Common Errors In English

The other day I was proofreading something for someone and they had used the phrase "for all intensive purposes". I had always thought it was "For all intents and purposes" so I looked it up and I found this:

Common Errors In English

I thought some of you people might want to check some of them out.

oh, and I was right, by the way.

 

That's a long list. English people must be pretty stupid. Irregardless, thanks for the help, Brat.

 

More people should learn to speak American good.

 

LOL

 

Good post!
The one that really gets to me is using "would/could of" when "would/could have" is called for. Why not use the contraction; "would've/could've" and avoid the error.
Frankly, I believe that Americans are far less facile in their own language than any other folks on the planet. We mangle, murder, misuse and abuse our language to a dreadful extent.
I is embarrassed, I are!

LF

 

Supposably that list should help everyone.

 

Yeah, but give us credit for one thing: we're the only nation where a person can travel 3,000 miles and not have a problem understanding the locals.

eta - 'cept for Loosiania.

 

Thanks for the link, brat.

The only one that drives me crazy is this the incorrect use of I and we after a preposition. It seems to be more of a spoken problem than a written problem. It seems some people think it is somehow more formal or proper, when it is just wrong. I always say that if you can put a verb after I or we, then you have used it correctly. If you can't, you didn't.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/myself.html

 

i had some trouble understanding people in St. Louis sometimes. Especially the old ladies..when I was there house hunting the real estate agent told me to get on "farty far"....and she meant "forty four"

i had to ask her to repeat that a few times.

 

judgment!

Take out the "e" people!

 

I'm fixin to neg the bejesus out of this thread.

 

I brung a apple to me teacher Miss Brat, she purdy. It's impotent to get a good edumacation.

 

Yes, illegitimate people CAN read!

 

When I first moved to Maine a lady invited us to dinner and she was explaining what we would be having, she rattled off a few items and then said "whupadadas". I said is that like a rutabaga and she said no, whupped potatoes, and I said oh, Mashed Potatoes. I've been here 21 years and I still run across words that mean nothing to me.

 

I seen what your did there.

 

You know, they're IS a difference in mashed and whipped potatoes. Not much, but their is.

 

I know, it's called the Mason-Dixon line.

 

it's 'illegible' you moran.

 

Bigfoot instead of Sasqauch?

 

Seriously.

Whipped potatoes are smooth, almost fluffy, and need more milk, usually done with a blender. Creamy and delicious. Whereas mashed 'taters are just smashed all to hell, less milk, with little chunks of whole potato left in the mix. They both have their place and they both kick ***.

But there IS a difference.