I can't take it anymore. (sentence, grammar, quote, words)
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Retriever, that would actually be a relief! I remember when moving over here (to North America from England) being quite shocked to see that "z" popping up and my father groaning "so THAT's how they spell it over here..." lol. I was mildy chastised when I used my "s" spelling at work once, when dealing with an ad agency, no less!
I agree with you that it's painful when useage evolves into correctness. Irregardless, alot of words your seeing 2day are coruptions of good words and I really, in this case, could care less!
Hmm. I wonder if "inflammable" was one of those words, as it means the same as flammable. "Irregardless" is in the dictionary although it does list it as incorrect. It needs to stay that way.
Both "advertizing" and "advertising" are bona fide spellings...
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Originally Posted by Vectoris
It would be a relief if "advertized" turned out to not be a valid word.
I'm still confused.
Are you now saying that you may have erred when you stated that, "advertizing", is a bona fide spelling?
Or, are you just expressing your hope that, "advertizing", is not a bona fide spelling?
I'm still confused.
Are you now saying that you may have erred when you stated that, "advertizing", is a bona fide spelling?
Or, are you just expressing your hope that, "advertizing", is not a bona fide spelling?
I'm saying that as unpalatable as it is, the word "advertizing" is recognized. I mean, recognised.
I acknowledge that it's not in your preferred dictionaries, but is IS listed at freedictionary.org, whereas "alot" is not listed.
I don't like the word. I'm happy that it's not in my two favourite dictionaries. That's all.
Originally Posted by Vectoris
Retriever, that would actually be a relief! I remember when moving over here (to North America from England) being quite shocked to see that "z" popping up and my father groaning "so THAT's how they spell it over here..." lol. I was mildy chastised when I used my "s" spelling at work once, when dealing with an ad agency, no less!
I agree with you that it's painful when useage evolves into correctness. Irregardless, alot of words your seeing 2day are coruptions of good words and I really, in this case, could care less!
I agree with you that it's painful when useage evolves into correctness. Irregardless, alot of words your seeing 2day are coruptions of good words and I really, in this case, could care less!
It seems that everyone so far has ignored the words, "could care less", and I am fairly sure that Vectoris slipped those words into his/her sentence as an intentional example of poor English usage.
For those who may be puzzled by my reference, the original expression was, "couldn't care less", and somehow this phrase has been modified by most people to, "could care less". If you are trying to communicate that you don't care at all about something, "could care less", is incorrect, as it means that you care a lot.
Last edited by Retriever; 04-15-2013 at 07:35 AM..
It seems that everyone so far has ignored the words, "could care less", and I am fairly sure that Vectoris slipped those words into his/her sentence as an intentional example of poor English usage.
For those who may be puzzled by my reference, the original expression was, "couldn't care less", and somehow this phrase has been modified by most people to, "could care less". If you are trying to communicate that you don't care at all about something, "could care less", is incorrect, as it means that you care a lot.
Yes, this statement when used incorrectly is a bee in my bonnet. I slipped them in, because I really do care, very much. So in this case the meaning is correct.
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