I have no idea what any of you are going on about.
People Who Correct You Incorrectly
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Here, let me correct you….
You obviously do know. I in fact know that you know what we are going on about and I have no issue publicly debating it with you considering that I know that I am correct.
It's obvious that you DO know, and... I take your post as a personal insult.
It's obvious that you DO know, and... I take your post as a personal insult.
I disagree with you both and will have no trouble with disposing of the tepid arguments of two. In fact I will do so while only using one hand to type.
Stupidity got us into this mess... of which only stupidity can get us out.
I still think my favorite was the guy who told people their so stupid for use they're instead of their when they mean they are. Their means they are at least according to this particular dofus. He's was what I call stupid with a caveat. The caveat being that despite the unbelievability their stupidity is being report with no embellishment.
As an undergrad, we used to have a campus DJ who would start his morning program with "The sun is shining on you and I, today." And, this drove my English 101 professor nutso. He went over to correct this guy, and the next day, he changed it to, "You and me are in the sunshine, today." Grammar Nazis are fun to watch stroke out, ha ha.
Little known fact: Hitler blew his brains out in the bunker because Joe Goebbels incorrectly used the pluperfect tense.
I was amused earlier today reading a thread on a watch forum. An English guy picked up on something an American had written and gently poked fun at the remark, appending "no offence meant".
To which the original poster did take offence and wrote "and at least us old people know how to spell offense". We old people......
Thing is; they both had the correct spelling based on where they are from.
To which the original poster did take offence and wrote "and at least us old people know how to spell offense". We old people......
Thing is; they both had the correct spelling based on where they are from.
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Not that you need it but I read a tip on this particular thing. If confused if you remove the "you" and try "me" or "I" the correct answer will be obvious. Re: "the sun is shining on I" vs "the sun is shining on me" and as you can easily deduct the first one is obviously the correct usage.
More irony?
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I think you mean "from where they are".
I do. Me. It still gets on my nerves when pipe smokers call themselves pipers. So on bad days, I jump on them. No one tried to correct me so far. In a big picture, it doesn't matter, so I'm being small by being bitch on bad days.
My default assumption outside the forum if I heard someone call themselves "a piper" would be to assume they play the bagpipes. That's the only group of people I've known of referred to as "pipers".
Just looked up "piper" on TheFreeDictionary (Farlex) and all that comes up is "bagpiper" and "one who plays pipes".
I prefer "From whence they came" or "from where they be, dog"
