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re: Seen/saw is the only pandemic I care about
Posted on 7/19/21 at 11:01 pm to Obtuse1
Posted on 7/19/21 at 11:01 pm to Obtuse1
A very similar distinction is "amount" and "number".
The grammatically "correct" usages are amount for "mass nouns" and number for countable nouns. But I'm not sold that either of these distinctions matter.
I can easily come up with refutations to all those examples in the Grammarly link. Cartons of milk, bottles of water, specified areas of space -- now all those are countable nouns and it's "correct" to pluralize them.
Then there are the "customary" exceptions mentioned with weight, money, and time. And it's customary to do it with other nouns for a large number/amount of people. (See? Take your pick in the last sentence. Does it make any substantial difference?)
The grammatically "correct" usages are amount for "mass nouns" and number for countable nouns. But I'm not sold that either of these distinctions matter.
I can easily come up with refutations to all those examples in the Grammarly link. Cartons of milk, bottles of water, specified areas of space -- now all those are countable nouns and it's "correct" to pluralize them.
Then there are the "customary" exceptions mentioned with weight, money, and time. And it's customary to do it with other nouns for a large number/amount of people. (See? Take your pick in the last sentence. Does it make any substantial difference?)
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 12:05 am to lnomm34
Yeah no, right?
Posted on 7/20/21 at 4:44 am to CockyTime
"My boat is about 22 foot long." It is more than one foot, making it feet, you fricking hatrack.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 5:03 am to CockyTime
Precedent / Precedence
Posted on 7/20/21 at 5:10 am to CockyTime
Posted on 7/20/21 at 5:24 am to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
I’m starting to see more and more people say “on tomorrow” like tomorrow is a proper noun day of the week.
“I’ll take care of it on tomorrow”
“I’ll take care of it on tomorrow”
This post was edited on 7/20/21 at 5:25 am
Posted on 7/20/21 at 5:26 am to Jim Rockford
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I learned that as a Southmore.
Did you have an apartment on the Soph side ?
Posted on 7/20/21 at 5:32 am to CockyTime
For all intensive purposes, I half to agree.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 5:35 am to LSUtoBOOT
Loan and lend.
Loan is a noun, lend is a verb.
Will you loan me money is incorrect.
Will you lend me money is correct.
You don’t say I just got a lend, you just got a loan.
Loan is a noun, lend is a verb.
Will you loan me money is incorrect.
Will you lend me money is correct.
You don’t say I just got a lend, you just got a loan.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 6:12 am to bikerack
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I’m starting to see more and more people say “on tomorrow” like tomorrow is a proper noun day of the week.
“I’ll take care of it on tomorrow”
Yes. This one gets under my skin also. Good call
Posted on 7/20/21 at 6:15 am to CockyTime
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Nothing makes you sound more uneducated than saying "I just seen xyz."
Wrong. There is something that makes one sound more uneducated. Can the use of that bastardization "baw" be banned forever?
Posted on 7/20/21 at 6:21 am to CockyTime
The ‘s on proper plural nouns like “the Smith’s will be there” or “Merry Christmas from the Smith’s.”
Posted on 7/20/21 at 6:23 am to CockyTime
Where you be?
This post was edited on 7/20/21 at 6:23 am
Posted on 7/20/21 at 6:45 am to CockyTime
"an historic"
Though has been commonly accepted, it flies in the face of how I was taught to use "a/an."
Though has been commonly accepted, it flies in the face of how I was taught to use "a/an."
Posted on 7/20/21 at 1:33 pm to CockyTime
Worst one I commonly see on TD's is pre-Madonna instead of prima donna.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 1:43 pm to CockyTime
Axe you something.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 2:05 pm to dgnx6
the zink
Posted on 7/20/21 at 2:37 pm to Goldberg7
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the zink
Isn’t this more of just an accent rather than a grammatical error?
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