[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
Apply this method of thought to every facet of your life and you will see marked improvements. If someone is doing squats the wrong way, help them out. I am trying to do the same with the forums here. [/quote]
I guess I misunderstood this comment…My bad.
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
A lot - This one is semi-acceptable since it is so mainstream now, but lets all try to use the word “many” instead of “a lot”. “A lot” is just that, a physical piece of land.
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Y’know, even with your defintion of “a lot”, it still makes sense to me in a metaphorical way for people to use it they way they often do in common language.
Am I the only one?
-FC
I won’t lie, I use the phrase “alot” quite often myself… But I’m trying to fix that. It’s not that I get pissed off at bad grammar, I just think that it’s getting worse and worse as the years go by , you know?
Ultimately I might sound like a pretentious asshole in the beginning when I say stuff like “I go to the movies quite often” or “I have been there many times” but in the end, I think people respect it and should model themselves after it. Thats all I’m trying to do for myself.
Alright…Maybe I do get slightly pissed off when someone says “I could care less”… It’s just so obviously wrong.
I actually saw a piece on the local news about this last night. In it they described that many companies are actually sending their employees to “english refresher” courses; or as they put it “writing for business” courses. The reason for this, they said, was because too many people are starting to use “internet shorthand” (LMAO, prolly, etc) in every day and business written correspondence. Pretty funny, I think.
Personally, I use a lot of the short hand because it just takes less time. And with as much as I have to type on the boards, in e-mails, and IM, I can use all the extra time I can muster. I don’t even really notice it anymore when people use it in these contexts. When I see shorthand, my brain reads it like the whole word.
Now, when I write for official purposes, I don’t use it. I think that would be in poor taste. But I really don’t have a problem with people using it as a timesaver on the internet.
Since we’re on on the subject and I use this one…a lot… 
Lot
Informal
a. A large extent, amount, or number. Often used in the plural: is in a lot of trouble; has lots of friends.
b. Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”: felt a lot better; ran lots faster; doesn’t go out a whole lot; has seen her lots lately.
Noun 1. lot
lot - (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; “a lot of money”
[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:
Personally, I use a lot of the short hand because it just takes less time. And with as much as I have to type on the boards, in e-mails, and IM, I can use all the extra time I can muster. I don’t even really notice it anymore when people use it in these contexts. When I see shorthand, my brain reads it like the whole word.
Now, when I write for official purposes, I don’t use it. I think that would be in poor taste. But I really don’t have a problem with people using it as a timesaver on the internet.[/quote]
I think most of the internet shorthands we have devised are pretty useful. I don’t think anyone should be typing “Laughing out loud!” or “I’ll be right back.” when there are those easy shortcuts… There is just something inside me that wont let the word “proly” slip by my radar. It’s partly because I think people just dont know how to spell it! Honestly, ask around, I wouldn’t be surprised to find 50% of people think it actually is “probally”… and that’s a BAD thing.
Oh, And to the original responder… I’m not gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
[quote]Sabrina wrote:
Since we’re on on the subject and I use this one…a lot…
Lot
Informal
a. A large extent, amount, or number. Often used in the plural: is in a lot of trouble; has lots of friends.
b. Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”: felt a lot better; ran lots faster; doesn’t go out a whole lot; has seen her lots lately.
Noun 1. lot
lot - (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; “a lot of money” [/quote]
Very interesting… I stand corrected apparently. Now, the next question is do I go back and edit my original grievences post? I can’t really get mad if it’s in the dictionary, can I?? I still feel, however, that the other words are much better suited for using to describe quantity.
Wow, I never thought they would add such a colloquial term to the dictionary.
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
Also, can I give a sincere thanks to all that have corrected my spelling errors…I won’t make them again. [/quote]
Just a tip, when you go for the trailing periods ( …) normally there are three for it to be proper.
So in your post it would be “…I won’t make them again.” See the three periods, instead of two?
O shit…does the period go inside the quotations or outside?? Good God I am falling apart…
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
Very interesting… I stand corrected apparently. Now, the next question is do I go back and edit my original grievences post? I can’t really get mad if it’s in the dictionary, can I?? I still feel, however, that the other words are much better suited for using to describe quantity.
Wow, I never thought they would add such a colloquial term to the dictionary.[/quote]
I am of the opinion one should not go back and edit, but that is just me. It throws the rest of the thread out of context for people who come along later and also looks a little suspect. Shades of Oogie.
“Lot” actually has about 15 other definitions. But, I think in terms of quantity or when used in place of many, this is more of an evolution from lot defined as say a group of objects comprising a single unit, a “lot” of goods. Anyway, that would be my guess.
Yeah… Normally I hit three. I’m a huge fan of the ellipsis. Probably too big of a fan.
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
Also, can I give a sincere thanks to all that have corrected my spelling errors[/quote]
I don’t know, can you?
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
but lets all try
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Whoops, missed this one the first time around. It should be “let’s”
[quote]Sabrina wrote:
“a lot of money”
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You had me here.
|/ 3Toes
Yeah… I wouldn’t go back and edit my post, that just seems wrong to me.
Wow, People are really checking my shit, huh? I better be on full alert from now on: Dotting the I’s,crossing the T’s, and double checking my apostrophes!(Quiz :Without going to dictionary.com - Where does the apostophe go in the plural form of the word “apostrophe”? Winner gains a pounds of muscle next week!)
I’m no great stickler for language, but when I see a bunch of the shorthand or internet slang typed out, I picture the type of people that I see and hear say these words in real life. They usualy have about a dozen piercings on the lips, toung, eyebrows and nostrils. It seems like they can’t move their faces too much without one loop hooking on another, so they drop a few syllables and let the words just kind of slosh out of their mouths like drool.
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
(Quiz :Without going to dictionary.com - Where does the apostophe go in the plural form of the word “apostrophe”? Winner gains a pounds of muscle next week!)[/quote]
Apostrophes are not used in the plural of any word. They are used only for possessives and contractions. As in, “Them ain’t my dogs, they’s Bubba’s!”
Hope that cleared things up. Now, do I only get to gain one pounds of muscle, or several?
By the way, would the opposite of hypertrophy be apostrophy?
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Hope that cleared things up. Now, do I only get to gain one pounds of muscle, or several?
By the way, would the opposite of hypertrophy be apostrophy?
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Fine…2 pounds.
Please tell me you know the answer to your own question. Its been discussed on the nation several times. Just in case you don’t, I’ll help and I’ll even give a tip of the hat to the math kids on this one:
Hypertrophy > Atrophy … Or is that Hypotrophy? Those damn science people can never follow their own rules.
I can’t stand it when people say “I havn’t seen you in forever.”
Wouldn’t the proper way to say it be “It has been forever since I’ve seen you”? Either way it pisses me off. It makes anyone who says it sound like a 16 year old girl who just back from the mall.
OHhhh myyyyy god. I havn’t seen you in like… forrever!!
/cocks shotgun
In reality, majority of the people who speak English tend to use improper grammar.
[quote]Konstantine wrote:
In reality, majority of the people who speak English tend to use improper grammar. [/quote]
Yeah, for most people any word longer than 2 syllables is generally too complicated.
Thats probably why most long words gets shortened in everyday speak`.
Laziness or efficiency? I have no idea.
Also keep in mind that most mass communications have the understandable-by-a-9-year-old standard. Kind of lowers ones expectations, doesnt it?
I see at least 5 “rediculous” mispellings a day on this forum. The amount of misspelled words is unreal. The meathead image definitely lives on.