Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
Jelenedra:
Apparently, She Knows Better Than You. We should just agree with her and try to be perfect like her.
PirateFaafy:
There is, however, something to be said about certain evolutions that should really be repressed for the sake of sanity, such as the movement that exists in high school environments known as "I should be allowed to spell things however I want, since languages are always changing". Usually, I just direct them to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Jelenedra:
Yeaaaah, you can spell NAMES however you want. Sounds like those students need to have some spelling tests that count for 20% of their final grade. Along with essays that having 10% knocked off for too many spelling errors.
rufio:
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 16, 08:03:43
Another one for the record. It bugs the shit out of me when I hear, again on TV, the incorrect use of either, or and neither, nor. 1 out of a 100 times, I will hear ' I don't like that man', said Jane. 'Me either', said Joan. What has happened to the double negative?
I believe it's simply short for "I don't either", since negatives are generally marked with the auxiliary in English anyway. I don't know why it's "me", but the for the record I've also heard "me neither".
Quote from: PirateFaafy on 2009 July 16, 15:21:11
There is, however, something to be said about certain evolutions that should really be repressed for the sake of sanity, such as the movement that exists in high school environments known as "I should be allowed to spell things however I want, since languages are always changing".
Yeah, that's not "evolution".
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 16, 10:59:37
Yeah, discovered MATY and this thread on a link from Mod the Sims and since I love English (UK that is) I quickly jumped onto this thread to air my pet peeves about US English, although I am aware that it is here to stay. ;)
So, since we don't speak your favorite language, you're going to go trolling so you can tell us we're doing it wrong? I'm not particularly fond of French, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go to a board where people speak French occasionally and tell them all to STFU and that US English is the One True Language.
CheritaChen:
Quote from: rufio on 2009 July 16, 16:03:17
I'm not particularly fond of French, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go to a board where people speak French occasionally and tell them all to STFU and that US English is the One True Language.
Why not? It sounds like a lovely way to entertain yourself. Just imagine how indignant and rude you might goad them into being! Perhaps you would even learn new obscenities in French. Then you could report back here and tell us all about it.
Le singe est sur la branche....
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