The death of proper grammar (quote)

[CairoCanadian]

On the tombstone of grammar:

KTHNXBYE

[goldengrain]

Originally Posted by Copanut

On purpose?

Ha! I know that this is a lame excuse but sometimes my keyboarding is faster than the keys and sometimes the keys stick. It's an Acer and is otherwise great.

[goldengrain]

Originally Posted by Copanut

whose


Wait, do I have it wrong?

You see how great this is? We owe it to each other to make these observations. We can all use improvement.

People should not be offended when people correct them. It makes them, in a small way, a better person.

[NY Annie]

Originally Posted by goldengrain

You see how great this is? We owe it to each other to make these observations. We can all use improvement.

People should not be offended when people correct them. It makes them, in a small way, a better person.

Thank you. I try to correct people by example rather than correcting them directly but sometimes the "wrong" is so egregious to my ears that I am either left speechless or the correction just jumps out of my mouth.

I wouldn't mind being corrected if only the "corrector" had a clue and wasn't correcting me incorrectly. NOTHING gets my ire more than that.

[Mr. Opinionated]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Who's would be a contraction of 'who is', like 'who's coming for dinner?' (who is coming for dinner) so I think you're correct.

As I am not. Thank you for the correction

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by goldengrain

You see how great this is? We owe it to each other to make these observations. We can all use improvement.

People should not be offended when people correct them. It makes them, in a small way, a better person.

Could not agree more.

But really, I could care less.

[Letscu99]

Originally Posted by city_data91

My college English class has an online discussion where students are supposed to post stuff. You should see how bad the grammar is...makes you wonder how these people are smart enough to go to college. There's even an English major in my class that has worse grammar than me. If the bad grammar bothers me, I can only imagine how frustrated the professor must be.

When I was a writing tutor in college I asked myself the same thing. Some kids came into the center every time they had a paper and never learned a thing. I don't have perfect grammar, but at least I can pull together a sentence that makes sense.

[CA4Now]

There's even an English major in my class that has worse grammar than me.

...has worse grammar than I.

[Niftybergin]

There's even an English major in my class that has worse grammar than me.

Originally Posted by CA4Now

...has worse grammar than I.

...who has worse grammar than I.

"Who" refers to people. "That" (or "which") refers to things. English majors are bizarre creatures, it is true, but they are still people.

[AnonChick]

I guess eating a caveman diet makes you assemble language like a caveman, too.

That is all.