Grammar Police (What ticks you off?)

[ActionBuddy]

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

The editing time limit has reverted back to only 5 minutes... Which I think SUCKS!

 

[chicagosam]

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

Sometimes I'm just too adorably clever for my own good. I should be spanked. Gently.

The editing time limit has reverted back to only 5 minutes... Which I think SUCKS!

I'll second that!

 

[P_S_T_A_R]

Bae! Can't get any worse than "Bae".

 

[Calboner]

Bae! Can't get any worse than "Bae".

Is that supposed to be a word?

 

[P_S_T_A_R]

Is that supposed to be a word?

Apparently: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae

 

[Calboner]

Apparently: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae

Neither Google Translate nor an on-line Danish-English dictionary recognizes such a word as Danish, so I think we're stuck with it.

 

[chicagosam]

Found this linking it to Danish.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae

It's more, like, OMG, Dude! Does that explain its origin?

 

[TaigaStar]

It's probably a slang term, at best. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet... you have to sort through too much bae to find the truth.

 

[Calboner]

Found this linking it to Danish.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae

It's more, like, OMG, Dude! Does that explain its origin?

My previous post was responding to someone who cited that page (quoted in my post). Urban Dictionary has about as much credibility in matters of word origins as does an anonymous comment on the Internet--because, in fact, its contents consist of nothing but anonymous comments on the Internet.

 

[chicagosam]

My previous post was responding to someone who cited that page (quoted in my post). Urban Dictionary has about as much credibility in matters of word origins as does an anonymous comment on the Internet--because, in fact, its contents consist of nothing but anonymous comments on the Internet.

Please accept my apology.

 

[P_S_T_A_R]

It might not be an "official" word, but it is becoming more and more popular.

TIME gives you a primer on slang that Pharrell likes enough to put in the titles of his songs

http://time.com/3026192/this-is-what-bae-means/

 

[Fuzzy_]

"Baker street." Shouldn't the 's' be capitalized?

'People' vs. 'peoples', 'person' vs. 'persons'. Why not just use 'person' and 'people'?

'Indian' vs. 'Native American' vs. 'Aboriginal American' vs. 'Indigenous American'. Fuzzy heard from a reliable source that the latter is currently the most favored.

 

[Simon9]

There are things that frustrate me, but I will leave this here:
Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language - YouTube

I do love Stephen Fry. I wish I could speak half as well as him.

I think technically it's "half as well as he." Even though "him" sounds okay to me. Or is it "OK"?.....

 

[TaigaStar]

Any book or video game that fails to capitalize the names of species. It is, technically, a proper name.

 

[Simon9]

My secretary is absolutely fabulous in many ways, but her spoken grammar is atrocious. She has indicated that she would like me to help her, but if I did it would be a constant nagging. Her biggest mistakes:

Hisself, e.g., "He did it hisself."
Theirselves
And double negatives.

Does she also say "Ax"? As in "I'll ax him about that later. I'm too busy to ax him now."

 

[Fuzzy_]

I think technically it's "half as well as he." Even though "him" sounds okay to me. Or is it "OK"?.....

If 'he' is used, Fuzzy would add a 'dummy do' after it, or even 'speaks'.

I wish I could speak half as well as he speaks.

These two propositions are equally grammatical, but one needs the extra verb:
1. She is as nice as him.
2. She is as nice as he (is).

 

[twoton]

Does she also say "Ax"? As in "I'll ax him about that later. I'm too busy to ax him now."

No, I don't think so. It comes out more like ast.

 

[Brisler]

Ax can work pretty well, I think.

"If a man with an axe
ax you out for lunch
just say no thanks
but thanks a bunch!"

 

[bar4doug]

The editing time limit has reverted back to only 5 minutes... Which I think SUCKS!

Actually tried to edit almost right away because of failed quotes... and no mas.. I was not able to make an edit. Even within TWO minutes.

 

[khadejiacat]

I work at my college's newspaper and I cringe every time I see bad grammar and/or punctuation on the Internet. (Yes, including LPSG)

Here are some things that tick me off:
1) Not knowing the difference between "every day" and "everyday"

2) Everyone's favorite: your and you're

3) Possessive names: "The Smith's had a party." WRONG "The Smiths had a party." RIGHT!

What are some things that tick you off as part of the Grammar Police?

Typing so fast I miss entire words that give context to the sentence and not being able to go back and edit it!