It's 'tenterhooks' not tenderhooks.
It's Republican and Democrat when you are talking about the political parties and it's democrats and republicans when you are talking about political theory/movements in general.
It's 'up and at 'em.' Not 'up and Adam.'
It's gesture, not jester.
It's 'your' bike and 'you're' going to get in trouble if it's stolen.
And for fuck's sake, use spell check before you hit the publish button after you write a blog post.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some kids to go shoo off my lawn.
r u saying i kant spel?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget "buck naked" not "butt naked",
ReplyDeleteand "intents and purposes" not "intensive purposes",
and finally my big peeve it's "I couldn't care less" not "I could care less".
My pet peeve is "yousguys".
ReplyDelete"Did yousguys enjoy your dinner?"
Yes. Wesguys did. Thank yous.
I shouldn't talk. I'm the worst for just leaving my mistakes uncorrected.
Sorry! :(
((Hugs))
Laura
Don't forget to turn the hose on those darn kids!
ReplyDeleteYeehaa and hallelujah!
ReplyDeleteOooh, don't get me started! Ooops, you already did.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorites is "That just doesn't pass mustard." It's "pass muster" you ninnies!
Then there's, "That's a hard road to hoe." Yes, roads would be hard to hoe! Normally we who farm or garden try to hoe "rows."
And the abuse that the poor inoffensive and ever-useful apostrophe gets!
Occasionally I go back to old posts and hit the spell check, wondering how I could have been so lazy the first time around. But then I'm a goofy amateur. It is when I see glaring errors on the sites of the big boys that fries my eggs.
ReplyDeleteAnd the rules of apostrophe placement? Mostly I just don't give a damn.
And how about "you've got another thing coming!"
ReplyDeleteIt's "you've got another THINK coming"
You don't phase me!
ReplyDelete"That's a 'mute' point."
ReplyDelete--How do you know it's "moot" if you can't hear it?!?!?
"That doesn't 'jive'."
--Even if it "jibed" it wouldn't have much humorously deceptive rhythmic spirit!
Actually it's Repugnican, but never mind.
ReplyDeleteI read your last sentence as: "I have some kids to go SHOOT off my lawn." I'll watch for you on the news later. :-)
ReplyDelete"Major league" devolving into "majorly" has annoyed me for years. I know language isn't static, but it's still irritating to hear it change before your very ears.
ReplyDeleteIt's the Republican and Democratic parties. NOT Democrat party -- one of the favorite elocutions of the wingnuts.
ReplyDeleteAdd one more - no, two more, to the roster:
ReplyDeleteConsole TV, not "council" TV
Living room suite (as in "sweet"-sounding) and not suit (as in "Nice suit. Whose funeral?).
Oh, yeah, one more:
"I would have gone", not " I would of gone".
Idjits.
'hoi polloi' - no 'the' in front.
ReplyDeletehell hath no fury like a woman's scorn.
I will accept "Up and ATOM!"
I'm totally with you Dr. Monkey.
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of people are using apostrophe S to pluralize now, and about half of the people who write and comment on blogs spell definite 'definate.' The unpolished turds of idiocy also use 'are' when they mean 'our' - as in, "it's are right to be stoopud."
And that's another one. It's - with an apostrophe - is only used for a contraction, never for the possessive. As in: "a donkey doesn't know its butt from an ass's ass."
...anyways
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