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>'alot'

>> No.1118695

>literally

>> No.1118698

>same difference
>addicting

>> No.1118702

>the

>> No.1118701
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1118701

>awesome

>> No.1118703
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1118703

>should of

>> No.1118704

>their
>they're
>there

>> No.1118705

>it's

>> No.1118709

>>1118703

>> No.1118712

>prolly

>> No.1118718

>>1118695
what's wrong with literally?

>> No.1118719
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1118719

>definately

>> No.1118721

>gotten

Fucking Americans making up stupid new words and bastardizing our language yet again.

>> No.1118726

>"ashully"
>actually

>> No.1118725

I actually like to use 'screamt' as a past tense of 'to scream'

>> No.1118722

>Please Q here

>> No.1118727

>>1118703
>que instead of queue

>> No.1118728
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1118728

>in you're house
>your an idiot

>> No.1118730
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1118730

>British English

>> No.1118732

>>1118718
>i'm literally dying of shame!
>i'm literally stunned.
>you're literally an asshole.

>> No.1118734

>>1118725

Yeah I do that with certain words, otherwise it doesn't sound right to me o_O

>> No.1118735
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1118735

>American fear of the letter 'U'

>> No.1118737

>I could care less

>> No.1118738
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>sped
>speeded
>what

>> No.1118740

>>1118737
Me too, but I don't.

>> No.1118741
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1118741

>>1118730
English; US.

>> No.1118745

>better then him.
>than he jumped.

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>>1118737
OH MOTHERFUCKING GOD, THIS

I HATE THAT SHIT SO MUCH

>> No.1118744
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1118744

>realise
>utilise
>nationalise
>etc

>> No.1118746

>it belongs to him, it is he's

>> No.1118747

>>1118732
Last one could actually work.

>> No.1118754

>>1118698

what is wrong with addicting?

>> No.1118755

>>1118747

>anyone who likes Pynchon is literally an asshole

>> No.1118756

>irregardless

>> No.1118757

>>1118747
Why would you talk to an asshole?

>> No.1118758
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1118758

>his going away.
>his out tonight.
>his a fucking faggot.
>his a loser who browses a book board on 4chan lol.

:>

>> No.1118766

People who name drop popular authors like Camus, Tolstoy, Joyce etc for no reason other than to sound like they know their shit.

>> No.1118771

>woman main characters

>> No.1118772

>>1118695
Cool I learned something. Thanks.

>> No.1118775

>>1118737
Wouldn't saying 'I could care less' mean you actually care?
And why does I couldn't care less and I could care less mean the same goddamn thing

>> No.1118778

>mite b cool

>> No.1118782
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>>1118775

>> No.1118783

>>1118775
"I couldn't care less." You care as little as possible.
"I could care less." You don't care as little as possible. You care.

>> No.1118784

>>1118783
Except that 'I couldn't care less' is an expression that actually exists

'I could care less' is not an expression in the English language, it's just some faggots trying to make up a new one based off 'I couldn't care less'

>> No.1118788

>>1118783
But there are some things i have little to care about.

>> No.1118789

>>1118784

No, it's just invalids saying it wrongly.

>> No.1118793

You couldnt care less = the derivate of a value is at zero = a minimi of care (or a maximi of non-care)

Therefore you still care.

>> No.1118794

When people reference outdated and irrelevant grammar rules in order to make themselves seem intellectually superior

>> No.1118802

>>1118794
When idiots think just because every other idiot uses bad grammar it makes bad grammar okay.

>> No.1118807

>centre
>metre
>fibre
fuck you

>> No.1118806
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>>1118693

>> No.1118813

>>1118754
It's supposed to be addictive.

also

>It's suppose to be addictive.

>> No.1118817

>>1118802
keyword:idiot.

>> No.1118820

>>1118802
Right, so I'm sure when someone says "You are literally an asshole" you have no idea what is being communicated because it doesn't fit with the definition of "literally" in Webster's. It has nothing at all to do with you being an insufferable prick.

