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Look, I write the way I speak. I am no grammar nazi, by any stretch of
the imagination, but this stuff really bugs me. I don't know why, it just
DOES:
1. supposebly
It's "SUPPOSEDLY." That's a "D," not a "B."
2. I could care less
If you COULD care less, then please, by all means, DO. It's "I
COULDN'T CARE LESS"
3. irregardless
What's with the "ir" as a prefix? The word is just "REGARDLESS."
4. "Respectfully," used instead of "respectively."
If English is your first language, you have no excuse for this. I
respectfully request you use a dictionary before you open your mouth
and sound like an uneducated moron. And speaking of "respectively..."
5. When people confuse "leery" with "weary," and vice versa.
What's that about? Respectively, they're two very different words.
Again, use a DICTIONARY. That's why they print 'em.
6. And in a children's book about a manta ray, I was reading to
my daughter, Mia, they used the word "sleek," but they spelled
it "sleak."
And that was really annoying.
There are a LOT more I've heard and it continues to bug me. It just
surprises me to no end how someone who is relatively intelligent could
use, or rather, MISuse, these words.
I know when I'm blogging, I type the way I talk, so I type "gonna,"
"woulda," "shoulda," or "wanna," but at least I know that they are
really "going to," "would have," "should have," or "want to." And
I also know the difference between "there," "their" and "they're," or
"to," "too" and "two." And I NEVER use "would of" instead of
"WOULD HAVE."
Why is this so difficult for people? Are they just lazy?
My 'stupid psycho ex' was such a moron that he thought that these
were actually words: "natrocious" and "debligerated."
What words are those, you might ask? They're supposed to be
"atrocious" and "obliterated." For the longest time I didn't correct
him, but when he told me that my behavior was "natrocious," I HAD to
"obliterate" him.
That's right... I "obliterated" him. So, you'd better watch your
language in front of me.
And don't call me a 'grammar nazi,' either.
June 2008
the imagination, but this stuff really bugs me. I don't know why, it just
DOES:
1. supposebly
It's "SUPPOSEDLY." That's a "D," not a "B."
2. I could care less
If you COULD care less, then please, by all means, DO. It's "I
COULDN'T CARE LESS"
3. irregardless
What's with the "ir" as a prefix? The word is just "REGARDLESS."
4. "Respectfully," used instead of "respectively."
If English is your first language, you have no excuse for this. I
respectfully request you use a dictionary before you open your mouth
and sound like an uneducated moron. And speaking of "respectively..."
5. When people confuse "leery" with "weary," and vice versa.
What's that about? Respectively, they're two very different words.
Again, use a DICTIONARY. That's why they print 'em.
6. And in a children's book about a manta ray, I was reading to
my daughter, Mia, they used the word "sleek," but they spelled
it "sleak."
And that was really annoying.
There are a LOT more I've heard and it continues to bug me. It just
surprises me to no end how someone who is relatively intelligent could
use, or rather, MISuse, these words.
I know when I'm blogging, I type the way I talk, so I type "gonna,"
"woulda," "shoulda," or "wanna," but at least I know that they are
really "going to," "would have," "should have," or "want to." And
I also know the difference between "there," "their" and "they're," or
"to," "too" and "two." And I NEVER use "would of" instead of
"WOULD HAVE."
Why is this so difficult for people? Are they just lazy?
My 'stupid psycho ex' was such a moron that he thought that these
were actually words: "natrocious" and "debligerated."
What words are those, you might ask? They're supposed to be
"atrocious" and "obliterated." For the longest time I didn't correct
him, but when he told me that my behavior was "natrocious," I HAD to
"obliterate" him.
That's right... I "obliterated" him. So, you'd better watch your
language in front of me.
And don't call me a 'grammar nazi,' either.
June 2008
| Things That Bug Me Grace Bon |
"Sometimes" by Michelle Solange
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