My grammar is "gooder" than yours.....

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1ofthem

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I used to say "worsh" the clothes instead of "wash" the clothes. LOL Must be a Missouri thing.
Nope they used to say that in KY too. We love the R sound...use a hard R in every thing that has an R and even throw it in words that don't have an R. Like worsh for wash and winder for window...LOL...:)
 
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AuntieAnt

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Not using a comma before any coordinating conjunction. Something I do all the time.
Oooooh boy! My kids remind me of that one a lot! LOL :rolleyes:

Aint no grammer problems here yo!
Yup, tru dat. My first language is Philly ebonics. :eek:

Grammar issues are a pain to see, but I tend to overlook them because it just does't seem worth it to jump on that particular soapbox.

If a person makes a grammatical error in a statement that is nothing more than diarrhea of the keyboard, does the error really matter?
I agree, YIG. I can overlook grammatical errors in the forums because it's not everyone's schtick. I get that. But I shake my head at the posts riddled with boorish clichés and religious condescending jive talk. It's worse than "diarrhea of the keyboard" because it's intentional. To me, that kinda self-righteous rhetoric is waaay more amateurish and agitating than misspellings and grammar blunders. :rolleyes:

I'm a writer & use a ton of online resources to edit my manuscripts. But as for online forums & such, I'm not that precise. I write on CC like I'm in a normal conversation with folks. Otherwise, I feel I'm coming across all haughty & fake, ya know? :p






 
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Some of my grammar pet peeves:

Using the word "less" to mean "fewer"
Saying "for all intensive purposes"
Pronouncing "contra" and "intro" as "conner" and "inner"
Using "alibi" to mean "excuse" (this one is debatable)
Saying "in lieu of" when you really mean "in light of"

Anyone else got any?
"On behalf of" blah blah blah. I hate that. Just shut up and let other people speak for themselves. Another one is, "the truth of the matter is" blah blah blah. Nothing more than an attempt to validate political talking points.
 
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The car was green in color.

No kidding; it wasn't green with envy!

Its a car for crying out loud! :mad:
 
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Amazing-Grace

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I'm always confused as to where the words "affect"and "effect" are used because the meanings are so similar.
 
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Amazing-Grace

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The only thing I can think of is I "could" care less instead of I couldn't care less lol. I see this quite often smh.
Oh and what does "smh" mean?

You Americans have your own version of English! :p
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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I intentionally say some things in a messed up way. I don't know why.

Sandwich = sammich

Tacos = tachos (tah-chos)

Shrimp = skrimp

Lots of other stuff too. When I type, I notice I still have an enormous problem with the whole "i before e except after c" My spell checker goes off quite a bit on certain words.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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Oh and what does "smh" mean?

You Americans have your own version of English! :p
Shaking My Head

We don't speak English in America. We speak American. It's as much a goofy mash-up of co-opted things as our "culture" is.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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...just gonna leave 'dis here:

[video=youtube;RrZlWw8Di10]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrZlWw8Di10[/video]
 

blue_ladybug

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I boughted some more chocolate peanut butter pumpkins today.. and I'm gonna boughted some peanut butter ghosts tomorrow.. bahahaha
 

blue_ladybug

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When someone says "they hanged themself". It is HUNG, not hanged. You cannot hanged yourself. But you can HANG yourself.
 
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When someone says "they hanged themself". It is HUNG, not hanged. You cannot hanged yourself. But you can HANG yourself.

Annnddd they wouldn't live to tell anybody. So they didn't really. :D
 

blue_ladybug

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Annnddd they wouldn't live to tell anybody. So they didn't really. :D
I mean like on the news, when for example, they found David Carradine hanging in a closet. He was tied up naked and bound, yet they said he "hanged himself".