This really doesn't have anything to do with this, but it bothers me so I'm going to put it here. I have a coworker who says "whatnot" about 30 times a day. "After we send this to the vendor and whatnot" "So if we have a meeting and whatnot" "I think we should add instructions and whatnot"
STOP SAYING WHATNOT AFTER EVERYTHING YOU DOUCHEBAG.
I have the same knee jerk hatred for "anywho."
NO. NO NO NO NO NO.
No.
Stop it. No.
Yes! I have a very special hatred for the "word" anywho. If someone I am talking to uses it, I like them a little bit less. It is like nails on a chalkboard.
I hate when using the correct form of "This is a picture of H and me" makes you sound like a dummy because SO many people say "This is a picture of H and I". That one always gets me!
Yesssssssssssss! This one drives me nuts too! I always remind myself about this rule by taking the other person out of the sentence.
I think dictionaries are more in the business of reflecting common usage than in prescribing correct usage.
Use? Usage? Now I'm really self-conscious about everything I post in this thread. lol
All depends on if the dictionary is descriptive or prescriptive. M-W is descriptive, it tells you how words are used. American Heritage is prescriptive, it tells you how words should be used (and also has a wonderful usage guide available).
fuuuuuck. i'm just glad cville is far too busy to read my blog, because i have a feeling she'd be irritated as hell at least once in every post. most likely multiple times.
fuuuuuck. i'm just glad cville is far too busy to read my blog, because i have a feeling she'd be irritated as hell at least once in every post. most likely multiple times.
LOL. I promise, I don't go around popping off/looking askance at every opportunity. Sometimes I just need to get it out when I've seen something for the 1,000th time, and this is my only vehicle.
I see this alllll the time. On here a ton. But everywhere. THAT is for nonhumans. WHO is for humans.
So, for example:
A) Omigah, the goose that tormented 05heel is such an asshat!
B) You know 05heel? The woman who was tormented by the asshat goose?
So, when you're talking about your MIL's hosebeast friend, it's not "some lady that my MIL knows totally posted about my baby's birth on FB before I could!!!!!" it's "some lady who my MIL knows."
Got it? Okay. Thanks.
OMG, THANK YOU. I just had this conversation with my 7th graders.
Okay, now you're going to be known as the poster who annoyed the hell out of me in a post one time.
It is sloppy writing to use "that" for people. Sloppy, and unclear. It's "wrong" not to put your best foot forward in written communication.
Listen, I can totally get on board with sloppy writing being annoying. This is what I do professionally. I get you. But it's a message board where BEC and berbles are accepted vocab. I'm only saying what you presented as a hard-and-fast rule is not.
This really doesn't have anything to do with this, but it bothers me so I'm going to put it here. I have a coworker who says "whatnot" about 30 times a day. "After we send this to the vendor and whatnot" "So if we have a meeting and whatnot" "I think we should add instructions and whatnot"
STOP SAYING WHATNOT AFTER EVERYTHING YOU DOUCHEBAG.
I have the same knee jerk hatred for "anywho."
NO. NO NO NO NO NO.
No.
Stop it. No.
I feel this way about "a whole nother." WTF is a "nother??" It's not a word! It's a whole OTHER or another. STAAAHHHHHP!
And if one more student writes "defiantly" instead of "definitely" in an essay, I might scream. Not sure if they are typos or they truly don't know how to spell "definitely." I guess I know what word we need to go over next. Not a grammar issue, but I needed to get that off my chest!