Preposition, not proposition.

Funny joke, even if it is based on a nonsensical "rule."

yeah, pretty sure garcia is right.

esp if it's a dangling proposition.

Man I've never seen this written before. These people should get hit by a dumptruck full of Aid's needles.

Has anyone else had to sit and study an email to figure out what your coworker was so post to be saying?

1 times i was so post to b sent email fax and dint understand what I could of been saying so I erased it and makes replacments with long sentence lol forg3et the comas but all goot

Had to read that a couple of times before I even figured out what you were saying. Please tell me you never really saw this in print.

My friend was on a VA Tech football forum and some guy, in discussing the quaterback, posted: "Granite, he's got a great arm, but..."

lol. Granite is a good one.

I was reading something the other day and someone wrote "thoughs" when he meant "those." Nearly died.

Igotitrightaway

Is that correct grammar? If something is pointless then it is without points. There is no need to put completely before it.

I saw a sign the other day advertising "doxin" puppies free to a good home. Stared at it for a solid 15 seconds before I realised they meant "dachshund"

Our local fish and chip shop is owned by an Asian family. On their takeaway menu are "Hash Brokens", "Battlered Sosages".

oh **** this annoys me to no end. I remember typing up a rant about "bonii" (and similar double -ii usages) in a thread similar to this a few years ago.

my guess is they've seen "radii" and, being the ******s that they are, just apply the double -ii to all words ending in -us to make them plural.

so what you are trying to tell me that it's a problem that I adviced my boss that I approoved 3 prospectii proposals yestrday?

Flying last week reminded me of something else that bugs me and seemingly no one else. On the back of every seat it says "fasten seat belt while seated". The verb fasten describes an action in which one attaches one object to another. It usually takes a very short period of time to fasten something. It does not mean keeping the two attached. At least I have never heard or seen it used that way anywhere else. So they are telling the passenger when to buckle up. Isn't that pretty obvious? Before these notices were people fastening their seat belts while standing and then either trying to slide in or just sitting on the belt?

I think it's to tell people that when you're sitting down you're supposed to keep it fastened rather then unbuckle while seated.

I think Psyduck-avatar misunderstood JaredL's post.

JaredL would be happier if the sign read "Fasten seatbelt once seated" or something similar.

Fasten seatbelt while seated implies repeated fastening for the duration. This is a supernit approach to signs but I have to admire JaredL for his commitment.

oh ok, that makes sense but really is beyond nitty to the point where it's probably improper usage.

Keep seatbelt fastened while seated.

Jesus. I knew pretty much right away you were talking about weiner dogs but this is abysmal.

DOXIN!?"

So they think anthrax is a form of tachshund?

Perhaps like the makers of the sign I tried to get too clever. What memento said is correct. I think they are trying to tell you to keep your seat belt on while you are seated during the flight because they say something like that during the safety thing at the beginning. Once would be better than while, but my main problem is that they need the word keep in there otherwise it's not saying what I assume they are trying to say. That is, unless they are actually telling us not to buckle it before we sit down.

This thread makes me warm and fuzzy inside

This is more about semantic shift, but does anyone else but me find it odd when the TV media refers to a fire as a "spectacular" fire , or an accident as a "spectacular" accident?

I know this meets the standard for correct use of "spectacular," but over the years common usage has been for events that are significant and positive. I just wonder why the media still uses is for tragic events.

If it really bothers him, then try using the correct spelling and usage in an email to him. Just find a casual context to throw it in. He may just look it up, or he may say that you have it wrong..... If so, just say your pretty sure youv'e got it right, and leave it at that (he look it up, and that will be end of story).

I mention this because I used nomenclature in an email to a colleague who used normanclature. He said, oh man I just looked it up and have no idea why I have been pronoucing it norman-clature. Now if I can just get him to stop using this stupid word ( I was going to say "superfluous" word, but there is another one.. No word describes itself as well as superfluous does...)