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filkertomCertainly, this is the oldest and possibly most obvious complaint about the Net, but this stuff is really starting to bug me.
Can't people use phrases they actually understand? Can't they punctuate properly, and come close to using correct grammar? Can't people frickin' spell!?
"Pedal to the mettle". "Per say". "She couldn't bare it". "Taking it's time". "He was about to loose the game". And on, and on, and on.
No one is perfect. I realize that. But KEE-RYSTE we've got frickin' spell-checkers. In theory, we learned all this stuff back in grade school. And I keep seeing the same stuff over, and over, and over. This isn't something like "KEE-RYSTE" or "frickin'", fake words used to emphasize one thing or another. This is the actual language, actually being mangled by people who should know better.
What are your least favorite linguistic atrocities?
Can't people use phrases they actually understand? Can't they punctuate properly, and come close to using correct grammar? Can't people frickin' spell!?
"Pedal to the mettle". "Per say". "She couldn't bare it". "Taking it's time". "He was about to loose the game". And on, and on, and on.
No one is perfect. I realize that. But KEE-RYSTE we've got frickin' spell-checkers. In theory, we learned all this stuff back in grade school. And I keep seeing the same stuff over, and over, and over. This isn't something like "KEE-RYSTE" or "frickin'", fake words used to emphasize one thing or another. This is the actual language, actually being mangled by people who should know better.
What are your least favorite linguistic atrocities?
