I'm walls1441 and i condone the use of page 2.

9/10/2008 5:59:21 PM

Incorrect: 2.2
Correct: 2.02

9/10/2008 6:00:16 PM

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"You might could buy one."

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"I should of listened."

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"For all intensive purposes."

Anyone who says those deserves a punch to the balls/ovaries.

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"That fence needs fixed."

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"In which chair is he setting?"

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9/10/2008 6:23:25 PM

My all time favorite:

Incorrect: An historic...
Correct: A historic...

I fucking hate that. The people who say "an historic" are usually trying to sound smart, but fucking up isn't smart.

My forestry pet peeve is:
Incorrect: That stand needs thinned.
Correct: That stand needs to be thinned. Or, that stand needs thinning.

It goes along with "That fence needs fixed."

[Edited on September 10, 2008 at 7:58 PM. Reason : ]

9/10/2008 7:55:07 PM

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"Incorrect: We're going out. Do you want to come with? Correct: We're going out. Do you want to come with us? "

I hate this
I keep waiting for them to finish the fucking sentence

9/10/2008 7:58:38 PM

about a historic vs an historic

http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w005.html

9/10/2008 8:03:22 PM

i sometimes say your instead of you're

9/10/2008 8:15:57 PM

"want to come with?"

that's not supposed to be correct grammar... it's pretty much just a saying

9/10/2008 8:22:32 PM

Here's a pet peeve of mine:


Incorrect: My chair is broke.
Correct: My chair is broken.

9/10/2008 8:27:29 PM

i hate it when some bitch is all like "me and jake" or whatever when they caption a picture on facebook

it's "jake and I" you dumb shit.

9/10/2008 8:29:05 PM

way worse than that


"jake and myself"


WHY DO PEOPLE USE THE WORD MYSELF INCORRECTLY SO DAMN MUCH????

9/10/2008 8:30:26 PM

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"i hate it when some bitch is all like "me and jake" or whatever when they caption a picture on facebook it's "jake and I" you dumb shit."

If that's all the caption says, then you're wrong. If it were just the chick in the picture it wouldn't be captioned "I" and you'd call her retarded for that. It doesn't change because there's more than one person.

9/10/2008 9:38:44 PM

Incorrect: Inclimate
Correct: Inclement

Saw this in an SG email just now

9/11/2008 9:11:54 AM

common mistakes while speaking

9/11/2008 9:15:11 AM

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"If that's all the caption says, then you're wrong. If it were just the chick in the picture it wouldn't be captioned "I" and you'd call her retarded for that. It doesn't change because there's more than one person."

yep

I do use "you might could blah blah" but it's just growing up southern.


Incorrect: Open the lights

9/11/2008 9:54:45 AM

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"A quick bit of Googling reveals that — as of March 2008 — the phrase "a historic" is used on 5.1 million pages (68%), and "an historic" on 2.34 million pages (32%). There is a clear preference here in favour of "a historic". Even so, roughly one-third of the usage is for the other form. This supports the view that which form you use is little more than a personal preference. Both usages are sufficiently common to be considered correct in modern English. "

If being common makes something correct then the push for teaching ebonics would have a pretty damn good leg to stand on in most of NC.

9/11/2008 6:37:56 PM

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"Incorrect: This is the dumbest thread I've posted in Correct: This is the dumbest thread in which I've posted"

9/11/2008 7:40:44 PM

I had someone ask me if, "They comes to school," is correct the other day. And then proceeded to argue with me when I told them it's, "They come to school," and always has been.

9/11/2008 8:02:38 PM

I hate it when people are unsure of something, so they make their statements in the form of a question.

9/12/2008 12:18:51 AM

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"this has never been done before ever"

...but i'll play along.

"to where" when you mean to say when/such that/because/etc

using "you know" every other sentence.

ending a sentence in a preposition is obnoxious, but doing it when it's completely unnecessary is ridiculous. "where'd you get that at?"

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 10:43 AM. Reason : ]

9/12/2008 10:34:31 AM

I will argue that might could (and its sibling, used to could) are vital parts of our southern vernacular. I say them all the time and will continue to do so. If you don't like it, fuck off.

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" I think it is more of a northern thing, or at least PA Dutch. My family up in PA say shit like that all the time. They also say shit like "Outen that light" instead of "Turn out that light""

It's a PA thing, or at least some parts of the state. My grandmother comes from Catawissa (up in the mountains near Wilkes-Barre) and she says the same things. "Outen that light" always amused me.

