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43 Grammar errors to wet your appetite and peak you're interest
(4 grammar errors in the above)
Others at:
https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/43-embarrassing-phrases-even-smart-people-use.html
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,509 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)19. Per say or persay
Both are incorrect because the Latin phrase which means "in itself" or "intrinsically" is spelled "per se." The best communicators speak and write clearly and concisely and probably avoid phrases like this one anyway.
I laughed when I saw this - I had a fellow in csr svc use this all the time - like nails on a chaulk board to me...I could hear him from my cubical...I never corrected him - he was good at taking care of his csr...
Another that bites - when someone uses "anyways" - why? - drop the "s" PULEEZ.....my son did this until I mentioned it..now he does it on purpose..too funny....
DK504
(3,847 posts)One of my sources of irratation is a; 'a moot point'. Moot means something is open for debate rather than the debate is over and nothing more need be said.
And I know my grammer sucks.
barbtries
(28,817 posts)because i tend to use the latter definition when i say something is moot:
moot point. A debatable question, an issue open to argument; also, an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance. For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics, or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first.
https://www.google.com/search?q=+moot+point&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,124 posts)But so does labeling a phrase that is grammatically correct as grammatically incorrect merely because it is a mangled idiom.
chia
(2,244 posts)Recommended: Reword the sentence (preferable) or spell out 43.
But a great link. Thank you!
packman
(16,296 posts)Always spell it out at the beginning.
1st thing I learned at school.
BTW - There are six mistakes
muriel_volestrangler
(101,405 posts)Why should it make a difference at the start of a sentence? I think you may be talking about *style*, not grammar.
packman
(16,296 posts)You are probably right that it applies more to style than grammar
For the rule:
http://www.editage.com/insights/scientific-writing-avoid-starting-sentences-with-a-number-or-abbreviation
3catwoman3
(24,092 posts)...increasingly seen and heard is various bastardizations of voila (sorry, don't know how to get the proper "thingy" over the the 'a').
The one that I can remember right now is "walla," but I know I have seen others. The first time I saw "walla," it took me quite a while to figure out what it was supposed to be.
My husband pronounces the "t" in often, and says "acrosst" instead of across. Annoys me every time I hear him do it.
Off-topic, but discussing "voila" reminds me that I am always frustrated when an author includes dialog bwtween characters in French, or some other language besides English, and does not translate for the reader. I feel like I must be missing something that is probably worth knowing.
ProfessorPlum
(11,280 posts)maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)MiniMe
(21,722 posts)Sorry, couldn't resisit
Response to MiniMe (Reply #21)
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packman
(16,296 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,280 posts)maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)Kudos to the author.
BTW, "Kudos" is not the plural of a "Kudo". It's Greek. It just means praise.
mitch96
(13,940 posts)When I hear "Oh its so fun".. .grrr Isn't it so MUCH fun???? I sucked in english so all my grammar is OJT... I don't know what grammatical name FUN is but doesn't it need a modifier in front of it??
Like MUCH??
Or the term, REdouble... Doesn't RE mean to do over??? and double is twice. So redouble is to do something four times??? Correct me if I'm wrong... I'm better with a wrench (wench?) than a predicate/noun/verb/past participle..
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Codeine
(25,586 posts)so you're basically correct -- when you redouble you're doubling an already doubled effort.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)mitch96
(13,940 posts)Almost as bad as mr spelling bee potatoe Quayle.. God that would be funny if they named a variety of potato, Quayle.. Like Idaho or Yukon gold... Sir, what kind of potatoe in your word salad???
The Quayle..
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TheBlackAdder
(28,244 posts)1) It's a sentence fragment, perhaps start with "Here are..."
2) Forty-three or (forty-three if #1 is used).
3) grammar
4) whet
5) pique
6) your
7) interest.
marybourg
(12,648 posts)in the room, which is that people no longer seem to know the difference between the SUBJECT "I": as in "Jerry and I went shopping"
and the OBJECT "ME": as in "They gave it to my wife and me".
So we get such abominations as: "Me and Jerry went to the store" (Thank goddess, I haven't yet heard "Me went to the store". It's the presence of a second subject that throws them.
and: "They gave it to my wife and I". Again, have never heard (yet) "They gave it to I".
C'mon folks. If you wouldn't say it that way with a singular subject or object, it's just as wrong with a compound subject or object. It sounds dumb!
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)3catwoman3
(24,092 posts)What is so puzzling is that no one ever does it wrong in the singular, as you noted. What is so hard about compound subjects?
And how about the abomination of making a possessive out of "I." I cringe every time I hear someone ay something like "John and I's vacation."
And as long as we are at it, making a plural possessive out of a noun that ends in "s." I am hearing people saying things like, "What tiem shall we come over to your 'guyses' house?" (Pronounced like "guises." I don't even know how one would spell this.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)with my wife and both of the kids. The girl-child has grokked it and in the main uses the terms correctly. The other two are just never going to get it.
shanti
(21,675 posts)I've mainly seen this in the last ten years or so, but it drives me nuts!
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)I've never heard anyone say that before.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,210 posts)I'm not going to loose much sleep over it, though.
hunter
(38,341 posts)"0. FAQ'S Grammer mistakes People make"
You spelled "Grammer" wrong in your O.P.
packman
(16,296 posts)Your a good observer
Freethinker65
(10,093 posts)padfun
(1,792 posts)Two
Too
To
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)separately.
That's my pet peeve.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)And yes, poor grammar and lousy spelling still irritate me, but I usually refrain from saying anything.
oasis
(49,455 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I never understand the attraction. In Las Vegas I worked at a casino with dozens and dozens of homemade informational signs. They were in every department. The woman in charge had a public relations degree but absolutely no clue about apostrophes. It was as if she had a minimum requirement of 5 superfluous apostrophes on every sign. She hated me because I would point out the errors to management and provide the correct grammatical version.