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I see "marquee" used to identify a car maker waaay to often to blame it on a simple keyboard strike mistake.
To take this thread one step further, grammar has taken a real nose dive as well. Everyone and their brother seems to want to end sentences with prepositions, especially those in advertising.... "Come on down to Ricky Buck's Used Car Lot. We have hundreds of cars to choose from."
Posted on: 2014/2/10 17:16
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West Peterson
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West, Winston Churchill may or may not have said this about sentences ending In a proposition;
"This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put." Tim, I will agree German cars used to be rust buckets but oh what fun they were to drive while they still had floors!
Posted on: 2014/2/10 19:17
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More likely Yoda that would have said.
Posted on: 2014/2/10 20:56
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In a former life I edited technical writing. I just have one wish. I wish auto enthusiasts would stop modifying the word "unique", as in "this car is very unique". Drives me nuts every time I hear it.
There, I feel better now....
Posted on: 2014/2/11 1:05
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In my line of work (IT Systems Engineer) I receive a lot of email. Some folks write very nicely composed business appropriate email; others write email as if they are texting.
Every once in a while I have a hard time understanding what the an email is regarding, it is so poorly composed. Grammar and punctuation are invaluable for communicating well. This is an actual email that I received; copied and pasted without modification: "My printer is tripping.. It is printing blank pages. I just recently change the cartilage." CG Attach file: ![]() ![]()
Posted on: 2014/2/11 9:48
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In a former life I edited technical writing. I just have one wish. I wish auto enthusiasts would stop modifying the word "unique", as in "this car is very unique". Drives me nuts every time I hear it.
There, I feel better now.... Amen. No modification of a superlative. Also the difference between "uninterested" and "disinterested."
Posted on: 2014/2/11 12:45
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I've instilled in my children the importance of spelling these three words correctly;
there their they're Good English one step at a time.
Posted on: 2014/2/11 15:07
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Punctuation too.....
"Let's eat Grandma" or "Let's eat, Grandma!"
Posted on: 2014/2/11 16:53
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Three other things that drive me nuts:
1) "irregardless" instead of the correct "regardless" 2) "between you and I" instead of the correct "between you and me" 3) I feel "badly" (improper adverb) instead of I feel "bad" (proper use of adjective) I feel better already!
Posted on: 2014/2/11 19:42
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