Good grammar can get you a date!

Bilbo1967 · 05-13-2013, 09:50 AM

From the BBC today, an interesting article about the way good (and bad) grammar is perceived by others.

Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

din155 · 05-13-2013, 11:12 AM

Does it mean that to break up with someone, all you need to do is use a badly written sentence?

MikeB1972 · 05-13-2013, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by din155

Does it mean that to break up with someone, all you need to do is use a badly written sentence?

Its not ewe its mee

poohbear_nc · 05-13-2013, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Its not ewe its mee

Deer John:

Wee ca'nt go on like this ennymore. Eye'm thorough with ewe.

BeccaPrice · 05-13-2013, 12:52 PM

well, I knew my husband was the right one for me when I quoted Alice in Wonderland to him one date, and by the next date he'd re-read it and came back with the following line. We all pick our significant others for our own reasons.

din155 · 05-13-2013, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Deer John:

Wee ca'nt go on like this ennymore. Eye'm thorough with ewe.

ewe..nooo..v r jst nt cmptble..c no chkn 4 me..

alicepattinson · 05-13-2013, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Deer John:

Wee ca'nt go on like this ennymore. Eye'm thorough with ewe.

HAHAHAHAHA. Hmmm. Some guys with really high standards want a woman with really good grammar. But some men just want sexy bodies, and the like. hahaha

graycyn · 05-13-2013, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

well, I knew my husband was the right one for me when I quoted Alice in Wonderland to him one date, and by the next date he'd re-read it and came back with the following line. We all pick our significant others for our own reasons.

I believe it! I met my husband online, through email, and part of the attraction was that he could write a letter or post I enjoyed reading. That and he has a good sense of humor and is also a reader.

xg4bx · 05-13-2013, 05:06 PM

I'm not going to pick on someone's use of commas and the like because my own stinks but nothing is a bigger turn-off than when people use made up words like ''irregardless'' or ''supposably''.

Quexos · 05-13-2013, 07:59 PM

I really got an issue with people using "then" when in fact they mean to use "than". You'd think that among good folks who read a lot this would not happen but you'd be wrong.
As for good grammar getting me dates ...

Oh and one that bugs me is when someone uses the expression: "I could care less" when the correct one is in the negative form and goes: "I couldn't care less".

Fluribus · 05-13-2013, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by xg4bx

I'm not going to pick on someone's use of commas and the like because my own stinks but nothing is a bigger turn-off than when people use made up words like ''irregardless'' or ''supposably''.

I can also find those irksome. It helps to remember that all words are inventions. I also feel, occasionably, an irresistible urge to play at invention myself. Babelic flights of fancy can be grate fun.

4691mls · 05-13-2013, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Quexos

I really got an issue with people using "then" when in fact they mean to use "than". You'd think that among good folks who read a lot this would not happen but you'd be wrong.
As for good grammar getting me dates ...

Oh and one that bugs me is when someone uses the expression: "I could care less" when the correct one is in the negative form and goes: "I couldn't care less".

This really bugs me too! They are saying the opposite of what they think.

Akai · 05-13-2013, 11:57 PM

Then, irregardless, I could care less... Most of my big pet peeves have been mentioned already. (Commas, apostrophes, ellipses and the likes don't tend to bother me so much.) My biggest issue in the realm of bad grammar, especially if the person is fond of reading or, worse, an English major - "I defiantly know what you're saying." I don't know whether these people even realise that defiantly is a word all of its own... It's just not that hard to type definitely. Double negatives are particularly irksome, too - Pink Floyd comes to mind. "We don't need no education..."

Fluribus · 05-14-2013, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Akai

Then, irregardless, I could care less... Most of my big pet peeves have been mentioned already. (Commas, apostrophes, ellipses and the likes don't tend to bother me so much.) My biggest issue in the realm of bad grammar, especially if the person is fond of reading or, worse, an English major - "I defiantly know what you're saying." I don't know whether these people even realise that defiantly is a word all of its own... It's just not that hard to type definitely. Double negatives are particularly irksome, too - Pink Floyd comes to mind. "We don't need no education..."

If I didn't already know that I don't know anybody, I'd think that you must know me. I defiantly know what you're saying. While I could have typed "definitely" it wouldn't really have encapsulated what I meant to convey. I guess that leaves us at a crevasse.

Catlady · 05-14-2013, 04:13 PM

My heart starts to pitter-patter if a guy can distinguish between discreet and discrete.

05-13-2013, 09:50 AM	#1
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Good grammar can get you a date! From the BBC today, an interesting article about the way good (and bad) grammar is perceived by others. Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it

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Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	I really got an issue with people using "then" when in fact they mean to use "than". You'd think that among good folks who read a lot this would not happen but you'd be wrong. As for good grammar getting me dates ... Oh and one that bugs me is when someone uses the expression: "I could care less" when the correct one is in the negative form and goes: "I couldn't care less". Last edited by Quexos; 05-13-2013 at 08:07 PM.

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xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	I'm not going to pick on someone's use of commas and the like because my own stinks but nothing is a bigger turn-off than when people use made up words like ''irregardless'' or ''supposably''.

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Akai Nameless Being	Then, irregardless, I could care less... Most of my big pet peeves have been mentioned already. (Commas, apostrophes, ellipses and the likes don't tend to bother me so much.) My biggest issue in the realm of bad grammar, especially if the person is fond of reading or, worse, an English major - "I defiantly know what you're saying." I don't know whether these people even realise that defiantly is a word all of its own... It's just not that hard to type definitely. Double negatives are particularly irksome, too - Pink Floyd comes to mind. "We don't need no education..."

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Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,423 Karma: 52734361 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	My heart starts to pitter-patter if a guy can distinguish between discreet and discrete.