Grammar Rant...

Ice Tea · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:59

Borat must really mess you up

Inquisitor · 23 Oct 2006 at 01:05

If criticised by a fellow forumite for not being able to use your own language correctly, brand them a Grammar Nazi, and they shall wither away and their argument crumble before your very eyes.

divine` · 23 Oct 2006 at 01:07

penski said:
Ignoring your atrocious grammar, I think you'll find that most people actually say "It must've been me" or "It must 'ave been me"; they will drop the h and/or conjoin 'must' and 'have' whilst cutting the start of 'have'.

*n

They do when they speak, it's when they type it as 'must have' etc. on these forums (which happens a lot) that it's annoying.

penski · 23 Oct 2006 at 01:09

divine_madness said:
They do when they speak, it's when they type it as 'must have' etc. on these forums (which happens a lot) that it's annoying.

Not annoying as something else...

*Goes to start a thread*

*n

dirtydog · 23 Oct 2006 at 02:55

Morba said:
its because on most forums, people type as they would speak, i have never heard anyone say 'i would have....', i hear 'i would've' / 'i would have'.

I have, many times.

I hate that so many people's English is so crap, and I hate it even more that so many people just don't give a toss about it.

Vixen · 23 Oct 2006 at 03:04

dirtydog said:
I have, many times.

I hate that so many people's English is so crap, and I hate it even more that so many people just don't give a toss about it.

I agree. I can't stand people who won't make an effort to talk properly and then try to bully those who do.
I would never say "I would have/would've" and don't know many people who would either.

Spacky · 23 Oct 2006 at 08:20

The_blue said:

Copied and quoted

Deadly Ferret · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:19

An example I have found irritating since childhood, and it has probably been around since well before I was born, is ending sentences with I don't think. An example:

It won't rain today, I don't think.

Which is exactly the same as saying:

I don't think it won't rain today.

See what the problem is? Double negative.

Supercow · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:27

See my sig

fini · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:28

Deadly Ferret said:
See what the problem is? Double negative.

I don't not know what you're getting at. It's not like it really doesn't annoy me too...

fini

Ekim · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:46

The only common mistake on this board and others that bothers me is when people use loose when they mean to say lose.

Pumpkinstew · 23 Oct 2006 at 10:34

If in doubt remember the song:

'should have, would have, could have are the last words of a fool'

Plunk13 · 23 Oct 2006 at 10:50

This thread is ridiculous