Comments on: Grammar You Probably Use That I Hate, Part 1 http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/grammar-you-probably-use-that-i-hate-part-1/ Thoughts on life, faith, and whatever Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:04:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Marty http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/grammar-you-probably-use-that-i-hate-part-1/#comment-107 Marty Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:28:43 +0000 http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-107 I hate that too. Why can't people just talk normal? I hate that too. Why can’t people just talk normal?

]]> By: jeremy http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/grammar-you-probably-use-that-i-hate-part-1/#comment-106 jeremy Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:38:15 +0000 http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-106 how about "whatevs" instead of whatever how about “whatevs” instead of whatever

]]> By: Craig http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/grammar-you-probably-use-that-i-hate-part-1/#comment-102 Craig Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:58:03 +0000 http://martimusprime.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-102 Yes, "vacay" sounds rather "vacant," if you ask me. And it's fairly lousy as an abbreviation, as it saves just one unstressed syllable. Having compiled a dictionary of a thousand one-letter words, I can't quite share your distaste for them. But they can certainly be misused along with their larger counterparts. Craig Conley http://www.OneLetterWords.com http://mysteryarts.blogspot.com/ Yes, “vacay” sounds rather “vacant,” if you ask me. And it’s fairly lousy as an abbreviation, as it saves just one unstressed syllable.

Having compiled a dictionary of a thousand one-letter words, I can’t quite share your distaste for them. But they can certainly be misused along with their larger counterparts.

Craig Conley
http://www.OneLetterWords.com
http://mysteryarts.blogspot.com/

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