Commonly misused words

[ToiletCrusher]

insure, ensure, assure.

These three though similar have and convey different meanings.

I dislike it when people use them out of context.

I understand the meaning the writer has, but still would like them to use the proper term in the proper place.

Any other words like that you can think of?

[foodcourtdruide]

affect/effect

[BlackSpider]

insure, ensure, assure.

These three though similar have and convey different meanings.

I dislike it when people use them out of context.

I understand the meaning the writer has, but still would like them to use the proper term in the proper place.

Any other words like that you can think of?


I can insure you that I never use those words out of context...

[biggirl]

accept/except

[disneyspy]

I can insure you that I never use those words out of context...

the bazile78 is gonna kick yo ass

[danner1515]

Then/than

[Bob Impact]

I don't know if you would really count it here but I'm hearing people say "mute point" when they mean "moot point" lately and it drives me fuckin insane.

[BlackSpider]

Some that are rampant here:

You're, your.
Too, to...


I can't help but think this is already a thread...

[disneyspy]

Some that are rampant here:

You're, your.
Too, to...


I can't help but think this is already a thread...

whatever happened to sheepy's sister and her gramatical fixes,i'm positive this is already some dum thread

[Kublakhan61]

insure, ensure, assure.



These are synonyms of each other.

I was never into Irregardless - but it is in fact a word, though one could easily just say Regardless, which is what they mean.

[ChrisTheCop]

Anymore.

Incidences, Incidence, Incident, Incidents, Instance, Instances.




In fact, there are probable several incidentceses where this was a thread topic.

[sailor]

hammersavaged

[lleeder]

fag

[guyhandsome]

"First dibs" drives me crazy. Just say dibs. No one gets second dibs.

[lleeder]

"First dibs" drives me crazy. Just say dibs. No one gets second dibs.

I call bagsy.

[sailor]

last licks apparently has nothing to do with oral. boy was that one embarrassing.

[KnoxHarrington]

"It's" and "its".

[lleeder]

insure, ensure, assure.

These three though similar have and convey different meanings.

I dislike it when people use them out of context.

I understand the meaning the writer has, but still would like them to use the proper term in the proper place.

Any other words like that you can think of?

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee141/JadaLynn83/ensure.jpg

[~Katja~]

accelerate and exhilarate... I f'd that one up once :)

[BlackSpider]

accelerate and exhilarate... I f'd that one up once :)

I know...

[disneyspy]

thermometer and heater

[hanso]

Is it I use to or I used to?
Also noone or no one?

[~Katja~]

thermometer and heater
hahaha it just dawned on me that I did that in the fish thread, didn't I... I blame it on the wine ( I know it was probably an early morning post so the excuse is invalid)

[lleeder]

Is it I use to or I used to?
Also noone or no one?

I think it is "I used two".

[A.J.]

accelerate and exhilarate... I f'd that one up once :)

You have a better command of English than many people born and educated in this country. Let's hear it for America's public school systems!

[RhinoinMN]

You have a better command of English than many people born and educated in this country. Let's hear it for America's public school systems!

They are the bestest!

[IMSlacker]

Is it I use to or I used to?
Also noone or no one?

used to

no one

[guyhandsome]

Nobody seems able to spell "lose" anymore, but personally I always screw up "honey" with "you're a hypocritical cunt"

[~Katja~]

You have a better command of English than many people born and educated in this country. Let's hear it for America's public school systems!

I can thank Seinfeld for that. Maybe a little bit of Cheers too :)

I do think that the school system is a bit better in Europe, but ultimately it comes down to great teachers. My English teacher sucked and my final grades were horrendous. I think they should incorporate Seinfeld into the curriculum over there. :D

[sailor]

macaroni

[razorboy]

I think it is "I used two".

But there is always room for three?

[razorboy]

Oh yeah, I notice a lot of people using dominate when dominant should be used.

[hunnerbun]

Seen in place of saw.
As in " I seen that movie and it sucked." This one irritates the piss out of me.

[SatCam]

Seen in place of saw.
As in " I seen that movie and it sucked." This one irritates the piss out of me.

That one belongs in a thread of its own. When I see people write that I wonder how they got their jr high diploma

[razorboy]

When I see people write that I wonder how they got their jr high diploma

When I SEEN people write that.

[disneyspy]

i seen someone misspelt missued

also im addicting to prank calls

[lleeder]

outstanding and creepy

[sailor]

my last job, if someone was out sick, an email would get sent out "if anyone needs assistant please call..." :wallbash:

[lleeder]

my last job, if someone was out sick, an email would get sent out "if anyone needs assistant please call..." :wallbash:

did they get the assistant they needed?

[sailor]

did they get the assistant they needed?

no, due to their poorly worded missive.

[lleeder]

into or in to
i never really thought about it til now.

