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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 23, 2016 22:26:49 GMT -5
I'm a very calm and forgiving person when it comes to the English language, but when I hear somebody say that they "Could care less", I really do find it difficult to supress some violent urges. Explained far more successfully than I could ever hope to do.
Although I will concede that when it comes to "Math" vs "Maths", I think the Americans are in the right with that one. I don't know why we add an extra 'S' to make it "maths". (Apologies for digressing!)
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 23, 2016 22:51:33 GMT -5
I'm a very calm and forgiving person when it comes to the English language, but when I hear somebody say that they "Could care less", I really do find it difficult to supress some violent urges. Explained far more successfully than I could ever hope to do. Although I will concede that when it comes to "Math" vs "Maths", I think the Americans are in the right with that one. I don't know why we add an extra 'S' to make it "maths". (Apologies for digressing!) I apologize if I make you violent, I guess.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 23, 2016 23:16:33 GMT -5
I'm a very calm and forgiving person when it comes to the English language, but when I hear somebody say that they "Could care less", I really do find it difficult to supress some violent urges. Explained far more successfully than I could ever hope to do. Although I will concede that when it comes to "Math" vs "Maths", I think the Americans are in the right with that one. I don't know why we add an extra 'S' to make it "maths". (Apologies for digressing!) I apologi ze if I make you violent, I guess. And don't get me started on you guys using 'z' instead of 's'
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 23, 2016 23:18:32 GMT -5
I apologi ze if I make you violent, I guess. And don't get me started on you guys using 'z' instead of 's' I hope you're not seriously bothered by this. My grammar is worse in so many more ways.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 23, 2016 23:23:06 GMT -5
And don't get me started on you guys using 'z' instead of 's' I hope you're not seriously bothered by this. My grammar is worse in so many more ways. Nah, I really could care less.....I mean couldn't care less. Damn it, I'm doing it now!
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BigWill
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Post by BigWill on Aug 23, 2016 23:47:24 GMT -5
I don't have the energy to get mad at the long list of stupid things that I read, and this is far from being close to the top of that list.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 24, 2016 16:30:13 GMT -5
I don't have the energy to get mad at the long list of stupid things that I read, and this is far from being close to the top of that list. I do. Trust me, it grates on you after seeing it so much
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Post by Stu on Aug 24, 2016 19:19:46 GMT -5
I'll tell all of you which mistake bothers me. It's when people say "I should have went" instead of "I should have gone," or some variation of that.
I also dislike when you correct someone's grammar on the internet and they say "I type the way I speak, so don't insult how I talk." Sorry, but that doesn't change the fact you're not using proper grammar.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 24, 2016 19:51:24 GMT -5
People are dumb. Why does anyone do anything?
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Post by agent817 on Aug 25, 2016 7:44:10 GMT -5
Using multiple negatives has always gotten me. Saying things like "I didn't do nothing" or "I ain't got nobody." You get the idea.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 25, 2016 7:56:54 GMT -5
Using multiple negatives has always gotten me. Saying things like "I didn't do nothing" or "I ain't got nobody." You get the idea. Yup. "I ain't doing nothing!" "...so...you ARE doing something?" "No, I just said I ain't!"
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Aug 25, 2016 8:12:19 GMT -5
I dislike when people worship grammar to the point that they feel smug. Proper grammar is important, but living languages grow, change, and evolve partly based on "incorrect" usage. A too strict adherence to proper grammar and conventional word usage is stifling and, ultimately, it's something of a losing battle.
All this being said, I'll just add as an aside that there's nothing quite as sad as when an spirited debate devolves into grammar wars.
"A-ha, you spelled authoritarianism wrong. Your argument is invalid!"
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 25, 2016 8:25:02 GMT -5
I'll tell all of you which mistake bothers me. It's when people say "I should have went" instead of "I should have gone," or some variation of that. I also dislike when you correct someone's grammar on the internet and they say "I type the way I speak, so don't insult how I talk." Sorry, but that doesn't change the fact you're not using proper grammar. Well, then I really don't know what to tell people. I have more important things to worry about. Sorry. And to be honest , my grammar overall is mostly quite good. I just don't understand where this rage against minor errors, errors that decent, everyday people make all the time, is coming from.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 25, 2016 8:48:23 GMT -5
This topic is a mute point
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Aug 25, 2016 10:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 25, 2016 10:12:40 GMT -5
I dislike when people worship grammar to the point that they feel smug. Proper grammar is important, but living languages grow, change, and evolve partly based on "incorrect" usage. A too strict adherence to proper grammar and conventional word usage is stifling and, ultimately, it's something of a losing battle. All this being said, I'll just add as an aside that there's nothing quite as sad as when an spirited debate devolves into grammar wars. "A-ha, you spelled authoritarianism wrong. Your argument is invalid!" To me, pointing out misspellings is WAY different than pointing out blatant misuse of the English language (double negatives, "I could care less", "could of", etc. Misspellings don't bother me. I know that not everyone is a great speller. Heck, I can even look the other way on the misuse of apostrophes (even when people are clueless about possessives). But everyone should at least have a basic understanding of good grammar.
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Magnus the Magnificent
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Aug 25, 2016 10:22:15 GMT -5
You're grammer sux!
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Post by Fauxnaki on Aug 25, 2016 10:23:46 GMT -5
I'm dyslexic stop discriminating against me losers on the internet!
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Aug 25, 2016 10:45:43 GMT -5
Mistakes usually don't bother me (at least not when other people do it. I get really annoyed when I spot a typo or grammatical mistake I made), but stuff like that does really annoy me because it seems to show that the person isn't even thinking about what they're writing. I really don't understand how people even make this mistake when "of" is not even a verb. It makes zero sense to use it in that context, no matter how you pronounce it! The reason it's so frustrating is that it's such an easily avoidable mistake so when it happens, it just feels like people can't be bothered to put even the least amount of thought into what they're doing. Doesn't help that I spent about a decade mastering the English language so when I see native speakers get basic stuff like that wrong, I think that maybe they could put at least a teensy bit of effort into their writing. Please? And considering how complicated French grammar is, you have no idea how infuriating it can be when I read supposedly French text and it looks like it was written by a caveman smashing a keyboard, which come to think of it is an apt metaphor most of the time. Although I will concede that when it comes to "Math" vs "Maths", I think the Americans are in the right with that one. I don't know why we add an extra 'S' to make it "maths". (Apologies for digressing!) Well, from what I understand , it's short for "mathematics", which is pluralized because it encapsulates several disciplines: algebra, geometry, analytics, etc... (we also pluralize "mathématiques" in French so I'm guessing it's an international convention).
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