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Post by LauraTen on Aug 11, 2014 18:37:18 GMT
Not a grammar issue but a crafty issue...
Modge Podge instead of Mod Podge
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Post by gar on Aug 11, 2014 18:37:48 GMT
So while we are on the topic can someone tell me which of these is correct - bored WITH something or bored OF something?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:41:30 GMT
So while we are on the topic can someone tell me which of these is correct - bored WITH something or bored OF something? bored with is correct but "of boredom" is an alternate sentence structure.
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Post by gillyp on Aug 11, 2014 18:42:14 GMT
I think both are correct, aren't they? "I'm bored with this game" or "I'm bored of hearing about your new car". It's a context and tense thing isn't it?
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 11, 2014 18:43:34 GMT
So while we are on the topic can someone tell me which of these is correct - bored WITH something or bored OF something? I would say "bored with" or maybe "bored by" but "bored of" sounds wrong to me.
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Post by scrappincolleen on Aug 11, 2014 18:44:10 GMT
Take something out to Unthaw from the freezer....instead of take some thing out to thaw
Irks me everytime I hear and my DH says it ALL the time!
Also, I'm on a local couple garage sale boards on Facebook and there are so many "I'm going to sale" posts. Is proper grammar that difficult? You have something for sale or you are going to sell something! Combine that with all the ghetto talk...drives me nuts!
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thecurleyque
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Post by thecurleyque on Aug 11, 2014 18:44:13 GMT
Where I work, we have to write out these training forms after every doctor's appointment so co-workers know what happened, if there's any med changes, etc. I have some co-workers that write "Johnny seen Dr. Smith" - drives me crazy! It's bad enough when someone says "seen"; it's even worse written out.
sammich or sammie; it's a sandwich!
Pacifically instead of specifically. I always image doing whatever task it is we're "pacifically" doing in the ocean.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 11, 2014 18:46:34 GMT
So while we are on the topic can someone tell me which of these is correct - bored WITH something or bored OF something? Hmm, I never noticed this one. Saying it aloud I think I use both in different contexts. Bored about an action, I say Of Bored about an object, I say With I was bored of sitting around so I started exercising. I was bored with my decor so I painted the walls.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 11, 2014 18:49:02 GMT
So while we are on the topic can someone tell me which of these is correct - bored WITH something or bored OF something? I would say "bored with" or maybe "bored by" but "bored of" sounds wrong to me. Ha, I use By too. I am bored by his writing. Is there really a correct choice?
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Post by gar on Aug 11, 2014 18:49:26 GMT
I say bored with and when I heard bored of it usually sounds wrong but maybe it is a context one. Interesting
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emhibb
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Post by emhibb on Aug 11, 2014 18:54:40 GMT
I agree with all of these. Specifically the "I seen" and "aks". Also, the need to add an 's' to everything. I even get it added to my last name. I didn't say it with an s, I didn't spell it with an s, and there is only ONE of me!
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Post by stampbooker on Aug 11, 2014 19:01:39 GMT
I am bugged by the use of the word "tool" as an all-purpose insult. The insult is supposed to refer to a person who is being manipulated or used by someone, generally without their knowledge. However, people pretty much use it as a synonym for jerk.
Julie
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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Aug 11, 2014 19:02:10 GMT
Every single one stated is annoying. Most of these were made up or are a short cut ( go with?). I have little patience and if I hear my kids speak that way I get annoyed and irritated by it and must correct them. Then I ask them to start over again. Eta: Using a store name with an added s at the end I assumed was possessive and it doesn't bother me. If I hear a very specific mispronunciation of something repeatedly from the same person I assume it's a quirk of his very own. It amuses me at times. My mil likes to say "Penneys" for JCPenney. My mom used to call Macys "Macy".
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Post by mjmone on Aug 11, 2014 19:03:24 GMT
Singers who sing 'choo' instead of 'you'. Was listening to Michael Buble's, Haven't met you yet...and it sounds like metchoo yet. Love him, but hearing that just irritates the heck out of me.
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Post by pattipea on Aug 11, 2014 19:07:14 GMT
I love this thread. Really, I do. It's so me!! I mean, the English language really isn't that difficult - especially when that's the only language you've ever spoken. Why can't everyone just speak it as well as I do? I don't like to hear somebody talking about 'the wife', or 'the husband', instead of 'my wife', or 'my husband'. It sounds like a possession. Like the car, the house, the dog. So cold. Just bugs me!!
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Post by juliet on Aug 11, 2014 19:07:36 GMT
I'm not a fan of 'pretty please'. I think that sounds so stupid! Oh and people who call my country Holland bug me too. It's The Netherlands! Aargh!
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Post by julieinmd on Aug 11, 2014 19:11:31 GMT
I have been around people that make a hard K sound at the end of Walmart so it sounds like Walmark instead. I just don't know where that comes from at all. I also don't like it when people overuse the phrase OMG. That makes me cringe.
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Post by kelkel on Aug 11, 2014 19:20:15 GMT
"EYEtalian" instead of Italian
"The old lady" or "The old man" in reference to a spouse or partner.
"Cousint" instead of Cousin. Seriously, where does anyone find the letter "t" in that word?
"I know right"
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Post by chlerbie on Aug 11, 2014 19:22:15 GMT
I agree with a few here. The phrase that drives me crazy isn't really grammatically incorrect, or anything like that. It just bugs me. It's the "Time to have a Come to Jesus meeting." I'm not sure what bugs me about it, but I always get irritated when I hear or read it.
