Does it annoy you to come across the wrong usage of English?

by Booッ Posted 2012/06/21 12:40:07

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CuppaT Child of God 2012/06/21 13:03:32

Yes

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Incorrect grammar and spelling are two of my pet peeves. There is no excuse for it.
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Claise 2012/07/24 10:55:15

Yes

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sometimes it annoyes me, but since I am not a native English speaker, I am guilty myself of wrong usage of English all the time

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Dan 2012/06/27 00:47:50

Yes

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But I'm human. So I screw up a lot, too.

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Catnip 2012/06/25 03:04:39

No

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Cuz, I'm ocassionally guilty of it myself! Sometimes i dont talkz so good!

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Don Leuty 2012/06/24 07:48:49

No

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Sometimes it livens an otherwise listless day.

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KingdomNow 2012/06/24 04:01:31

No

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I grew up in a state where public education is near Third-World level in some areas.

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concerned dude 2012/06/24 03:57:02

Yes

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yes. it means we have become uneducated and lazy.

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Joann 2012/06/23 04:34:31

Yes

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on certain occasions....

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TheExphinitee42 2012/06/22 14:08:27 (edited)
XCloudPandaX 2012/06/21 21:27:08

No

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nope. everyone has their own way of talkin :3

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FencerCat 2012/06/21 20:02:16

Yes

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Particularly when it's in something professional, such as a text or a commercial. I'm so sick of hearing "less calories"!!! You can count calories, so it's FEWER! Less sand, fewer grains of sand. Today in a text I was reading it said "more THEN ten." THEN is a time-related word. It essentially means "next". Both next and then have an e (a help to remembering). The correct word should have been THAN, except both writer and editor were lacking in knowledge or grammar. The comparative is than. The time-related word is then.

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mk, Smartass Oracle 2012/06/21 17:08:16

No

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Not at all, my grammar is not the best.

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joshua ben-ami 2012/06/21 16:07:42

No

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not any longer it has become so common

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Missile 2012/06/21 15:16:37

No

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No, don't think people do it on purpose, maybe English isn't their first language and they are doing the best they can.

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Back_woods_boy 2012/06/21 14:54:28

No

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I'm guilty I seem to butcher the English language pretty good!

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Brother Bo 2012/06/21 14:01:28

Yes

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It drives me nuts that it seems acceptable now to end a sentence with a preposition and that people actually go out of their way to say something incorrectly...

Where is Jim? (proper)
Where is Jim at? (improper)
Jim is not "at" somewhere, and you sound illiterate when you ask it in that way.

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spoonerismFISH 2012/06/21 13:59:46

Yes

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I seriously cringe at bad english, but I do it half the time anyway?:/

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DinesH GayaN 2012/06/21 13:53:42

Yes

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Sometimes

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FELINE GESTURES IN THE DARK 2012/06/21 13:18:20

None of the above

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It depends . In a poem , it might be fine .

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Jeff Vader 2012/06/21 13:12:39 (edited)

Yes

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Sometimes, I was taught to respect my language, and I cringe sometimes when I see it so abused. English has a unique place among world languages in that it is spoken by so many diverse cultures, and by so many different peoples around the world.

It is a worry that many to whom it is not their first language seem to articulate it better than those of us who claim it as our mother tongue.

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Sister Jean 2012/06/21 13:09:30

No

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no

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/06/21 13:07:34

Yes

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Like American English. You don't put jelly on toast! *smack*

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CuppaT Child of God 2012/06/21 13:03:32

Yes

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Incorrect grammar and spelling are two of my pet peeves. There is no excuse for it.

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All American 2012/06/21 13:00:10

None of the above

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What due you meen?

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Aksana 2012/06/21 12:51:58

No

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Some people are not good in English but it doesn't mean that they speak crap
English is not everyone's Home Language, so nay!

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Yosyp 2012/06/21 12:51:55

No

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That would make me a funny person because I make so many mistakes

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L1 2012/06/21 12:46:38

No

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Not really.

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beach bum 2012/06/21 12:41:06

No

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nah

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Willski 2012/06/21 12:40:48

Yes

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Yeah, sometimes.

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