Grammar 101

[glockman]

I get crap for using the phrase, " I haven't seen him in forever."

I still can't get past that sounding correct.

Apparently, I haven't seen him forever is the correct grammar.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I am bugged when folks say "would of" or "could of" instead of would have/would've or could have/could've.

 

[zander13]

Dang! Beat me to it. This one drives me crazy. Also when people spell Camaro "Camero". I would think that if someone had been driving a Camaro, they might have looked at it to see how it's spelled.

Common grammar issues I find in the classifieds.

Sell vs. Sail vs. Sale

"Sell" I'd like to sell my item to make a profit.

"Sail" I'd like to sail my boat off into the sunset.

"Sale" I'm going to have a sale on Sunday to sell my sail boat.

 

[B2-Bomber]

I object to the "leafs" statement. It falls under the same category as "fishes" in which your teachers all taught you that there is no such word as "fishes". If you have two trout, you have two fish, but if you have a trout and a salmon, you have two fishes, because they are not the same species.

If you have a maple leaf, and a poison ivy leaf, you have two leafs, and a rash.

i believe that you are seriously mis-informed

 

[STAG]

i believe that you are seriously mis-informed

That's fine, but I will stick to it

http://grammarist.com/usage/fish-fishes/

 

[B2-Bomber]

i wasn't challenging your use of "fishes"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaf
leaf (plural leaves)

1. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
4. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
5. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
6. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
7. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side
8. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
9. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
10. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/leaves

webster's dictionary:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaf


and not a single one of them support your claim that the word "leaf" in any context (proper nouns aside) is ever pluralized as "leafs"

 

[Coco]

I already dun finished skool, and did dun gradute duh klass. i aint got no time 2 fix me se10seces.

 

[B2-Bomber]

I already dun finished skool, and did dun gradute duh klass. i aint got no time 2 fix me se10seces.

i literally laughed out loud at that one, awesome dude. made my day

 

[STAG]

Fair enough

 

[DaveB]

the one i am most curious about, is the proper use of who/whom

Who is a pronoun and refers to a gramatical subject and whom is the objective case of who.

Who is he ?

To whom did you give that wrench ?

Greg is the one who runs RME and to whom we give our dues.

This is very similar to we and us where us is the objective case of we.

We are offroad drivers and it is up to us to tread lightly.
Give us a chance and we will help.

 

[DaveB]

The proper use of would and could.

Would is the past tense of will.
Could is the past tense of can.

Would you take out the trash ? refers to the willingness to take out the trash.
Could you take out the trash ? refers to the ability to take out the trash.

 

[DOSS]

I try not to waste my time reinventing the wheel, lets just refer grammar failures to this website and move on.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/

 

[Coco]

i literally laughed out loud at that one, awesome dude. made my day

Haha thanks man

 

[STAG]

Gray vs grey?

 

[STAG]

Lol here's one.

Her line was "lil bro is trying to sale his dirtbike"

of course, I can't just keep my mouth shut.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Everyone knows that "sale" is a verb and not a noun.

 

[UNSTUCK]

Slightly off topic, but I'm starting to realize that people these days prefer to text than to talk on the phone. Often times stating that it is "easier" to text than to talk. Can some one please explain how it is easier? Even with the new STUPID way of spelling words in a text it is still not easier. My STUPID phone tries to guess every word I attempt to write, and nine out of ten time it's wrong. So then I have to go back and fix it, half the time hitting the send button instead of the back button. I HATE these phones. If I had my way I would call an operator and say, "please connect me to ...."

So my rule. If you want me to answer your text, you better write out every word you are saying, the correct way!

*Rant over*

 

[Stephen]

I prefer to talk on the phone, but sometimes texting is easier. I'm at work all day, and if you want to get a hold of me sometimes it's hard to step out and take a call, but I can almost always answer a text. Also, I can review texts. So it makes it easy for me to go back and verify information if I need to.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Good, you're safe now. I agree, texts are a great way to refer back to conversations with 100% accuracy. Very helpful when purchasing used goods.

 

[Stephen]

Yup. No way for them to back out on an agreed price.