What gets on my tits:

[Metaltastic]

Dexter, you make a good point about "most definitely," but in this case I have to be an epic hypocrite and say it is what it is and is here to stay, so deal with it

But being an epic grammar nerd, I can get big into this - some immediate entries that spring to mind:

- Comprised of (a baseball team comprises 25 people, or is composed of 25 people, it isn't comprised of anything)
- "For all intensive purposes" (this one is EPIC DUURRRRRRR IMO )
- "I should of gone to the store"

And there are many more I can't think of right now! (but give it time )

 

[Dexter_prog]

Dexter, you make a good point about "most definitely," but in this case I have to be an epic hypocrite and say it is what it is and is here to stay, so deal with it

I know it's most definately to say, but I could care less about it


:Smokin:

 

[Fabbio]

Ok, a little off topic (or to better say, on the side of the topic) but I heard sometimes people using a phrase like this one:
"A 'something' is a 'something' is a 'something'".

Why the third repeat?

It's a common use saying?

Just a curiosity, really, and since this is a grammar related post I figured I'd answer this to mother tongue people here.

 

[Metaltastic]

Eh, it's just sort of a cute way of really emphasizing that a certain group of things are totally identical to one another ("totally identical", I guess that falls under the same category as "most definitely", "more dry", etc. ), it's rarely used too seriously.

 

[Fabbio]

Eh, it's just sort of a cute way of really emphasizing that a certain group of things are totally identical to one another ("totally identical", I guess that falls under the same category as "most definitely", "more dry", etc. ), it's rarely used too seriously.

Thank you!
A little listery solved for me.

 

[LeSedna]

I could care less of that thread cause I'm not born english speaker

 

[Metaltastic]

Thank you!
A little listery solved for me.

?

 

[Dexter_prog]

I could care less of that thread cause I'm not born english speaker

But the "I could care less" phrase is not a matter of it being a foreign language. It is a matter of how retarded a person can be to say the exact opposite of what they mean.

 

[DestroyTheColossus]

"happy new yearS!" 2 new years are not beginning at the same time! It is "Happy New YEAR!"

 

[-Gavin-]

"happy new yearS!" 2 new years are not beginning at the same time! It is "Happy New YEAR!"

"Happy new year's day" becomes "Happy new year's....."

 

[Fabbio]

?

...sorry, I meant Mystery, I just got a typo.

:Spin:

 

[Metaltastic]

Ok, I have to bump this - I don't know how this is such an easy mistake for people to make, but when expressing your certainty about something, the word you're looking for is "definitely". That's "de-finite-ly", not "definately", or even worse, "defiantly" (I DEFY YOU WITH MY CERTAINTY ) Right then, carry on!

EDIT: nvm, I see Joe beat me to it

 

[iekobrid]

I know my mum hates it whenever a "Do you mind if..." question is answered affirmatively to mean no, the respondent does not mind.

 

[greyskull]

Who the fuck is NATE!!??

-Joe

 

[spioraid]

My personal peev is when I ask how someone is doing, and they respond by saying, "I'm doing good." When it should be, "I'm doing well."

If you're doing good that means you're curing cancer or solving the problem of world hunger. Doing well means you feel good.

 

[musickey]

This

and this

 

[iekobrid]

My personal peev is when I ask how someone is doing, and they respond by saying, "I'm doing good." When it should be, "I'm doing well."

If you're doing good that means you're curing cancer or solving the problem of world hunger. Doing well means you feel good.

"So how you doin' over there, Theo Huxtable?"

"I’m doing good."

"Nuh uh. Superman does good. You’re doing well. You need to study your grammar, son."

"Wow, that was embarrassing for you."

 

[Ola Englund]

So it gets on your breast? :Spin:

:danceboy:

I fucking love this forum. You can't open a single thread without a tit pic in it... Best forum ever...

 

[JBroll]

Ok, a little off topic (or to better say, on the side of the topic) but I heard sometimes people using a phrase like this one:
"A 'something' is a 'something' is a 'something'".

Why the third repeat?

It's a common use saying?

Just a curiosity, really, and since this is a grammar related post I figured I'd answer this to mother tongue people here.

Transitivity of equivalence relations. Saves space.

Jeff

 

[ahjteam]

When people say "I could care less"... When they really mean "I couldn't care less".