Grammar Pedants...

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There is none

 

[Drago]

Not being able to spell "spelled" or pronounce "pronunciation" makes me want to kill some puppies. Nothing worse. In fact, the word "spelt" sends me into a murderous frenzy.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Not being able to spell "spelled" or pronounce "pronunciation" makes me want to kill some puppies. Nothing worse. In fact, the word "spelt" sends me into a murderous frenzy.

Whereas I tend to think of past tenses ending with a -t as being acceptable variations on the widely prevalent -ed. I learnt it that way.

 

[swee'pea99]

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I like this so much I'd like to give it two likes!

 

[robjh]

Whereas I tend to think of past tenses ending with a -t as being acceptable variations on the widely prevalent -ed. I learnt it that way.

Yes that's right. Unless you're in America, where the -t forms are rarely used. Maybe Drago's American.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

[QUOTE 3911391, member: 259"]^^^
What he writ. [/QUOTE]

"...if this be error and upon me proved/ I never writ nor no man ever loved."

 

[swansonj]

A personbal favourite of mine:

 

[Tin Pot]

A personbal favourite of mine:
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Are some of those mine then?

Nice find.

 

[Drago]

[QUOTE 3911380, member: 259"]But spelt is correctly spelt. [/QUOTE]

no no no, it's some modern new fangled spelling,it doesn't count. Ye Gods man, you'll be letting Women wear trousers and drive cars next.

 

[Fnaar]

BMXs when written, but you have to put a vowel in when you say it, so BMXes = spoken.

 

[swee'pea99]

A pedant would say that's wrong. I say it's right. Why? Essentially because it's clear, which is what really matters. And because BBQS, which is 'correct', just looks daft, and is less easily grasped.

How would you write Do's & Don'ts? Dos & Don'ts? Then you're a fool, even if 'correct'. The written language is about communicating, not showing how well you know the rules. More importantly, the rules exist only to aid communication; when they actively impede it, they must retire gracefully. Them's my rules.

 

[Tin Pot]

A conflagration of BMX bikes.

 

[Tin Pot]

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A pedant would say that's wrong. I say it's right. Why? Essentially because it's clear, which is what really matters. And because BBQS, which is 'correct', just looks daft, and is less easily grasped.

How would you write Do's & Don'ts? Dos & Don'ts? Then you're a fool, even if 'correct'. The written language is about communicating, not showing how well you know the rules. More importantly, the rules exist only to aid communication; when they actively impede it, they must retire gracefully. Them's my rules.

Rules exist to clearly identify the idiots who are unable to follow them. It's a self selecting group.

 

[swee'pea99]

Rules exist to clearly identify the idiots who are unable to follow them. It's a self selecting group.

Er, no they don't. The 30MPH limit doesn't exist to enable identification of those travelling at 40, it exists to restrict drivers' speeds to 30MPH or below.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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A pedant would say that's wrong. I say it's right. Why? Essentially because it's clear, which is what really matters. And because BBQS, which is 'correct', just looks daft, and is less easily grasped.

How would you write Do's & Don'ts? Dos & Don'ts? Then you're a fool, even if 'correct'. The written language is about communicating, not showing how well you know the rules. More importantly, the rules exist only to aid communication; when they actively impede it, they must retire gracefully. Them's my rules.

BBQs. Dos and don'ts. Wills and won'ts. Bills and coos.