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Black Orchid

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Re: English Grammar
Reply #45 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 3:49pm

Pet hates …

Common misuse of there/their/they're probably cannot be blamed on parents. They are all pronounced similarly. Slipping through the cracks in English class would more likely be the cause of such misuse.

The same could be said for the misuse of your/you're.

More and more people nowadays obviously do not understand the correct usage of to/too.

However, misuse of then/than could be attributed to learned home vernacular.

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #46 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 3:51pm All of the above rules are taught in primary school.
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Reply #47 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 3:59pm

Another pet hate …

“I couldn't care less” -v- “I could care less”.

“I couldn't care less” means that you don't care at all about something so, in effect, you could not care any less ie you care so little about something that you “couldn't care less”. It is an old British/English term.

“I could care less” is a logically flawed variant that popped up in the USA in the 1960s and makes no sense in the context that it is often mistakenly used. In using this term you are literally saying that it is possible for you to care less than you care now ie you actually care to begin with.

“I couldn't care less” is the correct term.

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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #48 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:00pm There was a great comedy sketch some years back, that had public school type correcting a Cockney. "It is not free, it is three." "That wo' I said, free." "No, no. Its not free it is th . . .ree. How do you spell it?" "Ya don't spell it, ya git. Its a numbah!"
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Re: English Grammar
Reply #49 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:01pm

Black Orchid wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 3:49pm:

Pet hates …

Common misuse of there/their/they're probably cannot be blamed on parents. They are all pronounced similarly. Slipping through the cracks in English class would more likely be the cause of such misuse.

The same could be said for the misuse of your/you're.

More and more people nowadays obviously do not understand the correct usage of to/too.

However, misuse of then/than could be attributed to learned home vernacular.

Or even of/off. Amazing.

It's the "I done", "I seen" and "yous" that really makes me cringe.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #50 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:10pm Lose/loose. The TV generation.
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Re: English Grammar
Reply #51 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:14pm

Neferti wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 3:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 11:42am:

peoples only focuses on grammar when they've lost the argument.

Cheesy

I don't have a problem with your use of the English language, John. Tongue

I love the Aussie accent it is just the BOGAN lot that make me cringe and they give Australia a bad name. Going grocery shopping in the afternoon in your PJs ... and barefoot? Unbelievable. Uncouth is the word, I think. Embarrassed

My wife saw that on her first shopping trip after moving to Australia, she was absolutely gob smacked and so shocked her jaw dropped ...she stood there staring with her mouth wide open, unable to move

I had to pull her away because I thought the girl she was staring at might start something

She came from a country where going to the corner store involved putting on your Sunday best. Now she's almost used to it .

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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5900 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #52 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:16pm Txt and Facebook abbreviations used by some people irritate me. We are breeding an illiterate generation who have no idea how to spell and who think that whatever auto correct inserts (quite often wrongly) must be correct
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5900 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #53 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:17pm I have to admit that I have never seen anyone shopping in the PJs
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39964 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #54 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:17pm Black Orchid wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:16pm: Txt Text and Facebook abbreviations used by some people irritate me. We are breeding an illiterate generation who have no idea how to spell and who think that whatever auto correct inserts (quite often wrongly) must be correct
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5900 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #55 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:19pm Txt (and not text) is the common usage for txt/text messaging but, yes, it is digital slang. As you were.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39964 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #56 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:20pm Black Orchid wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:19pm: Txt (and not text) is the common usage for txt/text messaging. As you were. Oh I know. But I thought those abbreviations annoyed you.
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5900 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #57 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:21pm Aussie wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:20pm: Black Orchid wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:19pm: Txt (and not text) is the common usage for txt/text messaging. As you were. Oh I know. But I thought those abbreviations annoyed you. You annoy me too.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39964 Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #58 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:22pm Black Orchid wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:21pm: Aussie wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:20pm: Black Orchid wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:19pm: Txt (and not text) is the common usage for txt/text messaging. As you were. Oh I know. But I thought those abbreviations annoyed you. You annoy me too. My life would not be good, if I didn't.
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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: English Grammar Reply #59 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:23pm issuevoter wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 4:00pm: There was a great comedy sketch some years back, that had public school type correcting a Cockney. "It is not free, it is three." "That wo' I said, free." "No, no. Its not free it is th . . .ree. How do you spell it?" "Ya don't spell it, ya git. Its a numbah!" What????
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