Cranky Dude thread of the day - Post english errors that bug you:
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i will axe you where you put the flim.......................Caribbean....suck it up..............Not a written error , but I really hate when people "axe" a question.
While misused punctuation is annoying , what is truly annoying is not a comma in the wrong spot, but when a paragraph contains no puncuation whatsover and just goes on and on without any break and you can feel yourself losing breath as you imagine in your head someone trying to read aloud what you have just written and you are almost out of breath as you realize no one can speak that long without a break.
Nothing however other people do however pissees me off more than when I am the one making a mistake. Damn internet.
The Rob Ford Debacle makes it very clear how few people understand the differences between 'imply', 'infer' and 'insinuate', the meaning of any of them or how to use them usefully in a sentence to convey information or persuade to an opinion.
But My Pettest Peeve of All is people using 'of' when they mean 'have': 'I would of gone', when they're saying something prevented them from doing what they wanted, 'I would have gone/stayed/eaten, but … '
Guessing by the sound of the words because they read so little, I imagine.
But My Pettest Peeve of All is people using 'of' when they mean 'have': 'I would of gone', when they're saying something prevented them from doing what they wanted, 'I would have gone/stayed/eaten, but … '
Guessing by the sound of the words because they read so little, I imagine.
They're misunderstanding the contracted form - in would've, should've, could've, the contracted have should sound a bit like the French word for egg, without the trailing r sound. That's much closer to "of'
It's a common criticism that double negatives shouldn't be used but they are accepatable. Wrote an essay on it in university. It is not math - double negatives do not negate or cancel each other out. There are languages that use triple or quadruple negatives.
Or in Quebec Independence Referendum questions, or the uninstall procedure for malware programs.
sorry if these have been previously addressed
Improper use of the word literally. The band literally brought the house down. If that were the case, walls and the roof would have caved in, there would be a search and rescue team there etc.
Could care less. One probably means couldn't care less.
Improper use of the word literally. The band literally brought the house down. If that were the case, walls and the roof would have caved in, there would be a search and rescue team there etc.
Could care less. One probably means couldn't care less.
Use the tech function in your spellcheck for the usual assortment of canadian words.I hate ^^ this one too.
and it sounds silly to say the band figuratively brought the house down
this is fast becoming my favourite thread. I hate that when I spell favourite correctly I get a little red underline.
It's more of a pronunciation error, but it really pisses me off when hot girls take the sentence "yes I do want to suck your cock and have you fuck me" and mispronounce it as "get lost and get the fuck away from me".
Another annoying one is mispronouncing "that was fantastic, you don't have to pay me, I should be paying you" as "that will be $20 extra since we went over the hour".
Another annoying one is mispronouncing "that was fantastic, you don't have to pay me, I should be paying you" as "that will be $20 extra since we went over the hour".
A Google search will turn up a Canadian Dictionary add-on for Firefox, likewise you can add one to Apple's OS.
