# Stop it, right now! (Using "has" for have") **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427 "2007-09-16T23:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/21 "2007-09-17T01:36:53Z")
He should has went to another thread, you know. Yes, in that sentence are three gaffes I find annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/22 "2007-09-17T02:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I ax you, is that all that’s bugging you today? [/QUOTE] That reminds me…in October I can has Halloween max. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/23 "2007-09-17T02:52:06Z")
My sense of perspective. Let me show you it. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/24 "2007-09-17T02:56:52Z")
This rant, it has a lameness. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/25 "2007-09-17T03:43:13Z")
Grammar is Play-Dough. You can have endless fun by bending it into all sorts of wierd shapes. Just relax and enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/26 "2007-09-17T03:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Grammar is Play-Dough. [/QUOTE] You mean Play-Doh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/27 "2007-09-17T03:54:25Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Grammar is Play-Dough. You can have endless fun by bending it into all sorts of wierd shapes. Just relax and enjoy it. [/QUOTE] And by spelling _weird_ all sorts of weird ways. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/28 "2007-09-17T04:01:09Z")
> [@](#): > > ACK! My ears … are bleeding! As a person whose ear is [_actually bleeding_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436134), I am outraged at your co-optation of my oppression! Outraged, I say! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/29 "2007-09-17T04:02:37Z")
Meh. I mean, I am a grammar fanatic. The word ‘irregardless’ drives me into a violent tizzy. I try not to think less of people who say “Me and Bob are going to the store”, but it can be hard, and harder to not point it out. I know where to use ‘whom’. And I may have a goofy sense of humor, but I think the lolcats are funny enough that I actually go to icanhascheezburger almost every day at work. I’ll probably get sick of it eventually, but it just entertains me – underscores the utter seriousness with which those little furry heads stare at me with the knowledge that A) their brains are not exactly powered by nuclear reactors and B) they lick their own butts. In conclusion: meh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/30 "2007-09-17T04:15:09Z")
This Pit tred, it haz a flavr! Seriously, apologies \*\*picunurse \*\*for the offense, but thank you for what could be considered to be a minor Pitting! 🙂 My thread title was an obscure reference to that cat pic webpage that has been mentioned earlier because I was trying to insinuate that I was actually referring to a tee-shirt model on the front page rather than a real life secret crush. The grammar error is a gross and deliberate one, mostly used to try and be humorous. Think “I burning your dog”. In that case it is a horrible translation error that we find funny. In the “I can has…” it is a made up error do to the assumed poor vocabulary of our funny felines. I don’t plan to make this a habit. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/31 "2007-09-17T04:25:14Z")
> [@](#): > > …it is a made up error do to the assumed poor vocabulary of our funny felines. That is some deep due due. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/32 "2007-09-17T04:28:39Z")
Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/33 "2007-09-17T04:58:18Z")
I can has pedantry? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/34 "2007-09-17T05:09:05Z")
I made u a grammer ☹ but I eated it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/35 "2007-09-17T05:12:18Z")
IM IN UR BORDZ PIZZIN OFF UR DOODZ ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/36 "2007-09-17T05:42:42Z")
O hai, I postid for u–now ur bannd, sry! 😛 I can has cuteniz u no want? k thx bye! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/37 "2007-09-17T06:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] O hai, I postid for u–now ur bannd, sry! 😛 I can has cuteniz u no want? k thx bye! [/QUOTE] Goddammit, I was going to say that. Kind of. u stole mai lol tag. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/38 "2007-09-17T07:10:04Z")
[QUOTE=Little Plastic Ninja] Meh. I mean, I am a grammar fanatic. The word ‘irregardless’ drives me into a violent tizzy. I try not to think less of people who say “Me and Bob are going to the store”, but it can be hard, and harder to not point it out. I know where to use ‘whom’. And I may have a goofy sense of humor, but I think the lolcats are funny enough that I actually go to icanhascheezburger almost every day at work. I’ll probably get sick of it eventually, but it just entertains me – underscores the utter seriousness with which those little furry heads stare at me with the knowledge that A) their brains are not exactly powered by nuclear reactors and B) they lick their own butts. In conclusion: meh. 😃 [/QUOTE] Ah, but you see, it’s when the “hases”(sic) escape the lolcats domain. My fellow Dopers should be above your A) & B) **bigbabysweets2000** , you are forgiven. Your use was appropriate, since cats were involved. It is mildly funny in context, but, it’s already overused. Hey! You guys are smart and creative, do you really want to turn your favorite cartoon into a shopworn cliché? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/39 "2007-09-17T10:30:28Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **bigbabysweets2000** , you are forgiven. Your use was appropriate, since cats were involved. [/QUOTE] I can has free pass? d&r. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-it-right-now-using-has-for-have/419427/40 "2007-09-17T10:39:37Z")
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