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HassleCat

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51. I guess it depends

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 03:44 PM

Jan 2016

It's OK to correct someone who says, "Lots of people came to my party." Just keep in mind that you probably won't be invited to the next one.

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Am I being a grammar Nazi? [View all] hedgehog Jan 2016 OP

Me and my wife can't stand bad grammar (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #1

I see what you did there. hedgehog Jan 2016 #2

:) Fewer/less grate on me too, but Hortensis Jan 2016 #33

I never could stand folks who don't talk good. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #3

"...don't talk no good". Their, I fixed it four you. ret5hd Jan 2016 #12

I new it didn't look write. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #50

It is a fact of the English language that we have "count" nouns and "non-count" nouns. Nitram Jan 2016 #4

Or "a few" to mark significance Hortensis Jan 2016 #40

Only to those who enlightenment Jan 2016 #5

That "less/fewer" shit bothers the fuck out of me, too. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2016 #6

And then there are those who post subject lines that don't make sense and never proofread. randome Jan 2016 #7

How do you stand on loser/looser? Kingofalldems Jan 2016 #8

Spell check will be the death of English as we know it! hedgehog Jan 2016 #10

Only a loser doesn't know the difference. WinkyDink Jan 2016 #23

It annoys me too, but I don't never say anything. n/t Lil Missy Jan 2016 #9

Although I use both properly, the other usages MineralMan Jan 2016 #11

Agree, but you're fighting an uphill battle JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #13

Arrrrgh! hedgehog Jan 2016 #14

Sometimes just getting something typed is a miracle on an IPhone. yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #15

iPhone elljay Jan 2016 #45

Yep! yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #46

I've always thought that correction of grammar is a benefit given to us. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #16

english enid602 Jan 2016 #17

Must the term "Nazi" be used in this context? oberliner Jan 2016 #18

I agree with you, but slang is slang. hedgehog Jan 2016 #20

"Indian giver" used to be a common slang term oberliner Jan 2016 #25

I think retiring words from slang requires a general consensus - hedgehog Jan 2016 #29

Well now that would be offensive to me. There's nothing correct about guttural language. nt Fla Dem Jan 2016 #52

What if the OP edited speeches for Hitler? Android3.14 Jan 2016 #31

Aw, are we being mean to the poor helpless nazis? Iggo Jan 2016 #38

No - it minimizes what the Nazis really were oberliner Jan 2016 #53

I did nazi that one coming pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #39

Now that was clever oberliner Jan 2016 #54

I could not care less, nor give fewer shits. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2016 #19

Congratulations on getting that phrase correct - most people leave hedgehog Jan 2016 #21

You could have put that worse. elias49 Jan 2016 #24

Nein! As a former English teacher, I think mushy grammar is a plot by math majors! Haha! WinkyDink Jan 2016 #22

As a former engineer, I find this confusion very painful because it is hedgehog Jan 2016 #26

So many things in life are. Heh. WinkyDink Jan 2016 #27

Non-count nouns are usually counted based on weight or volume. Nitram Jan 2016 #43

As a former engineer, one of my pet peeves is "400% less calories!" lumberjack_jeff Jan 2016 #44

Maybe. But I'm glad you are. People should strive for better communication skills and Cleita Jan 2016 #28

Do you understand what they're trying to say, these people whose grammar bothers you so much? tularetom Jan 2016 #30

Passive voice Android3.14 Jan 2016 #32

One may note more or fewer confetti Cirque du So-What Jan 2016 #34

Wouldn't that be "confetto"? Igel Jan 2016 #42

Nice post, Stannis. Iggo Jan 2016 #35

So I am lead to believe pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #36

Personally, I'm on board with the less/fewer thing Orrex Jan 2016 #37

Jag blir less. Quantess Jan 2016 #41

Yes. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #47

the less you worry about that hfojvt Jan 2016 #48

No. My mother taught English and that was one of her pet peeves. CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #49

I guess it depends HassleCat Jan 2016 #51

No Glorfindel Jan 2016 #55

Similarly mac56 Jan 2016 #56

I am very picky about correct usage. SheilaT Jan 2016 #57

The substitution of Them/they for gender specific pronouns hedgehog Jan 2016 #58

Oh, that I know. SheilaT Jan 2016 #59