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superbadgirl) wrote2008-07-03 08:00 am
superbadgirl) wrote2008-07-03 08:00 am
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I feel peevish
1) It's not should have went. It's should have gone. This is nothing new. I don't know how this was missed by SO many friggin' people, but please spread the word.
2) Sink, sank, sunk. Drink, drank, drunk. Run, ran, run. Etc.
3) For the fifty thousandth time, I assure you intact is one word. Keep it intact.
4) It's not should of, would of, could of. I know it sounds like it due to lazy speech. It's actually should have, would have, could have. The former, you see, makes no sense while the latter makes perfect sense.
5) When you're trying to imply the backup/troops have arrived, you mean cavalry, not Calvary. Letter order isn't arbitrary.
6) Punctuation is important. I suggest you learn how to use it. No, I don't care if you're just writing for fun. Lack of punctuation makes you look moronic, and that can't be much fun.
7) Isn't it easier to say why rather than how come? (Okay, this one's personal. I have a deep-rooted hatred for how come.)
8) Your/you're. Simply, if you intend to say you are, then you should use you're. It's a contraction. All you have to do here is think for a fraction of a second. Brain farts happen. This is why we edit.
9) Other than annoying a reader or 200, exclamation points don't actually add much to a story. If you write properly, you shouldn't need to use these in every sentence! Trust me!! *wink*
10) Less and fewer are not interchangeable. Please look into this. Helpful hint: the express lane at every grocery store I've ever been in has this WRONG.
I woke up cranky. A spider just ran across my keyboard.
2) Sink, sank, sunk. Drink, drank, drunk. Run, ran, run. Etc.
3) For the fifty thousandth time, I assure you intact is one word. Keep it intact.
4) It's not should of, would of, could of. I know it sounds like it due to lazy speech. It's actually should have, would have, could have. The former, you see, makes no sense while the latter makes perfect sense.
5) When you're trying to imply the backup/troops have arrived, you mean cavalry, not Calvary. Letter order isn't arbitrary.
6) Punctuation is important. I suggest you learn how to use it. No, I don't care if you're just writing for fun. Lack of punctuation makes you look moronic, and that can't be much fun.
7) Isn't it easier to say why rather than how come? (Okay, this one's personal. I have a deep-rooted hatred for how come.)
8) Your/you're. Simply, if you intend to say you are, then you should use you're. It's a contraction. All you have to do here is think for a fraction of a second. Brain farts happen. This is why we edit.
9) Other than annoying a reader or 200, exclamation points don't actually add much to a story. If you write properly, you shouldn't need to use these in every sentence! Trust me!! *wink*
10) Less and fewer are not interchangeable. Please look into this. Helpful hint: the express lane at every grocery store I've ever been in has this WRONG.
I woke up cranky. A spider just ran across my keyboard.
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I'm beginning to think no one knows the difference between bring and take, or came and went, it's not just me is it?
I'm seriously worried it is as I now see it all over the place in written form and hear it constantly in speech and it drives me nuts. I have this urgent need to go around and edit everyone's journal entries as well as fics...ooops.
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Not a day goes by that I don't hear someone mangling something.
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bring/take and that/which (but sadly not who/that)and so many more are much better explained here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
I feel I should post this link to every one... Hehe
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I wish people would learn to use the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, dammit. Especially if they SPEAK it. Learn the doggamn language.
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