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> Pedants' Paradise, Spelling and Grammar Notes and Queries
Czerny
post Dec 29 2010, 11:46 AM
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This may have been done before - if so, apologies - but I'm bored, so I'm going to do it again. I've noticed that there have been several language-related comments recently, so I simply thought we could put them all together in one place.

The two intentions of this thread are that it should be a "safe haven" to post those little (or large) grammar and spelling niggles that really bug you, and it can also be somewhere you can come to ask advice about rules of which you are unsure (never end a sentence with a preposition).

I hope Cyrilla won't mind me mentioning that "here, here" (rather than "hear, hear") and "definate" (rather than "definite") are two of her pet peeves, plus someone mentioned "should of". I'm going to add "alot" and the wrong use of practice / practise. Oh, and confusion between "I", "me" and "myself".

One I'm less sure of is the precise usage of who / that / which, so if anyone has any handy hints for that one it would be appreciated.
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post Dec 29 2010, 01:03 PM
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Also, why are things now described as "on trend"? Is the word fashionable...um....off trend? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Dec 29 2010, 01:09 PM
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Czerny   Pedants' Paradise   Dec 29 2010, 11:46 AM
maggiemay   hee-hee *rubs hands in glee* One of my pet peev...   Dec 29 2010, 11:50 AM
Czerny   hee-hee *rubs hands in glee* :lol: That...   Dec 29 2010, 11:57 AM
miffy   I'm glad you mentioned definate/definite - tha...   Dec 29 2010, 12:07 PM
Czerny   I'm glad you mentioned definate/definite - th...   Dec 29 2010, 12:14 PM
flobiano   Yay - permission to be pedantic! :P Maybe...   Dec 29 2010, 12:20 PM
Czerny   So is it spelled or spelt? I am now completely un...   Dec 29 2010, 12:25 PM
Maizie   As far as I'm aware you can use both "spe...   Dec 29 2010, 12:33 PM
Czerny   The way to remember how to spell permanent is tha...   Dec 29 2010, 12:39 PM
BerkshireMum   :niceThread: Gives us all a chance to moan about o...   Dec 30 2010, 11:36 PM
aesir22   Incidentally (sp?) they are considering changing t...   Dec 29 2010, 12:29 PM
muffinmonster   Incidentally (sp?) they are considering changing ...   Dec 29 2010, 02:37 PM
lucky045   I get annoyed when people say less instead of fewe...   Dec 29 2010, 12:29 PM
wendywoo   I get annoyed when people say less instead of few...   Dec 29 2010, 01:01 PM
corenfa   I hate it when nouns are converted into verbs. Thi...   Dec 29 2010, 12:35 PM
lucky045   I hate it when nouns are converted into verbs. Th...   Dec 29 2010, 12:41 PM
corenfa   I hate it when nouns are converted into verbs. T...   Dec 29 2010, 12:46 PM
Pianotastic   I hate it when nouns are converted into verbs. T...   Dec 29 2010, 04:43 PM
Cyrilla   [quote name='lucky045' post='1017610' date='Dec 2...   Dec 29 2010, 04:45 PM
saxophile   'I'll facebook you' gets used rathe...   Dec 29 2010, 04:49 PM
corenfa   [quote name='lucky045' post='1017610' date='Dec 2...   Dec 29 2010, 04:47 PM
