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#1266424 24-Mar-2015 09:02

KiwiNZ: Not directed at anyone but these types of threads no matter where they are always remind me of the lyrics of a certain song....

"Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way."

We all make mistakes, I remember the last time I did. It was a rainy day in 1991 .....

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#1266425 24-Mar-2015 09:03

One that really grinds my gears is the word sort - as in "This is a great property in a highly sort after location". I can't point you to one pacific example, but if you Trawl (troll?) through the Trademe property listings you'll find dozens of them.

And I cringe every time I hear someone say "youse" in a business setting ie "Have youse guys completed that report yet?"

And also when people start their sentences with "and"......

I am trying to erase "anythink and nothink" from our kids' vocabulary. Neither their mother or I have ever spoken in such a manner so we can only assume they've picked it up at school. Its unfortunate your not aloud too beat such grammar out of them anymore.

Just reading back that last sentence in my head was incredibly difficult.

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#1266434 24-Mar-2015 09:09

When stuff like "youse" is used intentionally as its trendy, suppsosedly, I'm ok with that, but when all of these examples are used unknowlingly, and a matter of course, it doesn't make the education system stand up. Maybe the three "R"'s should have an increased focus.

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#1266437 24-Mar-2015 09:14

Wheelbarrow01: One that really grinds my gears is the word sort - as in "This is a great property in a highly sort after location". I can't point you to one pacific example, but if you Trawl (troll?) through the Trademe property listings you'll find dozens of them.

And I cringe every time I hear someone say "youse" in a business setting ie "Have youse guys completed that report yet?"

And also when people start their sentences with "and"......

I am trying to erase "anythink and nothink" from our kids' vocabulary. Neither their mother or I have ever spoken in such a manner so we can only assume they've picked it up at school. Its unfortunate your not aloud too beat such grammar out of them anymore.

Just reading back that last sentence in my head was incredibly difficult.

There is nothing grammatically incorrect with starting sentences with "and" or "so".

Hand in hand with "youse" is TIDday. As in "Is that all youse want TIDday".

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#1266439 24-Mar-2015 09:17

Wheelbarrow01: Its unfortunate your not aloud too beat such grammar out of them anymore.

Replace above words with it's and allowed.

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#1266441 24-Mar-2015 09:23

joker97: ok my bad ...

Argh!

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#1266443 24-Mar-2015 09:23

freitasm:
Wheelbarrow01: Its unfortunate your not aloud too beat such grammar out of them anymore.

Replace above words with it's and allowed.

I was being facetious. The correct sentence in full is: It's unfortunate you're not allowed to beat etc.... I also used pacific in the first paragraph on purpose.

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#1266444 24-Mar-2015 09:26

FO SHIZ Mah Homies!
I am DOWN WITH IT.

Youse all fly.

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#1266450 24-Mar-2015 09:28

A lot of people these days probably think that "grammar" is what one calls either one of his/her parent's mothers.

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#1266451 24-Mar-2015 09:32

The trouble with picking out errors in grammar on forums is that you invariably get something wrong in your own.

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#1266457 24-Mar-2015 09:37

I of neva hada isue wit da spelz.

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#1266467 24-Mar-2015 09:45

muppet: FO SHIZ Mah Homies!
I am DOWN WITH IT.

Youse all fly.

That would be down wit it

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#1266508 24-Mar-2015 10:05

Glassboy:
KiwiNZ: Not directed at anyone but these types of threads no matter where they are always remind me of the lyrics of a certain song....

"Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way."

We all make mistakes, I remember the last time I did. It was a rainy day in 1991 .....

Dammit that used to be my line but I could always narrow it down to exact time :P

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#1266514 24-Mar-2015 10:09

My favourites are when people totally butcher well known sayings & idioms. I was at an indoor netball venue once where there was a sign misstating "For all intents and purposes" as "For all intensive purposes"

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#1266594 24-Mar-2015 10:54

mattwnz:One that gets to me though, is 'their' and 'there' , as many people don't know the difference.

That's one of my biggest gripes. Friends who I consider intelligent make this mistake all the time, usually on Facebook. It really grinds my gears, lol.

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