Comments | goldenrod: Mispellings and misused grammar

goldenrod

Mispellings and misused grammar

Mar 31, 2009 12:19

I don't know what it is, but some mispellings and misusage of grammar really bug me. Folks, it's not "I seen" it's "I saw that" seen is only used when posing a question to another person or group, ie "Have you guys seen this movie?" Seen is not used in first person. Also, then is not a substitute for than. Than is used for comparison, then is used ( Read more... )

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wertle March 31 2009, 19:53:42 UTC

seen is only used when posing a question to another person or group/ Seen is not used in first person.

This isn't correct! Seen is the past participle of see, so it is used in conjunction with "have" or "be" or the like for the present (or...present perfect? I dunno, too many tenses!)

For example:
"I have not seen that movie" is correct, and uses first person. Similarly, "They have seen that movie," is correct, and not in question form.

Or

"I do not want to be seen with them!" does the same thing. I forget what those helper words are called (like have/has/had), but they work to adjust the tense...

"He has seen the movie," "He had seen the movie before," "Have you seen the movie?"

Anyway, sorry to be grammar queen, but I do get the gist of what you're saying. It's really annoying when people say "I seen it," but it grows incredibly complex to explain why that is incorrect! Stupid English language!

wertle March 31 2009, 19:54:33 UTC

Oh, and the then vs. than thing does drive me up the wall, along with their/there/they're.

araquan March 31 2009, 20:13:27 UTC

I was thinking this very same thing. n.n

nanook123 March 31 2009, 20:41:59 UTC

Let us not forget the ever popular two/to/too debacle.

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araquan March 31 2009, 20:20:33 UTC

What drives me up the wall is the Apostrophe-S Affliction. Especially when it goes well beyond the its/it's thing. Plurals? Bugs me. "Cedar Fall's" is listed as someone's hometown in a forum I use. How about just inserting it before any 's' at the end of a word? Bugs me even more. I've seen a site about LEDs that refers to the curved bit at the tip that refracts light as a "len's", for example. Spicing up verbs with it? That really "bug's" me too. *teeth-gnash*

goldenrod March 31 2009, 22:08:59 UTC

I've seen worse than that even, like people making contractions out of lent and saint, and any other word that ends in an -nt.

araquan March 31 2009, 22:22:22 UTC

I'm not sure that's necessarily worse, but still pretty pathetic. o.o

nanook123 March 31 2009, 20:41:10 UTC

The following drives me up the wall, and my Boss does it every day...

ready?

irregardless.

IT IS NOT A WORD!!!!

*spazfreak*

goldenrod March 31 2009, 21:49:19 UTC

Oh, come on. Sure it's a word. It is a combination of irresponsible and regardless. It means "irresponsibly regardless." ;P

goldenrod March 31 2009, 21:50:55 UTC

I just had to use an improper It's in there. ;)

goldenrod March 31 2009, 22:14:17 UTC

Actually reading my comment I totally used the right It's. I can't even force myself to make such a grsmmaticsl error.

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zerodog85 April 1 2009, 01:48:42 UTC

lol goldenrod most of it is southern slang ... trust me ... i hear ... and see .... to much of this in Alabama ... and have done it myself.

spats_bear April 1 2009, 05:30:16 UTC

I am a bit of a spelling/grammar Nazi myself...

The most irritating to me is the to/too/two, your/you're, they're/their and such I see all too often.