>> No.1118825

> prolly

>> No.1118828

>That doesn't effect me

>There are myriads of
I know the second one's acceptable, but I still don't like it.

>> No.1118838

>>1118828

...what the fuck is wrong with "that doesn't affect me"?

>> No.1118839

>>1118838
"Effect" is a noun.

>> No.1118842

>>1118838
Nothing.

There's something wrong with 'That doesn't effect me."

>> No.1118862

>color
>colour

>> No.1118867

>>1118862

> lazy
> proper

>> No.1118874

>>1118842
I recently taught my mother the correct way to use affect/effect. She's now a dietitian, but she looked at me with wide eyes and said, "You're saying I did it wrong on every paper in college?"

Ouch, Mom.

>> No.1118881

>>1118874

>You're saying I did it wrong on every paper in college?
>did it wrong
>ma, you just fucked up again

>> No.1118891

>>1118881
Yeah, well, she isn't the sharpest tool in the box. And by that I mean she's a tool in the box that doesn't give a flying fuck about grammar, proper punctuation, spelling, etc.

>> No.1118896

>>1118881
So how is "ma, you just fucked up again" more correct than "did it wrong"?

>> No.1118898

>>1118839

>implying "effect" can't be used as a verb too

>> No.1118922

>>1118898
>implying he wasn't just defining the word in regards to the context the other person was using it in.

>> No.1118926

>>1118896

?

>> No.1118932

>"the the"

It always bugs me when people do this.
If you can't write something correctly, try again using different wordings. Not "the the".

>> No.1118986

>>1118932

example?

>> No.1119009

>>1118986
It's goddamn everywhere.

But I don't really write down examples of grammer ERORES that I find to post about them in 4chan.

>> No.1119083

ITT: people who don't understand that language has no meaning beyond that given to it through use.

>> No.1119088

>>1119083
Your stupid.

>> No.1119105

>>1119088

fuck of

>> No.1119164

>>1118737
FUCKING HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT

>> No.1119166

jesus christ "alot" gets on my nerves

i was just reading this earlier:

http://content.stamen.com/i_like_bing_maps_and_I_cannot_lie

SIX USES OF THE NON-WORD "ALOT" IN ONE ARTICLE, otherwise a very smart and thoughtful thing. aaaaah

>> No.1119169

>>1119088
>>1119105
I undrestnad whut u r tyring to say.

>> No.1119178

>speak properly

>> No.1119185

>>1119164
People never "say" "alot". They write it. Speech is just a string of sounds, there aren't any characters.

>> No.1119194

>>1118732
GOD yes, I fucking hate this. It's like people can't understand the difference between the words "Literally", "Practically", "Virtually", and "Totally".

>> No.1119203

>irregardless

>> No.1119221

>It's not sudo-science persay.

>> No.1119297
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>>1119221

>there's more than one
>mon visage

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>>1119221

Owch, bro. Have you actually seen someone write/type that? Jesus wept.

>> No.1119333

>>1119297
Could you explain 'there's more than one'?

Thanks in advance.

>> No.1119334

>>1119333
'Would you be so nice to explain' I meant, wasted my triples.

>> No.1119344

>>1119334
He's referring to the fact that "persay" and "sudo" are both wrong, as far as I can tell.

>> No.1120656

>>1119333

more than one = plural

>> No.1120658

>libary

>> No.1120673

>>1120656
But that's wrong. "More" is the object there, which is singular, modified by "than one", the prepositional phrase.

"There is more than one" should be correct, shouldn't it? I say this, because "There is more of a problem" sounds better to me than "There are more of a problem.", and those sentences are grammatically similar.

>> No.1120674

>>1120673
Wait, "than" isn't a preposition, is it?
Never mind.

>> No.1120707

>>1120674
Than is a conjunction or a preposition. I think you're right, though, because the verb and subject agree, the subject being, "one ___," which is not plural. "There is more than one way to skin a cat." "There are more than two ways to skin a cat." Way(s) is the subject, the number modifies as an adjective, more than modifies the adjective.