PianissiMole   I hate it when nouns are converted into verbs. Th...   Dec 31 2010, 10:06 AM
miffy   "I say to you".. "At the end of the...   Dec 29 2010, 12:44 PM
maggiemay   Maizie - LOL - brilliant. Thanks for the laugh. ...   Dec 29 2010, 12:49 PM
Cyrilla   Maizie - LOL - brilliant. Thanks for the laugh....   Dec 29 2010, 01:39 PM
flobiano   Also, why are things now described as "on tre...   Dec 29 2010, 01:03 PM
pushpull   Sickth.   Dec 29 2010, 01:09 PM
lucky045   My primary school teachers taught me how to spell ...   Dec 29 2010, 01:41 PM
miffy   saying garrige instead of garage. We use aesir...   Dec 29 2010, 01:41 PM
Czerny   saying garrige instead of garage. Isn't this...   Dec 29 2010, 01:49 PM
saxophile   One which annoys me is confusion between "dep...   Dec 29 2010, 01:52 PM
pushpull   Beyond that, it's punctuation errors which ir...   Dec 29 2010, 01:55 PM
Aeolienne   I also can't bear the way speech (especially c...   Dec 29 2010, 06:54 PM
Czerny   I also can't bear the way speech (especially ...   Dec 29 2010, 06:57 PM
jm-hamilton   "Less" and "fewer" - I shout a...   Dec 29 2010, 02:07 PM
Maizie   Nu-cue-lar is sufficinetly common as a US pronunci...   Dec 29 2010, 02:17 PM
Czerny   Nu-cue-lar is sufficinetly common as a US pronunc...   Dec 29 2010, 02:20 PM
Maizie   That one was a Bushism, wasn't it?Nope. He us...   Dec 29 2010, 03:09 PM
pushpull   That one was a Bushism, wasn't it?Nope. He u...   Dec 29 2010, 03:12 PM
Czerny   That one was a Bushism, wasn't it?Nope. He u...   Dec 29 2010, 03:42 PM
jm-hamilton   That one was a Bushism, wasn't it?Nope. He u...   Dec 29 2010, 05:08 PM
Banjogirl   'Driveway' instead of 'drive' and ...   Dec 29 2010, 02:22 PM
willobie   'Regularly' and 'frequently' - I...   Dec 29 2010, 02:24 PM
miffy   saying garrige instead of garage. Isn't thi...   Dec 29 2010, 02:25 PM
lucky045   [quote name='Czerny' post='1017638' date='Dec 29 ...   Dec 29 2010, 02:30 PM
Czerny   [quote name='Czerny' post='1017638' date='Dec 29 ...   Dec 29 2010, 02:32 PM
miffy   I think you'll find that England is in Britai...   Dec 29 2010, 03:15 PM
Czerny   Two more to add: Confusion between "lose...   Dec 29 2010, 04:58 PM
Robodoc   Firstly: I hate it when nouns are converted into...   Dec 29 2010, 05:02 PM
corenfa   Firstly: I hate it when nouns are converted int...   Dec 29 2010, 05:03 PM
Seer_Green   Oh dear, I'm sure we'll all become self-co...   Dec 29 2010, 05:42 PM
Czerny   One of my pet hates is the missuse of 'can...   Dec 29 2010, 06:27 PM
Aeolienne   And another thing ... why do people say "see ...   Dec 29 2010, 07:14 PM
Czerny   And another thing ... why do people say "see...   Dec 29 2010, 07:23 PM
miffy   And another thing ... why do people say "see...   Dec 29 2010, 07:18 PM
Bagpuss   GAHHHHHHHHHH. What gets this Bag's basket wel...   Dec 29 2010, 07:20 PM
corenfa   The "how are you" / "I'm good...   Dec 29 2010, 07:23 PM
TeacherNumberOne   What an irritable bunch you all are!!...   Dec 29 2010, 07:24 PM
corenfa   What an irritable bunch you all are!!...   Dec 29 2010, 07:31 PM
maggiemay   I have to agree with Bagpuss regarding 'I...   Dec 29 2010, 07:25 PM
TeacherNumberOne   I tried to reply to Czerny when he said he was irr...   Dec 29 2010, 07:29 PM
Cyrilla   I tried to reply to Czerny when he said he was ir...   Dec 29 2010, 11:17 PM
