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Post by derekrumble on Sept 3, 2009 12:30:13 GMT
Here's a new rant for you all. I do not always use correct grammar - and I don't expect anyone else to be perfect either. You can be too pedantic about language.
But... but.... but.........
I can't stand the incorrect use of the 'myself', 'yourself 'etc. Aren't they called reflexive pronouns or something? I have just had a phone call from a delivery company to agree a delivery date for my new back door..
The woman at the other end said something like "Hello, I am calling to see when it's possible to deliver the door to yourself".
It's a wonder she didnt say "so we can deliver it from ourselves to yourself"! But she didn't. It's a bit like 'The King and I" which sounds 'posh' but is wrong.
The first time I really noticed this 'posh' talk was on a trip. The tour guide asked that we complete questionnaires and when finished "would you please return them to MYSELF". AAARRGGHH - it isnt posh to say 'return it to myself' when you mean 'return it ' or give it to ME!
Rant over. Saying 'please return it to myself' ain't posh; it proves you ain't.
D.
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Post by derekrumble on Sept 7, 2009 10:51:29 GMT
Just me then ? !
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 7, 2009 10:59:51 GMT
Whya are you buying yourself a new back door, what was wrong with the old one?
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Post by Spirit on Sept 7, 2009 11:28:54 GMT
Not just you...
Then/than... is one of my favourites.
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Post by derekrumble on Sept 14, 2009 13:08:35 GMT
Whya are you buying yourself a new back door, what was wrong with the old one? The old door has a double-glazed panel and something mould-like is growing in-between the pains of glass. My wife is tired of seeing it like that - and she has learned me, over the years, to do as I am told. It was wrong of me to not do nothing about it earlier. I have ordered (and now received, to ourselves) a new one. I should of done it ages ago. derek
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 14, 2009 21:57:25 GMT
Whya are you buying yourself a new back door, what was wrong with the old one? My wife is tired of seeing it like that - and she has learned me, over the years, to do as I am told. So you're under the thumb of a woman Derek? No place on this earth worse to be..... Is she the sort who tells you what to do with YOUR money?.... if so, my advice would be to throw her out of the new back door head first and tell her to GFH ;D
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Post by seroxatmad on Sept 16, 2009 16:36:21 GMT
So is it charva or chav?
Its been charva were i live for years but all of a sudden appears as chav on the news...
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Post by Sol on Sept 17, 2009 9:49:35 GMT
Speaking of grammar my pet hate is misuse of there, their and they're ... there's nothing highlights you as a moron more than choosing the incorrect one!
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Post by Sol on Sept 17, 2009 9:52:02 GMT
Oh and using text short forms in normal prose! Another stupidity of the modern world that will see my heading towards anger management classes!
M8 for mate ... CU L8TR for see you later
fine on a mobile phone, but blood boiling when typing at a qwerty keyboard. Does saving a couple of keystrokes really matter? Moronic!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2009 12:26:59 GMT
Another one that annoys me, and even many of my friends get this wrong too. Even those Banana benders up north ! My 1st wife was rather LOOSE, I was lucky to LOSE her.
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Post by derekrumble on Oct 9, 2009 10:58:50 GMT
And how about people who don't know when to use 'less' and when to use 'fewer'?
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Post by Sol on Oct 9, 2009 13:21:21 GMT
Or "thin" and "narrow" for that matter!
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Post by Will on Oct 9, 2009 13:38:28 GMT
Because increasingly becoming 'cause or even 'cuz
Ask pronounced axe.
That bloody atlantic lift at the end of a questioning sentence. Do you know what I mean?
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Post by derekrumble on Oct 10, 2009 16:14:35 GMT
When you say to someone "How are you?" and they reply with "I'm good, thanks".
And in a restaurant, when making an order, someone will say something like "can I GET a pizza?". No you don't GET the pizza - the waitress does.
I blame the Americans.
