PetSpelling Niggles.

[N8CPA]

One thing that amazed me: I frequently use the word "whilst", it is dying over here but not dead yet by a long chalk. Just for fun I looked it up in www.grammarbook.com, the blue book, and it isn't there! I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, after all you would have to look carefully to find any reference to "gotten" over here - even though we still use "misbegotten"!

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Brian G8ADD

Ain't that the truth!

[K9YLI]

I always use " I could care less"

It implies that actually I could care less.

but it would take some effort to care "less" and you are really not worth the effort..

"I could'nt care less" is just too easy straight to the bottom rung..

[KD0CAC]

I know I am guilty of some of this , as are others .
When I look at a post , it is obvious to pick out weather someone is making an attempt at trying to communicate with proper English , grammar , punctuation & spelling .
It is easy to gloss over some mistakes for me , but when some one makes no attempt to make their writing easy to read and understand , I just pass .
Hay some of the complaints here have no CAPs .
Here is a good email about what nobody has brought up yet .


In this world of hi-tech gadgetry I've noticed that more and more people who
send text messages and emails have long forgotten the "art" of
capitalization.

Those of you who fall into this world, please take note of the statement
below. I cannot stress enough how grammar is very important to it.

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse
and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Is everybody clear on that?


I blame it all in my pencil / keyboard !

[W5RB]

When I look at a post , it is obvious to pick out weather someone is making an attempt at trying to communicate with proper English , grammar , punctuation & spelling .

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse
and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Is everybody clear on that?


I blame it all in my pencil / keyboard !

ROFL on your example , for as long as it lasts .

[K7RQ]

One day there was a knock on the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter callled out, "Who's there?"
"It is I," came the answer. And Saint Peter replied, "Go away. We have enough English teachers in here already."

[AD5MB]

One that I constantly have to look out for, is the use of "that" instead of "who". I believe it is correct to say, "people who" but not to say, "people that". Things are "that", such as "Things that go 'bump' in the night!" "People who live in glass houses. . . ." etc.

in certain parts of the country they substitute "them as" or "them what"

them as has them ham radios...

[KD0CAC]

RB just trying to keep some fun in the game .

[WF7A]

That's not quite helpful, given the accepted uncorrected case laspses in plural pronouns: "The family across the street gave a plate of cookies to my wife and I."

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!

The presence of the conjunction does not change the case of 'I' to nominative. The objective case is always 'me.'

Yeah, yeah, it's always about me, isn't it?

The easy way to figure out if "I" or "me" should be used is to take the other person out of the sentence so in your example you wouldn't say "The family across the street gave a plate of cookies to I"; it would be "The family across the street gave a plate of cookies to me."

[KG6EQD]

misteak

nuff said

[WA4BRL]

"The family across the street gave a plate of cookies to my wife and I."

Yeah, yeah, it's always about me, isn't it?

The easy way to figure out if "I" or "me" should be used is to take the other person out of the sentence so in your example you wouldn't say "The family across the street gave a plate of cookies to I"; it would be "The family across the street gave a plate of cookies to me."

Yeah, but if that family gave the pate of cookies to my wife, then how am I (or me) getting any? Somebody had better pony up another plate of cookies for me is all I'm saying.

misteak

nuff said

No. MY steak! Let my wife order her own. And I'm still waiting on those cookies!