Grammar cups

[Bpeep]

To go back to rightin wright is gunna bee hard.

Me can right good.

[watchkat]

Having read all these pages, I am surprised that no one has remarked on the lack of adverbs in today's speech. I cringe nightly at the television and radio news announcers and commentators.

"The hockey team trounced their opposition quick." Weather persons announcing "The snow will fall heavy" instead of "heavily" or perhaps even "The snowfall will be heavy" more correctly expressed. When I was taking English in school there was a part of speech known as an adverb and for the most part this was a descriptor for a verb action. ie. ran quickly, sat silently, smiled widely and brightly, etc.

I find myself wondering where today's journalists are being trained as there are so few that speak the King's English. Is this a lack of education in the schools now or is this a result of slang or...is this the result of so many English Second Language schools that do not perhaps take the time to explain the difference between adjectives and adverbs.

Irregular verbs also have different conjugations ....I sweep, I have swept, I swept it up Today the Global Vancouver weather person announce that the cloud/weather sweeped through.
People have not "drinked" something.

I'm sorry, but if you didn't notice before you will probably curse me now as you listen to those that speak English. I find it coarse and abrupt sounding and it is a BIG personal pet peeve

[grammafreddy]

I agree with you, Watchkat. I can see our language being decimated down to just speaking and writing in shortcut with numbers replacing some letters and just abbreviations for whole words - like what are being texted now.

[Donald G]

I think conjugations happen in churches and conjunctions are what are used to hook train cars together. Side from that they din't learn me much speechafying.

[watchkat]

I think conjugations happen in churches and conjunctions are what are used to hook train cars together. Side from that they din't learn me much speechafying.

You were sleeping in church also, it would appear. LOL

[Donald G]

To Bman ...

... me ... me ... me ... It's all about "me". Why do I say me when I mean you?

[A_Britishcolumbian]

*off topic remark removed*/ferri

[Lady tehMa]

Here is a good one about how we mispronounce words http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/learn/10-words-you-mispronounce-that-make-people-think-youre-an-idiot

[Lady tehMa]

Oh, how I love, love LOVE this video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

If someone could fix it so that it plays in the post, that would be lovely.