Comments on: grammar gaffe friday

By: N. Elizabeth

N. Elizabeth — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:29:24 +0000

I have never heard the word "forte" pronounced correctly. When pronounced "for-tay" it means "loud", when referring to something one does well, it is pronounced "fort".

My other pet peeves are: less/fewer (almost always wrong), and "these ones" which really brings about the chalk-board reaction.

By: M

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:01:59 +0000

Actually, "Fish," with the photo naming, I don't think whether you're engaged in an action in the photo has anything to do with it.

When labeling a photo, you're using "Pickles and me" as simply an abbreviated version of the sentence "This is a photo of Pickles and me," right? You'd use the same construction about any photo of you and Pickles, regardless of whether or not you were engaged in an action.

Examples:

Scenario 1--You are doing nothing in the photo.

You'd say: "[This is a photo of] Pickles and me."

Scenario 2--You are swimming in a pool in the photo.

You'd say: "[This is a picture of] Pickles and me [swimming in a pool]."

Take out the words in brackets in each case and you have just "Pickles and me" remaining. Add the words back and you have two grammatically correct sentences, and unlike in your example, they are consistent in their wording (both use"Pickles and me" as the object in the sentence).

What do you think? (I know I'm about a million years late in commenting on this post.

By: Me, Myself and I

Me, Myself and I — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:40:23 +0000

Since the dreaded “alot” was discussed earlier, I would like to voice another pet peeve of mine… “anyways”. It’s surprising how often that little “s” is tacked onto “anyway”.

Anyways, just seen you’re blog and don’t want too miss a chance to says something that bugs me alot. But enough already.

By: Donna Batdorff

Donna Batdorff — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:44:47 +0000

Is this just a “Michigan thing” or have others heard this: I seen it. Educated, successful people say it. If I ask someone if they have seen a particular movie…the answer is likely to be, “I seen it last weekend.” We also have our share of double negatives, me and I, bring and take, and other common errors…but the “I seen it” is heard every day.

By: LeAnn

LeAnn — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:48:14 +0000

Ok, I love all of you! I'm an English prof who just ran across this site. We need more of you! lol

I, like, just can't, like, thank you all, like enough! (bet you can't, like, guess what my peeve, like, is?)