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You misspelled Grammar, though. Don't you know when you respond here your supposed to use Grammer?
Thanks. Lots of quick wit here. Some of the other threads (which shall remain nameless) can be downright scary as far as words flying back and forth with little regard for reality.
Thanks. Lots of quick wit here. Some of the other threads (which shall remain nameless) can be downright scary as far as words flying back and forth with little regard for reality.
Grammer is a comfortable refuge.
I agree. Even though my Grammer died in 1974, I loved going to her house where it was peaceful, and she would bake brownies with me.
I just read an article in my local paper about someone who "went missing". That used to be a regional speech quirk. Is it now considered acceptable English? There it was in print. How about just plain old "missing"?
I HATE THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH.
And unfortunately, it really seems to have taken hold. BLECH.
I just read an article in my local paper about someone who "went missing". That used to be a regional speech quirk. Is it now considered acceptable English? There it was in print. How about just plain old "missing"?
You still need a verb. "Was missing" implies a completely different chronology, and "became missing" is clumsy and pretentious-sounding. How would you rewrite "the went missing during the snowstorm"? "Turned up missing"?
You still need a verb. "Was missing" implies a completely different chronology, and "became missing" is clumsy and pretentious-sounding. How would you rewrite "the went missing during the snowstorm"? "Turned up missing"?
lol. True. "Went missing" doesn't bother me. I will never get used to hearing "He busted the window with the baseball." That is acceptable now because it's everywhere--tv, radio, I think I've seen it in print. Over and over again. We were taught to say "broke" not "busted."
Granted, English is obviously not the writers natural language and I ordinarily would not post mistakes here in that case.
But this is so bad it made me stop and try to figure out how it came about. Is it just a matter of bad typing and missing letters?
The context indicates the word was supposed to be 'intentionally'.
"are doing this intertinally"
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