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Grammatically Incorrect (Original Post)
Different Drummer
Aug 2022
OP
a language test i took said i am a language god, but i still IS gonna use ain't.
pansypoo53219
Aug 2022
#14
Higherarky
(637 posts)1. Oh, my! Where to begin???
Truely!
😉
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)3. I'm a bit of a grammarian and it always amazes me...
how people abuse and misuse the English language. Every time I think I'm over my astonishment, I'm not.
Higherarky
(637 posts)9. I feel you, Friend.
It's challenging to squelch the grammer cop who lives in my skin, especially when I catch myself erring! *facepalm*
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)11. I err on occasion myself. n/t
3catwoman3
(23,985 posts)18. And which way do you pronounce...
err? The correct dictionary way that sounds pretentious because almost no one says ur, or the almost everyone way of air?
Ive found if I say ur people look at me like I just said something really weird, so I mispronounce it on purpose.
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)19. I go with "air." n/t
Ptah
(33,029 posts)2. Full image:
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)6. Made a mistake
They are should be their
Conjuay
(1,384 posts)15. I believe
You mean
"They are" should be "their"
rsdsharp
(9,175 posts)8. Reminds me of the lawn service I fired when they put down
a broadleaf contact herbicide in late October to kill: Crap Grass.
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)10. But the apostrophes are correctly used !
I guess they decided to tow the line on that one.
skylucy
(3,739 posts)4. Good one!
Karadeniz
(22,516 posts)5. That's a joke, right?
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)7. Off course it is.
Higherarky
(637 posts)13. Of coarse!
GreenWave
(6,754 posts)12. Some people just take English for granite.
pansypoo53219
(20,976 posts)14. a language test i took said i am a language god, but i still IS gonna use ain't.
reading old books helps. sigh. 1800's americans were so much smarter.
zanana1
(6,113 posts)16. I love the escape goats!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)17. Toak da how rite reel goad course at Trump Unavercity. n/t