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10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback youre right. They're are so many stupid poeple wheir i Work than they dont' no how to spell nothing
[June 9, 2006, 18:38]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback There is no difference between everyone and everybody. By the way--it's used with 3rd person singular verbs.
[June 29, 2006, 5:49]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Though "impact" should have minimal uses as a verb, it does have uses as a verb!
[July 27, 2006, 18:24]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Nina - you would only say "I brought a friend to the party" if you were actually AT the party. In the example you used, you would say "I took a friend to the party. I know it's not on point with brought vs.bought, but it's part of the bring/take...
[July 26, 2006, 20:19]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Why care? If for no other reason, you should care because a lot of people care. In other words, you will encounter people who form judgements and opinions of you based on your use of language. These people may decide whether you are employed, or...
[July 26, 2006, 20:13]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback NO: We have been lead to this conclusion. YES: We have been led to this conclusion. YES: This box is made of lead. My bugbear #1!
[June 25, 2006, 11:54]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback This is obviously not a site for people who don't care and obviously many people do care. There are huge ramifications in not being able to understand the English language as it was used by previous generations, including, but not limited to...
[July 17, 2006, 22:43]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Thank you for the article, I am thrilled to see at least one other person in the world who has decided that 'impact' used as a verb is impacting proper usage. Kudos!
[June 25, 2006, 5:50]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback Brought instead of bought? Where, UK only? I know people in the northeast US say Rs where there aren't any and drop Rs where they do exist, but I never heard of the above error before. In Boston they say "Pock the caw.for "Park the car.and they say...
[June 22, 2006, 16:17]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback "A better way to Internet" says peoplepc online. Anyone who uses the word 'Internet' as a verb does not get my business. I would be worried that if I needed to call their phone support, they might ask me, "Did you Internet today?
[June 22, 2006, 16:05]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback No: "I am waiting on line for tickets. Yes: "I am waiting in line for tickets. No: "I am working inline over the internet. Yes: "I am working online over the Internet. Internet is a name and it is capitalized.
[June 22, 2006, 15:59]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback How many times do you inform others that, "I am on the computer", "I am on my PC", etc. As sad as it may sound, you are actually "using the computer.
[June 20, 2006, 14:32]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback No: "don't set children on the counter"; Yes: "don't sit children on the counter"; No: "don't sit bags on glass" Yes: "Don't set bags on glass"
[June 19, 2006, 9:51]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback David Wildgoose wrote: People who confuse Do and Have. There used to be a "Head and Shoulders" advert in which "I didn't know you had dandruff" is said to a girl - and she replies "I don't". Aaaargh! You don't "do" dandruff, you HAVE it.
[June 9, 2006, 21:39]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback I'm going to bring it where I'm going at. That's what a kid I used to know said and he didn't know the difference, but then his dad chewed his sandwiches with his mouth open because, he said, the kid's mother wasn't around.
[June 9, 2006, 19:48]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback It is rebellion that causes each generation to depart from the established language, incited by the Devil, for the purpose of causing the Bible to become difficult or impossible to understand (at least for the common folks).
[June 9, 2006, 19:45]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback 'You've got mail' should be 'You have mail'.
[June 9, 2006, 19:30]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback I hate that leet speak crap.lol
[June 9, 2006, 18:55]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback I like you Brits humor. Funny reading your remarks.
[June 9, 2006, 18:53]
10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
Talkback I once wrote 'admired by his piers' on a guy's evaluation, and my supervisor said, "You mean the short kind that you take a long walk on? It is peers.
[June 9, 2006, 18:49]
