It's "toe the line," people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:However is not a conjunction, however people keep using it as one.

Correct alternatives:

However is not a conjunction; however, people keep using it as one.

However is not a conjunction. However, people keep using it as one.

"But" is often the better alternative, however you use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apple's ad campaign:

Think different.

always drove me nuts. Either they want you to

Think, "different."

or they wanted you to think differently.

I think they meant the former, but did not like the visual clutter of punctuation.

See also the magazine Real Simple. Is it "Really Simple" or "Real and Simple"?

[Anonymous]

Its "all right," not "alright," and "a lot," not "alot." And saying they're acceptable in society is being lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its "all right," not "alright," and "a lot," not "alot." And saying they're acceptable in society is being lazy.

Yes, I remember lots of people saying exactly that on London Medieval Moms and Dads when people started dropping case endings from nouns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:However is not a conjunction, however people keep using it as one.

Correct alternatives:

However is not a conjunction; however, people keep using it as one.

However is not a conjunction. However, people keep using it as one.

"But" is often the better alternative, however you use it.

My English teacher went into a tirade if we used the word "but". We were to use although, however, though, still, or yet. Likely others BUT I've forgotten them.

[Anonymous]

I was so mad and hurt, I was just balling!

(Basically every post on Babycenter.)

[Anonymous]

You don't want advise. It is advice. Please, please, please. This is a constant. It's not hard.

[Anonymous]

But I advise you that it makes me not give any advice. So could be working for you, ha.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Don't take things personally, NOT "don't take it personal."

+1

NAILS on a blackboard when I hear this yet, I hear it more often said this way than the proper way.

Drive safe!

Aagh!

And every time I try to correct my DH on this, he thinks I'm wrong. Then again, he's from Texas and says NEW-Q-LER in stead of NEW-CLEAR

Your DH is right about the number of syllables in the word. Your wrong on that.

Why would you marry someone so ignorant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't want advise. It is advice. Please, please, please. This is a constant. It's not hard.

And it is advice, not "advices." I don't get that one at all.

[Anonymous]

It's testimonials not testimonies.

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with this sentence, friend's?

Merry Christmas from the Brown's!

Love,

The Prescott's

[Anonymous]

11:45 again to report that my in-laws have had an engraved door knocker that reads, "Nelson's."

I so want to ask why Nelson feels the need to claim ownership of a stupid brass door knocker.

The door knocker should read Nelson or maybe even The Nelsons. No apostrophe!

Feels so good to get this off my chest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its "all right," not "alright," and "a lot," not "alot." And saying they're acceptable in society is being lazy.

It is not all right. The contraction for it is "it's" not "its" which is the possessive form of the noun it.

Not that you are wrong about it being all right.

[Anonymous]

I love this thread. I'm from the very deep south and have had to consciously learn many of these rules.

I pause, for example, every time I say New-Clear.