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Post by Jebediah on Jul 31, 2009 23:49:30 GMT -5
Edit: Oh yeah, and what's the difference between who and whom? I remember in sixth grade my teacher said that who was used as a subject and whom was an object, but I want to make sure. The way it was explained to me: If you can replace the word with 'he,' then you use 'who.' If the word is replaceable with 'him,' then you would use 'whom.' "The word" being 'who/whom.'
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MysticalChicken
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Post by MysticalChicken on Aug 1, 2009 2:56:15 GMT -5
This happened several months ago, right after we got a new modem for our computer (I forget what was wrong with the old one):
My mom: This [modem] has less lights than the other one did. Me, without missing a beat: Fewer lights. Mom: That's what I said, I said less lights. Me: No, FEWER lights. ... lather, rinse, repeat several more times.
also not really a grammar issue but she pronounces "breakfast" as "break-frust" and it drives me CRAZY.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Aug 1, 2009 3:06:10 GMT -5
Edit: Oh yeah, and what's the difference between who and whom? I remember in sixth grade my teacher said that who was used as a subject and whom was an object, but I want to make sure. The way it was explained to me: If you can replace the word with 'he,' then you use 'who.' If the word is replaceable with 'him,' then you would use 'whom.' "The word" being 'who/whom.' This is essentially 2 different ways of saying the same thing, & both are accurate.
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Post by Vypernight on Aug 1, 2009 4:09:44 GMT -5
I've taken down letters from corporate, corrected them, then reposted them at work. My boss hates that.
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Post by Marc on Aug 1, 2009 10:46:01 GMT -5
This reminds me of a woman I know. She pronounces and spells 'row' as 'roll.' Where is she from? My wife adds "L" to the ends of words ending in "W" all the time as well (draw becomes drawl, saw becomes sawl, etc). I think it's a regional thing. Marc
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Post by Angel Kaida on Aug 1, 2009 12:30:48 GMT -5
One "word": Warsh. That's all I'm saying.
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Post by Oriet on Aug 1, 2009 13:16:24 GMT -5
My aunt says "warsh" instead of "wash." I have no clue why, either, as my grandparents and mom don't say it that way.
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Post by wmdkitty on Aug 1, 2009 16:21:37 GMT -5
One "word": Warsh. That's all I'm saying. I seriously want to slap my mom every time she says "warsh". THERE IS NO "R" IN "WASH"!
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Post by The_L on Aug 1, 2009 19:03:30 GMT -5
My mother used to pronounce "ruin" as "rern." Took her DECADES to cut that one out, even though she knew it was wrong.
Because of the stigma associated with her south Alabama accent, she went out of her way to make sure my brother and I were accent-free. To this day, "fixin' to" makes me wince.
Oh, and here's one for you non-Southerners to wrap your head around: My grandmother said she was in school learning to read before she realized "I 'ownt sum'n' t'eat" was a sentence ("I want something to eat") and not just one word.
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Post by MaybeNever on Aug 2, 2009 3:35:26 GMT -5
For the record: "affect" is sometimes a noun, particularly in psychology.
I think my biggest grammar annoyance is to/too, although your/you're and there/their/they're are frustrating to.
I hate seeing people use "whom" incorrectly. I'd rather they just use "who", even if it's wrong. Maybe it's just that few people use the former at all and so not seeing it where it should be seems normal somehow, whereas using "whom" and getting it wrong just looks like someone trying to look smart without the ability.
Another one that gets under my skin: people not knowing how to use the subjunctive. It's really uncommon for people to know how to use it (or even what it is), but still it gets to me. Curiously, I didn't know what it was until I studied Spanish and had several people correct me when I claimed English didn't have it.
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Post by SimSim on Aug 2, 2009 7:06:22 GMT -5
One "word": Warsh. That's all I'm saying. Those R's from Boston have to go somewhere.
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Post by Goosey on Aug 2, 2009 7:59:32 GMT -5
Grammar nazis keep bringing up "your/you're" and shouting "It isn't that hard!"
It really isn't, though.
He's, you're, it's, who's, they're - all have apostrophes, all fulfill the same grammatical function (contraction of pronoun and verb 'to be').
His, your, its, whose, their - none have apostrophes, all fulfill the same grammatical function (possessive case pronoun).
If you know the difference between 'his' and 'he's' (and you should), there's really no excuse for not knowing the difference between 'your' and 'you're'. Or any of the others there.
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Post by Tiger on Aug 2, 2009 12:23:10 GMT -5
For the record: "affect" is sometimes a noun, particularly in psychology. Didn't know that.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 2, 2009 18:43:12 GMT -5
One "word": Warsh. That's all I'm saying. Aww, not gonna mention "warter"? Everyone around here sounds like Disney's Goofy.
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Post by The_L on Aug 2, 2009 19:22:48 GMT -5
One "word": Warsh. That's all I'm saying. Aww, not gonna mention "warter"? Everyone around here sounds like Disney's Goofy. Gawrsh. What used to bother me, befoer I left Birmingham, was the astonishing number of people who pronounced "milk" as a two-syllable word. I mean, I understand about the whole Southern drawl thing, but damn.
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