Principal / Principle- Page 2

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:44pm

I was affected by the effect of what happened.

GOD I LOVE THIS GROUP......I am known as 'He who constantly corrects grammar'......it's nice to finally find a home......

[ElTico68]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:46pm

"I hate it when people thing the "'ve" part of a word "Would've" is actually of. I would of done something..."

Actually, I believe it's not incorrect: "I would have eaten the sandwich had you not called."

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:46pm

and........I HATE when I hear the word "liberry" rather than "library"........

[ElTico68]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:48pm

Hey Elphaba... my mother was/is a grammar freak, and I guess it rubbed off. Oh geez... I AM turning into my mother...

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:50pm

I actually prefer "Libary", even though I know it's naughty.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:51pm

what I think he meant, Tico (unclear though it may have been), is he doesn't like when people say "I would OF..." instead of "I WOULD'VE..." The pronounciation demarcation is very fine, but the distinction can and SHOULD be made, and there CERTAINLY is no reason to WRITE "would of". It annoys me, as well. Clearly.

This is why I drink. :)

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:54pm

Jaily, you know darn well that isn't why you drink. I like why you drink.

[Jess1483]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 3:56pm

Have any of you read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss? (It's subtitled "The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.")
Though not technically grammar, very important to speaking correct English--and quite the entertainment.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:00pm

It's in my bag right now. :)

You should also check out The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate, The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the E.L., and the Highly Selective Book of Golden Adjectives for the E.L., by Eugene Erlich. These books are the Holy Trinity of all that is etymological.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:02pm

I am a stickler when it comes to word usage. To me words are the tools we use to create artistic masterpeices. To misuse them is very disrespectful. Here are my complaints: liberry, alot for a lot, " he's like all over me", ain't, and so forth. Get with it!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:04pm

Wow. Jaily, you actually got to use the word etymological in a sentence.
See, Broadwayworld is good for everyone!
I need to write those books down. I always see "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" and forget to pick it up.

[Jess1483]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:38pm

You should also check out The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate, The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the E.L., and the Highly Selective Book of Golden Adjectives for the E.L., by Eugene Erlich. These books are the Holy Trinity of all that is etymological.

I already have them....

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:43pm

Then we're getting married.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:45pm

Jailyard's proposing to everyone...

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:46pm

I know.

I finished work early, and therefore need to fill the empty expanse of time before i actually leave, and what better way than to become the Whore of Broadway World? :)

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:47pm

Ya gotta be married to be a whore? Who knew?

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:48pm

Do you know how expensive good weddings are these days? Oy!

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 4:50pm

Please... just the dress alone...

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 5:11pm

El Tico, my mother was a teacher (English Lit major) before she became a principal....and it definately passed to me.

The "liberry" thing is the worst to me, as my daytime job is selling reference books to school libraries. The worst thing I have ever heard was a co-worker asking, on the phone, for the
"liberry", and then asking "Are you the liberrian" when she got through to the LIBRARY.

[Jess1483]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:21pm

Then we're getting married.

Man, that's almost as good a proposal as the one at the TKTS booth!

[Jon]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 10:56pm

There is no such word as "orientate". You go to orientation to get oriented.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 11:47pm

I dislike it when people misuse the words "will" and "shall", but because of the complicated conjugations, I suppose I can't blame them...

WILL (used for something that IS INTENDED TO HAPPEN)

I will
You will
He/She/It shall
We will
You all will
They shall


SHALL (used for something that IS GOING TO HAPPEN)

I shall
You shall
He/She/It will
We shall
You all shall
They will

[ElTico68]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 11:51pm

Ok... now I'm confused...

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/9/05 at 1:07am

haha... I'll start with an easier one...

I hate it when people say "Kroger's" or "Meijers"
The names are "Kroger" and "Meijer".
They are NOT plural.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 3/9/05 at 8:23am

Re: would've

This is from EnglishPlus.com:

Sometimes the word have is slurred, especially after verbs like would, could, and should. In dialogue this can be shown as 've, but never as of.

Incorrect: We would of like to have gone.

Correct: We would've liked to have gone.
(To show contraction in speaking)

Correct: We would have liked to have gone.
(In more formal writing)