9/12/2008 10:55:03 AM

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"I will argue that might could (and its sibling, used to could) are vital parts of our southern vernacular. I say them all the time and will continue to do so. If you don't like it, fuck off."

Hey, relax...not trying to change the status quo or anything. There's nothing wrong with pointing out the simple fact that it is incorrect.

9/12/2008 11:01:15 AM

INCORRECT: drownding
CORRECT: drowning

9/21/2008 9:46:56 PM

Incorrect: Leroy you best not be bringin' them drug in my house
Correct: Leroy you better not bring drugs to my house

9/21/2008 9:50:13 PM

Incorrect: Irregardless
Correct: Regardless

UGH!

9/21/2008 9:52:46 PM

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"I should of listened."

That's not really a speaking mistake, that's a listening one.

Most people (unless they're complete idiots) would say "I should've listened", which is a contraction of "should have"... a contraction which is perfectly acceptable in casual conversation, though you'd get marked off for it in any official context, or in an essay.

Grammar nazi's just don't hear the "ha" of "have" pronounced and assume they are hearing "should of".

9/21/2008 10:00:24 PM

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"That's not really a speaking mistake, that's a listening one. Most people (unless they're complete idiots) would say "I should've listened", which is a contraction of "should have"... a contraction which is perfectly acceptable in casual conversation, though you'd get marked off for it in any official context, or in an essay. Grammar nazi's just don't hear the "ha" of "have" pronounced and assume they are hearing "should of"."

1) No, it's definitely originating from the person making the statement. If you asked them to write down what they want to say, entirely too many would write should of.
2)

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"Most people (unless they're complete idiots)"

Most people are complete idiots. The kind who say should of instead of should have

3) nazi's

...

[Edited on September 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM. Reason : yalsdkjfg]

9/21/2008 10:02:27 PM

Eh, some people do actually think it's "of" or at least make it seem that way. Take a look at how many people type it, which presumably comes from the fact that they say it that way and nobody thinks much about anything anymore.

9/21/2008 10:02:59 PM

stillfurshia

9/21/2008 10:03:42 PM

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"There is a clear preference here in favour of "a historic". Even so, roughly one-third of the usage is for the other form. This supports the view that which form you use is little more than a personal preference. "

Most Americans or Canadians would say it as "a historic", because the first syllable of the word is a clear H.
Most non-American English-speakers would say it as "an historic", because the H is virtually silent in a British or Australian dialect, so the word would start with an I vowel sound. A fast-speaking American who is likely to glaze right over the H sound should also probably be using "an" (I tend to do this).

So yeah, both are correct.

[Edited on September 21, 2008 at 10:10 PM. Reason : .]

9/21/2008 10:08:32 PM

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"Incorrect: I will axe him a question. Correct: I will ask him a question."

racist.

9/21/2008 10:10:34 PM

this thread sux.

9/21/2008 10:19:46 PM

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"I will argue that might could (and its sibling, used to could) are vital parts of our southern vernacular. I say them all the time and will continue to do so. If you don't like it, fuck off."

What does "might could" even mean?

Feel free to keep saying it all you want. Just be aware that you sound like a fucking retard when you do...

9/21/2008 10:52:04 PM

"You might could do something" means "Maybe you could do something" or "There's a possibility that you could do something"

It is bad grammar and southern vernacular, but you seriously couldn't figure out the meaning?

9/21/2008 10:53:40 PM

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"Incorrect: Irregardless Correct: Regardless"

i hate that one.

9/21/2008 10:53:54 PM

^^ it's redundant and absolutely putrid to listen to even...

I certainly don't speak perfect English by any stretch of the imagination, but that just sounds terrible.. and I don't care if it's Southern/Northern/European/etc...

9/21/2008 11:01:56 PM

y'all would hate people speaking Pidgin.

don't ever go to Hawaii.

9/21/2008 11:06:41 PM

er

[Edited on September 21, 2008 at 11:09 PM. Reason : ]

9/21/2008 11:08:42 PM

Incorrect: Can I have a cheeseburger?
Correct: I can has cheezburger?

Internet newspeak at its finest.

[Edited on September 21, 2008 at 11:14 PM. Reason : l]

9/21/2008 11:09:55 PM