PSA: Roll ≠ Role

[ijack]

Sept 4, 2013 11:48:09 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Confession: I have no clue how to use semicolons. I think I missed that when I changed primary schools.

add me to this group. I'm an engineer - I can't do sentence structure.

[Deleted]

Sept 4, 2013 12:00:42 GMT -5 Stan said:

Sept 4, 2013 11:37:49 GMT -5 v said:

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.

It's higher. They're racist if the GA flag is higher. And actually I tend to think it's not purposeful. It's racist if it is. I'm just pointing out, in what I intended to be a lighthearted remark, that we all have our codes to stave off the dark depths of nihilism. Enforcing grammar rules through public shaming is as reasonable as any other.

I think homophone mistakes can generally be attributed to multitasking. Especially on this board where I tend to think most everyone is intelligent. I always thought LYS was yelling at people to start Roths, not getting it wrong, lol.

I meant higher  Sorry!

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Sept 4, 2013 12:03:56 GMT -5 @songforyou said:

Sept 4, 2013 12:00:42 GMT -5 Stan said:

 I always thought LYS was yelling at people to start Roths, not getting it wrong, lol.

I am so mad I can't recall seeing this.

She does it all the time.

Here is an example: pandce.proboards.com/thread/211381/401-wisdom-discuss-roth-traditional

(You will note that she jumped in to lecture about IRAs, which were entirely irrelevant to the discussion).

[niq]

Sept 4, 2013 11:29:05 GMT -5 Stan said:

Sept 4, 2013 11:19:26 GMT -5 v said:

What are grammar rules really though? Just printed words on paper.

I am right there with you, except when it comes to insure/ensure, and maybe affect/effect.

[rachelgreen]

I'm just going to assume that I do every single one of these grammar violations and move on.

[Velvetshady]

completely relevant to this thread, I'm watching the US Open right now and Chris Evert does not know the different between "less" and "fewer". Nails on a chalkboard, nails on a fricking chalkboard. Hell, the screeching from the players isn't as annoying.

[Deleted]

One more for the list: the use of 's to form a plural.

[niq]

Sept 4, 2013 12:22:42 GMT -5 kooshball said:

The day is complete. It's only 10:20 am and this is the second grammar police thread I have read.

that leaves like 12 hours to get into one debate about REAs, and another about BFing.

[Velvetshady]

Sept 4, 2013 12:22:42 GMT -5 kooshball said:

The day is complete. It's only 10:20 am and this is the second grammar police thread I have read.

But truth be told, the bulk of this thread isn't actually about grammar, it is about correct/incorrect word usage. So it is more of a vocabulary police thread than a grammar police thread

Rebuff conventions utilized on behalf of comprehension.

[Deleted]

We have a rule during lab: if a student ends a sentence in a preposition, we yell the preposition back at them.

"Where's that paper at?"

"AT!!

Grammar can be fun.

[bronxgirl]

My boss makes a lot of really silly grammatical errors all the time. The one I notice the most is the overabundance of unneeded apostrophes. It drives me crazy. You're the manager of the department and represent us to the rest of the organization, LEARN BASIC ENGLISH!
One holdover from my Knot days is when people confuse aisle vs. isle.

[Deleted]

OMG HOW DID I FORGET THIS ONE? "FEEL BADLY"!!!! OMG FEEL BADLY!

STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB!

[lya]

I have a punctuation related question. How do extended dashes work? I recently wrote by dissertation proposal. One of the comments I received was that I overuse semicolons, particularly where an extended dash would be more appropriate. This seemed odd to me. Any insight? This was a scientific document if that matters.

[Deleted]

lya -- here's the rule

Note: I am, like, the worst abuser of extended dashes ever.  I use them in like every sentence.

[sometimesrunner]

Sept 4, 2013 11:34:04 GMT -5 littlespitfire said:

One that really bugs me is "balling."

crying = bawling
being cool and rich, like Skee-Lo wishes he could do = balling

I'm pretty sure the exact spelling is ballin'.  

[phunluvin82]

I LOVE this thread.

I will cop to being an egregious over user of commas and ellipses though. Only on message boards and FB, not in formal writing.

[lya]

Sept 4, 2013 13:08:08 GMT -5 v said:

lya -- here's the rule

Note: I am, like, the worst abuser of extended dashes ever.  I use them in like every sentence.

Thanks! 

[greekypie]

Sept 4, 2013 13:14:17 GMT -5 sometimesrunner said:

Sept 4, 2013 11:34:04 GMT -5 littlespitfire said:

One that really bugs me is "balling."

crying = bawling
being cool and rich, like Skee-Lo wishes he could do = balling

I'm pretty sure the exact spelling is ballin'.  

[WOT?*]

Well, v - if their hands are numb or they have no fingers...

[Deleted]

Improper use of ellipses enrages me. My sil ends every text with an elipse, and it makes me crazy.

Sure...
Be there on 10...
Can you come over for dinner...

::insert wild, crazy-eyed look of fury::

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Sept 4, 2013 13:51:47 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

Improper use of ellipses enrages me. My sil ends every text with an elipse, and it makes me crazy.

Sure...
Be there on 10...
Can you come over for dinner...

::insert wild, crazy-eyed look of fury::

My MIL does the same thing. My H interprets it as her being passive aggressive. "How was your day?" "OK..."

WHAT DO YOU REALLY MEAN? WAS YOUR DAY TERRIBLE??

[MamaMaui24]

[WOT?*]

[cricketwife]

This thread was so fun after a long day at work. I've definitely made thoughtless errors on this board, but I've never said, "My mother went to the store with my sister and I." Objects, people! Objects!

[shopgirl07]

You know what has popped up lately? Payed. I got payed today. I payed a lot of money for the shoes. No, nope. It's paid.

[catbus]

Sept 4, 2013 11:46:26 GMT -5 justjen said:

This is why I have a job. Keep screwing up, people! I'll take my red pen all the way to the bank.

And here's a great example of correct and prudent comma usage! People always seem to leave off the offsetting comma, thinking it's unnecessary. Without justjen's comma in the above bolded sentence, it would read, "Keep screwing up people!" See the difference?

I have misunderstood many sentences due to lack of commas. 

[catbus]

Can we also address incorrect usage of the word "which"? Here's an example of usage I see and hear regularly: "I wanted to go to the movie, but H did not (which, how did I know that would happen?) so we just stayed home." 

How does anyone think this is correct? It drives me insane. 

[MrsDarcy]

I HATE:

"They came over to Jason and I's house."

"I's" is NEVER correct!

Also:

It's voila. Not walla, wallah, or viola.

Ugh! Thanks!

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Sept 4, 2013 18:05:51 GMT -5 catbus said:

Can we also address incorrect usage of the word "which"? Here's an example of usage I see and hear regularly: "I wanted to go to the movie, but H did not (which, how did I know that would happen?) so we just stayed home." 

How does anyone think this is correct? It drives me insane. 

That is conversational/colloquial/stylistic to me.  I think I use "which" in that way -- I don't think that is the correct way to use the word which but it adds something to the sentence that is hard to convey with proper English (particularly in writing).

I also use "like" in typed sentences to, like, make a point.  I mean, I know that isn't correct at all but, again, I think it adds something.  I also use "literally" wrong to be overdramatic.  If you ever see me post "I am so hungry that I literally am going to die," I assure you that I don't literally literally think I'm going to die. 

[krystee]

This thread makes me happy. Another one that irritates me: could of, should of, would of, etc.