otta go, gotta go, gotta go... Remember that commercial?
LOL yes, we certainly remember that one. Sometimes if we are just getting home and I drank to much soda in the van while gone and we come in the house and rushing to get to the bathroom... I will sing..gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now!!!! to make my point that I am first so get out of my way... lol lol
Oh commercials you have to love what they do to us.
LOL yes, we certainly remember that one. Sometimes if we are just getting home and I drank to much soda in the van while gone and we come in the house and rushing to get to the bathroom... I will sing..gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now!!!! to make my point that I am first so get out of my way... lol lol
Oh commercials you have to love what they do to us.
another one i mock often is "That's how i spell relief!" lol I had to look the commercial up online, several years ago, to show my kids why i've always said that.... plop plop fizz fizz.
another one i mock often is "That's how i spell relief!" lol I had to look the commercial up online, several years ago, to show my kids why i've always said that.... plop plop fizz fizz.
What does this have to do with butchering the English language?
What does this have to do with butchering the English language?
The same thing this does.....
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LOL yes, we certainly remember that one. Sometimes if we are just getting home and I drank to much soda in the van while gone and we come in the house and rushing to get to the bathroom... I will sing..gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now!!!! to make my point that I am first so get out of my way... lol lol
Oh commercials you have to love what they do to us.
PIN and PEN... It doesn't even sound the same, so why is it that my co-worker is always asking if we have seen his "pin" because he has to do his reports or whatever?? (he will only use his lucky pen) I use to correct him, he'd say "same difference"... right
I know some one who says "taked" all the time. For example "I taked a nap" instead of saying "I took a nap". It's like they never listened to the teacher in grammar school!
I remember a forum I was on a long time ago where some guy was always making stupid comments insulting people and he always misspelled words. People would always correct him and he hated that. One night he went on every thread and posted, "Grammer teachers suck!" Someone posted, "Funny, I thought it was grammar." LOL the guy sure messed up those insults.
I know some one who says "taked" all the time. For example "I taked a nap" instead of saying "I took a nap". It's like they never listened to the teacher in grammar school!
That's as annoying as someone i know who says camed "she camed over last night".
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Originally Posted by Blue Baboon
I remember a forum I was on a long time ago where some guy was always making stupid comments insulting people and he always misspelled words. People would always correct him and he hated that. One night he went on every thread and posted, "Grammer teachers suck!" Someone posted, "Funny, I thought it was grammar." LOL the guy sure messed up those insults.
Takes all kinds to make the internet entertaining, for the rest of us, i guess lol
You already know my pet peeve with apostrophe abuse. This is from my book, "The Mac is not a typewriter."
1. For possesives: The cat's tail. Jenny's book. The boys' camp (more than one boy).
2. For contractions: Isn't this how we replace missing letters? You're my favorite teacher.
3. Missing letters: Rock 'n' roll at Pick 'n' Save with Band o' Brothers. I went to House o' Fashions. Make sure in Rock 'n' roll where the word and is, to use an apostrophe both sides of the N. Both the A and the D are missing.
4. Missing numbers: If the number is omitted in a date so 1980s becomes '80s. See the missing numbers? Do you watch That '70s Show? Apostrophe BEFORE the number. Before, before, before. Got that? Good!
5. No missing numbers: No apostrophe if that lady is in her 50s or the temperature in the 40s. Those are plural and nothing is missing. Leave them alone. No. None. Nada.
6. Only single letters get an apostrophe: Mind your P's and Q's. I got all A's in class. If you buy CDs or DVDs, you don't need an apostrophe. The apostrophe is put in to avoid confusion with single letters since it would look silly to put, I got all As in class.
7. The oddball: It's vs. its. It's is a contraction of it is or it has. A dog plays with its tail. Kind of weird since it would be possessive.
So where does the apostrophe go in when date numbers are missing? Before, before before.
We all know about the there, their, they're and the your, you're. Drives you nuts, doesn't it? It's a waist of my time to wear that on my waste.
Here's a couple that people get wrong. I hung out in a click in high school. What are we doing here? Clicking our heels? It's a clique. Another one I see. That peaked my interest. That peeked my interest. It's pique your interest.
Where does the punctuation go? Inside the quotation marks or on the outside?
The first part is easy. Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks. That's easy enough.
Question marks and exclamation points can go on either side. It depends on if it belongs to only what is said inside the quotation marks or if it is the whole statement.
Examples:
I know she's going to ask, "What time is it?"
Why does Bob always ask, "How are you"? (Notice the whole sentence is a question?)
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