)
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 05-17-2025 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Risuli (Post 2432094)
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 05-17-2025 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2432107)
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 05-18-2025 04:48 AM

Wat chu talkin' bout Willis?

justjim 05-18-2025 05:33 AM

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 05-18-2025 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by alwann (Post 2432079)
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 05-18-2025 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by shut the front door (Post 2432109)
*have
*peace

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

mbene 05-18-2025 08:41 AM

'I seen' makes me crazy.

Driller703 05-18-2025 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2432083)
Regardless, is it really important? I prefer substance over form.

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

donfey 05-18-2025 09:19 AM

Irregardless
 
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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2432083)
Regardless, is it really important? I prefer substance over form.

You meant irregardless, right? ROFLMAO!

JMintzer 05-18-2025 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MandoMan (Post 2432212)
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 05-18-2025 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Risuli (Post 2432094)
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 05-18-2025 10:13 AM

Don't forget punctuation also...
 
"She enjoys cooking her family and her dog"

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

jimjamuser 05-18-2025 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2431931)
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.


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