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amanda6035 09-18-2008 09:33 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1707444)
Okay, so I know this is just a regional contraction, but I ABSOLUTELY hate when people misspell y'all! It's NOT ya'll. It is You and ALL contracted, thus y'all! Ha! Even GC's spell checker recognizes the difference. :D
A-FREAKIN-MEN

YouTee 10-24-2008 05:38 PM
"I could care less." This actually means that you do care. A lot of people make this mistake.

It should be "I couldn't care less." This means that I do not care at all, so it would be impossible to care less.


Also, why do so many people write "prolly" instead of probably?

Senusret I 10-24-2008 05:56 PM
....prolly because we choose to be informal sometimes. Nobody who writes prolly thinks it's a word.

UGAalum94 10-24-2008 06:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SydneyK (Post 1719647)
Supposively, huh? ;)
I've heard supposibly from a teacher too.

The weird merging of suppose and possibly makes me laugh.

Benzgirl 10-24-2008 06:22 PM
This one cracked me up. "Make sure you take home a momentum of this fabulous event".

KSUViolet06 10-24-2008 06:28 PM
I love this blog, and it's so appropriate for this thread:

http://www.englishfailblog.com/

Enjoy.

I.A.S.K. 10-24-2008 08:01 PM
I must add:
1. Lookded
2. Skinded
3. Likeded
4. Turnt
5. Hiret
6. Firet
7. Learnt
8. Skreet
9. Skrimp
10. Thang
11. Da or Dee
I am light skinned, but I am not light skinnded. I turned around when Dr. House told Chase he was fired. There is not a K in the word shrimp.

PeppyGPhiB 10-24-2008 08:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by YouTee (Post 1735441)
"I could care less." This actually means that you do care. A lot of people make this mistake.

It should be "I couldn't care less." This means that I do not care at all, so it would be impossible to care less.
This one drives me batty.

christiangirl 10-24-2008 08:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by I.A.S.K. (Post 1735507)
I must add:
I am light skinned, but I am not light skinnded.
AMEN!!!! *hi-five*


Quote:
Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 1713141)
A teacher at my job did this yesterday. I wanted to flick her in the back of the head and say "Stop telling that boy he did GOOD, we're supposed to be helping him improve his grammar!"
I said it almost two months ago and I'll say it again. If that woman tells one more child that he did good in school that day, I'm going to hit her in the back of the head with a textbook. :mad:

tinydancer 10-24-2008 10:00 PM
A grad school bud of mine was the librarian in the high school in a very small town. When the football banquet came around, it was attended by almost everyone in town. The head football coach got up to address the team and said "Boys, you done a real well job this year."

Needless to say, "You done a real well job" is now a popular catch phrase among my friends who were in school at that time.

YouTee 10-26-2008 01:10 PM
On another board, saw two posts which said "Dido" when they meant
"Ditto." Weird.

ZTABullwinkle 10-27-2008 01:34 PM
http://roflrazzi.files.wordpress.com...pg?w=500&h=378

Thought this was appropriate to this thread...

ASTalumna06 10-27-2008 02:22 PM
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but one of the things that drives me crazy is substituting “of” for “have”.

"I should of done my homework earlier"

SHOULD be:

"I should have done my homework earlier"

or...

"I would of invited her if she had been nicer to me"

SHOULD be:

"I would have invited her if she had been nicer to me"

epchick 10-27-2008 02:24 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 1736265)
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but one of the things that drives me crazy is substituting “of” for “have”.

"I should of done my homework earlier"

SHOULD be…

"I should have done my homework earlier"
Are you talking about written or spoken?

You do know that "I should've done my homework earlier" sounds like you are saying "of" but you are really saying "have."

ASTalumna06 10-27-2008 02:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by epchick (Post 1736267)
Are you talking about written or spoken?

You do know that "I should've done my homework earlier" sounds like you are saying "of" but you are really saying "have."
Oh, I'm definitely talking about written. I see it done on this site constantly.


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