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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

I write sometimes in ""vernacular""........and spell check changes ""gonna"" to ""gonads"" a lot of the time.

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

I've noticed news reporters hate to use me. When they are speaking about themselves, they use I or myself. Script writers frequently use I when me should be used.

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

On 5/18/2014 Jazzgrl said: If I asked my mother where something was at, she would reply "behind the at". Her response stuck with me and I passed it along to my own children.

Similarly when I asked: "Where are you going to?", I was told "behind that preposition".

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

On 5/18/2014 Desertdi said:

I write sometimes in "vernacular"........and spell check changes "gonna" to "gonads" a lot of the time.

Ah, spellcheck. What are you gonads do? {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

On 5/18/2014 lolakimono said:
On 5/18/2014 Desertdi said:

I write sometimes in "vernacular"........and <em>spell check</em> changes "gonna" to "gonads" a lot of the time.

Ah, spellcheck. What are you gonads do? {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

*snickering like a schoolgirl...* {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

I dislike the use of ""out"" as in change out. It is just change.

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

Two of my pet peeves are ""nucular"" for nuclear and ""jewlery"" for jewelry (Lori Greiner).

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

On 5/18/2014 ive been framed said:
On 5/18/2014 lolakimono said:
On 5/18/2014 Desertdi said:

I write sometimes in "vernacular"........and <em>spell check</em> changes "gonna" to "gonads" a lot of the time.

Ah, spellcheck. What are you gonads do? {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

*snickering like a schoolgirl...* {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

Guffaw!!!! {#emotions_dlg.lol}

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On 5/18/2014 just bee said:
On 5/18/2014 ive been framed said:
On 5/18/2014 lolakimono said:
On 5/18/2014 Desertdi said:

I write sometimes in "vernacular"........and <em>spell check</em> changes "gonna" to "gonads" a lot of the time.

Ah, spellcheck. What are you gonads do? {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

*snickering like a schoolgirl...* {#emotions_dlg.laugh}

Guffaw!!!! {#emotions_dlg.lol}

It CAN get embarrassing (one of my neighbors is a female member of the clergy)

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Re: O/T Ultimate Grammar Fail?

how about ""conversating""?