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The Official KRX's Grammar School Thread
Let's face it; when we are on the Internet, we could not care less about what we learned back in our student days in terms of the grammar of the English language. However, it appears that some of us never learned key grammatical concepts. As such, I have taken it upon myself to educate this site on the proper usage of the English language. Our first lesson shall be on spelling. To start us off, I will list a few words that are constantly misspelled or are used in place of words that actually exist.
1). Alot-- Alot is not a real word. When you want to describe a large quantity with the word lot, you must separate the a and the lot. If you combine them together... well, just look up "The Alot is Better Than You at Everything." 2). Irregardless-- The word regardless means "without regard." The prefix "Ir-" means "not." Therefore, irregardless means "not without regard." 3). Weird-- Weird is spelled "w-e-i-r-d," not "w-i-e-r-d." 4). Defiantly- Defiantly means "with defiance." An example sentence correctly utilizing defiantly is, "The baby defiantly mowed the lawn." For whatever reason, the baby in this sentence defied the norm and mowed the lawn. Why do I bring up defiantly? Because it is constantly used in place of definitely. And so concludes our first lesson. Next time, we'll look at the importance of adverbs (or something like that). |
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*singsong voice* Irony! |
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Another way I like to think of weird is "we" and then "ird" like in "Bird."
Wierd would sound like wired with the e moved around for no apparent reason. Also I approve and support this thread. |
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I feel like an entire post should be dedicated to your and you're.
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"Your" and "You're"
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How to use it: "Is this your jacket?" (Definition of the sentence: "Does this jacket belong to you?" The intention of the sentence was to inquire whether the jacket belonged to you or not. The intention of the sentence agrees with the definition.) How not to use it: "Your fat." (Definition of the sentence: "These lipids belong to you." The intention of the sentence was to indicate that a person was fat. The intention of the sentence does not agree with the definition.) You're- A contraction of the words you and are. How to use it: "You're a platypus, Dr. Brown." (Definition of the sentence: "Dr. Brown is a platypus." The intention of the sentence is to make the fact that Dr. Brown is a platypus apparent. The definition agrees with the intention.) How not to use it: "Is this you're jacket?" (Definition of the sentence: "Is this you are a jacket?" The intention of the sentence was to inquire whether the jacket belonged to you or not. The intention of the sentence disagrees with the definition. Furthermore, the definition is grammatically incorrect.) |
To, too, and two are often mixed up. The number not so much, but it does somehow get used incorrectly from time to time. My best advice is if you're not going to make an effort to differentiate "to" and "too" use "also" instead.
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This is why I suggested the AutoCrectors for the Onorangers.
And why KRX built them in his Ice Cream Truck Laboratory. |
Because I don't get enough of this at work...
The proper past tense for being killed by hanging is hanged, not hung. In every other case, hung is the appropriate past tense. It irrationally annoys me when people get that wrong. And for the love of god, to misplace something is to lose it. Loose is the opposite of tight. |
Then versus Than.
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I approve of this thread. It might help with my English essays. If you need suggestions, could you cover apostrophes?
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Rogue is a sneaky person, or, if you prefer, an X-Woman. Rouge is a type of make up.
It's is a contraction of "It Is". Its is a possessive. |
Addendum to Lesson 1.
Anyways- Anyways is the incorrect form of anyway. The prefix of "any-" is used for singular roots. Ways is plural. Therefore, anyways is incorrect. |
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Good point. Punctuation can be sometimes hard to grasp. Specifically the semi colon. People avoid using it a lot since not many know the proper uses for it.
And I myself will still get some things confused if I think to hard about it. Who and Whom for example. |
My biggest pet peeve misspelling along these lines is the word 'voila'. No, not the instrument, that's a 'viola'. 'Voila' is pronounced, and misspelled constantly as 'wah la'.
The worst malapropism I've ever seen was when someone wrote 'for all intensive purposes' instead of 'for all intents and purposes.' |
Absolutely nothing in the English language bothers me more than the perversion of "OCD" into an adjective. For beginners, it's a noun, seeing as its root is "disorder". Unless you're trying to describe yourself as a literal personification of the disorder, you've messed up your grammar. On top of that, please do not use that term on a self-diagnosis. You do not have obsessive compulsive disorder if you want to have your socks organized, you're simply particular about having your socks organized.
A lot of people don't seem to know the difference between hyphens and dashes either. - is to denote a compound word, — is used for a break or interjection. Hyphen: Singapore is a city-state. Dash: Watch where you poke tha— Stop it! |
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Adverbs
Adverbs are words that are used to describe verbs (actions or linkers) and adjectives (descriptors of nouns/objects and pronouns). Most words with the suffix "-ly" are adverbs. Not is also an adverb. How to use adverbs: "It is really cold." (How cold is it? Really.) How NOT to use adverbs: "That person is really." (That person is really what? An adjective is needed.) |
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