Posted on 08/30/2015 10:38:18 AM PDT by B4Ranch
I kind of like that usage. Though I think either way it's one of those anomalies of English, isn't it?
"I feel poorly" works better (for me) than "I feel poor."
Did the team play bad or did the team play badly?
I'm trying to think of a similar example...is it only with "feel" as a verb that we like to drop the "-ly"?
I (truly) have a cold and am feeling and thinking poorly!
Your confusing spelling with grammer.
True, except for “his,” “hers,” and “its.” At least, those are the only exceptions that I can think of right now.
Its is a possessive adjective. Possessive adjectives do not take apostrophes. Its is the equivalent of my or your or their, none of which take apostrophes.
Even Ivy-Leaguers use ‘re-iterate’ and it still kills me.
I rarely find an employee-chickenscratched sign that a SWAT team shouldn’t remove to save embarassment, then scribble up a new one inside the truck to replace it.
Me suck @ grammer.
LOL. Great catch!
Hue/Hugh/Huge... I’m series.
I don’t think teaching English is a top priority on a school’s agenda anymore. Breakfast, sex, self esteem, and agenda items such as going behind parent’s backs are the priority.
Gee, I hope I used proper grammar in that rant.
Anyone who relies on autocorrect or spellcheck is taking the word of a moron.
IRREGARDLESS:
10 years in federal penitentiary for that one.
Irrespective + regardless does NOT equal “irregardless”.
Wrong: The frogs’ eyes followed me about the room.
I get that, but “it” is usually an inanimate object, not a person. That’s why I quibble with it.
What about farther and further? Even the people at Ford couldn’t figure that one out.
So, here's an example of truly bad grammar:
Best Greetings from Hilary and I.
Sloppy thinkers don’t care. Language is the toolkit of thought. If one uses the tools sloppily he will think sloppily. If one pays attention to his language tools he will make fewer errors in reasoning.
Y’all is plural, not singular.
But for the neutral possessive adjective which doesn’t take an apostrophe.
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