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Although the spelling and grammatical errors I see are annoying, what irks me more are incomplete thoughts. Some people write in a "stream of consciousness" style that completely defeats the purpose of their post because it is unintelligible. You read them and just scratch your head. Why post if you can't make your position clear?
One thing that truly saddens me is the number of college graduates on the forum who write like third graders. How on earth did they manage to get into college, much less graduate??? It says a great deal about lowered standards in our educational system.
I have to take issue with your statement on the use of an apostrophe in 1990's, 50's etc. If you are talking about that happened during that period you would be correct. "I went to elementary school in the 50s." If you are talking about something that belongs to that period "I like 50's rock & roll" the 's would be correct, IMHO (not how you really spell "in my humble opinion). I'm glad you're here to get our LOL, IMO, DH, BFF's all correct.
Not unless you are talking about rock and roll from the year 1950. 50s refers to the fifties. If you made it a possessive it would be 50s'.
Although the spelling and grammatical errors I see are annoying, what irks me more are incomplete thoughts. Some people write in a "stream of consciousness" style that completely defeats the purpose of their post because it is unintelligible. You read them and just scratch your head. Why post if you can't make your position clear?
Sorry, dear, some of us like this style. You're welcome to skip our posts.
I did not know that. This is from the Washington State University website.
"There’s no requirement for the apostrophe before the “S” in decade names like 50s and 60s, since there are no omitted letters, though it’s also acceptable to include one."
Out here, we sort of expect those kinds of errors from Cougs.
Coupla things:
1) I hate hate hate hate hate the ever increasing using of "off of"!!! It drives me crazy! It is senseless and completely grammatically incorrect.
2) Does one say "I feel bad," or "I feel badly,"? I can never remember that one.
Coupla things:
1) I hate hate hate hate hate the ever increasing using of "off of"!!! It drives me crazy! It is senseless and completely grammatically incorrect.
Well, that would be technically "use" or "usage"...
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2) Does one say "I feel bad," or "I feel badly,"? I can never remember that one.
Coupla things:
1) I hate hate hate hate hate the ever increasing using of "off of"!!! It drives me crazy! It is senseless and completely grammatically incorrect.
I guess I'm not seeing why this is grammatically incorrect. Superfluous maybe, but is it really incorrect? "I took the pot off of the burner" vs. "I took the pot off the burner". Can someone enlighten me?
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