03-13-2007, 06:18 PM
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#41 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| And unless they are talking about more than one Adam Jones that apostrophe is incorrectly used as well...
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03-14-2007, 06:10 AM
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#42 | | Immortal
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Originally Posted by jBirch  “...either our menu or where we are at as a business...." | Not exactly a parallel construction.... 
And it should be "where we are as a business...." The "at" dangles and is superfluous.
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03-14-2007, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sabreur Not exactly a parallel construction....
And it should be "where we are as a business...." The "at" dangles and is superfluous. | Right, but the snippet is in quoted text which indicates that, however incorrect it may be, that is how the speaker constructed the sentence. Changing the grammar of the quote, changes the quote itself.
James.
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07-26-2007, 04:56 PM
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#44 | | Senior Member
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| Here's a simple one...
This one won't be much of a challenge. I pulled it off the website for the town of Kennebunk, Maine. How horribly embarrassing that someone with third grade English skills is representing this town to all the world. Kennebunk is rich with tradition and history. Rolling hills and a wide array of open spaces make our town a truly unique and special place. Originally an agricultural and shipbuilding settlement, Kennebunk has evolved into a favorite destination for travelers worldwide. From the Sea Captain Mansion's on Summer Street to the beautiful flowing Mousam and Kennebunk rivers, there is certainly something in Kennebunk for everyone to enjoy.
See this travesty yourself at www.kennebunkmaine.org. | |
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07-26-2007, 05:10 PM
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#45 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old From the Sea Captain Mansion's on Summer Street to the beautiful flowing Mousam and Kennebunk rivers, there is certainly something in Kennebunk for everyone to enjoy. | The Sea Captain Mansion's what? | 
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07-26-2007, 05:38 PM
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#46 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Goldgar The Sea Captain Mansion's what? | Yes, thank you very much. Holy Crap. Are people REALLY this retarded??? I mean, I can understand somone typing a note and having a typo...but when you're going to DISPLAY IT to the world??? Can't you have a BRAIN? I would be curious to know how the person who wrote this did in high school. | |
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09-17-2007, 04:42 PM
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#47 | | Senior Member
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| Oh, this is just ugly.
Yup, the old "error" thread has been in a coma for a while. On occasion, I thought about reviving it. When I read this quote by Lt. Clint Nichols, I simply had to do it.
“Whether or not the property belonged to Mr. Simpson or not is still in debate,” Lt. Clint Nichols said Sunday. “Having said that, the manner in which this property was taken, we have a responsibility to look into that, irregardless of who the property belonged to.” | |
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09-17-2007, 05:20 PM
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#48 | | Senior Member
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| "Irregardless"? gtfo
I'm also not too happy about "traveLer" in the previous example either. Bloody americans. | |
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09-17-2007, 05:26 PM
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#49 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by sionnach "Irregardless"? gtfo
I'm also not too happy about "traveLer" in the previous example either. Bloody americans. | That's one of them, Irish. | |
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09-17-2007, 05:27 PM
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| "Whether or not .. or not" | |
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09-17-2007, 05:28 PM
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#51 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by sionnach "Whether or not .. or not" | And we have a winner! | |
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09-19-2007, 04:59 AM
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#52 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| And the whole thing ends in a preposition. It's still my position that this is invariably a solecism..."irregardless" of numerous stated opinions to the contrary in f.net arguments. 
"Irregardless", BTW, is almost my father's favorite word. Is it any wonder I foam at the mouth about grammatical blunders?
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09-19-2007, 10:22 AM
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#53 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Inquartata And the whole thing ends in a preposition. It's still my position that this is invariably a solecism..."irregardless" of numerous stated opinions to the contrary in f.net arguments.
"Irregardless", BTW, is almost my father's favorite word. Is it any wonder I foam at the mouth about grammatical blunders? | Dude. I actually had to look up "solecism." That's embarrassing. At least it was a post by the great Inq who made me run to my reference material.  | |
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09-19-2007, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old Dude. | I found it! | |
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09-22-2007, 07:21 AM
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| I found an error on the internet in a Health Site: they typed cerebralspinal fluid withouth the P, making cerbralsinal fluid. It showed me that we need more proofreaders. | |
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09-22-2007, 06:34 PM
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#56 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Inquartata And the whole thing ends in a preposition. It's still my position that this is invariably a solecism..."irregardless" of numerous stated opinions to the contrary in f.net arguments.
"Irregardless", BTW, is almost my father's favorite word. Is it any wonder I foam at the mouth about grammatical blunders? | A preposition is definitely not a word to end a sentence with. And never start one with a conjunction.  | |
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09-24-2007, 06:27 PM
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#57 | | Senior Member
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| This is a paragraph from an AP report.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said he thought Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands." | |
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09-24-2007, 06:36 PM
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#58 | | Senior Member
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| Every time a public document has typos in it a pen dies. =| | |
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09-24-2007, 07:50 PM
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#59 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old This is a paragraph from an AP report.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said he thought Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands." | Doesn't he think he'll wash them first?
No matter how powerful the figure of speech, it's still "figuratively", not "literally". | |
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09-25-2007, 07:36 AM
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#60 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Goldgar Doesn't he think he'll wash them first?
No matter how powerful the figure of speech, it's still "figuratively", not "literally". | Thank you. I remember a newscaster, years ago, saying that an individual "literally turned the world upside down." WHAT?????????? If it's your profession to use language to convey information to the public, learn how to use the language! | |
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