Can we also do principal vs. principle? I saw this a lot (NOT alot) in the Fidelity retirement post yesterday, but I didn't want to be the asshole who swooped in and went all language police in the middle of a good discussion.
PrinciPAL = the amount originally invested (or the head of a school - remember, he or she is your PAL)
Heals is probably the one that bothers me the most.
I've spent a lot of my morning thinking about this -- we are getting INUNDATED by commercials for the democratic primaries. One of the candidates has an ad that says that one of her goals is to promote "good paying jobs" for the middle class.
I really want to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she means that she wants to promote jobs that both (a) are good, and (b) pay, but since (to me at least) one of the requirements of being a good job is that you receive a paycheck and therefore "paying" would be redundant in that scenario, I suspect that she means that she will promote jobs that pay good. Which,
Also, one of these days I am going to completely lose it on someone who writes REdiculous or the worst offense of all - definiAtely.
Listen up, assholes. It's DEFINITELY. With 2 I's. There is no A in the word. Do you remember suffixes and prefixes from grade school? No? Well, fuck you. THERE IS A ROOT WORD, AND IT IS FINITE.
Can we also do principal vs. principle? I saw this a lot (NOT alot) in the Fidelity retirement post yesterday, but I didn't want to be the asshole who swooped in and went all language police in the middle of a good discussion.
PrinciPAL = the amount originally invested (or the head of a school - remember, he or she is your PAL)
PrinciPLE = a rule
This one too! This one too!
I started to get confused while I was writing in that thread because of all the principles.
Post by heyrebekah on Sept 4, 2013 11:27:48 GMT -5
There is a sign for a burger place that I pass on my way to work -- under the picture of a delicious looking burger it says, "Go two blocks and on the left!" Fills me with rage every single day.
There is a sign for a burger place that I pass on my way to work -- under the picture of a delicious looking burger it says, "Go two blocks and on the left!" Fills me with rage every single day.
Maybe a disgruntled ex-employee stole all of the "I"s they use for signs?
I started to get confused while I was writing in that thread because of all the principles.
OK, OK! Sheesh.
You were not the one who started it It happens to the best of us!
And speaking of which, I know I've bitched about it before, but it is a "Roth," not "ROTH," IRA. I'll be honest -- when someone spouts off advice about "ROTH IRAs," I assume that they aren't very knowledgeable on the topic (or else they'd know how to spell it) and kind of disregard what they say.
Heals is probably the one that bothers me the most.
I've spent a lot of my morning thinking about this -- we are getting INUNDATED by commercials for the democratic primaries. One of the candidates has an ad that says that one of her goals is to promote "good paying jobs" for the middle class.
I really want to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she means that she wants to promote jobs that both (a) are good, and (b) pay, but since (to me at least) one of the requirements of being a good job is that you receive a paycheck and therefore "paying" would be redundant in that scenario, I suspect that she means that she will promote jobs that pay good. Which,
What are grammar rules really though? Just printed words on paper. See V, we all have our non punitive codes that matter to us! For some of us it's making sure we're properly expressing ourselves with nary a mistake in homophones, for others it's flying a dyed piece of cloth appropriately.
You know how you assume that people are racist if they fly the Georgia flag a bit lower than the US flag? I assume they're not very well-educated and/or smart if they don't know the difference between well and good or heals and heels.
Also, there are quite a few people who could use a lesson on semicolons and why they're your friend.
I will admit to the overuse of commas and the likely underuse of semicolons.
Commas are your friend too! I'm a very liberal user of commas.
But sometimes it is a semicolon that you really want; in those instances, your sentence will be clearer and more correct if you use the semicolon.
(As opposed to "But sometimes it is a semicolon that you really want, in those instances, your sentence will be clearer and more correct if you use the semicolon.")