The Grammar Police will be watching!

"Prostrate cancer" is the number one error? Really?

 
 
Dear everyone under the age of 40,
 
#21 The word should've is a contraction of the two words should & have, not should & of
 
Love from everyone over the age of 40
 
 
 
 
 

I think #6 gets a pass. I never use it in writing, and the grammatical analysis is unassailable. But "could care less' is not really a phrase, but a collection of words. It is a meaningless unthinking utterance used in practice like something said if you hit your thumb with a hammer or have an orgasm with a hooker. Thus it qualifies under the inane cliche exception to the speech is meaningful rule. Other common examples are bad=good, hilarious=interesting, democracy=American political system. 

slartabartfast
 It is a meaningless unthinking utterance used in practice like something said if you hit your thumb with a hammer or have an orgasm with a hooker. 

Excuse me but "DO YOU TAKE AMERICAN EXPRESS" makes perfect grammatical sense to me!

slartabartfast
I think #6 gets a pass. I never use it in writing, and the grammatical analysis is unassailable. But "could care less' is not really a phrase, but a collection of words. It is a meaningless unthinking utterance used in practice like something said if you hit your thumb with a hammer or have an orgasm with a hooker. Thus it qualifies under the inane cliche exception to the speech is meaningful rule. Other common examples are bad=good, hilarious=interesting, democracy=American political system. 

But what do you say if you hit your thumb with a hammer while having an orgasm with a hooker? 

SteveStrummerUK
 
 
Dear America,
 
Read, study, understand and memorise #6
 
Love jamesg1213

what about the differences in country spellings.  It is always presumed (not assumed) that Britain has the trump card.  Frankly, most of life and history is about *who gets there first*.  The rest is nepotism and a good defenSe.  I've noticed that alot of liberals use judgEment without the *e*.

eph221

SteveStrummerUK
 
 
Dear America,
 
Read, study, understand and memorise #6
 
Love jamesg1213

what about the differences in country spellings.  It is always presumed (not assumed) that Britain has the trump card.  Frankly, most of life and history is about *who gets there first*.  The rest is nepotism and a good defenSe.  I've noticed that alot of liberals use judgEment without the *e*.

The irony is that in many cases, the American spelling is the original British spelling whereas the British spelling was at some point contaminated by the French. For instance the addition of 'u' in words like "colour."

So true sharks.  That's the nature of competition,  isomorphism. (The competition between France and england).  Another irony is that I'm an Episcopalian but look to France for ideas.  They helped us win the war anyways. The fact that Britain hasn't had a decent idea since positivism doesn't enter the equation.

I've used "sup?" with my friends for years... but it's used in an ironic way.
 
So what's worse? Using "sup?" or the fact I seem to be a hipster*.
 
*but I'm only a hipster to be ironic... and I was a hipster before being a hipster was cool.
 
You've probably never heard of me.

You care more about who I mean by *they* and *us*  than if I identify which war! :D:D  BTW Steve I'm orange irish, so basically I'm a man who survived my abortion.

it doesn't matter.

I have to admit that I'm much more comfortable with saying "aluminum" than "aluminium" after almost 15 years in the US. That extra syllable just seems like it's showing off. 

Bill Bryson's books about the English language are well worth reading. He clears up a few common misconceptions in the American/British discussion.

His writing is always entertaining.