"Addicting"

Le_Petit_Lapin · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:01

Delvis said:
What would you rather?

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

or

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

?????

no I would like ""I like this game, it is so addictive".

Strife212 · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:02

MikeHunt79 said:
Ii can't think of any examples where addicting should be used...

I quoted one

Delvis · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:03

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
no I would like ""I like this game, it is so addictive".

But....for something to be addictive it first needs to be addicting...so you can get addicted to it

Tombstone · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:06

As an MMO player the one that winds me up more than any other is when people spell "rogue" as "rouge". I mean seriously, how hard is it?? Its in the damn game for goodness sake, if you play as one its on your character sheet and login screen every single time you look at them.

rypt · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:07

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

Because the two have subtle differences in meaning

Addictive means that once you start you just can't stop
Addicting means that the more you play, the more you want to keep playing

NormanPorkinson · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:15

Nearly as bad as the word 'fail' - Even making into games now!

mame · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:15

When did people start mixing up then and than?

The Super Nintendo is better then the Megadrive

platypus · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:16

Can't say I've seen that before.

hyperzed · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:36

Jonny69 said:
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.

Now that really annoys me, good shout.

NvidiaDan · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:52

D.Roberts said:
do you know what else grinds my gears?

Le_Petit_Lapin · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:54

D.Roberts said:
do you know what else grinds my gears?

No mate, I can't read your bloody mind. Sand in your gearbox perhaps?

mollymoo · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:54

Addicting should really be the process of making something an addiction, ing generally means you are in the process of, where as ive as in addictive is the potential to,

D.Roberts · 19 Mar 2010 at 18:55

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
No mate, I can't read your bloody mind. Sand in your gearbox perhaps?

Never seen family guy then.

Cosimo · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:00

platypus said:
Can't say I've seen that before.

... and I hope never to see it again.

THMRK · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:01

I keep seeing it all over the "palce" too...

robbiemc · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:03

During the Olympics the US news would report how their teams 'medalled' (by obviously winning a medal).
That's particularly bad imho.

JonJ678 · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:10

Strife212 said:
It's in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Not in the online version at least, don't have a paper copy here

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Sand in your gearbox perhaps?

Sand should not be in gearboxes, that made me wince

Tefal · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:14

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Where did this vile new grammar fail come from? Seeing it all over the palce 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:

No! No it isn't you stupid inbred ****! FFFFFUUUUUUU..... etc.

¬_¬

Le_Petit_Lapin · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:16

So basically it shouldn't irritate me because it is in fact correct?

MachM · 19 Mar 2010 at 19:33

Kenai said:
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

+1

I've started to notice people writing 'passed' instead of 'past'.

Example: "I drove passed them"

Irritating!