Grammar mistakes your friends make
One friend of mine never adds the plural to the word "chest". Like, "Boy, those are some big treasure chest!" It's the same thing with other words ending with t. "I'm trying to finish these quest." Then, one common between this friend and a few others is adding an extra "ed" to "Equiped". So, RPG sentences generally go like this:
"I'm trying to finish these quest. After beating one, I opened some treasure chest that had an item that I equipeded."
Grrr!
So, what are your friend's talking-quirks?
My friend Sarah has some of the worst grammar (thank god she'll never read this). She says things like "her and me were going to go to.." and also she says "conversate" ALL THE TIME instead of "converse." Now, I know that "conversate" is now considered a word (slang) but she doesn't really use any other slang. She actually thinks it's a legitimate word.
Almost all of my friends save one uses "I" when they should be using "me." Actually, almost everyone I have ever heard speak including writing and literature teachers uses it incorrectly. Example: "Would you like to come to the park with Lance and I?" UGH! NO! It's "Lance and me" ME ME MEMEMEME!
That's one of my pet peeves.
Also, I cannot abide the trend of inappropriate apostrophes. But that's not grammar exactly. I've corrected three of my most recent bosses on their use of 's.
I wouldn't call them friends, but some of the local basketball officials I work with say "axe" instead of "ask." I guess there's a reason it's a black stereotype. It's not really a grammar mistake, but something I always notice.
Some of my friends, though also tons of other people, say "I could care less," when they really mean "I couldn't care less."
That one.Originally Posted by Raistlin
And when people say they are doing good. No you're not, you're doing well.
And "same difference". That doesn't mean anything!
There's a few things I can't pronounce, for whatever reason, because of my accent.
Ask = ass. I can never put the k on the end. To do so involves and over-emphasis that feels entirely unnatural to me.
I can't remember the rest though.
The bigger question is why on earth do you give a?
A girl I've known for a long time used to say 'ideal' in lieu of 'idea'. She still does.
This isn't so much of a grammar mistake more as a lisp, I guess you could say. My friend Erik cannot, for the life of him, say "mouth." It's always "moth" or "mouff." He insists he's pronouncing it right but... he just isn't. Heh heh!
"It is a well-known fact that all heroes in all tales disliked vegetables as children.
Their legend begins with their overcoming of this weakness, and then continues with a journey filled with hardships.
That noble vegetable, the onion, lives on as a symbol of hardships overcome, and as the mark of a true hero."
I can't say I've noticed any of my friends speaking wrong in any way. Whether that's because I don't pay attention or because I really don't give a damn, I don't know. Probably both!
What friends?
When he was a kid, my best friend used to say "cousant" instead of "cousin."
Also, my ex caught me saying "foil-age" instead of "foliage." AND made fun of me for saying "orangatang" instead of "orangutan." Jerk. :P
i don't care about grammar unless it's something atrocious like "equippeded" or "brang" or "dranken" or something being used in a serious conversation. or if it's a paper for school or something.
otherwise i could give two) but nine times out of ten i'll be saying something like "mother smurf my foot fangles are frozen"
Hahahha, I say "mouff" too.
I have a bit of a lisp.
I can't recall what grammatic mistakes two of my friends make but as soon as I hear them I will post back!
HOTROD
"Lets go for a spin you and I"
That same question can be asked for loads of threads here on EoFF. As to why I give a collection of bous, it's because it stands out.The bigger question is why on earth do you give a
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