My bad - English?

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Arnt you being a bit arbitery here

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I see you're not a big fan of irony :)

I detest this word with a passion.
Whenever I am asked "Do youse want anything else?" "Are youse alright?" Etc., etc., etc..I can't restrain myself. I am compelled to answer
"No, wees (or is it wese?) are OK."

Another bugbear is the confusion of adverbs and adjectives as in "You did good." Aaaarrrrgh!!!:((:((:(:(
Consider this utterance from the well educated and very good American golfer Johnny Miller "I drove good, I putted good I played good."

Other peeves include the misuse of seen and done. :no::no::no:

Absolutely:D

did dudley do right?

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Originally Posted by artme

Other peeves include the misuse of seen and done. :no::no::no:

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Add to that, the misuse of was and were, was is singular and were plural, for example he was and they were. The best example of this misuse is on any commercial network news, particualarly ch. 10. :~

And Darryl Summers on that stoopid dancing show. "The next couple through to next week's show is ..." - that's OK but then - "the next two who'll be with us again next week is ..."

Gorn go'n git ya gro'sir's, I'll sit 'ere. :2tsup:

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Originally Posted by silentC

And Darryl Summers on that stoopid dancing show. "The next couple through to next week's show is ..." - that's OK but then - "the next two who'll be with us again next week is ..."

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:2tsup:

That's the other misuse of singular and plural that I couldn't remember, which is more prevalent than my examples.

Or in the written language, the number of people that don't know the difference between then and than, there and their and affect and effect.

And don't get me started on apostrophes!!!! The local shop has lollie's and cashew's on special!!!

Your not wrong. :D

> people that don't know the difference between there and their
> The local shop has lollie's and cashew's on special!!!

They're there in Their shop with Condiments.:D:D:D:doh:

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Originally Posted by Big Shed

Or in the written language, the number of people that don't know the difference between then and than, there and their and affect and effect.

And don't get me started on apostrophes!!!! The local shop has lollie's and cashew's on special!!!

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...or that and who:wink:

youse was played bad.

Or a particularly english one

"I were going to do it"
"was you?"

Hey, and leave punctuation and pelzing out of it
Can we just stick with grammar.

( wos gooin to say "stay wiv gramma") (Manchester)
but it dint seem so poetic like.(Nottinghamese)

and don't even ask me to do it in Cumbrian

Astrid

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Originally Posted by Big Shed

Or in the written language, the number of people that don't know the difference between then and than, there and their and affect and effect.

And don't get me started on apostrophes!!!! The local shop has lollie's and cashew's on special!!!

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or other charming words like "Bistraunt" I noted it on a big sign outside a pub in Newcastle.
My 13 yr old son uses "my bad" all the time. (to get back to what started this thread)
I just have to ignore it. It's not worth the energy to hassle him about it.