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Maximo · 11-09-2012, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

The one that just *bugs* the living crap out of me is when people say/write "taken back" in place of taken aback. The phrase is "taken Aback".

taken aback = surprised etc ("I was taken aback by the audience's reaction")
taken back = the act of returning ("I was taken back to the entrance")

I have a related one -- "revert back." It's redundant. My favorite speakers and writers make this mistake.

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Originally Posted by Princes mom

Another one that I hear all of the time is improper verb tenses.
I seen that movie before or I drunk some coffee last night.

I've seen or I have seen...I drank!!!

I have to admit, certain verbs are tough for me. Drink, hang, lay vs lie.

Somewhere in my files I have a great quote from a scholarly woman comparing grammar to a fine-tuned piano. The author said she let her ears serve as her grammar guide rather than worrying so much about the rules.

linz06 · 11-09-2012, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximo

Somewhere in my files I have a great quote from a scholarly woman comparing grammar to a fine-tuned piano. The author said she let her ears serve as her grammar guide rather than worrying so much about the rules.

This is how I have learned! I think my spelling/grammar has been greatly influenced by reading. I have loved to read since I learned how to read. I have been devouring books my whole life. In English class, I wasn't so great at the activities where I had to "underline the preposition" or whatever. I couldn't keep track of the names and the rules. I just know that in literature, over and over, it is written this way, spelled this way, and this punctuation is used. That just sticks in my brain. Without actually thinking too hard about it, I just know when it feels right.

Cha Cha · 11-09-2012, 11:54 AM

I see sale and sell get mixed up a lot. I am "usually" pretty good at grammer but I get mixed up in the teenage slang with texting and what not (GE puppy talk too

) so I'm guilty on many counts listed here.

Nancy1999 · 11-09-2012, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Princes mom

OMG!! I've heard English teachers say that!

I hope that doesn't mean it has been accepted????

kjc · 11-09-2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by lynzy420

Hahahahahaha! Just had a great one!

My secretary calls me for help, theres a skinny blond hair 15ish boy, Justin Bieber looking kid, standing in front of her desk giving her a hard time, I go up and ask him what he wants, he starts explaining and I tell him to STOP, you can only do this at school with your guidance counselor and right now you should be in school! Large letters on the door say TRUANT Office, I tell him he is truant and has 5 seconds to leave or he is being detained...HE LOOKS AT ME SERIOUSLY, says well if I'm being truant why are you giving me a hard time? I then tell him what truant means and he looks at me and says "Miss, your not hearing me" really?

Ugggghhhh, this is a newer statement they use instead of saying "I don't think you understand what I'm trying to say" etc., if I had a nickel for every time a student says "Your not hearing me" I'd be rich! I'm so glad it is Friday!

I'm feelin ya here....

Princes mom · 11-09-2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I hope that doesn't mean it has been accepted????

Absolutely not!!

Nancy1999 · 11-09-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Princes mom

Absolutely not!!

Oh good!

Princes mom · 11-09-2012, 04:09 PM

Fixin or fittingna...instead of saying getting ready to...

I'm fixin to go.
I'm fittingna go.
I'm getting ready to go!
Really!!

Princes mom · 11-09-2012, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lynzy420

you left out...

or not to be...

sugarmamma · 11-09-2012, 04:54 PM

So......do you THAW or DETHAW meat???

McheleM · 11-09-2012, 08:56 PM

I was at the quilt shop yesterday and they had a embroidery sample hanging that said "butterfly's in spring" and had 4 or 5 butterflies flitting around. I turned to my daughter and double checked to make sure I wasn't wrong, but it was supposed to be "butterflies in spring".

My worst are their, there, they're and two, to, too.

And it's an IDEA, not an IDEAL. You do not get a great ideal.

And there's the whole "I" vs "ME" in a sentence. My son's teacher told him is is always "I". She argued with me. (or should I say she argued with I?)

capt_noonie · 11-09-2012, 09:05 PM

I hate when people say "I could care less". It's I couldn't care less!

McheleM · 11-09-2012, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarmamma

So......do you THAW or DETHAW meat???

I set it out to defrost

SophieKatesMom · 11-10-2012, 06:05 AM

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So......do you THAW or DETHAW meat???

That one makes me CRAZY!!! My SIL uses it all the time, she is so sweet and would be hurt if I said something but Oh Mylanta its hard.

Cha Cha · 11-10-2012, 06:26 AM

Another one that gets me is worm and deworm.

11-09-2012, 11:54 AM	#33
Cha Cha Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play Posts: 7,069	I see sale and sell get mixed up a lot. I am "usually" pretty good at grammer but I get mixed up in the teenage slang with texting and what not (GE puppy talk too ) so I'm guilty on many counts listed here. __________________ Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee

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11-09-2012, 08:56 PM	#41
McheleM Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mesquite, TX Posts: 2,659	I was at the quilt shop yesterday and they had a embroidery sample hanging that said "butterfly's in spring" and had 4 or 5 butterflies flitting around. I turned to my daughter and double checked to make sure I wasn't wrong, but it was supposed to be "butterflies in spring". My worst are their, there, they're and two, to, too. And it's an IDEA, not an IDEAL. You do not get a great ideal. And there's the whole "I" vs "ME" in a sentence. My son's teacher told him is is always "I". She argued with me. (or should I say she argued with I?) __________________ "You've never learned to live until you've done something for someone for which they can never repay you."~Ralph Hall. Last edited by McheleM; 11-09-2012 at 08:59 PM.

11-09-2012, 09:05 PM	#42
capt_noonie www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County Posts: 17,408	I hate when people say "I could care less". It's I couldn't care less! __________________ The T.U.B. Pack! Toto, Uni, & Bindi RIP Lord Scrappington Montgomery McLimpybottom aka El Lenguo the Handicapped Ninja 10-12-12

11-10-2012, 06:26 AM	#45
Cha Cha Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play Posts: 7,069	Another one that gets me is worm and deworm. __________________ Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee