If enough people do it wrong it becomes standard usage. This is not a concept I can embrace. And yet it appears to be the rule.
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Laura - Dec 15, 2009 3:40:41 pm PST #3820 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 3:46:15 pm PST #3821 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm immune to being annoyed by most grammatical issues because I correspond with physicians all day. Not big on the grammar are they.
Ahahahahahaha!!! t /medical editor
If enough people do it wrong it becomes standard usage. This is not a concept I can embrace. And yet it appears to be the rule.
Oh my god. If I see "mute point" one more time, I am going to KILL whoever uses it. When did it become so popular, and why hasn't it been squashed like a bug?
Totally an example of enough people doing it wrong and making it standard usage. Feh.
javachik - Dec 15, 2009 3:51:24 pm PST #3822 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I have different expectations for journalists or any other paid professional writer. It drives me batshit insane when I hear newsanchors using "laid" instead of "lay", etc.
Or "the people vacated the building". No, the building was vacated. If people are vacating, I do NOT want to hear or see it as that's toilet time!
Same thing with "had an impact" being incorrectly shortened to "impacted by". AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 3:56:47 pm PST #3823 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Or "the people vacated the building". No, the building was vacated.
You know, I don't think I realized this distinction. Hmm.
javachik - Dec 15, 2009 4:01:46 pm PST #3824 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I am sure it's one of those things I learned at a young age, but like "decimation" widely incorrect usage (now accepted) has just screwed it up for stubborn people like me.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 4:06:02 pm PST #3825 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh! I *know* what word it is whose incorrect use has gotten accepted because everyone, even fucking NPR, does it: "troops" as indicating a singular person. Like "three troops were killed in Afghanistan."
"Troop" is a goddamn collective noun, like "flock." But all kinds of news outlets have been using "troop" as a synonym for "soldier." WTF???
-t - Dec 15, 2009 4:06:23 pm PST #3826 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
amych - Dec 15, 2009 4:07:09 pm PST #3827 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
javachik - Dec 15, 2009 4:07:54 pm PST #3828 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
Hey I might've learned it there!
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 4:08:40 pm PST #3829 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
Even goddamn NPR!!!
Perhaps we should all write to NPR. It would be a revolution.