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Grammar peeves
"Bastette" wrote in message
... Adrian wrote: Bastette wrote: Adrian wrote: (Person A: "Your stupid." Person B: "My stupid what?" ) Yes, it's misuse of apostrophes that's really irritating to me. I know, its so annoying when people don't pay attention to English and it's rules. Was the extra apostrophe in its, a deliberate mistake? I think that's why you put the smiley. Yes, and the missing apostrophe ("its so annoying") was also deliberate. -- Joyce "Bacteria, with a few more bells and whistles." -- Bonnie Bassler, describing human beings Yes, I got a smile out of the way you managed to work both of them into one sentence. Joy |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Adrian" wrote in message ... Bastette wrote: Starting a new thread so Tweed won't think we're all gossiping about her. Mike wrote: The mistakes that bother me the most are the use of SEEN where SAW would be correct and the incorrect use of THERE, THEIR, and THEY'RE. Grammar peeves are like... well, you know. Everybody has one. I certainly do. The writing mistake that bothers me the most is "could of, would of, should of." AAAAAAAgh! When I see that, it's like taking a popsicle stick and moving it back and forth along the edges of my teeth. You know how unpleasant that is. That's what it's like when I see that, it's a real visceral reaction. (Yeah, I know, they have medication for that... ) The other mistake I hate is "between John and I" and the like. I now see that construction in professional writing such as marketing brochures, so I guess it's "arrived." We're stuck with it - oh, god, NOOOO! Make it go away! Other writing errors: If you don't like the there/their/they're problem, you probably also hate your vs. you're mistakes. (Person A: "Your stupid." Person B: "My stupid what?" ) Yes, it's misuse of apostrophes that's really irritating to me. -- Adrian Egg's for sale here. No really, their are g. I have some spare atm. Tweed One can certainly encounter a number of such errors when communicating by email or newsgroup. I have one friend who always uses apostrophes in plurals, and another who capitalizes almost all nouns. Joy |
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"Joy" wrote in message . .. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Adrian" wrote in message ... Bastette wrote: Starting a new thread so Tweed won't think we're all gossiping about her. Mike wrote: The mistakes that bother me the most are the use of SEEN where SAW would be correct and the incorrect use of THERE, THEIR, and THEY'RE. Grammar peeves are like... well, you know. Everybody has one. I certainly do. The writing mistake that bothers me the most is "could of, would of, should of." AAAAAAAgh! When I see that, it's like taking a popsicle stick and moving it back and forth along the edges of my teeth. You know how unpleasant that is. That's what it's like when I see that, it's a real visceral reaction. (Yeah, I know, they have medication for that... ) The other mistake I hate is "between John and I" and the like. I now see that construction in professional writing such as marketing brochures, so I guess it's "arrived." We're stuck with it - oh, god, NOOOO! Make it go away! Other writing errors: If you don't like the there/their/they're problem, you probably also hate your vs. you're mistakes. (Person A: "Your stupid." Person B: "My stupid what?" ) Yes, it's misuse of apostrophes that's really irritating to me. -- Adrian Egg's for sale here. No really, their are g. I have some spare atm. Tweed One can certainly encounter a number of such errors when communicating by email or newsgroup. I have one friend who always uses apostrophes in plurals, and another who capitalizes almost all nouns. Joy Germans use capital letters for nouns (in German) - it looks really strange to have capital letters in the middle of a sentence. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Joy" wrote in message . .. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Adrian" wrote in message ... Bastette wrote: Starting a new thread so Tweed won't think we're all gossiping about her. Mike wrote: The mistakes that bother me the most are the use of SEEN where SAW would be correct and the incorrect use of THERE, THEIR, and THEY'RE. Grammar peeves are like... well, you know. Everybody has one. I certainly do. The writing mistake that bothers me the most is "could of, would of, should of." AAAAAAAgh! When I see that, it's like taking a popsicle stick and moving it back and forth along the edges of my teeth. You know how unpleasant that is. That's what it's like when I see that, it's a real visceral reaction. (Yeah, I know, they have medication for that... ) The other mistake I hate is "between John and I" and the like. I now see that construction in professional writing such as marketing brochures, so I guess it's "arrived." We're stuck with it - oh, god, NOOOO! Make it go away! Other writing errors: If you don't like the there/their/they're problem, you probably also hate your vs. you're mistakes. (Person A: "Your stupid." Person B: "My stupid what?" ) Yes, it's misuse of apostrophes that's really irritating to me. -- Adrian Egg's for sale here. No really, their are g. I have some spare atm. Tweed One can certainly encounter a number of such errors when communicating by email or newsgroup. I have one friend who always uses apostrophes in plurals, and another who capitalizes almost all nouns. Joy Germans use capital letters for nouns (in German) - it looks really strange to have capital letters in the middle of a sentence. Tweed Aha! The light dawns. My friend who uses the excess capitals is American, but he has German ancestry. He probably picked that habit up from his parents or other older relatives. Joy |
