What grammatical errors really piss you off? - Page 12

eurythmech · #**111** 02-05-2007, 10:34 AM

aluminum

HoneyBadger · #**112** 02-05-2007, 10:42 AM

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all those dopes who spell colour 'color'. fudgemonkeys.

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Don't forget the ones who write centre as 'center'.

maryfield48 · #**113** 02-05-2007, 11:02 AM

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Do grammar nits get into a snit over the 'corruption' of the word 'entree'?

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I have no idea what you are talking about.

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I guess you could care less about it, then, so don't bother to google it.

BTW, is it ok to verbify 'google'?

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How isn't it already a verb?

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How did it become a verb?

Of course, I don't mean the word 'google' that is derived from googly. Nor do I mean the sense in which it was reportedly used in a Little Rascals film in 1927.

I mean, of course, the word that is the name of a company, and its web site, and its search engine. That word has been verbified, against the wishes of its 'owners' (Google Corporation).

eurythmech · #**114** 02-05-2007, 11:04 AM

it...becomes a verb when people use it as one?

maryfield48 · #**115** 02-05-2007, 11:06 AM

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it...becomes a verb when people use it as one?

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I think this thread just exploded.

HoneyBadger · #**116** 02-05-2007, 11:10 AM

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it...becomes a verb when people use it as one?

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That's exactly what I tried to say earlier. When enough people use a certain form it becomes correct by default.

eurythmech · #**117** 02-05-2007, 11:14 AM

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it...becomes a verb when people use it as one?

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That's exactly what I tried to say earlier. When enough people use a certain form it becomes correct by default.

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Not in all cases imho.
As for the [censored] "should of" retards, they'd need to basically change the meaning of the word "of" into the word "have" for it to work that way.

And as a general rule I believe a language's suckiness is directly proportional to the number of exceptions to grammatic rules.

bigt2k4 · #**118** 02-05-2007, 12:06 PM

spelling definitely with an a is annoying and imo rediculous

Chaos_ult · #**119** 02-05-2007, 02:20 PM

I had someone try to tell me that congratulations was spelled with a D.

They were like "LOL YOU'RE RETARDED, LEARN HOW TO SPELL!"

haha..irony is fun.

mindflayer · #**120** 02-05-2007, 02:28 PM

Real as an Adjective...
Real chicken
Real gold
Good.

Real as an adverb
Real Fast
Real Quick
Bad

I see this in commercials all the time. What ever happened to ly ?!?