Certain phrases are bothering me...

[Mia001]

yes ? no ?

[Mia001]

as i know some of you are francophones and/or understand french

when someone say in french...
Bon Matin....this is an Englicisme.....word for word translation for Good Morning
s/b Bonjour

Payeurs de taxes......WFW Tax payers...there is a word in french ...
s/b Contribuable

we hear those 2 everyday.....even from people who should , and do, know better

[kellyschool1]

I guess I dont really pay attention. I prob have the worst grammar in the world. I am sure you can pick out tons of stuff in my post. Not that I want anyone to.

[Lynn49]

Lynn ~ I'm LOVING your posts. From Glee girls shakin' their money makers on a Staples commercial to grammatical pet peeves; you make me giggle!!

"I'm loving this colour!" To me the 'ing' suggests that I'm currently loving the colour, but not committing to loving it forever.

What does Jenny think?

Thankew...!

I've asked Jenny her opinion of the deterioration of the English language and as far as I am able to surmise by her barks and whines, she's not too terribly fond of it either. Sincerely. It wasn't a lengthy conversation. It never really is with Jenny. She is a lady of few barks. But when she has something important to impart, there's no stopping her. Just yesterday she mentioned how disappointed she was that her cousin (our Daughter's son) was allergic to her. She was heartbroken, poor dear. She even had a bath yesterday in preparation for the visit, to no avail. He still broke out. I had to explain to her that it was nothing personal against her..he was just sensitive to her...uh...fur, and that it likely was the case with every other fur-covered creature out there.
This seemed to settle her down. She's much better today.

So thank you for asking...it's rare that a person would suggest asking a fur-lady her opinion. I'll mention you to her when she gets back from her walk. I know she'll be delighted to hear of your interest in her opinion of the subject.

[Lynn49]

The word "snuck" irritates me to no end. It's s-n-e-a-k-e-d, snuck sounds like something you do with snot lol

ITA, although it is more acceptable these days, unfortunately.
The other one is "creeped".
"I creeped up on him."
should read:
"I crept up on him."

Ugh...heebeejeebies! LOL!!

[Lynn49]

There are so many that I can not count! But being in a Franglais environment, I have become more forgiving.
However, my husband gets shuffle and shovel mixed up (he used to be deaf and they sound the same for him). She says "I will shuffle the snow" I howl each time.

Ohhhhh, the one that I CAN NOT STAND (Calgarians say it often) : "I seen her..." instead of I saw her. That one gets under my skin, I don't know why.

"shuffle" the snow?!!
Omg....that's so cute! So I imagine your driveway never really gets shovelled? He just shuffles the snow around?
Too cute!!

[Lynn49]

I guess I dont really pay attention. I prob have the worst grammar in the world. I am sure you can pick out tons of stuff in my post. Not that I want anyone to.

No one on here should ever correct grammar, spelling or punctuation in posts on SC. That would just be too rude, Hon.
I hope it never happens to you or anyone else...

[Mia001]

Lynn, say 'hello!' to Jenny for me

[Mia001]

No one on here should ever correct grammar, spelling or punctuation in posts on SC. That would just be too rude, Hon.
I hope it never happens to you or anyone else...

there was one 'lady' on a french ( from France) forum i was on who did it....corrected other people mistakes.....everyone 'loved' her

[abbasgirl]

Lynn, I'm getting the impression from your first post that you are spending too much time in the paint department.
The two that drive me absolutely up the wall are "sheeple" and "Give your head a shake." I don't know why I torture myself by reading the comments on online news sites, but I want to throw my computer against the wall when I read those two insults. I would rather have someone tell me to F off!

[abbasgirl]

Grammar police drive me nuts too. People don't sound smart when they correct spelling mistakes. They just sound like a jerks.

[DaveP]

Lynn, I'm getting the impression from your first post that you are spending too much time in the paint department.
The two that drive me absolutely up the wall are "sheeple" and "Give your head a shake." I don't know why I torture myself by reading the comments on online news sites, but I want to throw my computer against the wall when I read those two insults. I would rather have someone tell me to F off!

Agreed. I spend time reading comments on CBC.ca/news and those two drive me right up the wall.

[DaveP]

Grammar police drive me nuts too. People don't sound smart when they correct spelling mistakes. They just sound like a jerks.

I only correct the grammar of those who have just corrected someone else's grammar. That's fun.

Elsewhere I was called the Dexter of grammar Nazis.

[Sally888]

Meh, its just net slang a lot of the time.

[Mia001]

I only correct the grammar of those who have just corrected someone else's grammar. That's fun.

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that'S something people did to this 'french grammar police'