Please see the other 800 threads about grammar and spelling mistakes, in which those mentioned here tend to feature prominently.
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Oh, come on, Opal. Surely you saw the irony in the OP? I think we should get a pass on this one.
LemonGrl, thanks for the caps. It really does make it easier to read what you’re writing. And you’re still right, of course.
And Rysdad, the pluperfect subjunctive is red wine and beef-stock with winter spices, heavily reduced to a thick sauce. It’s an Emeril Lagasse specialty. Bang!
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As far as I can tell, “alright” is consistent with standard English, and probably superior to the awkward “all right”. If alone, almightly, almost, already and also are acceptable, then alright should be too.
“Alright” is merely an example of English becoming more streamlined, consistent, and logical, which is why we don’t use “to-day” and “per cent.” any longer, although at the start of this century that was the most common spellings for those two words.
On the other hand, persons who confuse “your” and “you’re” should spend some time in the dunking chair.
What whitetho said.
Yeah, what PurpleCrackwhore said. I couldn’t have put it better myself.
Sorry for the sarcasm. Sometimes, I can’t avoid the cheap jokes. All in good fun…
Manhattan, I always thought that The Pluperfect Subjunctive was a quaint little bistro in the Village that catered to latter-day beatniks and served a wholesome menu of decaffeinated expresso, alfalfa and kale salads, and guava tartare.
Shows ya what I know.
Sorry…didn’t mean to pick nits. :o I just can’t resist assonance, sometimes.
Now that I’m going around capitalizing, my typing seems to have improved. So I guess all’s well that ends well. I’ll answer that pluperfect question tomorrow! I learned what it was in French some eons ago and I’ll be friendly and look it up.
“I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe.”
What I want to know is, when do you use “can not”, and when do you use “cannot”? Are they interchangeable? Is one superior to the other? I always (or all ways, as the case may be, or maybe…!) use “cannot”. I just like the way it looks for some reason.
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:o ;o 
Okay, this is piling on, but I cannot resist.
I am satisfied with shorthand such as “alright”, “thru” and even Internet shorthand such as “tho”.
But it maddens me to frothing when “loose” is used for “lose”. I work for a huge company with a massive technical support database and I get wound in knots every day by this mis-spelling. It’s particularly maddening when it’s in the subject line of a technical support knowledge base solution file, such as “controller looses memory on powerup”.
“Loose” is mechanical freedom. “Lose” is failure to know location or condition.
I hear this alot.
Yer pal,
Satan
Has anyone seen that internet writing style of capitalizing every other letter in a word?
NoW tHaT’s aNnOyInG!
Has anyone seen that internet writing style of capitalizing every other letter in a word?
NoW tHaT’s aNnOyInG!
What really ticks me off is people who end a sentence with a preposition.
And don’t even talk to me about split infinitives and dangling participles. It freaks me out, like totally, dude.
I lost track.
Is this today?
One word for you - irregardless (that always hits me like fingernails on a chalkboard).
I always thought that the pluperfect subjunctive was the formal name for the West Side Highway.
There’s no snooze alarm on a hungry cat. =^…^=
I agree with PCW, too. I generally use decent English, irrespective of the constant abuse I hear.
But sometimes I kinda like to cut loose, ya know? It’s sorta like adding spices. Y’all ain’t messed with me yet for it.
I agree; this is a practice up with which I will not put.
Much better.
TT
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Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide
I heard “not hardly” in a commercial on the radio this morning. This is the kind of thing have got to bring a stop too!