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Title: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Kwon on April 02, 2020, 06:21:40 PM
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5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp

If you obsess over every grammatical and structural point, you can come across as stiff.

But if you’re lax and make a bunch of simple errors, you’ll come across as stupid.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Pray_4_War on April 03, 2020, 03:49:23 PM
Lebron James used to say myself all the time in place of I or me.  It used to drive me nuts and it's one of the first things that started me down the path of hating him.  lol.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Marvin Martian on April 04, 2020, 01:09:31 AM
People that use should /would “of” instead of “ ‘ve “ !!
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 04, 2020, 03:10:38 AM
I hate how people put the word "basically" at the beginning of every sentence.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: IroNat on April 04, 2020, 03:47:46 AM
Its treue what Kwon sed.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: mphgrove on April 04, 2020, 05:42:19 AM
Its treue what Kwon sed.

These rules are on the rigid side. There is a difference between what be wrong in a business letter versus everyday speech:

“An historic event” would look bad written but few people would flinch hearing it spoken that way. On the other hand, overuse of “myself” is a problem whether written or spoken.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: mphgrove on April 04, 2020, 05:45:10 AM
“Between you and I” really bothers me but even English teachers say it that way these days.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: oldgolds on April 04, 2020, 06:53:18 AM
And all the people who start sentences with "so"....
This came into vogue about 10 years ago...
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Teutonic Knight 1 on April 04, 2020, 02:07:29 PM
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5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp

If you obsess over every grammatical and structural point, you can come across as stiff.

But if you’re lax and make a bunch of simple errors, you’ll come across as stupid.


I am confused, banana & coconuts palms don't grow in Sweden & so many Chimps now live there !.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Griffith on April 04, 2020, 02:56:52 PM
When people say or write your instead of you're.  >:(
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: pellius on April 04, 2020, 03:49:26 PM
I hate how people put the word "basically" at the beginning of every sentence.

I'm the same way. Sometimes I'll immediately stop them and say, "No, give me the advanced version."
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: pellius on April 04, 2020, 03:54:24 PM
When someone says the nonexistent word "irregardless". It's just "regardless". And remember "alright" is all wrong. There's no word "alright" just "all right".
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Pray_4_War on April 04, 2020, 03:56:55 PM
The thing that makes me nuts isn't grammar but rather uptalk or upspeak.  It's where the inflection goes up at the end of a sentence so everything they say sounds like a question.

Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: pellius on April 04, 2020, 04:02:11 PM
The thing that makes me nuts isn't grammar but rather uptalk or upspeak.  It's where the inflection goes up at the end of a sentence so everything they say sounds like a question.



How about those girls that "sing" their words trying to sound cute?
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: IroNat on April 04, 2020, 04:07:02 PM
People that say "f*ck" all the time.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 05, 2020, 04:32:45 AM
I'm the same way. Sometimes I'll immediately stop them and say, "No, give me the advanced version."
:D  I'm going to use that.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Mitch on April 05, 2020, 05:02:35 AM
"literally" is "literally" a fucking cancer.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Yamcha on April 06, 2020, 02:30:39 PM
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5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp

If you obsess over every grammatical and structural point, you can come across as stiff.

But if you’re lax and make a bunch of simple errors, you’ll come across as stupid.

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Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: kevin25 on April 06, 2020, 03:01:17 PM
Fo sure :-X
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Rambone on April 06, 2020, 03:01:36 PM
"literally" is "literally" a fucking cancer.

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Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Darren Avey on April 06, 2020, 03:02:47 PM
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Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Grape Ape on April 06, 2020, 04:15:34 PM
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5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp

If you obsess over every grammatical and structural point, you can come across as stiff.

But if you’re lax and make a bunch of simple errors, you’ll come across as stupid.

If they made a book of these based on Dan18's posts it would have more pages than War and Peace.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Griffith on April 06, 2020, 04:52:34 PM
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Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Notomorrow on April 07, 2020, 01:27:28 PM
I want to throw a dictionary at every black person that "axes" for something. It's ask.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: joswift on April 07, 2020, 01:29:33 PM
I want to throw a dictionary at every black person that "axes" for something. It's ask.

hahaha "I axed him"... what the fuck is that about?
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Methyl m1ke on April 07, 2020, 01:56:19 PM
I can tolerate nearly all dialects with "valley girl" being one of the few exceptions.

For example a sentence should never start with "and, like" and a bunch of others.

Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Notomorrow on April 08, 2020, 12:41:03 PM
Media constantly using the term "on steroids" has become 'chimpish". Just this morning on talk radio, within 5 minutes I heard one reporter say "Corona Virus is the flu on steroids", then a weather guy said "We got more rain in L.A. because it was like a "cold front on steroids".

These media people are getting paid obscene amounts of money to use the English language to convey things,  and every fucking time something is large or excessive in any way, they fall back on this hack, tired fucking expression.
Title: Re: 5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a Chimp
Post by: Mitch on April 08, 2020, 01:28:06 PM
(https://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chad-nicholls.jpg)
basically, chad is more a "basically" guy, basically. But that's a close one. Maybe 60/40 basically/literally. Which makes him literally a douche, basically.