Words, Phrases, and Misspellings We Hate

[Scrivener of Doom]

What about adults who still have lego everywhere without children involved?

That's called living the dream.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

What about adults who still have lego everywhere without children involved?

Not allowed. You must immediately box up all LEGO products and ship them to ... my place.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Oh, since I just saw it in another thread: "toon" outside of the game Toon.

What is this, Roger Rabbit?

 

[sabrinathecat]

That's called living the dream.

No wife, no kids, just a cat, a mortgage covered by the other half of the duplex paying rent, and whatever lego sets my crap job makes it possible for me to buy...

 

[jeffh]

I used to sig ones I noticed a lot on other posts here. Some that I remember doing that with or at least being tempted to:

• Saying "loose" (the opposite of "tight") when you obviously mean "lose" (the opposite of "win" or "gain"). Just one of the many editing problems that made me stop trying to understand the very promising Final Fantasy Zero project, for one thing. (Though the main one was that I couldn't figure out how you generate a character's ability scores - and the fact that they change names from one page to the next sure didn't help.)
• Confusing "breath" with "breathe" (e.g. writing "I can't breath")
• Using the non-word "boni" instead of "bonuses" was popular for a while. Thankfully, this one seems to have faded back into well-deserved obscurity.
• "For all intensive purposes". I don't know why the fact that it makes no sense doesn't tip people off that they're using this incorrectly. The correct phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
• "Effect" and "affect"

There's probably a lot more, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Oh, and people who insist that it's wrong to use singular "they" for a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. Some of these incorrect "corrections" are just as annoying as any actual mistake. This usage has been accepted for centuries and can be found in some of the greatest writers in the history of the English language. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it except that some people have an irrational bug up their butt about it. I'm avoiding it wherever possible in Fantasy Infinity, but that's only because I know it does annoy a lot of people; but I'm not going to sweat it if the occasional singular "they" makes it in.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

R.I.F.- Rage is fundamental.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

It's time for a quick rant.

Alot is not a word.

A lot is two words.

Allot is a word but it is not related to a lot.

 

[Al'Kelhar]

A is different to B.

A is not different than B.

Stoopid American TV infiltrating our Pristine Grammar.

Question - Am I bringing up my boys properly if they have their Lego, and I have mine - the former being scattered all over the floor, while the latter being beautifully crafted into impressive Star Wars sets that are taken down off the shelf and played with only with express permission and subject to strict rules about the standard in which they are returned to said shelf?

Cheers, Al'Kelhar

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

(snip) Question - Am I bringing up my boys properly if they have their Lego, and I have mine - the former being scattered all over the floor, while the latter being beautifully crafted into impressive Star Wars sets that are taken down off the shelf and played with only with express permission and subject to strict rules about the standard in which they are returned to said shelf? (snip)

Not only are you raising them properly, you are setting an example that other parents should emulate.

How I wish there were parents like you in the country where I now live....

 

[jeffh]

A is different to B.

A is not different than B.

Stoopid American TV infiltrating our Pristine Grammar.

"Different to" is British, and not universally accepted even there. "Different than" is US. Both, especially the latter, are generally considered fairly informal, with "different from" preferred in formal contexts on both sides of the Atlantic.