Grammer Class is Open...

Wannafish · Dec 17, 2004

It's OK Henro. We love you in spite of your lamp-shade. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JayC · Dec 17, 2004

Must be an obsessive compulsive thing. Your almost right. 

 "Must be an obsessive compulsive thing. Your almost right."

Must be an obsessive compulsive thing. "You're" (meaning you are) almost right.

Keep 'em comin'! 

ROFL!!!! This thread is a riot!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

leaddog · Dec 17, 2004

One man won one one dollar bill!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats why english is so hard to understand, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.......... or should I put a question mark after that??????????YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN>>>>>>>>>>>>
leaddog

When you are at the front of the pack you can eat the snow but when you are at the back don't. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
just something I observed riding a sled behind my sled dogs.

Wannafish · Dec 17, 2004

I can't help it Jay. I'm just a helpful kinda guy. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Henro - please don't be mad at me...I tried to put plenty of /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif in my post so's you'da know'd I's only kiddin!

johnday · Dec 17, 2004

I always try for proper spelling and such, but sometimes I don't got no ideal. Just wait til me and you guys all git tagether somewhir. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

EastTexFrank · Dec 17, 2004

Henro, I couldn't agree more with you. This whole grammar/spelling thing is a bit like life. You try to do the best you can but it's sometimes difficult to totally obey someone else's rules, especially when you can't see a good reason for them. Sometimes "getting by" is good enough. Besides the primary function of language is to communicate and it's a dynamic thing, it's always changing. The rules that applied yesteryear don't necessarily apply today. So maybe the fact that we mangle the English language just means that we are progressive thinkers, ahead of our time. The only exception that I would make to that would be rap and ebonics ... but even then !!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That's as philosophical as I'm going to get for today.

Wannafish · Dec 17, 2004

It don't rightly matter how we spell when wur ina grupe...long as we kin unnerstand what tuh udder wuns a talkin' 'bout.

PBMAX · Dec 17, 2004

Now, internet forums and tractors have a lot of acronyms, but how many have had to deal with and know the amount of acronyms used in:
Military?
Computers?
Hospitals?


yep all 3 and wireless telecom... funny how each type of industry also has its own short hand.... aslo the lighting controls co, I work for now, has its share... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif ...

One I was called on one in English 101 or was it 102? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It wasas is a Navy phrase " The smoking lamp is now lighted." for you land lubbers, it means light'm if you got'm... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif She was cool about it. She told me I could use it only if I could show her why she should let me....

The thing I was always frustrated with in English class verses the Science stuff is all the darn exceptions to the rule... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

hobbyfarm · Dec 17, 2004

Yeah, what he said! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bird · Dec 17, 2004

How often do you see the words "I" and "me" misused, depending on whether they are the subject or object of a verb?

bczoom · Dec 17, 2004

( How often do you see the words "I" and "me" misused, depending on whether they are the subject or object of a verb? )

Alright... I'm going to side with those that took the science path during my formal schooling days.

Dang, I can't believe you, Dargo and others can still recall and break down the rules of sentence structure and all that other "stuff" (like Dargo's list of prepositions). I need to turn on the TV more... I've heard "School House Rock" is back on. I need a refresher in English. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Boondox · Dec 17, 2004

( How often do you see the words "I" and "me" misused, depending on whether they are the subject or object of a verb? )

Yeah, that's another one I've messed up at times! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

MossRoad · Dec 17, 2004

Testrone is also linked to baldness ehhh.


Then I must be the testosteroneous! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Hey, anyone notice that all the emoticons are bald except the one asking questions.... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

hobbyfarm · Dec 17, 2004

Hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm,
Maybe I should start a Speech thread, /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Let's see-

wind /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif, wind /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
etc........ /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Awful hard to hear speech on the forum though. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

hobbyfarm · Dec 17, 2004

Oooppppps,
I forgot
wined, and whined /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Harv · Dec 17, 2004

( How often do you see the words "I" and "me" misused )

That's the one that still triggers an involuntary knee jerk with me, Bird. (Keep in mind I was raised by a language teacher, and I had to learn the rules.) I mostly see it on TV, where, say, some Harvard-educated political yahoo is trying to impress us with his lofty speaking abilities. "It was the best thing for my wife and I", or "there's no reason the focus should have been on my partner and I".

If my poor mother were alive today, she'd banish them to object-of-a-preposition ****. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

When I was finally old enough to speak to Mom more or less as an equal, I used to delight in deliberately using a preposition to end a sentence... with. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Nowadays, I just have fun with words. Speaking plainly and correctly is just plain boring. As we've observed on this forum, folks understand what you're saying jes' fine, as long as what yer sayin' makes any sense at all. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Golfgar4 · Dec 17, 2004

I agree with you Bill.

There are plenty of times when I read through a post and start to think about how badly it's worded. But then I try to remind myself that the poster isn't doing it on purpose and in fact is really only thinking about what information (s)he is trying to communicate to other readers.

That being said, the one that always gets me is the use of the word irregardless . I don't believe there is any such word. The good old plain regardless is the word that should have been used. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

AndyM · Dec 17, 2004

Hi everyone! I think I need to start checking TBN at work. I'm missing out on too much.

Three things that irritate me--

1) When did "upped" become a word? As in, "Our budget needs upped to 10,000 dollars next year." The correct word is "raised".

2) This is not the correct usage of the word "times"...
"If you times 23 and 10, you get 230." When did we quit using the word "multiply"?

3) You add "s" or "es" to make most words plural. Adding an apostrophe and "s" shows possession, but it does not make a word plural. For example, I have one box and two boxes. "Box's" is NOT the plural form of "box".

I feel much better now! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

jinman · Dec 17, 2004

( Besides, why would this thread be closed? )

Some one'll probly mash on there break petals. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

bky · Dec 17, 2004

Its not how you say it , Its what you say that matters /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif