Grammar Police (What ticks you off?)

[LaFemme]

People who wear hats are not only dapper, they show moxie.

 

[ActionBuddy]

I have a well dressed friend named Dan, that we call "Dapper Dan". He has a lot of moxie.

 

[chicagosam]

He has a lot of moxie.

Is that a new, polite euphemism for well-endowed, o Dapper One?

 

[ActionBuddy]

No, but one night while his band was playing, him wearing Zoot Suit style pants, he put down his sax, jumped off the stage, grabbed me, and swung me around a few times, and "something" smacked me firmly, just above the knee. It wasn't his keys... I've wondered, ever since.

(But, I suppose I've gone off topic, now.)

A/B

 

[chicagosam]

No, but one night while his band was playing, him wearing Zoot Suit style pants, he put down his sax, jumped off the stage, grabbed me, and swung me around a few times, and "something" smacked me firmly, just above the knee. It wasn't his keys... I've wondered, ever since.

(But, I suppose I've gone off topic, now.)

A/B

Perhaps he had a soprano sax stored in his pocket.

Now...back to grammar indiscretions.

 

[deleted957600]

I've never been arrested by the grammar police. However, here's something which comes to mind. It's which is "it is." And its which simply shows possession.

 

[TaigaStar]

I work with a lot of people where English is not their native language. And the biggest thing that pisses me off most is when they use gender pronouns interchangeably. For example: "Carla went to the store and he saw her mother." I am constantly asking who belongs to what pronoun, because it's more or less laziness and not a linguistic thing.

 

[ActionBuddy]

I don't know if it is laziness... From what I hear from so many people is that the English language is not all that easy to master. It is rather quirky. I'm forgiving about it with people who are trying to learn it as a second or third language. I'm glad that they are trying!... A kind "correction" might be helpful for them to remember things like pronoun usage.

I'm less forgiving with people that are born and raised in English speaking countries, but are slobs about their own language. But, like I should talk... I am constantly appalled by my own typos... and, as one example, I will NEVER get the who/whom, whoever/whomever thing right.

A/B

 

[TaigaStar]

I don't know if it is laziness... From what I hear from so many people is that the English language is not all that easy to master. It is rather quirky

For most other things, I can understand that. It's usually because the individuals in question are too preoccupied with texting or surfing the Internet to actually do it correctly.

 

[ActionBuddy]

I bet that is a serious problem with all languages now.

 

[TaigaStar]

I must be turning into an old geezer. I learned 5 languages the old-fashioned way: vocabulary/grammar book, hard work, and screwing up way too much.

 

[ActionBuddy]

Well, actually, there are a lot of studies showing that people who practice speaking several languages, rarely get Alzheimer's Disease... So, perhaps your aren't the "Geezer" you think you might be...

 

[TaigaStar]

You're quite a charmer. Keep it up, and I may have to read you the words on my avatar.

 

[chicagosam]

I will NEVER get the who/whom, whoever/whomever thing right.

Found this for you:
If he or she would be the correct form, the proper choice is who.” If “him” or “her” would be correct, use “whom.”

 

[ActionBuddy]

Thanks, C-Sam... Hopefully I'll be able to remember that... But, with my memory... Wait... What were we talking about?...

 

[chicagosam]

Wait... What were we talking about?...

I think you were talking about what a charmer I am and how you were going to scrutinize my avatar.

TS: OMG! I can't believe he said that!
AB: Who?
TS: Him!
AB: Whom?
TS: The badass with the tie who stole my "come hither" line to befuddle you, oh delicious one!
CS: What can I say? "I am a parade!"

Later, kids!

 

[TaigaStar]

The easy way to remember Who/Whom:

Who is used regarding the Subject, Whom is the Direct or Indirect Object.

 

[chicagosam]

The easy way to remember Who/Whom: Who is used regarding the Subject, Whom is the Direct or Indirect Object.

What she said.

Now who is going off with whom to be the subject of a well-placed indirect object.

 

[chicagosam]

The easy way to remember Who/Whom:

Who is used regarding the Subject, Whom is the Direct or Indirect Object.

My apologies, TS. I came back in to edit and it will not allow me to do so even though we are supposed to have 30 minutes.

I meant to write: What he said.

My apology again.

 

[TaigaStar]

I meant to write: What he said.

If that was an intentional reference to my comment yesterday, well played.