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02-05-2007, 11:02 AM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Do grammar nits get into a snit over the 'corruption' of the word 'entree'? [/ QUOTE ] I have no idea what you are talking about. [/ QUOTE ] I guess you could care less about it, then, so don't bother to google it. BTW, is it ok to verbify 'google'? [/ QUOTE ] How isn't it already a verb? [/ QUOTE ] 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). 
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#2
02-05-2007, 11:04 AM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
it...becomes a verb when people use it as one?
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#3
02-05-2007, 11:06 AM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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it...becomes a verb when people use it as one? [/ QUOTE ] I think this thread just exploded.
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#4
02-05-2007, 11:10 AM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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it...becomes a verb when people use it as one? [/ QUOTE ] 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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#5
02-05-2007, 11:14 AM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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[ QUOTE ] it...becomes a verb when people use it as one? [/ QUOTE ] That's exactly what I tried to say earlier. When enough people use a certain form it becomes correct by default. [/ QUOTE ] 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.
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#7
02-05-2007, 02:20 PM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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.
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#8
02-05-2007, 02:40 PM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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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. [/ QUOTE ] Really ironic would have been: "LOL YOUR RETARDED, LEARN HOW TO SPELL!" or maybe that would be real ironic [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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#9
02-05-2007, 02:28 PM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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 ?!?
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#10
02-05-2007, 02:38 PM
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Re: What grammatical errors really piss you off?
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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 ?!? [/ QUOTE ] Think different, dude.
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