English Abusage That Drives You Crazy
One of the ones that makes my skin crawl is when people use "of" instead of the contraction of "have." For example, "My plants died. I should of watered them before visiting my family for a week."
What are some of yours?
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Permalink Reply by Stutz on -
Totally. If you never left the internet, you might come away thinking that the word "lose" doesn't exist.
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Permalink Reply by Dustin WIdmann on -
@Stutz: Yeah, what's with that anyway?
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Permalink Reply by Hannah Cutts on -
Where's the difference in pronunciation of "your" and "you're"? I mean, it might just be my thick Yorkshire accent, but I've never heard any difference in the two. Same for "there", "their" and "they're".
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Permalink Reply by Dustin WIdmann on
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This thread reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.
"I refuse to be part of a society that encourages the rampant abuse of its own language."
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Permalink Reply by Jewelz on -
HA! I think this may be another example of a mutant hybrid baby. Butt ugly + buck naked perhaps?
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Permalink Reply by Stutz on
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Because stupid people think that the expression refers to the fact that your butt is exposed when you're naked.
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on -
When people don't capitalize or punctuate it's hard to tell if they even know how.
Which may be the point.
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Permalink Reply by Dustin WIdmann on
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why would any1 want 2 do that neway its not as if it helps nebody no wut ur saying <--- When I see things like this I just want to grrashbkljhlstabstabak;ljastrangledll;grrbbludgeonasdlbbbbb.
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Permalink Reply by Lewal on -
When people say "there's" instead of "there are" or even "there're". I know "there're" isn't a word, but it's damn sure better than saying "There's some people outside."
Also, "should've".
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Permalink Reply by Hannah Cutts on
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I think that can be put down to ease of pronunciation though, as opposed to people just not knowing the rules. It could be accent too, I know that I say there's instead of "there is" or "there has" and "there're". When you're talking at speed, things get jumbled together, but I agree that it's not something I'd expect to see written down.
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