Derek
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Post by rickcr42 on Jan 19, 2010 15:05:22 GMT
dude must HATE me
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Post by puffin on Jan 19, 2010 15:39:19 GMT
What about the infuriatingly annoying trend by some teens and pre-teens to say "like" every other word...."oh, it was like, so amazing", well was it amazing or not! Was it something like amazing, in which case tell us what it was like!!!!
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Post by Will on Jan 19, 2010 21:47:12 GMT
What about the infuriatingly annoying trend by some teens and pre-teens to say "like" every other word...."oh, it was like, so amazing", well was it amazing or not! Was it something like amazing, in which case tell us what it was like!!!! Aarrghh! Don't get me started on that one!!! I completely agree with you, Puffin.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2010 8:11:30 GMT
Whya are you buying yourself a new back door, what was wrong with the old one? The old door has a double-glazed panel and something mould-like is growing in-between the pains of glass. My wife is tired of seeing it like that - and she has learned me, over the years, to do as I am told. It was wrong of me to not do nothing about it earlier. I have ordered (and now received, to ourselves) a new one. I should of done it ages ago. derek I still havent fitted the new back door. It's safe in the garage. It can't get wet there. Derek
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2010 17:16:59 GMT
When I reply or speak to people, I tend to try and judge the 'level' of my reply based in some part on their spelling and grammar. It is very hard to respect people who 'rite in a wel bad way and dey shows a lack of ejucashun'. However, I admire non native English speakers attempts at writing correctly. Must be hard for them; especially in subtle things that are implied by the way you write them! That takes a lot of effort on their part.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2010 18:05:26 GMT
Steady geeza, should you be admitting such deviances in public The current fashions you mention, yes we have those here too. Another lovely look (sic) is the habit of wearing a crop top and hipster jeans/trousers(pants in USA)/skirt, both of which are at least 3 sizes too small. So you end up with x amount of midriff squeezed rolls of flesh bulging in the only direction left available, sweet! Even on a normal figure this is very unflattering but when seen on the "better patted" figure it really is time for Mr Creosotes bucket :-P
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Post by Chris53 on Oct 26, 2010 18:48:22 GMT
One of my pet hates is "should of" instead of "should have". The kids can't understand how it can be wrong because that is how it sounds to them.
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Post by MaN227 on Oct 26, 2010 19:39:51 GMT
@cjarchez ;D ;D ;D good points man
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Post by PinkFloyd on Oct 26, 2010 22:36:21 GMT
OK... ,letss do IT
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Post by lini on Oct 30, 2010 22:15:37 GMT
(...) and something mould-like is growing in-between the pains of glass. (...) Should be panes and not pains, if you'd ask me... Oh, and another one, that hasn't been mentioned yet: it's/its (in addition to then/than, they're/there/their et cetera...) I don't find that all too difficut, though. More problematic are the so-called "false friends" - like for example "sensible", as that would be "vernünftig" in German, whereas out "sensibel" would rather be "sensitive" in English. However, what's most difficult for me as a foreigner is to consequently stick to either British or American English - even more so as in German we tend to avoid repetitions of the same words in the same sentence or subsequent sentences for better style, so synonyms always come in handy... Greetings from Munich! Manfred / lini
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2010 22:42:13 GMT
(...) and something mould-like is growing in-between the pains of glass. (...) Should be panes and not pains, if you'd ask me... Oh, and another one, that hasn't been mentioned yet: it's/its (in addition to then/than, they're/there/their et cetera...) I don't find that all too difficut, though. More problematic are the so-called "false friends" - like for example "sensible", as that would be "vernünftig" in German, whereas out "sensibel" would rather be "sensitive" in English. However, what's most difficult for me as a foreigner is to consequently stick to either British or American English - even more so as in German we tend to avoid repetitions of the same words in the same sentence or subsequent sentences for better style, so synonyms always come in handy... Greetings from Munich! Manfred / lini Lini You are wasting your time. People get set in their ways. For some unknown reason, almost everybody these days,including most of my Aussie friends, use "loose" when they mean "lose". As in lose your cool, or lose your way. Alex
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