Add to that the horror of some Americanisms ("burglarize" being one of my current unfaves) and it's no wonder that I spend most of my time watching Brit shows - preferably Stephen Fry LOL
Watching the first season of Miami Vice to see what the hullabaloo was about. Hideous grammar, usage, and pronunciation back then already. I just can't understand how writers can write supposedly educated characters, for instance, saying what they do.
Oh, well. I'm too picky, I suppose.
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I wish I was instead of I wish I were is another.
I know you're happy with me going to the game instead of I know you're happy with my going to the game....
It's work ones I find hardest. Stuff will float across my desk, supposedly written by people with half a brain and I have to restrain myself from getting out the red pen. *g*
I sit in work meetings constantly biting my tongue, but mentally correcting everyone's grammar.
What is really sad is that I work in a company with a high number of non-native English speakers (really, about 70% of our staff) and most of them make less grammatical errors than the native speakers. And the errors they do make are mainly syntax errors. They would never confuse "could have" for "could of" for instance.
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Add to that the horror of some Americanisms ("burglarize" being one of my current unfaves) and it's no wonder that I spend most of my time watching Brit shows - preferably Stephen Fry LOL
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Allergies
Re: Allergies
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ROTFLMAO!!!
M Lyn
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Oh, well. I'm too picky, I suppose.
M
I wish I was instead of I wish I were is another.
I know you're happy with me going to the game instead of I know you're happy with my going to the game....
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"could of" instead of "could have" for instance
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I sit in work meetings constantly biting my tongue, but mentally correcting everyone's grammar.
What is really sad is that I work in a company with a high number of non-native English speakers (really, about 70% of our staff) and most of them make less grammatical errors than the native speakers. And the errors they do make are mainly syntax errors. They would never confuse "could have" for "could of" for instance.
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And I'm an apostrophe nazi to boot.
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