“Into” is a preposition which often answers the question, “where?” For example, “Tom and Becky had gone far into the cave before they realized they were lost.” Sometimes the “where” is metaphorical, as in, “He went into the army” or “She went into business.” It can also refer by analogy to time: “The snow lingered on the ground well into April.” In old-fashioned math talk, it could be used to refer to division: “Two into six is three.” In other instances where the words “in” and “to” just happen to find themselves neighbors, they must remain separate words. For instance, “Rachel dived back in to rescue the struggling boy.” Here “to” belongs with “rescue” and means “in order to,” not “where.” (If the phrase had been “dived back into the water,” “into” would be required.)
Try speaking the sentence concerned aloud, pausing distinctly between “in” and “to.” If the result sounds wrong, you probably need “into.”

Then there is the 60s colloquialism which lingers on in which “into” means “deeply interested or involved in”: “Kevin is into baseball cards.” This is derived from usages like “the committee is looking into the fund-raising scandal.” The abbreviated form is not acceptable formal English, but is quite common in informal communications

[sailor]

this is the great site (http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html) lleeder's quote is from, if anyone's interested in looking at other common errors.

[barjockey]

Literally

[lleeder]

this one i never used the right way.

Seeing how often ad nauseam is misspelled makes some people want to throw up. English writers also often mistakenly half-translate the phrase as ad nausea.

This Latin phrase comes from a term in logic, the argumentum ad nauseam, in which debaters wear out the opposition by just repeating arguments until they get sick of the whole thing and give in.

[sailor]

nauseated and nauseous. when you are sick you do not feel nauseous. something nauseous makes a person feel nauseated.

[PapaBear]

With au jus juice.

[sailor]

With au jus juice.

salsa sauce

[PapaBear]

salsa sauce
People say that?:wallbash:

[Dan G]

Most people put an s on the end of anyway. Anyways is not a word, it's just anyway, no s.

[PapaBear]

Sence instead of since.

[PapaBear]

Unquote. You can't "unquote" something. It's "end quote".

[jennysmurf]

Fewer and less. You use fewer when it's something that can be counted. There's a commercial out right now (I can't remember what it's for) where they keep saying there are "less" calories. Drives me nuts!

[TooLowBrow]

Unquote. You can't "unquote" something. It's "end quote".

haha

ive never heard that but its all im gonna go around saying anymore

[PapaBear]

There's a commercial out right now (I can't remember what it's for) where they keep saying there are "less" calories. Drives me nuts!
There's a commercial I've mentioned before that doesn't use a word wrong, but leaves one out. It's for Tide, and I think it's about collecting stuff for emergencies. A woman says "People don't realize how very basic essentials are until you don't have them."

[jennysmurf]

There's a commercial I've mentioned before that doesn't use a word wrong, but leaves one out. It's for Tide, and I think it's about collecting stuff for emergencies. A woman says "People don't realize how very basic essentials are until you don't have them."

That made me lose a bit of my brain....

[PapaBear]

Unquote. You can't "unquote" something. It's "end quote".
Correction... Unquote is in the dictionary. But stand by my statement. I think "unquote" should be banished.

[A.J.]

Unquote. You can't "unquote" something. It's "end quote".

http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/uploaded_images/BennetBrauer-749424.jpg

[ChrisTheCop]

acctractions.

[ANC]

Abbreviations with redundancies:

NIC Card = (Network Interface Card) Card?

VIN Number = (Vehicle Identification Number) Number?

[sailor]

Abbreviations with redundancies:

NIC Card = (Network Interface Card) Card?

VIN Number = (Vehicle Identification Number) Number?

isbn number

[ANC]

isbn number

Good Call

[IMSlacker]

pin number?

[razorboy]

ATM machine.

[ANC]

BAC Card? :happy:

[ChrisTheCop]

BAC Card? :happy:

the c is not for card though.... shhhhhhhh.

[hanso]

Maybe it is " I used to"
Not I use to
I think I use to looks better.

Also used is someting material
So its hard for me to tie it to people.

[IMSlacker]

Maybe it is " I used to"
Not I use to
I think I use to looks better.

Also used is someting material
So its hard for me to tie it to people.

Used is past tense use is present tense.

[hanso]

Maybe so but it seems to me that the term is possessive.

[strawberrypop]

MLB Baseball

[Gvac]

Although I pride myself on my vocabulary and grammatical knowledge I still have no idea when to use "lie, lay, lain" or "farther" vs. "further."

[strawberrypop]

It's easy.

Mikeyboy lies.
Loretta's a good lay.
Stay in your own goddamn lain, asshole.

[The-Mexi-Cant]

as long as any word is used properly I don't mind. i only get irritated when people try to use internet slang in real life... than it becomes a problem for me.... mark my words..... before I die LOL will be a real word and on that die I will die.

[Jujubees2]

Their/There/They're

[sailor]

Although I pride myself on my vocabulary and grammatical knowledge I still have no idea when to use "lie, lay, lain" or "farther" vs. "further."

i was wondering why you kept looking for fartherman at the wharf bar.

[Misteriosa]

breath, noun - air inhaled and exhaled.

breathe, verb - to draw air in and expel it from the lungs

get it right dammit! :wallbash: