Swim, swam, swum

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cheakamus — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:16:57 GMT

"He effected a change in his affect, the effect of which was to affect the way others saw him.":D

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Chris Stevenson — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:31:54 GMT

You effect things,things affect you. I have never liked 'effect' as a verb, it always seems an affectation.

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Rich B. — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:11:37 GMT

"The murderer was hanged." Oh, sorry, I guess that one's OK (right?). Right. Unless he was hung.

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Allen Stark — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:03:04 GMT

Affected or effected? What really annoyed me about affected/effected is that MS word used to put a green underline under any sentence with "effected" in it. When you clicked to get the suggested change, it would say "consider using 'affected'". When you changed it, MS Word still underlined it. Clicking for the suggested changed would say "consider using 'effected'".:doh: You effect things,things affect you.

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pmccoy — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:34:24 GMT

Here is another pet peeve of mine,saying "impacted" when you mean "affected". Affected or effected? What really annoyed me about affected/effected is that MS word used to put a green underline under any sentence with "effected" in it. When you clicked to get the suggested change, it would say "consider using 'affected'". When you changed it, MS Word still underlined it. Clicking for the suggested changed would say "consider using 'effected'".:doh:

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Allen Stark — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:32:53 GMT

Here is another pet peeve of mine,saying "impacted" when you mean "affected".Impacted doesn't mean "collided with" it means "occluded",like an impacted wisdom tooth.

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NLT50 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:45:56 GMT

Has anyone noticed a proliferation of "eK ceteras" going around. I'm not sure how that pronunciation came about but it drives me crazy. I work with people that have a bunch of letters after their names and they all do it. I've seriously thought about putting "ekc" in an email or something to see if they would notice.

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Nancy H. — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:40:31 GMT

One of my pet peeves is apostrophe abuse--people who put random apostrophes whenever they see the letter 's.' An English instructor I once knew referred to this as "the decorative apostrophe." I work in academia, and it's amazing how people who are otherwise incredibly credentialed can mangle basic grammar--like the woman who sent an email saying, "I have ask the program director to look into this." What really got me foaming at the mouth, though, was the email I received from someone at another college, requesting "some of your course syllabuses'." Argh, apostrophe abuse and incorrect Latin plural, all in one sentence!

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poolraat — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:32:44 GMT

I have actually had people try to correct me when I've used "have swum.". Go figure. I taught 6th & 7th grade English for 9 years, so I've seen more than my fair share of poor grammar, but it's always a shock to me at the number of adults who speak/write poorly. My pet peeves include to/too/two and "have went." And your/you're, and there/their/they're.

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kristilynn — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:29:48 GMT

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swimshark — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:49:36 GMT

i could of swimmed real goodly on saturday if i would of sleeped gooder. Sounds like something Wookiee would say.

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Former Member — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:55:56 GMT

i could of swimmed real goodly on saturday if i would of sleeped gooder. :)

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Former Member — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:19:40 GMT

Should of, could of, would of. That right there is my pet peeve. Should have, could have, would have. i could of swimmed real goodly on saturday if i would of sleeped gooder.

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no200fly — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:54:07 GMT

Should of, could of, would of. That right there is my pet peeve. Should have, could have, would have. i could of swimmed real goodly on saturday if i would of sleeped gooder. I thought this came from Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront "I coulda been a contenda - I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum."

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Susan — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:02:55 GMT

I think the use of pleaded comes from the AP style book, which is the bible of many newspapers.

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cheakamus — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:24:00 GMT

Uh-oh, you used the "n" word!:afraid:

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knelson — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:21:08 GMT

I'd also like to point out that--according to the search function--cheakamus is the first person to use the word "persnickety" on these forums. It seems we've all been rather niggardly* in using persnickety here. * Darn it. I should have known Jim Thornton would have already used "niggardly."

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jaadams1 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:12:09 GMT

the words "loose" for "lose." Wait...those are too different words???? :)

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knelson — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:10:37 GMT

I don't know exactly why, but I think lots of people think "swum" is not a word. I guess it just seems a little ungainly. My personal pet peeve is when people confuse the word "loose" for "lose."

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jaadams1 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:23 GMT

"The murderer was hanged." Oh, sorry, I guess that one's OK (right?). That's something they need to do more often...enough of this "lifetime w/out parole" B.S.

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swimshark — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:51:51 GMT

Welcome to the club! "He pleaded guilty" (pled), "He shined the light" (shone), "He lighted the fire" (lit), etc., etc. "The murderer was hanged." Oh, sorry, I guess that one's OK (right?). I agree with all of these. In my days of being a probation officer, the clerk of the court used to say "his license were suspended". Really? He had more than one license and all were suspended?!

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Redbird Alum — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:38:43 GMT

... Or the continued use of "insure" when "ensure" is the word that should have been used!

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knelson — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:33:41 GMT

Welcome to the club! "He pleaded guilty" (pled), "He shined the light" (shone), "He lighted the fire" (lit), etc., etc. "The murderer was hanged." Oh, sorry, I guess that one's OK (right?).

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cheakamus — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:29:56 GMT

The one that gets me is when someone says "he dived". No he dove. What happened to using the past tense correctly?! Welcome to the club! "He pleaded guilty" (pled), "He shined the light" (shone), "He lighted the fire" (lit), etc., etc.

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no200fly — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:06:40 GMT

Football scholarships!! :bolt: You know they didn't have swimming scholarships.