1. Correct your grammar mistakes, misspelled words, missing words or extra words when you notice them after you made a post and have an edit notice at the bottom of the post?... more1. Correct your grammar mistakes, misspelled words, missing words or extra words when you notice them after you made a post and have an edit notice at the bottom of the post?2. Have a clean post without an edit notice but with your grammar mistakes, misspelled words, missing words or extra words glaring at you and driving you nuts?
Example: NBA player Joachim Noah is pronounced by sports broadcasters as Jochim, whereas it is properly pronounced as Yo ach eem. I'm sure he is frustrated about such ignorance.
Maybe Randy knows some.Here's one that I heard in college:A linguistics professor says to his class: "In English, a double negative becomes a positive. There are some languages, li... moreMaybe Randy knows some.Here's one that I heard in college:A linguistics professor says to his class: "In English, a double negative becomes a positive. There are some languages, like French, where a double negative is still a negative. But there are no languages were a double positive is a negative." A student replies: "Yeah. Right."
It's 2018, and practically every type of broadcast television program already features rampant vulgarities in dialog: talks shows, dramas, sitcoms, "reality" shows, gam... more It's 2018, and practically every type of broadcast television program already features rampant vulgarities in dialog: talks shows, dramas, sitcoms, "reality" shows, game shows, children's shows, news, sports, movies, documentaries, awards shows, etc. That is NOT to say that all of the programs in each of these genres has profanity, it just means that the genres themselves are no longer completely free of profanity the way they used to be. How soon before the advertising people decide that every single television commercial also needs profanity in order to appeal to the target demographic by seeming cool, hip and current and therefore boost profits?~ less
