03-05-2007, 12:26 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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My pet peeve is the improper use of the apostrophe. I'll let Bob the Angry Flower explain it:
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03-05-2007, 12:28 PM
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#42
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Over the hill
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Ha! I love Bob the Angry Flower! Do you have a link for that stuff?
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03-05-2007, 12:29 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AnthonyCook
My pet peeve is when people say "could care less".
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Well, maybe they could. How many people have really reached their absolute bottom threshold of 'care'?
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03-05-2007, 12:29 PM
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#44
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: May 2004
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Just a piece of advice--correcting the gf's family isn't a good way to make friends and influence people.
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Lol, I haven't corrected the family, I realize that isn't a good idea. It was just getting to a point where I couldn't bear it when listening to her vent about the 'ignorant' people she deals with every day.
I just smile when her mom makes a point of saying, "That's just ignorant right there!".
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03-05-2007, 12:30 PM
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#45
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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"It's a mute point."
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03-05-2007, 12:30 PM
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#46
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AnthonyCook
My pet peeve is when people say "could care less".
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+1
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03-05-2007, 12:31 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Ha! I love Bob the Angry Flower! Do you have a link for that stuff?
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Angryflower.com
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03-05-2007, 12:32 PM
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#48
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Perhaps when they say ignorant; it is implied that they mean: ignorant (of the rules that we obey in a polite society.)
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03-05-2007, 12:35 PM
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#49
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Lol, I edit bad apostrophes in thread titles all the time.
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03-05-2007, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
Perhaps when they say ignorant; it is implied that they mean: ignorant (of the rules that we obey in a polite society.)
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I think it has to do with a person's ignorance being what makes them rude. If I am ignorant about a particular subject and I bring it up with someone it affects, I would then also be considered rude.
I find it rude to point out someone's ignorance after they've admitted to it... 
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03-05-2007, 12:40 PM
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#51
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Lol, I edit bad apostrophes in thread titles all the time.
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That kind of power would make me drunk!
Just thinking about it makes me drunk!
Hmm.... maybe I'm actually just drunk. 
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03-05-2007, 12:42 PM
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#52
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Lol, I edit bad apostrophes in thread titles all the time.
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Thank you for that.
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03-05-2007, 12:49 PM
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#53
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I misuse apostrophe's all the time.  There are times that even when I think about it, I don't know if it is the correct usage. I should probably brush up.
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03-05-2007, 12:51 PM
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Wucka Wocka Wacka
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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Since we are on the topic of ing up the English language...
At least we aren't this bad....yet
Now I have to get ready for my cousin's 1th birthday...
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03-05-2007, 12:54 PM
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#55
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
My personal favourite- seeing a sign in a store saying "We do not except Interact."
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I just copied the symbol from Word.
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03-05-2007, 12:59 PM
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#56
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary
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Like the sig says..."could of", "would of", "should of" drives me mad. Particularly since it's not just regular posts it appears in. I see it more and more often in publications that, in theory, have an editor. The game stories on this site are bad for it too. They're generally quite well written, but at least one of those wonderful authors doesn't have a grasp of the meaning of the word "of"
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03-05-2007, 01:19 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
One other example is the misuse of then and than...its rampant.
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I was at the Canyon Meados theatre last month, and the movie I was seeing was apparently titled "Stranger then Fiction". I pointed it out to the till lady, she just looked at me like I was ######ed or something.
Grammer this day's are going out the window. Witch is a rampant problem alot of people are making.
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03-05-2007, 01:23 PM
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#58
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I'm glad there are other grammar lovers out there besides me. I take decent amounts of flak from people (both in life and online) for correcting grammar.
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03-05-2007, 01:31 PM
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#59
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Ducay
I'm glad there are other grammar lovers out there besides me. I take decent amounts of flak from people (both in life and online) for correcting grammar.
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I'm glad their our as well... on a serious note, I was prepared to be flamed hard for this thread, so far so good.
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03-05-2007, 01:36 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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My pet peeve for spelling and grammar? When people say or spell "perscription." It just drives me mental.
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