"I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar" - NY Times- Page 5

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 8:51pm

In medical terminology, if someone has a condition ending in “–xia”, then when you use the word as an adjective, you replace “-xia” with “-ctic”. Therefore, someone with anorexia is anorectic (NOT anorexic), and someone with dyslexia is dyslectic (NOT dyslexic). One of those things you learn when your parents are in the medical field…

[wally]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 10:15pm

The correct phrase is "Commander in Chief", right? I had a friend in the Army who always said "commander and chief".

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 11/3/07 at 11:57pm

Yes, although, most people dash it:

Commander-in-Chief

Unless you're talking about the tv show. Then, no dashes.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 11/3/07 at 11:58pm

I got this list of things off someone's flashing avatar on another message board.

- Your "throws of ecstasy" send me into throes of amusement
- "Your stupid"? My stupid what?
- Never enter your PIN number on an ATM machine. You could get the HIV virus.
- You can defuse a bomb, but diffusing it might be a bad idea.
- If you really did have baited breath, you would smell rather fishy.
- I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbour and weigh... unless it's weird.
- Your is not mine. You're means you are.
- Thru is only a word if you're referring to getting a hamburger in your car.
- Rouge is a color. A rogue isn't.
- "Per se" means "of itself". "Per say" is only how you pronounce it.
- A horde is a large group, often unruly. To hoard is to gather, and often references dragons.
- Fire is fiery. Burn all misspellings.
- Et cetera does not abbreviate to ect., ecc., or et. ... etc.
- "e.g." means "for example". "i.e." means "that is". i.e., always be correct.
- You should definitely spell definitely "definitely".
- If you had a D, you wouldn't deserve congratulations.
- "A lot" is two words. Allot means "to distribute"

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 11:22am

I'm judging BWW headlines right now:

"Strike Effects BC/EFA 'Carols for a Cure' CD Sales"

[ScottInLA]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 4:58pm

What's wrong with that? Clearly, the people who would be contributing to BC/EFA's in-theater appeal are purchasing items from the website instead, thus effecting new sales.

What? Giving them too much credit? Perhaps.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 9:30pm

It's affect, not effect.

[ScottInLA]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 10:42pm

Gawd...no kidding. You'll notice I had to work through a tortuous alteration of the meaning in order to make 'effect' the correct word. You'll also notice that I commented on that tortuous alteration in the second paragraph.

Hopefully this won't affect anyone else's enjoyment of this thread.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 10:45pm

HA! I was too tired to read your post correctly, sorry! Nice job.

[nealb1]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 11:07pm

When it comes to the absolute, worst grammar, it would be when people say..........I'm like.............I'm all....

It's beyond bad grammar.........