Need to be educated please (104)
drivenbysound: Can we say "shoulda" gone to town instead?
All this dialects sound a bit "funny" when put in writing.
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Laura25: All these dialects sound a bit "funny" when put in writing.
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SensualVixen: I have to agree. Robbie would be one of the last people I would ask for English grammar advice. He never uses they're, you're and uses their for they're.
We are both in trouble, when he sees this. Thank God I leave in two days.
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Lose-to not win
Loose-not tight or not encaged or fenced in
Capitol-A domed building
Capital-Word not lower cased with a beginning letter
Loose-not tight or not encaged or fenced in
Capitol-A domed building
Capital-Word not lower cased with a beginning letter
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Laura25: It does to me too.
I don't think it's a correct substitute...
Hi Lush
I don't think it's a correct substitute...
Hi Lush
Mambo Laura, you should of told me you were around!
Mambi is 'what's up'
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lusciousmile: We are both in trouble, when he sees this. Thank God I leave in two days.
Thank God I am carrying my huge grammar stick!
Yes, grammar, not grammer....
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Sommerauer71: Found it. Very good Snuggs, liking it.
And I love hugs and flowers.
Did I? No, not intentionally, I do get my endings mixed up, because I often get my languages mixed up.
For instance in German, the correct of saying I do not understand is 'Ich verstehe nicht' translated to I understand not.
Street German as it is often called, where as we would call it slang in English, is 'Ich nicht verstehe'
You corrected me, rightly so.
I knew that Ambrose would join this thread, it is right up or down his street.
And I love hugs and flowers.
Did I? No, not intentionally, I do get my endings mixed up, because I often get my languages mixed up.
For instance in German, the correct of saying I do not understand is 'Ich verstehe nicht' translated to I understand not.
Street German as it is often called, where as we would call it slang in English, is 'Ich nicht verstehe'
You corrected me, rightly so.
I knew that Ambrose would join this thread, it is right up or down his street.
Quite true, T. And you can imagine just how grateful all the local folks are as I correct their grammar. Just the other day some farmer commented about my running around with weights draping off my body: "I don't see no reason to be runnin' like that." I pointed out that a double-negative actually conveyed a meaning completely opposite of that he was intending, and he proceeded to chase me down Main Street on his four-wheeler with a branding iron. Made me wonder why I moved from California...though I admit I had similar experiences there.
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wixomwizard: Visual aides, please!
What's wrong with CS these days?
It took 5 pages to finally get to the point.
Good evening, Harry
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Ambrose2007: Quite true, T. And you can imagine just how grateful all the local folks are as I correct their grammar. Just the other day some farmer commented about my running around with weights draping off my body: "I don't see no reason to be runnin' like that." I pointed out that a double-negative actually conveyed a meaning completely opposite of that he was intending, and he proceeded to chase me down Main Street on his four-wheeler with a branding iron. Made me wonder why I moved from California...though I admit I had similar experiences there.
I can imagine they're thrilled, J.
Let's talk negation now.
How do we negate a verb in the English language?
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SensualVixen: Thank God I am carrying my huge grammar stick!
Yes, grammar, not grammer....
Yes, grammar, not grammer....
Yes, people confuse the spelling to grammar, a lot. I used to be a young editor at fourteen, for a some column in a national paper, but my spelling has seriously deteriorated to nothing.
Here are others:
1. With all do respect' instead of 'with all due respect'
2. Womens instead of women
3. Using the word more with a comparative/superlative i.e. My fruit was more fresher than Michael's.
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Sommerauer71: I can imagine they're thrilled, J.
Let's talk negation now.
How do we negate a verb in the English language?
Let's talk negation now.
How do we negate a verb in the English language?
I'm not sure what you mean, T. Verb-negation is commonplace in the English language, if you mean it in the traditional sense (like): "I knew him not." 
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Laura25: What's wrong with CS these days?
It took 5 pages to finally get to the point. Good evening, Harry
It took 5 pages to finally get to the point. Good evening, Harry
Good evening,pretty lady!
You are right...5 pages of verbal foreplay.
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Ambrose2007: I'm not sure what you mean, T. Verb-negation is commonplace in the English language, if you mean it in the traditional sense (like): "I knew him not."
It is common, very much so.
'To do' is how most verbs are negated.
Certainly in the guidelines given by my examination board.
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*typo
Laura25: Verbal foreplay!
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of "straight"...
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of "straight"...
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Laura25: *typo
Got you all excited, did it?
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wixomwizard: Got you all excited, did it?
You bet!
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Laura25: You bet!
I really need to start taking notes
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Presume - Assume.
Often misused.
Often misused.
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Complement means the orange shirt complemented her pants and compliment is when I say you look pretty
Coarse is when the potatoes are coarse and not fluffy and course is the math subject
Bare is I'm going bare when I get in the shower or I'm bareing my soul (I think) and bear is either the animal
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Bare - naked;
Bear - to support, to hold up; (or ...an animal)
Coarse - not fine;
Course - path, unit of study;
Complement - completer, to provide balance;
Compliment - flattery, to flatter;
Principal - main, the person in charge;
Principle - a basic truth, a law;