Pet Peeve of a Grammar Nazi

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Re: Pet Peeve of a Grammar Nazi

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e3mrk wrote:...it should not matter if They murder the Kings English as long as You know what They mean.
I certainly support anyone's right to spell a word any way they want; I consider the practice guaranteed by the First Amendment. But if you get too far off the chart, no one will figure it out. You're probably familiar with the classic "ghoti" as an alternate spelling for "fish": the gh pronounced as in rough, o as in women, ti as in nation. Pop quiz: without searching it on the internet, for what common word is Ghoughpteighbteau a similar alternate spelling?

When I corrected a college chum about his spelling or usage and proved it via a dictionary, he would always say "The dictionary tells how we speak, not how to speak".

I suppress the urge to supply a correction when reading a regular thread, most strongly when I see a misplaced reflexive pronoun. Please don't use "myself" in a sentence without first having "I" in that sentence. "My wife and myself went to the store" is equivalent to "myself went to the store". Doh! :smile:
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I am not the grammer police that some people are, but one that has not been mentioned is
" an LEO" . I find this quite often on here.
Since leo does not begin with a vowel sound, the proper way to use the word leo is "a leo".

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grampajeep wrote:I am not the grammer police that some people are, but one that has not been mentioned is
" an LEO" . I find this quite often on here.
Since leo does not begin with a vowel sound, the proper way to use the word leo is "a leo".

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But, if you spell it out, it becomes an el ee oh. :wink:
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Re: Pet Peeve of a Grammar Nazi

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pirateguy191 wrote:
grampajeep wrote:I am not the grammer police that some people are, but one that has not been mentioned is
" an LEO" . I find this quite often on here.
Since leo does not begin with a vowel sound, the proper way to use the word leo is "a leo".

Gerry
But, if you spell it out, it becomes an el ee oh. :wink:
I agree "Law Enforcement Officer" might not begin with a vowel sound but L E O certainly does.
Unless you are pronouncing LEO the same as the nickname for Leonard, however, most of us, I think, pronounce it with three syllables.
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Anubis wrote: I consider the practice guaranteed by the First Amendment.
This annoys me more than any misspelling or grammar error: a complete lack of understanding of the First Amendment. It is quite possibly, the most misunderstood or bastardized amendment on the books.
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charben wrote:
Anubis wrote: I consider the practice guaranteed by the First Amendment.
This annoys me more than any misspelling or grammar error: a complete lack of understanding of the First Amendment. It is quite possibly, the most misunderstood or bastardized amendment on the books.
Now you're just being a Constitution Nazi Chris. :wink:
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mreising wrote:
charben wrote:
Anubis wrote: I consider the practice guaranteed by the First Amendment.
This annoys me more than any misspelling or grammar error: a complete lack of understanding of the First Amendment. It is quite possibly, the most misunderstood or bastardized amendment on the books.
Now you're just being a Constitution Nazi Chris. :wink:
And darn proud of it! :)
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AlanM wrote:
pirateguy191 wrote:
grampajeep wrote:I am not the grammer police that some people are, but one that has not been mentioned is
" an LEO" . I find this quite often on here.
Since leo does not begin with a vowel sound, the proper way to use the word leo is "a leo".

Gerry
But, if you spell it out, it becomes an el ee oh. :wink:
I agree "Law Enforcement Officer" might not begin with a vowel sound but L E O certainly does.
Unless you are pronouncing LEO the same as the nickname for Leonard, however, most of us, I think, pronounce it with three syllables.
Let's put this to bed, I agree with your point and you understand mine. :D If all things in life were that simple, we may not need these forums.
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I can't believe this thread hasn't been moved or locked yet... 8)
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I just stumbled on this thread two years after the fact and have to say I just sat here in the middle of the night and read all 84 postings. I have to agree with the grammar nazis but also admit that yes, we all know what is meant when poor grammar is used. I also agree that the public has access to this board and could easily confuse us with a bunch of sterotypical "Bubbas" because some of the things I see here are so terribly, outrageously and poorly used. This topic is also a pet peeve of mine...and I am proud to say so and be another nazi.

My personal favorites (previously mentioned) are:
they're/their/there
xxxxxxx needs fixed/painted/repaired xxxxxxx needs to be fixed/painted/repaired
your/you're

The classic of all time was when I saw a run report from an ambulance crew on my fire department that said they had to extricate the patient from a stayshunwagin. I swear to the good Lord above that I saw it written that way with my own eyes!

Somewhere back in the previous 80+ postings someone said something about education level being an excuse for this behavior. Unless you flunked out of elementary (K-6) or junior high (7-8-9) school proper spelling and grammar should have been ingrained in you before you made it to high school. If I had turned in a report with these errors in it I would get it back with a poor grade, a wack with a ruler by the nun and then have to physically rewrite the entire thing in cursive and turn it in again.

It takes only a second's worth of thought to do it correctly. Why do it wrong and look like "Bubba?" Take pride in what you do.
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Post by carmen fovozzo »

Ulwbob...

...Thanks for your post, even though it's 2 years that this thread had a post...

I consider myself a successful person.......I also consider myself a un-educated person....

I also don't consider myself a bubba like you were referring to.....

Grammar and spelling are important but I don't consider it much in a person if he has neither....I look at his character more.....

So if you want to be what ever it is your posting about knock yourself out.....

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I thought someone else posted as Carmen until the last line.
Yes, that was him.
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true that DUDE!!!!! RRR
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Everwun pays attenshun when Bubba SPEAKS, grammer nazi not so much. ('specially in the slammer amongst white collar-ers.)
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Then/than
no it all

Come on folks. The liberal elite read this forum and laugh.
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