TeacherNumberOne   I tried to reply to Czerny when he said he was i...   Dec 30 2010, 06:43 PM
Czerny   No it was Czerny who also sent me a message to ex...   Dec 30 2010, 07:08 PM
katica   O blimmin' eck. New I should of resisted the ...   Dec 29 2010, 08:01 PM
Juniper   Ok, maybe somebody can clarify for me a constant d...   Dec 29 2010, 08:18 PM
Czerny   Ok, maybe somebody can clarify for me a constant ...   Dec 29 2010, 08:48 PM
Juniper   Ok, maybe somebody can clarify for me a constant...   Dec 29 2010, 08:51 PM
Celeste   The rule with me/I is that the sentence has to mak...   Dec 29 2010, 08:43 PM
Juniper   The rule with me/I is that the sentence has to ma...   Dec 29 2010, 08:45 PM
miffy   Does that mean it would be an argument between the...   Dec 29 2010, 08:53 PM
Czerny   Does that mean it would be an argument between th...   Dec 29 2010, 09:11 PM
Juniper   [quote name='miffy' post='1017848' date='Dec 29 2...   Dec 29 2010, 09:27 PM
Czerny   [quote name='miffy' post='1017848' date='Dec 29 ...   Dec 29 2010, 09:28 PM
miffy   [quote name='miffy' post='1017848' date='Dec 29 2...   Dec 29 2010, 09:23 PM
corenfa   [quote name='miffy' post='1017848' date='Dec 29 ...   Dec 29 2010, 09:26 PM
miffy   [quote name='miffy' post='1017857' date='Dec 29 2...   Dec 29 2010, 10:05 PM
JudithJ   One of my pet hates is the missuse of 'can...   Dec 30 2010, 04:10 AM
Brynfan   Envelope or Onvelope? Is onvelope the posh versio...   Dec 30 2010, 04:09 PM
PianissiMole   Envelope or Onvelope? Is onvelope the posh versi...   Dec 31 2010, 10:21 AM
barry-clari   Envelope or Onvelope? Is onvelope the posh vers...   Dec 31 2010, 10:37 AM
Aquarelle   [/quote] In which case the English ought to spell...   Dec 31 2010, 11:12 AM
Czerny   In which case the English ought to spell it pho...   Dec 31 2010, 12:49 PM
barry-clari   There is a new restaurant at Bluewater which will ...   Dec 31 2010, 10:19 AM
Tortellini   Czerny - your inbox is full! :D   Dec 31 2010, 01:11 PM
Czerny   Czerny - your inbox is full! :D Not any mor...   Dec 31 2010, 02:02 PM
Czerny   Linguistics are interesting... Talking of linguis...   Dec 31 2010, 03:04 PM
barry-clari   Linguistics are interesting... Talking of lingui...   Dec 31 2010, 03:07 PM
Czerny   [quote name='Czerny' post='1018434' date='Dec 31 ...   Dec 31 2010, 03:19 PM
barry-clari   [quote name='barry-clari' post='1018437' dat...   Dec 31 2010, 05:26 PM
nicki_flute   It annoys me when road names don't have apostr...   Dec 31 2010, 05:29 PM
barry-clari   It annoys me when road names don't have apost...   Dec 31 2010, 05:31 PM
nicki_flute   It annoys me when road names don't have apos...   Dec 31 2010, 05:33 PM
barry-clari   [quote name='barry-clari' post='1018495' dat...   Dec 31 2010, 05:36 PM
Aeolienne   It annoys me when road names don't have apos...   Dec 31 2010, 05:46 PM
Cyrilla   I was reading in my local residents' associati...   Dec 31 2010, 11:37 PM
kerioboe   I have just caught up with this thread and since n...   Jan 1 2011, 02:21 PM
corenfa   I am annoyed :angry: My inner language pedant and...   Jan 1 2011, 02:44 PM
PianissiMole   I think the examples above are fairly clear. The g...   Jan 1 2011, 03:20 PM
Listener   Apparently Australia have abolished all apostroph...   Jan 1 2011, 03:50 PM
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