Comments on: Sincerely Your's

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:37:58 +0000

Your arguments regarding "preventative" and "impact" have taken you down the descriptive/prescriptive rabbit hole where the rules of grammar are no longer fixed. Do you use "notice" as a verb? If you do, Benjamin Franklin is rolling in his grave. Usage is always changing and you have to accept it. Using "impact" as a verb is widely accepted and, as much as this pains me to admit, therefore correct.

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GeekMom » Blog Archive » Go-To Sites for Grammar GeekMoms — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:03:26 +0000

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By: Peter K

Peter K — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:02:41 +0000

Perhaps my complaint pushes the boundaries of this thread beyond strictly English usage errors, but I find it maddening that so many restaurants offer "prefix" menus. It's prix fixe!!

As I write this, it occurs to me that perhaps there IS a use for prefix in a menu. It would actually be quite amusing to see the appetizer section headed by the word Prefix. That would make me smile.

By: Sarah D. Bunting

Sarah D. Bunting — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:07:20 +0000

Yes, they are. Wrongly.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:46:24 +0000

The words "preventative" and "irregardless" are both words that are quite comfortably settled in Webster's Dictionary.

By: Zoffix Znet

Zoffix Znet — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:47:54 +0000

And by "not very intimidated", I meant "NOW very intimidated"!

By: Zoffix Znet

Zoffix Znet — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:47:12 +0000

Thank you so much for these! I am not very intimidated to write this comment :) Regarding the "web site" spelling, you've mentioned that it's "site" and not "sight"; but is it "web site" or "website"?

Cheers!

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:08:09 +0000

Thanks! This is great. These are things I think, but only say privately among friends.
And just for the record, I am the least 'petty' person I know. I will 'abuse' the rules of language when I feel like it, when being funny or simply lazy, but I do know how to use my own language appropriately when appropriate use of language is needed.
I am tired of reading financial statements which refer to my "principle" balance. huh? REALLY?
If ya wanna use slang–go for it. But please save it for casual conversation.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:55:12 +0000

I don't agree with the 'preventive' and 'oriented' points.

By: Archbose

Archbose — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:34:36 +0000

Boy, am I glad to find you guys & your posts! But they way things are progressing (are they actually?), grammar is being made redundant in schools & everywhere else. The schools here(Kolkata-India) have already started accepting the American spellings – color is as correct as colour is and so on. With due respect to all Americans I for one seriously object to this. I think at the end of their school tenure these kids would be a confused lot. My daughter goes to Class-1 & I have had to write notes to her teacher(s) correcting the spellings of Aquatic(Acquatic), Yacht(yatch) etc., & need I say that, that definitely does not make me & in effect my daughter too popular. But I guess our breed isn't too popular anywhere.But its not that bad a life being unpopular. Cheers Sarah, for writing this.