So what was she trying to axe you?
(Is the "e" silent or not? Is it even necessary? I be so confused.)
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There, their, they're.
- Thread starter Michael B
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(Is the "e" silent or not? Is it even necessary? I be so confused.)
Personally? I try to do my best, grammatically. Also, I'm one of those people who, when I come across something written so badly it's hard to understand, have to wonder if the person who wrote it has anything to say that's worth reading. However, I usually just remind myself that I'm old; the education system in this country isn't what it used to be; and recite what's in the picture to myself - over, and over, and over...
The funny thing is that "ax" (or more precisely, "acs") was actually the original pronunciation of the word -- in Old English. Consonant reversal is now reversing itself again.
The thing is, of course, that language evolves and it's quixotic to try to freeze it at a particular moment of grammatical correctness. I have no problem with "they" being used as a gender-indefinite singular pronoun (I often use it myself), etc. What does bother me is when there's a perceptible loss of people's ability to express themselves clearly or to convey (or follow) complex thoughts. It's been disturbing to me this semester to assign historical texts, sometimes putting them up on a screen and literally reading them out loud to the students, and finding that a single archaic word or subordinate clause leaves them completely baffled as to the meaning.
Best word in the world is why. If you're not using, it you're losing it
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Don't get me started! Every spring I have to review numerous ride reports for the group cycling skills class that I lead, and it seems like no one gets the break/brake thing correct! It should be simple, right? If you're braking during your bike ride, all's good; if anything's breaking however...
I always chuckle, but it's prolly (
) just a typing/spelling mistake, at some statements described as "defiantly" true.Like, it just is, and if you guys don't believe it you can all go fekke yourselves!
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Affect & effect should be easy for at least some bassists & guitarists to keep track of--our effects pedals affect our sound
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I have a friend in town that spent 2 decades writing for local press. Now that he freelances and does the blog thing, he is sans editor. I find huge, glaring, typos in everything he publishes. All the basics are a complete and utter fail. Double words, homonyms, misspellings, swapped tenses, swapped genders, using a preposition to end a sentence with (
), and a dozen other copywriting 101 mistakes are all well represented. I am a recovering ad copywriter/editor (there is no 12 step program, writers don't like to count that high), and I have offered to be his filter free-of-charge as he attempts to get his writing career back on track. He has declined every time, even brushing me off about it. I wasn't talking about being his editor, just his proof reader to help him catch the pure typo issues he was missing, but he wanted none of it. So, to make a long story only a little bit longer, to teach him a lesson I started posting his typos in the comments section of his blog without any other explanation. I would just c/p the offending sentence, and leave it dangling there in space on his comment board, like the world's most passive aggressive English professor. 
After I started publicly shaming him the number of lazy/bonehead errors went down, but they are still there, and in every single piece he posts. He wonders why he can't get another writing gig, while the essay on the front page of his blog has a typo in the headline. In. The. Headline.
), and a dozen other copywriting 101 mistakes are all well represented. I am a recovering ad copywriter/editor (there is no 12 step program, writers don't like to count that high), and I have offered to be his filter free-of-charge as he attempts to get his writing career back on track. He has declined every time, even brushing me off about it. I wasn't talking about being his editor, just his proof reader to help him catch the pure typo issues he was missing, but he wanted none of it. So, to make a long story only a little bit longer, to teach him a lesson I started posting his typos in the comments section of his blog without any other explanation. I would just c/p the offending sentence, and leave it dangling there in space on his comment board, like the world's most passive aggressive English professor. After I started publicly shaming him the number of lazy/bonehead errors went down, but they are still there, and in every single piece he posts. He wonders why he can't get another writing gig, while the essay on the front page of his blog has a typo in the headline. In. The. Headline.
I finally got tired of trying to clue folks in to their improper use of double negatives.
"I ain't got no time for that!"
Hmm, so you do have time for it?
"I ain't got no time for that!"
Hmm, so you do have time for it?
I never understood what the problem was with that... it seems simple to me.
I love grammar. NEEERD etc
one thing that used to bug me was "it's not that big of a deal" or "he's not that good of a player" - but this seems be used everywhere now in US English, so that one was a losing battle...
here's my favourite bit of grammar for you: who can explain to me the difference between "which" and "that"
one thing that used to bug me was "it's not that big of a deal" or "he's not that good of a player" - but this seems be used everywhere now in US English, so that one was a losing battle...
here's my favourite bit of grammar for you: who can explain to me the difference between "which" and "that"