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Joy wrote:
One can certainly encounter a number of such errors when communicating by email or newsgroup. I have one friend who always uses apostrophes in plurals, and another who capitalizes almost all nouns. Is the noun-capitalizer German? If not, I have no theories as to why, but I've seen that before, too. -- Joyce Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone. -- Unknown |
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"Bastette" wrote in message
... Joy wrote: One can certainly encounter a number of such errors when communicating by email or newsgroup. I have one friend who always uses apostrophes in plurals, and another who capitalizes almost all nouns. Is the noun-capitalizer German? If not, I have no theories as to why, but I've seen that before, too. He's of German ancestry. -- Joy A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. - Groucho Marx |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:40:18 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote: Starting a new thread so Tweed won't think we're all gossiping about her. Mike wrote: The mistakes that bother me the most are the use of SEEN where SAW would be correct and the incorrect use of THERE, THEIR, and THEY'RE. Grammar peeves are like... well, you know. Everybody has one. I certainly do. The writing mistake that bothers me the most is "could of, would of, should of." AAAAAAAgh! When I see that, it's like taking a popsicle stick and moving it back and forth along the edges of my teeth. You know how unpleasant that is. That's what it's like when I see that, it's a real visceral reaction. (Yeah, I know, they have medication for that... ) The other mistake I hate is "between John and I" and the like. I now see that construction in professional writing such as marketing brochures, so I guess it's "arrived." We're stuck with it - oh, god, NOOOO! Make it go away! Other writing errors: If you don't like the there/their/they're problem, you probably also hate your vs. you're mistakes. (Person A: "Your stupid." Person B: "My stupid what?" ) I'm the treasurer of a local park conservancy group. I am not the world's best speller or grammercist (I do make up words though). But the emails that come from the President are so awful that I've asked her to send them to me before they go out. It seems like they're all composed on a cell phone with tiny buttons and no backspace key. Grammer and spelling count but apparently not as much as they once counted. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
message Germans use capital letters for nouns (in German) - it looks really strange to have capital letters in the middle of a sentence. I was taught German at secondary school for five years - and, it seems, I've picked up the "rule" to incorrectly apply it in some of my scribbling. I prepare equipment lists for camping with Scouts, and important items get capitalised - such as "Don't forget your First Aid Kit". There is, however, an exception that *is* correct - it's "Scouts", not "scouts". There are football (soccer) scouts, or talent scouts, but those who are members of a world-wide youth movement are always Scouts :-) -- MatSav |
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Judith Latham" wrote in message ... I hate having to put " Yours faithfully" at the end of a letter no matter if I've put "Dear Sir/Madam" or "Dear Mrs Smith" I put "Yours Sincerely". You know very well that it's considered to be wrong! If you use Sir/Madam you should use "yours faithfully" to sign off and "yours sincerely" if you start Dear Mr/Mrs(anyname) Thank your lucky stars that you are not living in the early part of the 20th century when "I am yours respectfully" was common and a little bit further back "I am your humble servant.." Tweed It's just my little rebellion. I do obey the rules if it's a serious letter to someone whom I would hate to think me illiterate. That reminds me of a tale DH told me about a boy at the school where he works. A knock came on the door of DH's office where DH was with a teacher and the said that Mrs Jones had sent him to find out how to spell illiterate, Teachers can be so cruel. A lot of teachers were cruel when I was at school. It would not be tolerated now. One teacher used to pick boys up by the ears and throw board rubbers at us. As an adult and working where I did in later life, I began to see that not all teachers are there to help children to learn. I quite like "I am yours respectfully" but with my low esteem problems I don't think I should have used "I am your humble servant." Judith -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
message "Judith Latham" wrote in message ... I hate having to put " Yours faithfully" at the end of a letter no matter if I've put "Dear Sir/Madam" or "Dear Mrs Smith" I put "Yours Sincerely". You know very well that it's considered to be wrong! If you use Sir/Madam you should use "yours faithfully" to sign off and "yours sincerely" if you start Dear Mr/Mrs(anyname) Thank your lucky stars that you are not living in the early part of the 20th century when "I am yours respectfully" was common and a little bit further back "I am your humble servant.." Or, indeed: "I remain, Sir, Your humble servant,..." -- MatSav |
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