Mine's "would of" and "could of". :) "I would of met you guys if you'd told me you were getting together."
Seriously? Doug Fields Tampa, FL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Sikula Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:56 PM To: TVorNotTV Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Let's go with 'To Catch A Thief' for $800" The one that drives me crazy -- and has become ubiquitous lately -- is people who don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose." As in, "I'd like to loose some weight." Arggghhh. --Dave Sikula On Jul 28, 12:41 pm, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome to the great prescriptive/descriptive dictionary debate. Some > of us prefer the dictionaries to lead, not to follow. > > My current teeth-clencher is "cachet," which seems to have become > "cache." Which might make sense with an accent on the e, but would > still be wrong. > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it's whatever the usage says it is, then what's the purpose of > > teaching grammar in the first place? (not that it does much good anyway). > > It can be *intended to be* whatever the usage says it is. That > > doesn't make it correct. :) Doug Fields Tampa, FL -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
