I will admit at the start: I was an English major with the intent of teaching grammar, composition and literature to junior and senior high students...
My biggest language pet peeve (other than EVERYTHING stated in this string of posts) is the misuse of suffixes and/or prefixes (or is that suffices and prefices? x;-) ). Redundancy runs rampant in our verbalizations these days. "Ironical?" When I point out the misuse, I hear "Well, if cynical is a word, then why can't ironical be correct?" This goes back to those Basics. I think we ought to bring Greek and Latin back into the grade/elementary school system, even if only the vocabulary is taught and we exclude grammar.
I also peeve over double or multiple negatives in a sentence: "We hain't never got no paper towels in here nohow." Does multiplying "No" make the statement more powerful?
Have you ever read a reply that gives you so many options for a response that you just give up and don't say anything? Because saying one thing would be an injustice to the other possible comments. Have you ever? x}>
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 05-15-05 AT 06:43PM (CST)[/font][br][br]According to my interpretation of the dictionary, it seems to mean 'in favor of' being active, favoring, championing, supporting being active. Set for action, affirmative. As opposed to re-active, becoming active after an event. Or worse, in-active. I don't think it means being active before being active. Wouldn't that be pre-active? Glad to see you back Leslie.
I'm often misinterpreted, ah such is life. The Yes! Yes! Yes! comment was in response to Don asking "Does multiplying "No" make the statement more powerful?". That's all.
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Hmmm. Should that sentence not have at least one comma in it somewhere? x:-)
My biggest language pet peeve (other than EVERYTHING stated in this string of posts) is the misuse of suffixes and/or prefixes (or is that suffices and prefices? x;-) ). Redundancy runs rampant in our verbalizations these days. "Ironical?" When I point out the misuse, I hear "Well, if cynical is a word, then why can't ironical be correct?" This goes back to those Basics. I think we ought to bring Greek and Latin back into the grade/elementary school system, even if only the vocabulary is taught and we exclude grammar.
I also peeve over double or multiple negatives in a sentence: "We hain't never got no paper towels in here nohow." Does multiplying "No" make the statement more powerful?
-Abby
Only on a date.
"AX" as in "may I ax you a question?"
or is it spelled acks?