Grammar quirks

[mmswm]

Something I saw on another forum.  Context suggests that the person meant "prima donna", but what they wrote was "pre-madonna."

I had a flash of "before Christ" 

Now that made me spit my Diet Coke all over my laptop screen.

[MrsCrazyPete]

Using the word "addicting" in place of "addictive".

"These chips are so addicting!" No. Just no. Using this makes people sound less intelligent.

"These chips are so addictive!" Or "these chips are addicting me to them". 

It's my biggest grammar pet peeve and it just makes me twitch every time. It drives me crazy whenever I see this, or any other grammar mistake in a business setting. I don't care if it's "only Facebook", your company is still putting itself out there with it's offer of a "beet and feeld green salad", or that they will DEFIANTLY let their customers know. That always makes me giggle.

[Diane AKA Traska]

Heck, for me, it's people who use addictive to something that can, at best, be habit forming.

[starry diadem]

Using the word "addicting" in place of "addictive".

"These chips are so addicting!" No. Just no. Using this makes people sound less intelligent.

"These chips are so addictive!" Or "these chips are addicting me to them". 

It's my biggest grammar pet peeve and it just makes me twitch every time. It drives me crazy whenever I see this, or any other grammar mistake in a business setting. I don't care if it's "only Facebook", your company is still putting itself out there with it's offer of a "beet and feeld green salad", or that they will DEFIANTLY let their customers know. That always makes me giggle.

(Cough) *its offer* (cough).

Sorry.  I couldn't resist the temptation.  I'm addicted to protecting apostrophes!
 

[MrsCrazyPete]

Argh!! Darn you autocorrect!!!!

[Thipu1]

Now that the US Presidential election is coming up, I've been noticing something a little odd about the Electoral College.  Well, there's always something odd about that institution, but I digress.

I always thought that the pronunciation was 'e-LEC-tor-al'.  However, many newspeople are using 'e-lec-TOR-al'. 

Which pronunciation do you prefer? 

[Diane AKA Traska]

I have only ever heard it (news, conversation, school) with the accent on the third syllable.

[Pioneer]

Electoral

I can appreciate both e-LEC-tor-al and e-lec-TOR-al.  However, e-lec-tor-EEE-al makes me quite stabby.

[Thipu1]

Electoral

I can appreciate both e-LEC-tor-al and e-lec-TOR-al.  However, e-lec-tor-EEE-al makes me quite stabby.

I'm thankful I haven't heard that one....yet.  Tat's almost as bad as 'chimbly' for the brick thing on top of a house. 

[Mental Magpie]

I Heard 2 today that set my teeth on edge:

"Sim-yoo-larities" and "Fedral".

[oz diva]

Nucular? 

I know this is cultural, but in Australia we used to say someone had two operations, rather than two surgeries. The surgery is the place where you are operated upon. But more and more I hear the American usage creeping in.

[Mental Magpie]

Nucular? 

I know this is cultural, but in Australia we used to say someone had two operations, rather than two surgeries. The surgery is the place where you are operated upon. But more and more I hear the American usage creeping in.

You can also have surgery in the operating room here (often referred to as the OR).

[ClaireC79]

NO the theatre is where you have your operation, the surgery is where your GP practices

[Diane AKA Traska]

NO the theatre is where you have your operation, the surgery is where your GP practices

No, the theater is where you go to watch movies. 

[oz diva]

NO the theatre is where you have your operation, the surgery is where your GP practices

Yes you are quite correct.