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Post by PEArfect on Aug 11, 2014 19:29:33 GMT
prolly serial (for seriously) whatevs loose vs lose your vs you're (ur, just no)
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Post by tiffanyannhulsey on Aug 11, 2014 19:45:02 GMT
Ok. I know the English teacher in me makes it worse but there are some phrases I CAN NOT stand! The one that is truly "fingernails on a chalkboard" for me is "I don't believe in..." For example, "I don't believe in abortion." Nope...you don't SUPPORT abortion. It exists. You don't have to "believe" in it. We aren't talking about the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus. UGH. So, what are some of the common phrases that rile you up? I'm pretty sensitive to grammar and phraseology, and this one just wasn't on my radar at all. So, I looked it up. Here's what my computer's dictionary says (after listing the common definitions of the word "believe": PHRASAL VERBS believe in 1 have faith in the truth or existence of: I believe in ghosts. 2 be of the opinion that (something) is right, proper, or desirable: I don't believe in censorship of the arts | he didn't believe in sex before marriage. 3 have confidence in (a person or a course of action): he had finally begun to believe in her. Personally, I think there other ways to use the word believe, that don't specifically mean 'to believe in something' like Santa Claus, such as "I believe I'll have fried chicken for dinner".... Most of the others listed drive me up the wall. Fortunately, I don't hear them very often. Oh my, don't I feel silly! That phrase has always bothered me. I can't BELIEVE it has a valid basis. Learn something new every day!
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Post by Regina Phalange on Aug 11, 2014 19:45:27 GMT
I know its become accepted and I've been told on other threads like this that it's no big deal, but I absolutely HATE HATE HATE using nouns as verbs. "Hey, can you screen shot that for me?" "I just oil changed the car."
Drives me batty!
Most of the others here bug me as well. I sat in on a training one day where two professionals with degrees spent the whole day saying expecially. Drove me insane. All I wanted to do was scream. "It's ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY!!"
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Post by leannec on Aug 11, 2014 19:50:14 GMT
Mine: I seen. No, you *have* seen, or you *saw*. No seen. Never ever did you *seen*. Yup, that's my choice as well ... grrrrr!!!
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Post by hopechest on Aug 11, 2014 19:51:07 GMT
Irregardless.
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Post by Regina Phalange on Aug 11, 2014 19:52:02 GMT
I'm pretty sensitive to grammar and phraseology, and this one just wasn't on my radar at all. So, I looked it up. Here's what my computer's dictionary says (after listing the common definitions of the word "believe": PHRASAL VERBS believe in 1 have faith in the truth or existence of: I believe in ghosts. 2 be of the opinion that (something) is right, proper, or desirable: I don't believe in censorship of the arts | he didn't believe in sex before marriage. 3 have confidence in (a person or a course of action): he had finally begun to believe in her. Personally, I think there other ways to use the word believe, that don't specifically mean 'to believe in something' like Santa Claus, such as "I believe I'll have fried chicken for dinner".... Most of the others listed drive me up the wall. Fortunately, I don't hear them very often. Oh my, don't I feel silly! That phrase has always bothered me. I can't BELIEVE it has a valid basis. Learn something new every day! I'm going to disagree with this and sit on Tiffany's side - at least with the abortion example. I like to explain it by pointing out there are many who are pro-choice who don't "approve" of abortion, yet support a woman's choice to have one. So, I don't believe abortion is "right or proper" myself, but I feel its not my place to decide for anyone other than myself. So pro-choice people don't necessarily believe in abortion, but support the right to have one. (We believe in the right, not abortion itself). I hope I made sense...lol.
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Post by Baseballmom23 on Aug 11, 2014 19:54:29 GMT
These ones
and Lie-berry for Library
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 11, 2014 19:56:43 GMT
I have a fairly distinctive southern accent. As someone has already pointed out, there are some things that I say that I know I am both using and pronouncing correctly-but if you are not used to a southern accent it may not sound that way to you.
For example, I may ask you a question, but you may not hear it that way. I am aware of my accent, so I try to enunciate my words carefully, but it is work and when I tired, angry or a wee tipsy, all that goes out the window and my pronunciation softens, my vowels get drawn out, and word endings sound truncated.
I find that sometimes other accents make words sound different to my ears too.
Then add to that regional colloquialisms and it sounds like education has flown out the window. I use the term y'all all the time, but there are those who aren't going to consider it grammatically correct.
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Peal
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Post by Peal on Aug 11, 2014 20:04:17 GMT
I'm not a fan of 'pretty please'. I think that sounds so stupid! Oh and people who call my country Holland bug me too. It's The Netherlands! Aargh! I've had it explained to me like this; When the Dutch started to immigrate in large numbers, the majority of them were coming from North or South Holland. When they got to America, people would ask were they where from and they answered with their province instead of their country. That's how Holland became synonymous with The Netherlands. And once we Americans latch onto so something, we are too lazy to go back to using a longer word to describe it. Not saying it's right, just offering up a possible explanation. I don't even know if it's true. I sometimes tell people I used to live in Holland. But we did actually live in South Holland. So it wasn't a lie. I usually say The Netherlands.
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Peal
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Post by Peal on Aug 11, 2014 20:09:22 GMT
'I could care less' instead of 'I couldn't care less' tops my list. You know, I brought this up on a thread like this years ago and was shut down when it was claimed English was an evolving language and we all knew what was meant by it so it wasn't wrong and, in fact, was just as correct. And it wasn't one person being obstinate, there were agreements all down the thread. I've pretty much given up on Internet grammar since then.
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Post by MonkeysInk on Aug 11, 2014 20:10:49 GMT
Son-in-laws instead of sons-in-law (and all the other plurals of hyphenated words).
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