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I seen, you seen, he seen, she seen they seen...
It makes me flinch to hear it, and it almost makes my fingers cramp to type that abuse of the language.
Ahhhh...I feel better.

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Originally posted by Thrawn:
People aren't screwing up the language, they're not saying it wrong, they're modifying it so that it expresses part of their own identity as well as the meanings of the words. You're allowed to not like it, and insist you'll never use it yourself, but that still doesn't make it wrong.

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Originally posted by Caite:
Since so many people in another thread expressed an interest in grammar and in starting a shiny grammar "club" here's the chance! Post all about your grammar pet peeves, desires, admonishments, etc here

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Originally posted by Blinker:
Now, uh: am I the only one thinkin' it's all kinds of ironical to be talkin' grammar peeves on a Firefly site?

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Originally posted by Knibblet:
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What bothers me isn't so much improper grammar as the complete lack of an attempt at grammar.
I'd rather see someone try to construct a sentence than someone who just throws a bunch of random words out in the black.

If you try and get it wrong, that's sad.
If you don't even try, that's simply lazy and stupid.

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

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I believe Josh chose to show that Kaylee may be undereducated

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Originally posted by Tallgrrl:
Oh! There's also "good" and "well".
Ay caramba!!
Doesn't everyone know the difference?
One feels well.
One does good.

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Originally posted by Phoebe:
Its/it's, your/you're, their/they're/there, are probably THE most misused.

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oddness2her wrote:
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 09:29
Maugwai asked about apostrophes used in plurals.
They're appropriate if you're talking about possesive plurals, for example, "The cars' exhaust permeated the air." As in, the exhaust of more than one car.

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Originally posted by CALLMEATH:
...."I could care less" Is the extra "n't" really that hard to say?....

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Originally posted by CALLMEATH:
I liked this better when everyone was just listing their grammatical pet peeves, not arguing over whether or not people are allowed to mess with the language. However, as there are billions of people who speak English, some sort of standard must be maintained. I mean, it took me two weeks to find out what "krunk" meant. I sometimes think that half of the population will soon speak in nothing but slang, while the other half will speak perfect english, with neither side understanding the other.

Alright, enough babbling. Here are some of my pet peeves:

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Originally posted by Caite:
You put punctuation inside quotation marks...always

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Originally posted by Thrawn:
I'm a linguistics major, and the linguistics point of view is that anything is valid, more or less, so long as it's intelligible to those around you. The thing is that language is a very personal thing, and so it's extremely easy for differences that you feel are wrong to irritate the crap out of you even though they don't really cause any difference in meaning.

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Originally posted by CALLMEATH:
"I could care less" Is the extra "n't" really that hard to say?

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Another pet peeve is when people say irregardless. I'm amazed every time I hear it used!

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I argued with my brother on this one. In our dictionary, it is considered a real word.

I just did a search on www.dictionary.com and came up with:

"ir·re·gard·less ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-gärdls)
adv. Nonstandard
Regardless.
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[Probably blend of irrespective, and regardless.]
Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


irregardless

adv : regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously"


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I liked this better when everyone was just listing their grammatical pet peeves, not arguing over whether or not people are allowed to mess with the language. However, as there are billions of people who speak English, some sort of standard must be maintained. I mean, it took me two weeks to find out what "krunk" meant. I sometimes think that half of the population will soon speak in nothing but slang, while the other half will speak perfect english, with neither side understanding the other.

Alright, enough babbling. Here are some of my pet peeves:

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Never mind those crazy people who use "alright" instead of "all right".... (I have many grammatical pet peeves, the worst of which is people who end sentences with "so"....)

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