This is about as mundate and pointless as it gets, but I thought I’d start a thread about grammar mistakes that just don’t bother me, and see if anyone has any.
First of all… if I made some type of mistake in this post, don’t bother pointing it out… because I don’t care, and invariably when I make a post to any spelling / grammar, etc. thread, I’ll screw something up and somone will have to come in and correct me. Yeah that’s probably a run-on sentence.
Anyway… inspired by another thread, I have to tell you that when someone says legos, it doesn’t bother me at all. I know that the plural is lego (no s), but it sounds OK to me either way.
Anyone else? or is this thread doomed to sink rapidly to page two and beyond?
I can not get worked up about RBIs. In fact I usually say it. It just sounds better. I know it means runs batted ins but it doesn’t matter to me. To me RBI has become a word and not just an abbreviation.
Along the same lines is the abbreviation TAG. Each state has an Adjudant General who is the head on the National Guard in the state. Of course there is also an Attorney General. Both can’t be refered to as AG. The Adjudant General is refered to with the abbreviation TAG. The Attorney General is refered to as the AG. I have always heard the TAG refered to as the TAG. Everyone says “The TAG is coming today”. No one says “TAG is coming today.” I know it means the The Adjudant General, but it just sounds better with the “the” in front of it.
While some things annoy me, like not using any capitals and/or puntuation, I’m much more interested in what the person has to say. That is of course, if they really have anything pertinent to contribute. I certainly make my share of grammatical errors.
When people say “How are you?” I often respond “Good” with only the tiniest of twinges. Since it’s a glossing over of the truth anyway, the ungrammaticalness is just icing on the cake.
Well, you’re supposed to say “Lego blocks”. That sounds much better, since there’s an actual plural word. Lego as a plural mass noun just doesn’t work in English. (Sticking with the point of the thread, I could care less about saying legos.)
It’s perfectly logical – Lego is a trademark. Trademarks (as the trademark lawyers will tell you) are always supposed to be used as adjectives. Not that they always are. It also doesn’t bother me if you choose to xerox something.
What’s ungrammatical about it? If you feel good, then you’re healthy; if you feel well, you have a very good sense of touch.
Yes, but it’s technically supposed to be LEGO. But regardless, I’m still going to call them Legos.
For some odd reason, “ain’t” bothers me, but not when it’s used with passion, if you will. For example, “That ain’t right,” or, “That ain’t cool,” don’t bother me.
One that does bother me is when people say “I seen it.” That one gets me every time.
The whole “very unique” pet peeve doesn’t bother me. All snowflakes are (theoretically) unique. I am unique, just like everyone else. Something doesn’t have to be particularly *different *in order to be unique. So, when something is both unique AND different, I’m willing to call it “very unique”.
But officially, the use should be “Jeep® vehicles.” Note the use on the Jeep home page. Using jeep as a noun can cause the trademark to become generic, something Daimler Chrysler would never want.
