English is my only language and I don’t get this. Guess I’m not a rocket surgery!!!!
The proper use of certain words
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A transitive verb is something someone does to something else., I.e. it must have an object. “I lowered” is wrong. ‘I lowered the rope’, ‘I lowered myself’ or ‘I lowered by aching balls slowly into her waiting mouth’ all work.
You’re smarter than me!!!! I kinda get what you’re saying, but kinda don’t really care. Ha ha…I’ll go for the balls in her mouth though!!!!
Sure, some of the blame goes to the author but much of it has to do with the idiosyncrasies of written English.
There shouldn't be words like "to, too, and two" that sound identical but have entirely different meanings.
Think of the children!
There shouldn't be words like "to, too, and two" that sound identical but have entirely different meanings.
Think of the children!
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You're is you are but when someone uses it in a sentence like this:
"What an idiot you're" and I have seen this exact sentence used, it just seems wrong.
When actually speaking that sentence verbally, nobody would say that.
"What an idiot you're" and I have seen this exact sentence used, it just seems wrong.
When actually speaking that sentence verbally, nobody would say that.
Never mind the children, it's the adults who find the use of three words that sound the same but have completely different meanings to be too complicated for them!
A friend took a couple girls fishing in northern B.C. Only landed two fish.
Now, I want to take two too to Two Rivers to catch two fish too, tomorrow!
When people say I could care less, instead of couldn’t care less. If they just thought of what they were saying they would realize it makes no sense
I think I read somewhere that in a Nordic country(maybe Finland), words are spelt exactly as they are spoken. This gives the kids a headstart.
More of a geometry issue than a grammar problem:
”My Girlfriend has changed her entire life; she had done a complete 360.”
No! There are 360 degrees in a circle. If my girlfriend did a complete 360 she would be exactly where she was when she started.
If you make a complete change in your life and are now doing the opposite of what you used to do, you have made a 180 degree change…not 360!
Grrrr…
”My Girlfriend has changed her entire life; she had done a complete 360.”
No! There are 360 degrees in a circle. If my girlfriend did a complete 360 she would be exactly where she was when she started.
If you make a complete change in your life and are now doing the opposite of what you used to do, you have made a 180 degree change…not 360!
Grrrr…
A complete 360 is what happens to my putts.
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