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09-26-2017, 03:30 PM
The plural of no is "rape accusation."
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09-26-2017, 04:12 PM
Quote: (09-26-2017 02:17 PM)Fender_Bender Wrote:
The obvious...
"for all intensive purposes"
"take it for granite"
This isn't incorrect technically, but it reeks of reddit-fagness - "whilst" in place of "while." It's just trying to sound smarter using a word that means the exact same thing but has one more letter.
"That's rascist." - I have seen this one continuously throughout the years, even before the full-on PC onslaught. It boggles my mind, where the fuck does the S come from? Race -> Racist. Simple enough. The only word I can think of using the "rasc" without a hard C sound is "irascible."
I think you're onto something with Reddit. I wish I had written down all the expressions that fail to launch over there.
Also, since this thread started, my grammar has gotten better because I am afraid of getting my own grammar wrong unintentionally in this thread, and I have started looking up everything I am unsure of.
(That ending with a preposition was intentional, because it sounds better than "everything of which I am unsure.")
So far, for this thread, I have had to look up the difference between "different from" and "different than."
CP! Your thread makes people more literate.
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09-26-2017, 05:49 PM
Now that was picky. I need a pallet cleanser.
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09-26-2017, 06:06 PM
I'll just remain a casual observer of this thread...
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09-26-2017, 06:08 PM
Quote: (09-26-2017 06:06 PM)Mr. D Wrote:
I'll just remain a casual observer of this thread...
Don't you mean causal?
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09-26-2017, 06:30 PM
Quote: (09-26-2017 06:08 PM)debeguiled Wrote:
Quote: (09-26-2017 06:06 PM)Mr. D Wrote:
I'll just remain a casual observer of this thread...
Don't you mean causal?
I'm not wordy for a cause such as grammar.
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09-26-2017, 07:35 PM
It's helping me too debeguiled.
In high school my grammar fascism was at Adolf levels. Now, after starting this thread it's obvious to me that I have slipped in standard to that of a homosexual gyppo.
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09-27-2017, 12:58 AM
Fuckin...
"Yous" (this is a big Aussie bogan one)
As in, "Yous cunts going to vote NO in that faggot thing?"
Also, the overuse of the word "cunt" really shits me up the wall. It's even a fucking greeting down here. Such an old, powerful word that just gets worn into the dust every day on the job site, the kitchen, behind the bar, in the shop etc.
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09-27-2017, 01:01 AM
Quote: (09-26-2017 07:35 PM)Conscious Pirate Wrote:
It's helping me too debeguiled.
In high school my grammar fascism was at Adolf levels. Now, after starting this thread it's obvious to me that I have slipped in standard to that of a homosexual gyppo.
Fuck.
Just realised I fucked up here too. Should have said "...
an homosexual gyppo"
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09-27-2017, 01:07 AM
Quote: (09-26-2017 10:41 AM)Roosh Wrote:
I got one: What is the correct plural format of "no"?
Can it even be pluralised, Roosh? It's not a noun as such? It's more of an adjective or verb, I think?
It could be that the colloquial is incorrect. Why don't we just say "The NO has it"
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09-27-2017, 07:06 AM
Here's one I have heard a few times recently, it goes something like this..."that was an interesting point you made, could you talk further to that"
I can talk further about that, but not sure if I can talk further to that.
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09-27-2017, 10:20 AM
Quote: (09-27-2017 01:01 AM)Conscious Pirate Wrote:
Quote: (09-26-2017 07:35 PM)Conscious Pirate Wrote:
It's helping me too debeguiled.
In high school my grammar fascism was at Adolf levels. Now, after starting this thread it's obvious to me that I have slipped in standard to that of a homosexual gyppo.
Fuck.
Just realised I fucked up here too. Should have said "...an homosexual gyppo"
Okay. It is going too far. "a homosexual" is correct in the U.S.. If I said "an homosexual" over here people would think I was a fag.
I am actually also starting to want to seed little grammatical errors in my posts to see who notices.
So it also could be that ewe created a monster.
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09-27-2017, 10:26 AM
Quote: (09-27-2017 06:04 AM)YoungBlade Wrote:
Quote: (09-27-2017 12:58 AM)Conscious Pirate Wrote:
Fuckin... "Yous" (this is a big Aussie bogan one)
As in, "Yous cunts going to vote NO in that faggot thing?"
Also, the overuse of the word "cunt" really shits me up the wall. It's even a fucking greeting down here. Such an old, powerful word that just gets worn into the dust every day on the job site, the kitchen, behind the bar, in the shop etc.
The proper plural is "y'all."
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I love "yous." It is so organic and feels part of the idiom and not something where someone tried to say it correctly and failed.
I think that "expressions that annoy me" might belong in a language hater's lounge and not a Grammar Nazi thread.
Not to question CP or anything.
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09-27-2017, 10:39 AM
Are you guys as strict as me when using "who" vs "that"?
I use "who" when referring to a person or people. I use "that" when referring to inanimate objects. Some people interchange these, even with singular people or objects.
Jim is a person that likes pizza. VS Jim is a person who likes pizza. (sorry neither of these are great grammar, "Omit needless words")
Where it really gets iffy is with groups. I personally am still a stickler, but some people use "that" when referring to a group of people.
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09-27-2017, 10:41 AM
Weary and wary. In the past few years people starting using "weary" (tired) when they should be using "wary" (suspicious). Seems the reverse doesn't happen.
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09-27-2017, 10:52 AM
Quote: (09-27-2017 10:39 AM)heavy Wrote:
I prefer the former.
I still have to take a moment to think or I will get former and latter mixed up. It is like having to count with your fingers when someone asks "What's one plus one."
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09-27-2017, 12:42 PM
"are" instead of "our".
e.g. 'they gave us are lunch'
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09-27-2017, 03:00 PM
"Discreet" instead of "discrete" and vice versa.
"Compliment" instead of "complement."
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