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Grammar sticklers may have OCD
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| Sun, 24 Jun 2012
| By Dennis Baron
Posted on 07/28/2012 8:48:38 PM PDT by garjog
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To: garjog
It’s not OCD. It’s CDO.
Alphabetical.
As it should be.
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posted on
07/28/2012 10:37:18 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(2012 : Elect Adults)
To: Nik Naym
I used to have a neighbor who had this bumper sticker on her car:
“Smile! It makes people wonder what your up too.”
Yes, it was spelled that way.
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posted on
07/28/2012 10:38:19 PM PDT
by
Kharis13
(That noise you hear is our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
I think I have a manual on the Kings English.
Hold on a tick, I’ll just pop out and get it from the boot of me car.
63
posted on
07/28/2012 10:39:10 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: par4
But it beats having the company put out something that sound like it was written by a 6th grader.... My former employer had a pile of flyers made for a major medical trade show that had the large print heading:
"YOUR DIGITALS SOLUTION"
The disgruntled sales staff and I had a good laugh about it since we had all figured out what a crooked bunch of idiots we were working for and started looking for better jobs at better companies. Had we not already been thoroughly disgusted by this sort of incompetence that infected the company from the president down, we would have never let the flyers come out of the box.
64
posted on
07/28/2012 10:41:05 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(The GOP's sole purpose is to serve as an ineffective alternative to the Democrat Party.)
To: Jyotishi
It's common with the old timers were I grew up.
They are good sangwiches too!
65
posted on
07/28/2012 10:42:05 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: cynwoody
I have no need for sexual function and haven’t for decades.
66
posted on
07/28/2012 10:42:59 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
To: ottbmare
Or we could just be conservative traditionalists who hate to see this rich, beautiful, powerful language and the culture it represents consistently degraded by the victims of the government school system. I am a product of Catholic schools and have a reasonably decent command of the language - but it will invariably be my 14 year old daughter who will catch my occasional errors....and she is one of your so called "victims."
67
posted on
07/28/2012 10:45:00 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Jyotishi
I have never heard of this term being associated with prison.
68
posted on
07/28/2012 10:46:25 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Nik Naym
And let us not forget the constant annoying misuse of effect and affect. Guilty as charged! I ALWAYS have a problem with those two words. It drives me crazy because I know I should not have such a problem.
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posted on
07/28/2012 10:47:29 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: garjog
The people who attempt to correct ones grammar while misspelling it 'grammer' are the most amusing to me.
And no, I don't have OCD. Nor do I have OCD.. I really dont.
70
posted on
07/28/2012 10:52:06 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Proud to have been beat up and shot by the late Paul Gomez. RIP, 'Gnomez'.)
To: mylife
Dang! What is that called? Where can I get one??????
71
posted on
07/28/2012 10:52:24 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1285 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: Gabz
It drives me crazy because I know I should not have such a problem. It seems you certainly are affected LoL
Just teasing!
72
posted on
07/28/2012 10:52:41 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: null and void
Oh that’s just a mortadella and provolone.
73
posted on
07/28/2012 10:54:09 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
The principal approves of this principle.
74
posted on
07/28/2012 10:55:06 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Proud to have been beat up and shot by the late Paul Gomez. RIP, 'Gnomez'.)
To: null and void
Baloney sangwich ☺
75
posted on
07/28/2012 10:59:00 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
Don’t toy with me when there is food involved.
76
posted on
07/28/2012 11:01:01 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1285 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: Grams A
Our teens and young adults are part of a lost generation. They can text and tweet but cannot legibly write a paragraph punctuated correctly containing complete words which are spelled correctly. You don't know the teenagers I know. It can be rather embarrassing when a 14yo corrects your spelling, grammar, or punctuation. It doesn't happen all that often - but enough for me to take special care if I am having an online conversation with any of them.
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posted on
07/28/2012 11:07:53 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: null and void
Honestly, its just a baloney sangwich.
Not like the stuff they serve today.
Real mortadella and provolone on a toasted bread.
My Mother would send us all off with fried bologna and cheese sangwiches all the time.
Pop demanded it.
It was a lowly sangwich but good.
Though they are made with mustard, We learned early on that pizza sauce made it better,and that iS the way I like mine.
The Mortadella and provolone is a staple in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
78
posted on
07/28/2012 11:13:30 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
79
posted on
07/28/2012 11:14:43 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Gabz
That’s just what young adults do.
She is just stretching her wings and giving you a gentle jibe.
80
posted on
07/28/2012 11:16:21 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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