something that's been bothering me

[drnkntklr]

They're/Their/There

and

your/you're/ur

That bugs me even more.

This, along with the whole barefeet and barefoot bit bothers me almost as much as the misuse of "then" and "than". It's called English. I'm foreign, what's your excuse? =)

 

[Phineas]

This, along with the whole barefeet and barefoot bit bothers me almost as much as the misuse of "then" and "than". It's called English. I'm foreign, what's your excuse? =)

The funny part is, most foreigners who apologize for their English still speak it better than the natives.

 

[Flatfoot]

The funny part is, most foreigners who apologize for their English still speak it better than the natives.

That always makes me wonder if people speaking other languages speak and type as lazily as many typing/speaking/butchering English.

 

[Coup de Grace]

We have reached an historic moment in the TMF forums. Basic English and grammar are being discussed without vitriol. 😛

 

[Gadilici]

Sorry...I don't speaka da English.

I speak 'Merican!

And as Professor Higgins said, "Americans haven't spoken English in years".

Or maybe spoke....hmmmm... My grammar bad is.

But Yoda understands me, does.

Foreigners don't get the grammar. In a lot of ways they speak more proper, more formal English, but they reverse a lot of stuff. "What means this?" as opposed to "What does this mean?"

Honestly I prefer the Non-English European way of speaking English. More direct. Fewer extraneous words. Instead of the four words, "How are things going?" they can do it in two; "How goes?" English has so many needless words.

And it's an very imprecise language.

And to hear it in it's most lyrical, beautiful, artistic form, it has to be Old English . Beowulf in modern English is great, but in Anglo-Saxon it just rules with much awesomeness.

Christopher

 

[emilyemilyemily]

man. i'm really glad i made this thread. i'm in one of those mean moods right now where i just want to pick on people, and this shit is great for getting out all my pent-up anger at absolutely nothing.

 

[chicago]

This grammar mistake is a lot more understandable than some of the other ridiculous typos and shit.

On a separate note...

Does a person have a right to be a grammar nazi while making statements like "I can haz a hug" or is it ok when the misspelled statement is light-hearted?

 

[emilyemilyemily]

This grammar mistake is a lot more understandable than some of the other ridiculous typos and shit.

On a separate note...

Does a person have a right to be a grammar nazi while making statements like "I can haz a hug" or is it ok when the misspelled statement is light-hearted?

the latter. if it's obviously intentional and meant to be silly, it's fine.

 

[Deleted member 66627]

Does a person have a right to be a grammar nazi while making statements like "I can haz a hug" or is it ok when the misspelled statement is light-hearted?

Apparently it's Ok, I guess.

I refrain from throwing an opinion in because I use too many commas.

 

[emilyemilyemily]

Apparently it's Ok, I guess.

I refrain from throwing an opinion in because I use too many commas.

you can never, have too, many commas.

 

[Comfort Eagle]

you can never, have too, many commas.

Never, ever? But how, say, if you were unsure, more or less, about when to finish your thoughts on a subject, or maybe elaborate more?

 

[Flatfoot]

Yeah, the inclusion of LOLspeak/LOLcatspeak in everyday language complicates things a bit. I sometimes want to smack myself in the head when I'm at work, and I open my lunch cooler, thinking to myself in these words, "I has a sammich!" I don't know what to think. It reminds me of how I used to hate how younger people communicate through text messages, thinking it was laziness. Now I understand that when text messages get costly, and you only have 160 characters per message, abbreviating most words in a way that you understand actually makes quite a bit of sense! I still won't do it, though. That's because it takes me more thought on how to spell stuff wrong to shorten it, than it does to just type what I mean.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in today's English classes, especially considering I've seen some people on the internet claiming to be English teachers and posting some atrocious word vomit.

 

[Deleted member 66627]

If I could marry an inanimate ..thing, it would be commas. Fer reals.

 

[Gadilici]

The communications class that I was in for 3 weeks said if you can avoid a comma, do so.

But, I, like, commas, s,o,o,o,o, much,!

Serious over user of commas....You're not alone, Crystal.

Christopher,

 

[Aimee]

Is there any sentence in the English language that has a comma after every word and is still correct?

 

[Flatfoot]

A quick, cut-and-dry lesson on apostrophes.

 

[Artoo]

If I could marry an inanimate ..thing...

If your country becomes any more liberal than it already is, that glorious day won't be far off. 😉

 

[Deleted member 66627]

The communications class that I was in for 3 weeks said if you can avoid a comma, do so.

But, I, like, commas, s,o,o,o,o, much,!

Serious over user of commas....You're not alone, Crystal.

Christopher,

lmao.

You, sir, are ten kinds of awesome wrapped in a layered crust of epic-ness.

If your country becomes any more liberal than it already is, that glorious day won't be far off. 😉

bwahahahha ily

 

[Gadilici]

Well, that made getting up this morning worth it!😀

ILY back at ya.

lmao.

You, sir, are ten kinds of awesome wrapped in a layered crust of epic-ness.


bwahahahha ily

Oh yeah, also an addiction to sentence fragments...lol

Christopher

 

[emilyemilyemily]

Is there any sentence in the English language that has a comma after every word and is still correct?

doubtful, buuuut...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo

 

[ViperGTS]

MAN I HATE LOWER CASE LETTERS

 

[tequila!]

Is there any sentence in the English language that has a comma after every word and is still correct?

Only if Christopher Walken is the one saying it

 

[milagros317]

doubtful, buuuut...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo

Thanks for the link, Emily, I had never seen that one before.

I had seen this one:

On a grammar test, the students had to decide whether "had" or "had had" was the correct word or phrase to use to fill in a blank in a sentence. What happened, with regard to the two students, John and Mary, is explained below.

Mary, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had the teacher's approval as the correct answer.

11 in a row of the same word in a grammatically correct sentence. 🙂

PS: The use of "barefeet" instead of "bare feet" grates on me, too.

 

[Iggy]

Yup. Barefoot can also be an adverb though, I think. "She ran barefoot through the woods." Barefoot is modifying ran. Although I'm not sure, you can't make it "barefootly." Maybe you avoid the whole thing by saying "she ran without shoes through the woods. ???

Zing! One for you, sasaxrah!
If they had examples like this in my exercise book, grammar class would have been much more interesting, no?

 

[spike246]

Barefeet

Sorry Emily with all this talk about barefeet I cant help wonder what your barefeet look like and if they are ticklish. When I see a pretty girl ultimately I wonder if she has ticklish feet . Maybe to much of a barefeet overload for me.