"dont isn't even a word"

Would it really be the end of the world if they were?

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Originally Posted by Ouch!

Many of these examples have already undergone semantic bleaching (the process by which the original meanings are no longer applied to the term in certain contexts) and some are already beginning to undergo morphological reduction. Phonetic erosion is next, and then eventually obligatorification. Soon alot and "a lot" will be interchangeable. The former may completely eclipse the use of the latter eventually. Grammaticalisation is a natural linguistic process.

EMBRACE CHANGE.

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Language should never evolve through ignorance. :colbert:

>>> I wonder who invented all these grammatical rules..:luca:

I invented the word orbgorbular, but it was mostly just to entertain a friend of mine while he was tripping on robotussin.

(I sorta wish I was making this up)

What's with the word "aluminum" anyway? Come join us, America, in the civilized world of "aluminium."

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Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod

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Originally Posted by Ouch!

Many of these examples have already undergone semantic bleaching (the process by which the original meanings are no longer applied to the term in certain contexts) and some are already beginning to undergo morphological reduction. Phonetic erosion is next, and then eventually obligatorification. Soon alot and "a lot" will be interchangeable. The former may completely eclipse the use of the latter eventually. Grammaticalisation is a natural linguistic process.

EMBRACE CHANGE.

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Language should never evolve through ignorance. :colbert:

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We likely wouldn't be speaking English if that were the case xD

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Originally Posted by Zeldy

Embarrassingly, attempting to correct someone's grammar on Facebook by saying "don't is 'do not' you meant dont'" for other people to then say "what? dont isn't even a word" made me realize that I had made up my own word. In my head, "don't" reads as "do not", and so it isn't always applicable or make sense in some sentences! but how embarrassing!

I blame my English Literature teacher last year who beat into us how we should never abbreviate in English - as in English you're marked on your use of language so to use abbreviations like "won't", "isn't" and "i'd" to think of some examples was a complete no-no. This is how 'dont' came about, as "don't" = DO NOT.

Have you ever made up a word and been so adamant it exists? I blame my teacher! How embarrassing though, to try to correct someone and say something wrong yourself..

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wth, dont is a word. its in the dictionary, whoever told you it isnt a word is a fool, its a simple and widely used contracture of do not

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Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod

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Originally Posted by Ouch!

Many of these examples have already undergone semantic bleaching (the process by which the original meanings are no longer applied to the term in certain contexts) and some are already beginning to undergo morphological reduction. Phonetic erosion is next, and then eventually obligatorification. Soon alot and "a lot" will be interchangeable. The former may completely eclipse the use of the latter eventually. Grammaticalisation is a natural linguistic process.

EMBRACE CHANGE.

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Language should never evolve through ignorance. :colbert:

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Language has always evolved in this manner.

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Originally Posted by black orb

>>> I wonder who invented all these grammatical rules..:luca:

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Nobody invented them. They were observed in action over long periods of time.

For many, many years I was absolutely adamant that the word was "glavanized" not "galvanized".

I also invented the word "fetulent" once. It is a compound of fetid and feculent.

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Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar

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Originally Posted by Zeldy

Embarrassingly, attempting to correct someone's grammar on Facebook by saying "don't is 'do not' you meant dont'" for other people to then say "what? dont isn't even a word" made me realize that I had made up my own word. In my head, "don't" reads as "do not", and so it isn't always applicable or make sense in some sentences! but how embarrassing!

I blame my English Literature teacher last year who beat into us how we should never abbreviate in English - as in English you're marked on your use of language so to use abbreviations like "won't", "isn't" and "i'd" to think of some examples was a complete no-no. This is how 'dont' came about, as "don't" = DO NOT.

Have you ever made up a word and been so adamant it exists? I blame my teacher! How embarrassing though, to try to correct someone and say something wrong yourself..

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wth, dont is a word. its in the dictionary, whoever told you it isnt a word is a fool, its a simple and widely used contracture of do not

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do not = don't. dont has no apostrophe. I searched it ... it actually doesn't exist.

Why's everyone crying over "alot"? you can say "a lot".

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Originally Posted by Zeldy

do not = don't. dont has no apostrophe. I searched it ... it actually doesn't exist.

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Out of curiosity, I googled "dont," and found this which made me laugh a lot.

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Originally Posted by Ouch!

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Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod

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Originally Posted by Ouch!

Many of these examples have already undergone semantic bleaching (the process by which the original meanings are no longer applied to the term in certain contexts) and some are already beginning to undergo morphological reduction. Phonetic erosion is next, and then eventually obligatorification. Soon alot and "a lot" will be interchangeable. The former may completely eclipse the use of the latter eventually. Grammaticalisation is a natural linguistic process.

EMBRACE CHANGE.

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Language should never evolve through ignorance. :colbert:

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Language has always evolved in this manner.

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I bet you think someone can be nauseous instead of nauseated then. :colbert:

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

You all are horrible, horrible people. "Alot," "alright," and "definately" ARE NOT WORDS AND SHOULD NEVER BE WORDS.

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Stick in the mud. :doublecolbert:

Spelling historically evolved in the absence of readily available, standardized dictionaries. There's modernly less and less excuse for being wrong. You supporters of ignorance probably don't have a problem with people saying they "could care less" or misusing of semi-colons either. Both of which should be capital crimes.

I just remembered one time in high school when I thought "debauchel" (or something similarly nonexistent) was a word; I was thinking of "debacle" and for some reason I was confusing it with the spelling of "debauchery."

I always hated that people would try to tell me the rule "I before E, except after C", and in the process completely ignore the words 'weird' and 'neighbour'.