except and accept
(Topic ID: 300942)
Quoted from Jamesays:Let me axe you a question
Totally agree... Everyone should know there is no 'e' when you write "let me ax you a question"
Fort Worth, TX
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Sorry, I was on a role, uhm, roll.
I'm having too much fun with this distraction.
who vs. whom
lie vs. lay
hanged vs. hung
affect vs. effect
anyway vs. any way
alot vs. a lot
capital vs. capitol
principal vs. principle
allusion vs. illusion
elicit vs. illicit
its vs. it's
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis .
Nice! I memorized this as a kid, and it usually impresses when I rattle it off.
It's not really a word , but a phrase, I hear a lot " these ones" ... Its not, I like these ones, they look the best, its, I like these, they look the best ... leave out the "ones", has no business being in a sentence after these
Probably nobody else cares as much as I do, but my blood boils when people use poisonous instead of venomous...there is no such thing as a poisonous snake!
Poison is when you eat it
Venom is when it eats you.
I know there have been books published called "Poisonous Snakes of
.. wherever" but they are wrong, dead fucking wrong.
B
Edmonton, AB
Quoted from ZooDude:Probably nobody else cares as much as I do,
that is why you are the ZOODUDE!
Improper use of “me” and “I.”
“I” is used when it is the subject, so “I and my friend were playing pins,” not “Me and my friend were playing pins.”
Proper use of “me” is as an object. And that doesn’t change when it is added to another object. Obviously, “me” is correctly used when saying “He waited for me.” No one would say “He waited for I.” Similarly it is incorrect to say “He waited for my friend and I.” It should be “He waited for my friend and me.”
Quoted from KozMckPinball:very unique for just unique
Definitely agree. “Unique” means one of a kind. Nothing is “very” one of a kind.
Quoted from BigalzPinz:It's not really a word , but a phrase, I hear a lot " these ones" ... Its not, I like these ones, they look the best, its, I like these, they look the best ... leave out the "ones", has no business being in a sentence after these
Guilty as charged. I say “these ones” and “those ones” all the time!
Sunshine
Quoted from MattElder:*Site*
I was wondering when someone would pick up on that.
"You could of went to the store."
This is like nails on a chalkboard to me. The number of times I see "of" in place of "have" every day makes me shudder. Could of, would of, should of; did these people ever go to elementary school?!
And then "went" instead of "gone", the icing on the poor grammar cake.
I cringe whenever I hear people say "on accident" instead of "by accident". Grammatically, I don't think it's incorrect but it just sounds wrong.
It’s tough being a grammar stickler on the south side of Chicago. Typical conversation:
“Hey Chisox, they ain’t got no more Guinness, chu want summa dat Malort?”
“No thanks, I’ll just have a Stella please”
“Hold up, supposebly dey have more a dem Guinness in da storage room”
*Chisox sighs and bites his tongue*
Quoted from chalkup8:Cash a check ??
No. cash a cheque .
Put another shrimp on the Barbie and calm down.
Rofl
I was wrong concerning my earlier Post.
The "F" word was not featured in any English Dictionary from 1795 to 1965.
So its an Outlaw word, that can mean anything, at anytime in any situation.
It's also all documented. People don't know how to properly use it and really don't need to know.
Maybe thats why its used so much, in so many ways.
Reply
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!
Donate to PinsideGreat to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
