graphrix_IHB
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Me thinks that I will be the one who violates the spelling and grammer laws the most. Tanks Kaly4neeah pooblick scoowells! Yur tha gr8ist!
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CalGal_IHB
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LOL
EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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<img alt="" src="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/081005/grammar-police-arrest-this-man.gif" />
IrvineCommuter_IHB
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I would be executed on the spot if the grammar police ever found me.
irvinesinglemom_IHB
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I am so uncool, had no idea contractions went the way of Duran Duran.
effenheimer_IHB
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Expand "it's" to "it is" and if the sentence still makes sense, your usage is correct!
CalGal_IHB
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<p>Don't forget about a lot. It's two words. </p>
<p>I spend a lot of time on this website - too much some times!</p>
<p>I spend a lot of time on this website - too much some times!</p>
effenheimer_IHB
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<p>Now that we're comfy on our high linguistic horses, I have <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Word-Street-Debunking-Standard-English/dp/0738204463">recommended reading</a> for having our asses knocked off.</p>
<p><em>McWhorter dishes out example after example - English to Spanish to the creole languages of Africa - to show that language is not only always in flux, but many of the changes that would be called *degenerations* now will actually turn out to be... well... improvements. He gives rigorous exampes to show that some of the rules leading to more akward speech, like the rule againts split infinitives or that of never ending sentences with prepositions, were based on arbitrary attempts to cram latin rules onto english and that, particularly in spoken language, have proved to be somewhat futile.</em></p>
<p>I'll speculate that many of these "wrong" usages will be proper in one hundred years or less.</p>
<p><em>McWhorter dishes out example after example - English to Spanish to the creole languages of Africa - to show that language is not only always in flux, but many of the changes that would be called *degenerations* now will actually turn out to be... well... improvements. He gives rigorous exampes to show that some of the rules leading to more akward speech, like the rule againts split infinitives or that of never ending sentences with prepositions, were based on arbitrary attempts to cram latin rules onto english and that, particularly in spoken language, have proved to be somewhat futile.</em></p>
<p>I'll speculate that many of these "wrong" usages will be proper in one hundred years or less.</p>
Trooper_IHB
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I put commas in all the wrong places..... My grammar stinks ! Sorry in advance CalGal !
EvaLSeraphim_IHB
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I'm lobbying to add "adhese" into the dictionary. If you use an adhesive, shouldn't it "adhese" instead of "adhere?"
effenheimer_IHB
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<p>"Whole 'nother" is coming. Grammarians will stop fighting the good fight sooner or later.</p>
<p>Hey, "orate" was questionable at the turn of the 20th century. Now it's held in high esteem. </p>
<p>Hey, "orate" was questionable at the turn of the 20th century. Now it's held in high esteem. </p>
effenheimer_IHB
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Out, <a target="_blank" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070921/od_nm/britain_hyphen1_dc;_ylt=Av3FupWNroPr1ri2qGmDK3Oek3QF">damned ugly hyphens</a>!