Grammar Nazi

[blunthead]

But in this case, could be both or at least the AARP thinks so considering how much mail they send me wanting me to join.

Per Wikipedia, "AARP, Inc., formerly the American Association of Retired Persons...". Dammit, Mod!

 

[Haunted]

But in this case, could be both or at least the AARP thinks so considering how much mail they send me wanting me to join.

Yeah, know what you mean 'bout AARP; there's lots of money to be had making people feel old before their time.

 

[blunthead]

 

[blunthead]

(I stole this from Grandpa from another thread...)

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

 

[blunthead]

 

[AnnaMarie]

That's the kind of luck my son would have....and he does correct people.

 

[blunthead]

The Oxford Comma And Why EVERYONE Should Use It | Diply

 

[blunthead]

Spoiler

 

[blunthead]

Heard on a commercial, spoken supposedly by a dentist...

"Dentures are very different to real teeth."

It makes me sad. How difficult is it, really?

 

[blunthead]

1) I seen vs. I saw
Incorrect: “I seen the movie last week.”
Correct: “I saw the movie last week.”

2) I been vs. I have been
Incorrect: “I been there!”
Correct: “I have (I’ve) been there!”

3) I done vs. I did
Incorrect: “I done the homework.”
Correct:”I did the homework.”

4) We was vs. we were
Incorrect: “We was just about to start the reading.”
Correct: “We were just about to start the reading.”

5) I would of vs. I would have
Incorrect: “I would of gone with you if I knew.”
Correct:”I would have (would’ve) gone with you if I had known.”

Bonus: Be careful with past simple (I knew) and past perfect (I had known) constructions. Though they have similar meanings, it’s best to use the tense that matches the tense in the first part of the sentence (I would have). Match have/had constructions with have/had in clause pairs.

 

[Houdini]

I before E except after C. That's all.

You forgot to include the exceptions: neighbor and weigh

Houdini in Omaha

 

[Neesy]

You forgot to include the exceptions: neighbor and weigh

Houdini in Omaha

...and "their"

Blunt - I only replied to your thread so I could see the picture

 

[blunthead]

...and "their"

Blunt - I only replied to your thread so I could see the picture

Ok.

 

[blunthead]

 

[Lepplady]

 

[rudiroo]

Try this:

Oxford Dictionaries

Should settle most arguments about grammar.

 

[blunthead]

 

[blunthead]

 

[Neesy]

The fast moving ones (joggers) are the most challenging!

 

[Dana Jean]

The fast moving ones (joggers) are the most challenging!