It's "toe the line," people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am good.

I am well.

Both correct. Hate when people correct, I am good.

In the usual context, only the second is correct. People are typically not asking if you are good or bad.

+1. It's very hick to say "I'm good". You are "well".

It's very uneducated to not understand when "I'm good" is grammatically correct. You sound like a try-hard if you say "I am well" when you actually mean "I am good".

I'm fine, thanks.

Of course you are... most ignorant people are fine with their ignorance.

[Anonymous]

To many DCUMers, not just PP:

Stop saying "ignorant." It is getting seriously repetitive on these boards. If you are as educated as you claim, you have probably heard of a thesaurus. Look up some synonyms, if you must continue telling other people how much smarter you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am good.

I am well.

Both correct. Hate when people correct, I am good.

In the usual context, only the second is correct. People are typically not asking if you are good or bad.

+1. It's very hick to say "I'm good". You are "well".

It's very uneducated to not understand when "I'm good" is grammatically correct. You sound like a try-hard if you say "I am well" when you actually mean "I am good".

I'm fine, thanks.

Of course you are... most ignorant people are fine with their ignorance.

[Anonymous]

And you play a role, not a roll. Unless you enjoy impersonating bread.

I enjoyed seeing, in a backstage restroom, a TP dispenser that some graffiti artist had scratched so that it read, "Press down for new role."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To many DCUMers, not just PP:

Stop saying "ignorant." It is getting seriously repetitive on these boards. If you are as educated as you claim, you have probably heard of a thesaurus. Look up some synonyms, if you must continue telling other people how much smarter you are.

Ignorant is probably the best word to use in this case.

What word would you use for a person who corrects another but is wrong?

[Anonymous]

Well, since I wasn't quoting Churchill, nor purporting to do so, I wasn't wrong. My unattributed quotation of my HS junior English teacher was correct.

People could well debate, however, the best term for your haughty accusation of "shouting your ignorance," especially when, as PP points out, the attribution to Churchill is in any event likely apocryphal. "Impertinence" fits. "Arrant pedantry" is even better. But I think I prefer "douchery."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, since I wasn't quoting Churchill, nor purporting to do so, I wasn't wrong. My unattributed quotation of my HS junior English teacher was correct.

People could well debate, however, the best term for your haughty accusation of "shouting your ignorance," especially when, as PP points out, the attribution to Churchill is in any event likely apocryphal. "Impertinence" fits. "Arrant pedantry" is even better. But I think I prefer "douchery."

I vote for arrant pedantry. Thank you! I will stop using ignorant.

[Anonymous]

To others having to read this sandbox stuff, I apologize. I was trying to be light hearted.

[Anonymous]

All the folks writing boarders instead of borders in the Ebola panic threads.

[Anonymous]

I have one more: per se. Not per say.

[Anonymous]

Expescialy for especially. Hat that.

Her and I spoke. That is not a sentence! It is "she and I spoke".

Past history. Nope, all history is past.

[Anonymous]

et. al.

et is a word and does not need a period. al. is a shortened form of alia.

[Anonymous]

Love isn't always on time. Whoa oh oh

[Anonymous]

Love this thread. Very informative. Thanks, to all the grammar nerds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love this thread. Very informative. Thanks, to all the grammar nerds.

No comma is necessary above.