"My Name is..."
Oct 23, 2018 07:44:31 #
Oct 23, 2018 08:49:43 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
canadaboy wrote:
I believe Ebay have started selling lives. . . .
It is “has”, “ . . . eBay has . .” There is only one eBay, not several. At least that is what my primary education taught me. A curious difference in American and British grammar that I wonder when, how, and why it developed.
Stan
Oct 23, 2018 09:04:17 #
A teacher in grammar school said to the class on several occasions, "I don't expect you to be perfect but I do expect you to strive to improve. If you don't try to improve, you begin to regress."
Oct 23, 2018 13:03:16 #
Oct 23, 2018 13:17:05 #
If you're talking about my avatar, yes I did serve in Vietnam. Had the privilege of exploring many of its scenic rivers and off the coast inspecting junks and trawlers.
Oct 23, 2018 15:11:42 #
1Feathercrest wrote:
We have become a nation of grammatical morons.
Strike the word grammatical the deficiencies are more pervasive.
Oct 24, 2018 08:21:15 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Little things annoy me. For example, watching TV,... (show quote)
I just thought of another one, Jerry, that I've seen several times on this forum: I've seen people write "could of" or "should of". Don't they know it's a contraction of "could have" as in Could've or "should have" and "should've"?
Oct 31, 2018 12:22:41 #
marine73 wrote:
I need everyone to quit being so nit pickey about every little thing in this world.
Why do people say, "I'm going to Hospital", instead of "I'm going to the Hospital"?? Drives me nuts.
Oct 31, 2018 12:25:53 #
I was watching an episode of "Victoria"...the story of Queen Victoria.
Her husband Prince Albert has a line that he ended with......, you know.
As in, "That was a long time ago, you know."
I wasn't aware they used that idiom back then.
Her husband Prince Albert has a line that he ended with......, you know.
As in, "That was a long time ago, you know."
I wasn't aware they used that idiom back then.
Oct 31, 2018 16:57:28 #
Does anyone know if people of other languages interject "like" into their sentence? Like teens generally do and is so like very annoying.
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