Allergies - I thought it was hilarious

[wren_kt7oz]

I post this with no further comment for the amusement of my fellow "allergy" sufferers - you know who you are.

Comments

[kmboatright.livejournal.com]

hey, I sent you a private message.

[ta-wanda.livejournal.com]

Right there with you. One of my symptoms involves shouting corrections at the tv screen.

[bodleian.livejournal.com]

Real good, Wren!

Allergies

[yumyumpm.livejournal.com]

Too funny:-)

[ayesakara.livejournal.com]

Hilarious! They really have no clue how bad it is! ;)

[film102.livejournal.com]

If I was instead of were

ROTFLMAO!!!

M Lyn

[film102.livejournal.com]

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.

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....

[connorblond.livejournal.com]

OMG - I love it! ROFLAMO!!!

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

As a person who can't read without correcting grammar in her head and out loud while watching TV, I absolutely love this. LOL!!

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

OMG -- LMAO!!!

[kliqzangel.livejournal.com]

LOL! Nice.

[m-elle-22.livejournal.com]

lol!

[ljtilford.livejournal.com]

My mother taught junior high English. I have to watch myself in social situations or I become the "grammar police."

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

Oh, so do I. :D

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Kim

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

Frustrating isn't it?

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

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

:)

Re: Allergies

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

Glad it gave you a laugh.

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

I know. It really is either hilarious or depressing - depending on my mood at the time. *g*

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

:)

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't start me on a list ...

"could of" instead of "could have" for instance

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

Thought you might enjoy *g*

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

It's sad, isn't it?

And I'm an apostrophe nazi to boot.

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

Isn't it awful?

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.

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

*g*

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

:)

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

*g*

[wren-kt7oz.livejournal.com]

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*