Bad Grammar?

[Richland123]

Around these parts, people often say "He drives truck for a living" if somebody is a truck driver instead of "He drives a truck for a living". Nobody ever says "He drives car" though.

I have no idea how that phrase was started.

 

[neckdive]

Not everyone is good at "the language arts" just as not everyone is good at math and not everyone is good at playing bass. The only difference is not being good at math or bass gets a pass but for some reason being a bad speller or having bad grammar or even a poor vocabulary is treated harshly.

Yeah, it's weird. People get hammered for their writing skills on a forum geared towards musicians but the collective pitchforks come out if a member's skills as a bass player are questioned in the slightest. Everyone gets a trophy.

The exception to this rule is that famous bass players are fair game for critique as long as they're not a member on TB.

Try posting an audio/video clip of yourself attempting to play bass on a Spelling/Grammar Forum and you'll likely get skewered. They wouldn't dare point out your spelling/grammar mistakes.

 

[Ironbar]

Drives me effing nuts!

Discuss.

Even though using good grammar is an issue, and IMO a serious one in today's ever more simpleminded society, most people you run in to on the Internet will harangue you for being a grammar Nazi, a nit picker, or flame you outright.

It drives me nuts too, but unfortunately it seems today's society has equated, "keeping it real" with keeping it stupid.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

This one seems to pop up a lot latey, almost as much as "your" in place of "you are".

"should have", not "should of"
"would have", not "would of"

 

[ONYX]

 

[Joedog]

Down here we get a lot of "car for sell" and "looking to sale my...". Say what??

 

[Killed_by_Death]

In the for sale ads around here the biggest mistake is "rod iron" to indicate "wrought iron".

 

[ONYX]

Here's one that irritates the living hell out of me: "At my work......" When did this become popular and acceptable?

Growing up, it was always "At my workplace", "At my place of employment", "Where I work", or "At my job".

 

[Pilgrim]

The way you communicate with a keyboard says a lot about you. If nothing else, it tells the reader whether or not you are attentive to details. Clear communication is critical to understanding people. It's a rare post of mine that I don't re-open and edit at least once, and sometimes multiple times. (I just added the last sentence in my second edit...)

I'm fond of saying "If you can't communicate what you know clearly, then what you know doesn't matter." The reason is that if you can't communicate what you know, it dies with you and can't be shared with others who can use it and carry it forward.

I understand that many people are very good musicians but lousy communicators. IMO that's a regrettable bug, not a feature.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Our best ideas always get an appropriate sentence, eventually - life, death. Rehab

 

[Joedog]

Our best ideas always get an appropriate sentence, eventually - life, death. Rehab

But usually not in that order!

 

[Mark Wilson]

I care about this way less now than I did 10 years ago.

 

[slobake]

Drives me effing nuts!

Discuss.

You got issues.






Yes I know that is bad grammar that is the point.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Drives me effing nuts!

Incomplete sentence.

 

[guy n. cognito]

I care about this way less now than I did 10 years ago.

KbD will never let this die! Mwah ha ha!!

 

[Killed_by_Death]

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[guy n. cognito]

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Or dead. Don't limit yourself!

 

[Killed_by_Death]

doen or daed

 

[bholder]

This thread needs some Broken English.