Dan Murphy
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- Apr 20, 2000
Regardless /irregardless
Use of adverbs. If you are describing a verb you need a ly.
Wrong Correct
Go slow. Go slowly.
Drive safe. Drive safely.
I have heard the news reporters on TV and countless others who should know better speak this way.
In this context, Alabama is a collective noun and considered singular, not plural. Therefore, "Alabama is kicking the snot out of Tennessee," is correct (unless you are a Tennessee fan, in which case it's never correct to say this, hahaha).Here's another one where styles of speech and writing differ. Referring to teams and groups. Our friends in the UK would say "Wow, Alabama are really stomping Tennessee into the ground today!" (Assuming they ever mentioned American college football), while in the US we'd say "Alabama is stomping them into the ground!"
We say "is" even though we are referring to a group of people. Neither is right or wrong, just custom. Personally I think the UK way sounds better and more natural. I've tried saying it that way here in the US, let's just say it's not catching on. People look at me like I'm weird, so I just play along and say it the US way.
Lol. I have decided that people literally don't know the definition of literally. Geez, thanks for reminding me of that one.Considered acceptable by whom? People get it wrong so often that we know what they mean and just let it slide? Not on my watch! Same thing with "literally". Supposedly now it's "accepted" to use it for emphasis, even though that's not what the word means. Back in my day, words had meanings! *shakes fist at cloud*
In this context, Alabama is a collective noun and considered singular, not plural. Therefore, "Alabama is kicking the snot out of Tennessee," is correct (unless you are a Tennessee fan, in which case it's never correct to say this, hahaha).
I’m pretty sure Alabama doesn’t give a mud flap about what other countries do with their collective nouns.Correct here in the US, not in pretty much any other English speaking country. They all consider collective nouns plural. As I said neither is incorrect, just style and custom.
True, I mean England has never even won a single SEC ChampionshipI’m pretty sure Alabama doesn’t give a mud flap about what other countries do with their collective nouns.
Is it really wrong to say so fun? Fun is both a noun and an adjective so I'm not sure what rule that would be breaking.One I forgot about is saying something is so fun. AAAAGGGHHHHH
It’s so MUCH fun.
Is it really wrong to say so fun? Fun is both a noun and an adjective so I'm not sure what rule that would be breaking.
What makes it bad though? I'm honestly curious, this is the first time I've ever seen someone claim "so fun" is bad grammar.The rule of good grammar becoming bad grammar.
What makes it bad though? I'm honestly curious, this is the first time I've ever seen someone claim "so fun" is bad grammar.
Double spacing after a period is a pet peeve of mine. Double spacing dates back to the age of the typewriter. It simply isn't necessary anymore in the world of truetype fonts and thus a good reason they changed the standard from 2 spaces to 1. You will notice if you type two spaces after a period (like I did before this sentence) HTML is setup to only display one of them. For good reasonThey also changed the number of spaces after a sentence from 2 spaces to 1, and I feel like anarchy has descended upon the land.
Saying literally when you mean figuratively.
Neglecting poor forgotten quotation marks.Saying literally when you mean figuratively.
How can it be a pet peeve if HTML doesn’t even display it any more?Double spacing after a period is a pet peeve of mine. Double spacing dates back to the age of the typewriter. It simply isn't necessary anymore in the world of truetype fonts and thus a good reason they changed the standard from 2 spaces to 1. You will notice if you type two spaces after a period (like I did before this sentence) HTML is setup to only display one of them. For good reason