Bloody Destiny's Child lyrics:

"Can you pay my bills? ... I don't think you DO"

Anxiety said:

or are you being sarcastic?

i tell you what i miss - the old use of "f" instead of "s" in old Englifh.

Ellie said:

It really gets me when people say "off of" where did this come from? "I had to get off of the bus" No knobend, you had to get off the bus. As with the "like" comment above, saying it is one thing, but writing it is unforgivable.

Have we mentioned the classic there/their yet? I get professional letters and e-mails at work from banks with "it will reach there accounts on..."

TheFrog said:

nope, i'm being serious as a damn heart attack. i hear it all the time. "mouf", "souf", all that.

"irregardless" and "exploitative" (it's EXPLOITIVE, folks) burn my ass.

also, when you're NAUSEATED, you're sick to your stomach.

when you are NAUSEOUS, you're saying that you possess the ability to turn stomachs.

Anxiety said:

Is that true

PREDOMINANT said:

trust me. i'm a writer.

PREDOMINANT said:

Well bugger me....

From Dictionary.com

Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean “causing nausea” and that it is incorrect to use it to mean “affected with nausea,” as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean “feeling sick,” it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its “correct” sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.

Their our two mani 'xamples off bad grammar, incorrect spelling, wrong usage of words, "painful" punctuation: and made up words.

I ponderize that one shouldn't never misunderestimate the capabilitiousness of people to mangletize a language and renderize it inrecognizable.

One thing that amazes me is that many people for whom English is a secondary language have a better grasp of it than many of those for whom it is their first. I don't blame those people though - I blame the education systems that let them down.

For Information : Grammer is a small town in Indianapolis (zip code 47236), whereas Grammar is the study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences.

Sweeny79 said:

I've always been torn on this one.

I've always looked at it as "I could care less", because I really could care less than what I'm currently caring.

The other way, it sounds like my current level of caring is as low as it's gonna go and I know I really could go much, much lower.


But, I hear more people use the second one. I've always used the first.

AzureStarr said:

say it in an angry tone, and you've got me.

jerseykrs said:

I really don't give a shit!

(What usually comes out because I'm undecided on the first)

Good morning!

Imago777 said:

you have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread!

Ellie said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

AzureStarr said:

Anxiety said:

Those blunders are my top two.

I especially hate the quotation marks thing. It doesn't make any damn sense.

Bad grammar and punctuation always make me angry, especially when I see it in a published document. Proofread that shit.

crick for creek

ella731 said:

how about pin for pen?!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I also hate the word aint,


I live in such a hill billy area, I could go on for days


More funner is another personal favorite
[Edited 8/4/05 5:43am]

Easy.

When people use "who" when they should be using "whom."

Who acts on whom.

Heavenly said:

always projecting blame outside of the self is very unhealthy

take your choices by the throat and shake the hell out of them

Whom said:

another alter ego i wish i had invented!

I borrowed it him.

Your an idiot.

Use of 'which' where 'that' should be used.

Their/there.

Spelling errors in general.



I don't know about the American thing, as Heavenly put it, but I know that living in Thailand I find myself saying all kinds of awful Engrish.

Fauxie said:

Bloody Hell....You must love my posts...

Steadwood said:

I'm a very forgiving person.

Any bad spelling/grammar by a native English speaker annoys me.