I know the English language can be tough but I am begging here!!!

Edited August 17, 200817 yr by SickNTired
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Bad grammar is a pet peeve of mine as well. It's very difficult for me to live where I do and listen to people speak.

I am glad April deleted the posts that were offensive. I think this thread should remain open. People should be able to voice their opinions without insulting one another. After all, we are all adults here.

Bad grammar is a pet peeve of mine as well. It's very difficult for me to live where I do and listen to people speak.

I am glad April deleted the posts that were offensive. I think this thread should remain open. People should be able to voice their opinions without insulting one another. After all, we are all adults here.

Unbelieveable.....unsubscribing to my own thread.

I am glad April deleted the posts that were offensive.

Except it make it hard to follow or understand why SickNTired is so upset.

Clearly, some people don't understand the written word. Calling someone "fat" on here is unbelievable.

I think I missed something...someone called someone fat? How mean.

Yeah, I feel gyped that I didn't get to catch all the drama.

Don't feel gyped. She was beyond ugly to me.

Edited August 18, 200817 yr by SickNTired

You're right she was being ugly to you and I don't even remember what it was all about but a pre-op calling someone "fat" is the dumbest thing I think I've ever seen here and I've seen a lot!

Sorry SNT. There will always be some butthole trying to drag you down...(or maybe I'm the only one that has that particular Freudian nightmare?)

Here's another one that makes me nuts, but it's in speech, not writing. "2008" is "two thousand eight", not "two thousand and eight". 192 is "one hundred ninety-two", not "one hundred and ninety-two". "And", numerically, indicates a decimal point, as in 192.6 ("one hundred ninety-two and six tenths").

I do admit that those types of errors do drive me crazy as well however I guess I get used to stuff like that from chatting online with my best friend through Instant Messenger. She is incredibly smart however, she is also dyslexic so typo's and spelling mistakes are a given with her.

Although I love the convenience and ease of IM and texting, I think it encourages people to misspell, to the point where our youth will lose touch entirely with what proper spelling and grammar are. I can't believe it when I get business emails with "u" instead of "you" and "enuf" instead of "enough" and "i" instead of "I" (I could go on ad naseum). I understand it in a personal context, but in a business email? It's scary to think of where we will be in 20 years.

Here's another one that makes me nuts, but it's in speech, not writing. "2008" is "two thousand eight", not "two thousand and eight". 192 is "one hundred ninety-two", not "one hundred and ninety-two". "And", numerically, indicates a decimal point, as in 192.6 ("one hundred ninety-two and six tenths").

I'm a numbers nerd for a living so I say "one hundred ninety-two DOT six"!!!

Another one I thought of this morning was "she is the older of two siblings" or "he is the oldest of 3" (or more).

don't you use eldest? or no LOL

I'm a numbers nerd for a living so I say "one hundred ninety-two DOT six"!!!

I would normally say, "one hundred ninety-two point six", but the reason I said "and six-tenths" is because the ONLY place "and" is correct in a number is at the decimal point.

Ah, fellow sticklers!! If you have not read Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss, I highly recommend it. Your neck will get sore from nodding in agreement with the author. I found myself laughing out loud more than once. :eek:

One that I see ALL the time is using "then" instead of "than". But I think my biggest peeve is the misuse of apostrophes. It has become epidemic and even has a name - greengrocers' apostrophe. "Apostrophe s" is for possesives, not plurals!!!

**can breathe a little easier now**