Grammar! - Page 21

Felicity · #**201** 02-11-2010, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Our pastor taught one Wednesday night on listening to your "conscience", and I was trying not to snicker (okay, I wasn't trying ALL that hard) the whole night--he kept saying "conscious" when he meant "conscience", and vice versa. It was so funny. The pastor's wife was visibly wincing with every incorrect usage.

He's a smart guy, so that made his mix up even funnier.

We had pastor friends here the other night and he had just come back from board meetings in Hazelwood. He was recounting some of the discussion and he kept using 'perception/conception interchangeably. Funny thing was, he was using both words wrong .... and it was just driving me nuts. LOL!

It was bad enough he was using them wrong .... but the repetition was really hard on the head.

rgcraig · #**202** 02-11-2010, 07:19 AM

Just heard one that I'd forgotten about - -

Valentimes.......ha!

And this same lady always says Salmon with the "l" sound. Ugh!

snicker1986 · #**203** 02-11-2010, 09:27 AM

I'll never forget my fifth grade teacher......

Q: "Can I go to the bathroom?"

A: "I don't know, can you?"

She wanted "may" as in " do I have permission to" , rather than "can" as in "am I able to" . Thirty years later I NEVER mix those two up!

The Mrs · #**204** 02-11-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Brother David

Rather you use "whether" of "rather" - what's the dif?

Whether is a conjunction and rather is an adverb, and they are not interchangeable.

dizzyde · #**205** 02-11-2010, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by OnTheFritz

Expresso. There is no "x" in the real word.

"I've already ate". It's "eaten", folks.

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Originally Posted by dizzyde

And with their expresso, a lot of people order sconces (scones) ... It's true people, my daughter is a barista and she has heard EVERYTHING!

I was at the SBUX my daughter works at yesterday and she was taking a drive-thru order on the headset. She kept saying "one moment" and switching off the headset and cracking up. She finally composed herself and stated what the Frappuccino options were on the menu and took the order. The guy had wanted to order a "biscotti Frappy"....

dizzyde · #**206** 02-11-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Felicity

We had pastor friends here the other night and he had just come back from board meetings in Hazelwood. He was recounting some of the discussion and he kept using 'perception/conception interchangeably. Funny thing was, he was using both words wrong .... and it was just driving me nuts. LOL!

It was bad enough he was using them wrong .... but the repetition was really hard on the head.

I think I may have already mentioned the sermon I sat through once, when the preacher spent the entire message talking about the sisterens of water!! (cisterns)