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Oh yeah. Texting. I hate it when anyone over the age of what, 12? writes in text-speak. U R driving me crazy. :/
It's sad that our communication has shifted back to the most basic form possible - at least it's headed that way.
My sister teaches high school, and she's said that you see a lot of "internet grammar," because many young people text and hang out online and are constantly reading (and writing) things that haven't been edited for grammar and spelling. The more that happens, the more changes get ingrained.
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It might be less daunting if you go into "MY Settings" and change it to read 40 posts per page. That's how I have mine set and it's only 24 pages long.
[My sister teaches high school, and she's said that you see a lot of "internet grammar," because many young people text and hang out online and are constantly reading (and writing) things that haven't been edited for correctness. The more that happens, the more changes get engrained.]
I totally agree. I wish we could go back to teaching the basics and not have to focus everything on testing for dollars - let teachers' TEACH.
I think we've lost something by moving so far away from "reading writing and arithmetic" in the classroom. Obviously there should be other subjects in order to be well rounded, but you get the picture. I hope
It might be less daunting if you go into "MY Settings" and change it to read 40 posts per page. That's how I have mine set and it's only 24 pages long.[/quote]
I hope you meant 84. That's what I am seeing.
At 3324 posts, that makes this one long thread. (And I have read every post!)
Or even worse, "my brakes need to be maintenanced."
I would consider that to be an acceptable English usage. The alternative would be "my brakes need to be maintained", which comes nowhere near the meaning that was intended. Everybody understands the difference between "maintain" (a continuous attitude) and "do maintenance" (an specific act). Even "my brakes need maintenance" falls short of the full intent of immediacy. It has become perfectly acceptable in English, especially in the past 20 years or so, so use a noun as a verb meaning to apply the noun. As in "to power" a website or "to microwave" popcorn or "to phone" the office. Or even "to hammer" the brake parts you are maintenancing when they are stuck.
Speaking of which -- the amazing number of people in the automotive forum whose breaks need to be maintenanced.
I would consider that to be an acceptable English usage. The alternative would be "my brakes need to be maintained", which comes nowhere near the meaning that was intended. Everybody understands the difference between "maintain" (a continuous attitude) and "do maintenance" (an specific act). Even "my brakes need maintenance" falls short of the full intent of immediacy. It has become perfectly acceptable in English, especially in the past 20 years or so, so use a noun as a verb meaning to apply the noun. As in "to power" a website or "to microwave" popcorn or "to phone" the office. Or even "to hammer" the brake parts you are maintenancing when they are stuck.
Speaking of which -- the amazing number of people in the automotive forum whose breaks need to be maintenanced.
No...the language is merely, "evolving", again.
According to somebody who posts quite frequently in this forum, as soon as, "break", is commonly used as the term for a device that slows down a car, it will be acceptable.
...or so we have been told...
I would consider that to be an acceptable English usage. The alternative would be "my brakes need to be maintained", which comes nowhere near the meaning that was intended. Everybody understands the difference between "maintain" (a continuous attitude) and "do maintenance" (an specific act). Even "my brakes need maintenance" falls short of the full intent of immediacy. It has become perfectly acceptable in English, especially in the past 20 years or so, so use a noun as a verb meaning to apply the noun. As in "to power" a website or "to microwave" popcorn or "to phone" the office. Or even "to hammer" the brake parts you are maintenancing when they are stuck.
Speaking of which -- the amazing number of people in the automotive forum whose breaks need to be maintenanced.
I know, much like film or tape used as nouns. According to A Way With Words, it is perfectly acceptable to use, "Me and my friend" for the subjective case. However, popular usage doesn't make it all right. I would say that I need to have maintenance performed on my brakes.
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That's what I am seeing. 
