The Media Uses Incorrect Grammar...

[DataMore]

How about Bush always saying "nucular" instead of nuclear.

[Z]

Originally posted by DataMore@24 March 2003 - 05:05
How about Bush always saying "nucular" instead of nuclear.

thats funny. like homer simpson!

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by lil_z@24 March 2003 - 04:54
no im too lazy. when they (news or whoever) refers to troops, they mean one soldier.
dont lie!

I don't lie. The media is completely wrong. Ask any teacher or professor of the English language. Bring a dictionary with you.

As a matter of fact, I had an article (by me) published at my local newspaper about the word TROOP being used incorrectly by the media. This was back during the Gulf War. "The Grammar Lady" (a weekly columnist of the newspaper) agreed with me 100%.

Now here is a tip. the Englih evolves with the times. The word "troop" may come to have a new meaning or usage. It has to be used incorrectly long enough and accepted, to be offically changed (except for ebonics, which is a joke).

[Z]

wow, u try too hard. so when they say troops on the news, how do u take it? u think it should mean 10 x as many actual people? weird.

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by lil_z@24 March 2003 - 05:13
wow, u try too hard.  so when they say troops on the news, how do u take it?  u think it should mean 10 x as many actual people? weird. 

I know that the media is screwed up, so I take it as "they mean it". Just like having a conversation with someone who speaks ebonic.

Here is an example of evolving English. GET your old dictionary from the attic and look up the word "often". The "t' is silent. Because so many people have used the word incorrectly for so long, the 't" is no longer silent. So now both versions are acceptle. Real speakers of traditional language (who are usually noted as being quite articulate) will use the silent version. It is more proper.

[DataMore]

So how do you say it:

"Grammar errors" or "grammatical errors"?

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by DataMore@24 March 2003 - 05:48
So how do you say it:

"Grammar errors" or "gramatical errors"?

The spelling is "grammatical", not gramatical.

I guess I should use "gramatical errors"

[DataMore]

I've already edited it.

So it's the second one the correct one?

[Spindulik]

Yeah. I guess so.

This is getting too much for me. I gonna go now. Coz I be tired.


Good Night troopers.

[DataMore]

The english grammar is nothing compared to the portuguese.

Or the chinese... Or the japanese.