"Addicting"

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

Where did this vile new grammar fail come from? Seeing it all over the place recently. I don't normally get irritated by this sort of thing (indeed, I usually spew grammar mistakes like a machine gun when typing), but this one seems like nails on a blackboard to me.

Usage example:

I like this game, it is so addicting!

 

[Strife212]

It's in the Oxford English Dictionary.

 

[Paul11]

and dictionary.com

 

[Tonyator]

I like this thread, it is so addicting!

 

[Jonny69]

Never seen that before

Annoying me at the moment is people leaving out the word 'to'.

"I'm going Prague next week"

No you're not, you dullard, you're going TO Prague next week.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

What?!

oh... addicting, not addictive. Silly me.

 

[D.Roberts]

I like this thread, it is so addicting!

+1 for me to

all so where is palce? (joking btw if you read my sig i cant talk)

 

[Dj_Jestar]

+1 for me to

all so where is palce? (joking btw if you read my sig i cant talk)

all so? or also?

 

[Biohazard]

op is a fial

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

It's in the Oxford English Dictionary.

and dictionary.com

Be that as it may, I'm pretty sure its not supposed to be used like in the example I gave above.

Or is it, and therefore in that case, the Oxford English Dictionary is fail too, because using it in such a way sounds pretty retarded to me.

 

[SiriusB]

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/addictive-versus-addicting.aspx

For those too lazy to read the link, there is nothing really wrong with using addicting instead of addictive.

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/addictive-versus-addicting.aspx

For those too lazy to read the link, there is nothing really wrong with using addicting instead of addictive.

Yeah there is, it sounds "wrong". whats wrong with just using "addictive" which, in general, definately sounds like it "fits" a whole lot better.

 

[SiriusB]

I agree it sounds wrong. It doesn't always follow that it is wrong.

 

[Kenai]

May I throw in the monumental retardedness that is the usage of the word 'seen' when people mean 'seeing'?

I see it all over the place on here, too much for it just to be a random typing mistake

 

[D.Roberts]

all so? or also?

exactly .

 

[Strife212]

Be that as it may, I'm pretty sure its not supposed to be used like in the example I gave above.

Or is it, and therefore in that case, the Oxford English Dictionary is fail too, because using it in such a way sounds pretty retarded to me.

I was just being a troll really.

Yeah there is a different way to use it, ie

1898, New York (State). Dept. of Health, Annual Report, page 371:
Mr. Johnson's communication states that the preparation "has a large sale, and is addicting the public to its use"

The other way of using it instead of "addictive" does sound stupid IMO but is apparently right. It's mostly an american thing.

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

I've no problem with it being used in places where it should actually be used, its just when people decide to use it instead of addictive, it seems to grind my gears.

It would be the bloody Americans fault though wouldn't it?

 

[D.Roberts]

do you know what else grinds my gears?

 

[Delvis]

Be that as it may, I'm pretty sure its not supposed to be used like in the example I gave above.

Or is it, and therefore in that case, the Oxford English Dictionary is fail too, because using it in such a way sounds pretty retarded to me.

What would you rather?

1.) I like this game, it is so addicting!

or

2.) I like this game, addicting it is so!

?????

 

[MikeHunt79]

I've no problem with it being used in places where it should actually be used, its just when people decide to use it instead of addictive, it seems to grind my gears.

Ii can't think of any examples where addicting should be used...