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Post by stxdpr on Mar 22, 2021 19:40:17 GMT
PUBG does things to a man. One only has to look at lazybones . It's given me a crick in my neck for a start. I don't feel good ... This crick in my neck. I also think I have a post vaccine malaise.
LunchNoodles. Too garlicky. Too much chilli. I thought I was a big man and could handle it. I was not. I guess it isn't the virus as it often gets taste and smell, although if it was that much garlic you will manage at least 2m distancing. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 22, 2021 21:29:56 GMT
It's given me a crick in my neck for a start. I don't feel good ... This crick in my neck. I also think I have a post vaccine malaise.
LunchNoodles. Too garlicky. Too much chilli. I thought I was a big man and could handle it. I was not. I guess it isn't the virus as it often gets taste and smell, although if it was that much garlic you will manage at least 2m distancing. If the virus 'gets' smell, lazybones is done for.
#lockdownmusk
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Post by Destry on Mar 22, 2021 21:58:47 GMT
Top 5 grammatical peeves
People who:
1) Say 'Less' when they mean 'Fewer' (7 items or less)
2) Use 'Us' when they mean 'We' ("Us Brits love a bargain")
3) Say 'could of', 'would of', 'should of'
4) Use 'Effected' when they mean 'Affected' ("The news effected him badly")
5) Use adjectives in place of adverbs ("He walked funny")
EDIT: Otherwise I'm a pretty laid back kinda guy... though I no longer read Baby's posts as my wife is put off by the screaming.
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 22, 2021 22:10:53 GMT
Top 5 grammatical peeves People who: 1) Say 'Less' when they mean 'Fewer' (7 items or less) 2) Use 'Us' when they mean 'We' ("Us Brits love a bargain") 3) Say 'could of', 'would of', 'should of' 4) Use 'Effected' when they mean 'Affected' ("The news effected him badly") 5) Use adjectives in place of adverbs ("He walked funny") 6) Using the preterite instead of the past participle ("He should have went"). Extra peeve points for combining 3) and 6). It effects me badly because my English teacher would of beat me up for less mistakes than that. |
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Post by Destry on Mar 22, 2021 22:16:42 GMT
Number one is way up on my list. The number of times I read or hear it in the media from people who should know better is astonishing.
My daughters even recite the mantra "Fewer in number, less in quantity" though they don't always get it right.
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Post by Destry on Mar 22, 2021 22:20:39 GMT
My daughters even recite the mantra "Fewer in number, less in quantity" though they don't always get it right. That should probably be a semi-colon rather than a comma. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 22, 2021 22:30:37 GMT
Now I'm gonna have to Google a load of stuff. Bollox.
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Post by Destry on Mar 22, 2021 22:42:48 GMT
Wonderful, though I would have gone for 'bad' rather than 'badly'...
It's nevertheless somewhat embarassing that Tent Hen has a better understanding of English Grammar than I, particularly as it's not her first language.
I blame the schools. My schools.
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 22, 2021 23:03:13 GMT
I'm the last person to comment on grammar chat, but "can I get" eg. when some yoot is asking for something like a coffee, makes me want to commit Tiddles style murders.
FUCK OFF. NO YOU CAN'T. YOU CANT ALAN.
I'm sure it's probably just a yankism rather than anything more sinister.
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Post by scubar on Mar 22, 2021 23:07:26 GMT
TIL Tuffers is the sort of person who’d respond “I don’t know, can you?”
What a cunt.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 22, 2021 23:25:57 GMT
surely the number of a thing and a quantity are the same? A number is a quantity, a quantity is a number. so its fewer or less the same.
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 22, 2021 23:26:28 GMT
TIL Tuffers is the sort of person who’d respond “I don’t know, can you?” What a cunt. Stop spying on me! |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 22, 2021 23:30:32 GMT
one is less than two for example, not one is fewer than two.
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 22, 2021 23:31:45 GMT
Scooby:
"Please can I get out of the barrel now Captain?"
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 22, 2021 23:33:00 GMT
"I don't know, can you?"
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 22, 2021 23:38:52 GMT
Top 5 grammatical peeves People who: 1) Say 'Less' when they mean 'Fewer' (7 items or less) 2) Use 'Us' when they mean 'We' ("Us Brits love a bargain") 3) Say 'could of', 'would of', 'should of' 4) Use 'Effected' when they mean 'Affected' ("The news effected him badly") 5) Use adjectives in place of adverbs ("He walked funny") EDIT: Otherwise I'm a pretty laid back kinda guy... though I no longer read Baby's posts as my wife is put off by the screaming. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Mar 22, 2021 23:52:01 GMT
6) Using the preterite instead of the past participle ("He should have went"). That is completely standard English for about 50% of the Scottish population. The Queen's Ayrshire. (Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's gibberish). |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 23, 2021 0:14:30 GMT
Wonderful, though I would have gone for 'bad' rather than 'badly'... It's nevertheless somewhat embarassing that Tent Hen has a better understanding of English Grammar than I, particularly as it's not her first language. I blame the schools. My schools. I think I would have gone with " It effects me negatively, my English teacher would have punished me for lesser mistakes than that" or "it affect me innit, me skool teacher woulda beat me though - jus because I is fick" peace out edit: this is what I get for watching Farscape at the same time, ghods truth. |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 23, 2021 1:42:53 GMT
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