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English Language...STOP!!!!

Snowhite714 — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:38:08 GMT

Stop making up words. We did not just "conversate." We conversed or we had a conversation. We didn't just conversate.

STOP!!!! Please.

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Perkup — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:46:02 GMT

@Snowhite714 wrote:
Stop making up words. We did not just "conversate." We conversed or we had a conversation. We didn't just conversate.

STOP!!!! Please.

I completely agaree.

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SunValley — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:49:13 GMT

Sometimes it's hard to tell if they say these non-words on purpose or out of ignorance.

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Nataliesgramma — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:41:06 GMT

It's like nails on a chalkboard for me...

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ALRATIBA — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:14:11 GMT

Look it up. It's now in the Urban Dictionary online:

Conversate. Is a word that is supposed to be a verb deriving from a mutation of "converse" and "conversation. It is in the dictionary as "non-standard except in some dialects". Some may believe this entry in the dictionary gives the word validity.

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Day1128 — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:25:18 GMT

Amenallelujah....Amen and Hallelujah to what OP said!

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sandraskates — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:33:01 GMT

We just got a new version of MS Office at work. When writing up an e-mail and "you're" is the correct verbiage, Outlook flags it and wants to replace it with "your."

It simply cannot tell the grammar difference (which it used to be able to do).

I am pretty much convinced that will the advent of texting and participants making quick comments on websites, that the contraction "you're" is going to eventually go by the wayside and "your" will be accepted in it's place.

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blackhole99 — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:46:05 GMT

Don't blame the program, blame the guy who wrote the program. My son the millenial, would say I'm being too old school and to get with it and why does it matter if it makes things easier for people.LOL I can only imagine what our language will look and sound like in 20 years.

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January121 — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:49:20 GMT

@Snowhite714 wrote:
Stop making up words. We did not just "conversate." We conversed or we had a conversation. We didn't just conversate.

STOP!!!! Please.

I agree with you ..... when I heard Amy say that I wanted to punch the TV ... she makes up & misprounces words & speaks so fast that I cannot watch her!!!!!

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jackiejenny — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:51:41 GMT

@sandraskates wrote:
We just got a new version of MS Office at work. When writing up an e-mail and "you're" is the correct verbiage, Outlook flags it and wants to replace it with "your."
It simply cannot tell the grammar difference (which it used to be able to do).

I am pretty much convinced that will the advent of texting and participants making quick comments on websites, that the contraction "you're" is going to eventually go by the wayside and "your" will be accepted in it's place.

Oh, I hope not. What will be next? Will there, their, and they're all be interchangeable?

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Ane1Care — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:36:29 GMT

There are two words that are so commonly misused today, that drive me nuts: farther and further.

I honestly think folks don't know they are two different words, with two different meanings. I hear it so much on TV now, once on a PBS Kids show! "She's checking to see which paper airplane went further". I caught it instantly. But my exhausted response at the TV fell on deaf ears. Most think I'm over thinking the words, and should "know" what they meant. 😒

I don't have perfect grammer, nor writing skills, but those two words just "set my tith on edge", as Ricky Richardo would say.

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GCR18 — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:33:13 GMT

Doesn't bother me.

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KYToby — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 02:58:32 GMT

According to Merriam-Webste, conversate is indeed a word and has been in use for roughly 200 years. Just because the OP (and others) do not like it does not mean it is wrong.

While I may not like it, I recognize it is real. What most people fail to acknowledge when it comes to works that (they think) are new is that English is a living language. New words constantly com into use and others fall out of favor. The English we speak and write today is different from 50 years ago, 100 years ago, 200 years ago, etc. English is not static.

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kittymom56 — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 03:19:32 GMT

And whan people leave off the end of a word. i.e. gorge for gorgous. delish for delicious. For pete's sake, say the whole word! I would think a professional salesperson, reporter, TV personality would speak proper English. Guess not anymore........

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SunValley — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 04:53:10 GMT

The inclusion of a word in a dictionary is not recognition of its acceptance. Lots of words are in the dictionary that are noted as being non standard, including "conversate," which is termed a back-formation. This type of word is made by removing a portion of an existing word, such as the suffix. So we get conversate from conversation. Not all back-formation words are considered standard. The one in question is considered non standard. Merriam-Webster.com is my source.

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sueeich — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:47:18 GMT

Unfortuantely, this a reflection of our government run school system. We are graduating kids who can't write and spell correctly and then they wonder why they can't find a decent paying job when they graduate from college. I feel like our whole society has become lazy. We dress lazy, we speak lazy, we write lazy. I think technology is really beginning to take over our lives and not in a good way.

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Patriot3 — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:36:45 GMT

@sandraskates wrote:
We just got a new version of MS Office at work. When writing up an e-mail and "you're" is the correct verbiage, Outlook flags it and wants to replace it with "your."
It simply cannot tell the grammar difference (which it used to be able to do).

I am pretty much convinced that will the advent of texting and participants making quick comments on websites, that the contraction "you're" is going to eventually go by the wayside and "your" will be accepted in it's place.

Oh, good heavens.....I hope not. This your/you're thing drives me crazy. As well as there, their, and they're! And there are more. Geesh!

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Texussgal — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:55:20 GMT

Thank you for your post. It is probably something we are all thinking, but do not say. I am a product of schools that put the emphasis on the 3 R's. Apparently that is not the case anymore. I am all for technology, but not when it ignores the basics. I have 2 small granddaughters and I fear that their educational needs will not be met if they have to rely totally on technology. Thank goodness my daughter (their mother) reads and she has passed this love on to them. More often than not, they are reading rather than watching television or playing electronic games. Not sure they even have that luxury. They do use Kindles to read with, but as long as they are reading, I think that method is all right!!!

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suzyQ3 — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:40:18 GMT

Every generation bemoans the downfall of society and civilization. Apparently, each generation is the last bastion of civility and knowledge.

Balderdash, I say. :-) And to blame "government-run" schools. Please. Universal education is a fairly modern invention, and thank goodness for it. If you must point fingers, don't forget the role of the family or caretakers in encouraging children to love learning.

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Luvtoshopathome — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:15:41 GMT

Really, this is what bothers you in what's going on in the world we live in today? At least it is the English language!