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re: Words/phrases you've caught yourself using incorrectly for long periods of time?
Posted on 1/15/17 at 1:37 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 1/15/17 at 1:37 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Fur instead of for
Cause everyone else says it like this
Cause everyone else says it like this
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Posted on 1/15/17 at 1:40 pm to papasmurf1269
quote:
irregardless
Like inflammable (which means flammable) irregardless means regardless.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 2:09 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
For the longest time I used splooge instead of spooge.
Got to college and was taught by a friend that spooge is the noun while splooge is the verb form.
My 3 years at UGA have been productive.
Got to college and was taught by a friend that spooge is the noun while splooge is the verb form.
My 3 years at UGA have been productive.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 2:18 pm to WILDTURKEYisgood
quote:
There is a difference.
...What? Contracted form of would have is would've and it sounds exactly the same as the incorrect 'would of'
What am I missing here?
Posted on 1/15/17 at 2:41 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Despite having a degree in English, I was unaware until after watching the film Quiz Show that the proper word is "quash", not "squash", in regards to ending quarrels.
This post was edited on 1/15/17 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 1/15/17 at 2:49 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Buddy of mine thought it was "in your window" instead of innuendo.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 3:05 pm to summersausage
Worked with a guy who thought 'trilogy' was some magical or satanic writing. He actually said, "She had all these weird books about witches and trilogies". 
Posted on 1/15/17 at 3:17 pm to CommunityCollegeFTW
quote:
...What? Contracted form of would have is would've and it sounds exactly the same as the incorrect 'would of'
What am I missing here?
It does sound the same when spoken, but I see people typing "would of" instead of "would've" often and I cringe every time I read it.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 3:21 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
I just realized a few days ago that the word "rather" is not a verb.
"I would rather have an apple than an orange" is an incorrect sentence. Apparently the word I've been looking for for decades was "prefer."
"I would rather have an apple than an orange" is an incorrect sentence. Apparently the word I've been looking for for decades was "prefer."
Posted on 1/15/17 at 3:35 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
I used to think the phrase was "play it by year" instead of "play it by ear".
Example:
"What time should we leave here to go to Mikes?"
"I don't know, let's just play it by year."
Internally: (seems a long time to wait)
Example:
"What time should we leave here to go to Mikes?"
"I don't know, let's just play it by year."
Internally: (seems a long time to wait)
Posted on 1/15/17 at 4:08 pm to Mufassa
quote:
I just realized a few days ago that the word "rather" is not a verb.
True, it's an adverb. Here is an example of correctly using it as an adverb.
quote:
"I would rather have an apple than an orange"
Posted on 1/15/17 at 4:16 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Growing up, I just assumed that "just as soon" was "just assume". "I'd just assume buy some chips and beer from K+B, than fight the crowds at the grocery store."
Posted on 1/15/17 at 4:23 pm to chinhoyang
I frequetly hear the incorrect phrase "for all intensive purposes"rather than the correct " for all intents and purposes".
Posted on 1/15/17 at 4:25 pm to Ric Flair
The word, 'forte', according to most usage experts should be pronounced 'fort', not for-tay. Amurrica has butchered this long enough to where it is accepted....
In French it would be le fort...
In French it would be le fort...
Posted on 1/15/17 at 4:39 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Heard a country song today that had me thinking of a good friends way of pronouncing "drowning" as "drownding". I'd correct him, but then I'd have to correct all the other things.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 5:05 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Literally.
It's been years since it meant itself.
It's been years since it meant itself.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 5:08 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
I used to combine "suddenly" and "all of a sudden".
So I would say "all of a suddenly"
My wife corrected me everytime I did it for like a year and I finally say "all of a sudden"
Sometimes a woman's nagging works I suppose
So I would say "all of a suddenly"
My wife corrected me everytime I did it for like a year and I finally say "all of a sudden"
Sometimes a woman's nagging works I suppose
Posted on 1/15/17 at 5:29 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
SIAP
I see/hear people use the phrase "could care less" when they really mean that they "couldn't care less". Saying you could care less implies that you do care some. I've made the mistake plenty of times, especially when I was a kid, now I catch myself.
I see/hear people use the phrase "could care less" when they really mean that they "couldn't care less". Saying you could care less implies that you do care some. I've made the mistake plenty of times, especially when I was a kid, now I catch myself.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 5:30 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Another one is "hot water heater".
I say it like that all of the time, but when you think about it, of course it is hot because it wouldn't be a water heater if it wasn't. There is really no point in adding "hot" to it.
I say it like that all of the time, but when you think about it, of course it is hot because it wouldn't be a water heater if it wasn't. There is really no point in adding "hot" to it.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 5:33 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
but hot water can be hot but not as hot as you want it so you want it even hotter
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