I'm certainly not a grammar nazi, but some misuses of the english language simply make me cringe. I received an email explaining that an item I was hoping to purchase "initially costed more".I can't be the only who feels this way. What are some things that make you cringe?
It's just "cost" people
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Someone handling a firearm with their finger on the trigger.
Someone riding a “soft” horse, and pulling on the reins like he’s in total control and directing a plow horse ....
A Wanna-be rancher that breeds their stock too young and looses that poor animal during calving, and justifies his mistake by blaming profit.
.....Oh!....and Politicians, they make me cringe, just by their very existence.
Someone riding a “soft” horse, and pulling on the reins like he’s in total control and directing a plow horse ....
A Wanna-be rancher that breeds their stock too young and looses that poor animal during calving, and justifies his mistake by blaming profit.
.....Oh!....and Politicians, they make me cringe, just by their very existence.
The overall list is much too massive to post here, but as far as grammar/spelling go, it does bother me when professional news outlets publish/display errors - it really seems as if there's no such thing as a proofreader anymore (or anyone who cares!).
Does not everyone have the opportunity to attend grade school and continue through to grade 12? That type of education should be all that’s needed to read and write properly if one puts in the effort.
The word "cost" in this context is not what you think.
Cost can be used to describe the action of determining a price for something. To "cost" a project or item is to calculate a price for it.
For example, if a homeowner wants a contractor to build a garage the contractor will have a project estimator "cost" the project.
It sounds stupid though, agreed.
Not as bad as "action" or "inbox" or a shitload of other stupid buzzwords.
The worst is "toolbox/toolkit".
We had a vendor trying to sell an updated version of a machine. It was very similar to the one we had but he couldn't say that.
He said "It shares many aspects of commonality".
No, they don’t. Also even some who do have learning disabilities.
Does not everyone have the opportunity to attend grade school and continue through to grade 12? That type of education should be all that’s needed to read and write properly if one puts in the effort.
Irregardless (lose the Ir bitches)!
Any flagrant buzzwording, you sustainable woke social media bastards.
Any flagrant buzzwording, you sustainable woke social media bastards.
I’m not sure where these people are that don’t have the opportunity to go to school. I have to admit I’ve never met any.
Yes I had that opportunity.....I struggled in school, so after several attempts at graduating grade twelve, I decided instead to serve my country.
Does not everyone have the opportunity to attend grade school and continue through to grade 12? That type of education should be all that’s needed to read and write properly if one puts in the effort.
I received several injuries in combat , one of them a brain injury....I struggle with my spelling, but my spacial recognition is off the charts, which is why I was such a deadly man with a rifle. My mind works differently than most....and I’ve stopped trying long ago to understand it.
I thank you for the correction, but I will be making many more in the future....so you may have to just get used to it.
If you travel past Hope, and go North, into the Blackwater country, you’ll meet many.
Ive known men who couldn’t read.....as a matter of fact I have several in my family.
Yeah, you clearly live in a super privileged bubble. I personally dropped out in order to work to afford to move out of an abusive household. It’s more common with less privileged demographics. In some areas school is so bad it doesn’t even really teach kids anything. The world is more than what you see
Language's primary purpose is to communicate ideas. Any rules we put around it, though communally agreed, are completely arbitrary. That includes spelling as well as grammar. Add to that a living language evolves and grows and adapts to fit the society that it benefits, trying to put hard and fast rules on it is practically a lost cause. Would I get uppity about "costed" in an email that was probably written on a smart phone in a rush but wanted to get a simple idea cross to you so you as a coworker can stay informed. No. It's an email, and I understood what he wanted to say. Would I get uppity if it was in a international treaty that controlled the fishing rights of an entire country. Probably, since language in that context needs to be precise and rigid because lives are potentially in the balance.
(Interesting sidebar: 'Ye Ole Pub' isn't actually pronounced 'Yee'. The 'y' represents a letter that we as a society dropped ages ago that made a 'Th' sound).
About half of my non familial social circle speak English as their second language. Some of them attended school here, but arrived well past their formative years which also usually meant the parents were still learning too.
These I can understand. The 1, 2, and 4 are homophones.
Further vs farther is tricky. I still have to remind myself when I use them. Like "less" and "fewer".
Knowing your shit vs Knowing you’re shit
On the what makes you cringe thing - there are not as many as there used to be, but the ones that do ... hoo wee!
And I guess a lot of posters here do that to me as I just had a quick scan of the Lounge posts and about a third of them showed up as "ignored".
And I guess a lot of posters here do that to me as I just had a quick scan of the Lounge posts and about a third of them showed up as "ignored".
I agree, seems Prince Ginger had the time to write the forward to a kids book when not talking to Oprah or some other gossip rag.
