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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:43:47 AM EDT
It'll sound silly, buy I always have trouble determining when to drop the "e" at the end of a verb when adding "ing". Whats the rule?
Example: to Stare (V. to look at with fixed eyes) ADD ING = StarEing You keep the E to Come (V. to move toward) ADD ING = coming You lose the E Thanks! 
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:45:47 AM EDT
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TAG
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:46:50 AM EDT
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where are the grammer nazis now???? huh???? huh????
biotches!!!!! 
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:47:24 AM EDT
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I know! 
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:49:22 AM EDT
[#4]
Actually, it IS 'staring'.
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:50:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:50:45 AM EDT
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GrammAr ding dong.  "The Spelling Nazi" |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:50:54 AM EDT
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damn grammar nazis... 
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:52:10 AM EDT
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You might understand it better if you spelled STARING correctly.
www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch03.html dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stare |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:53:11 AM EDT
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I dont know. I'm still waiting for someone to explain if it is more proper to say "Hard ons," or "Hards on."
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:55:38 AM EDT
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your loosing me on this thread.
their are nothing i can do to prolly splain this to you. |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:56:07 AM EDT
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Kind of like RBI's is the same as saying Run Batted Ins. RBI's should be R'sBI But Football is on now, so screw baseball.
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:58:08 AM EDT
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The s normally indcates plural. If you are talking about having wood, you have a hard on. If you meant at that fashion show, multiple hard on's may be the correct term.
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Posted: 10/7/2004 8:58:19 AM EDT
[#13]
Sweet that explains it all. Thank you! |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 9:04:16 AM EDT
[#14]
It be thred, CB
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Posted: 10/7/2004 9:07:28 AM EDT
[#15]
Actually, "hard on" is an American slang term. As such you may technically add the "s" at the end of either word if you want. Though I believe that in the common context of American usage the acceptable term would be "hard-ons" with a hyphen added. In official English dictionaries you will find that "hard on" actually means "hard upon." Deal severely with, cause damage to. Which is not the context which you are referring to. |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 9:23:44 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/7/2004 12:36:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/7/2004 12:38:38 PM EDT
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Sorry, meng. Yo no hablo ingles.
Me no espeeke de eenglich. |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 12:43:04 PM EDT
[#19]
oh yea- its November 7 NOT november 7th
its like saying november seventh...th |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 12:48:43 PM EDT
[#20]
Damn, I thought it was spelled cumming 
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Posted: 10/7/2004 12:53:53 PM EDT
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Either way, the apostrophe is just wrong (unless you intend to suggest that the "hard on" or "hard ons" are in possession of something). I suggest that "hard on" should be hyphenated (i.e., hard-on) and that the "s" should then go on the end for pluralization (i.e., hard-ons), but that is just my Grammar Nazi opinion... (I can't believe I just wrote that.  )
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Posted: 10/7/2004 2:34:37 PM EDT
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I hated English classes, and was always selective inmy studies, i.e. important, non-important. The way I remember English rules going..... 's plural s' posession, ownership..... Have I been wrong all these years?? |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 2:37:00 PM EDT
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The English Language has many rules but also has many exceptions.
 MT |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 2:42:32 PM EDT
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"s" : plural "'s" : singular posessive "s'": plural posessive The soldiers shot the Iraqi. The Iraqi were shot by the soldiers' guns. One of the soldier's guns left a big hole. |
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Posted: 10/7/2004 2:42:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/7/2004 2:52:08 PM EDT
[#26]
Correct! (Good examples, too! )
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Posted: 10/7/2004 3:03:03 PM EDT
[#27]
Double the consonant: STAR = STARRING
Ends in vowel drop vowel add ING: STARE = STARING. Wright???
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Posted: 10/8/2004 12:42:39 AM EDT
[#28]
Fixed it for ya. And see, I told ya I didnt pay much attention in Englsh class, but I damn sure got it now. Thankx! |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 12:45:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2004 12:49:06 AM EDT
[#30]
Is there really anything wrong with describing something as the "most powerful one"
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Posted: 10/8/2004 2:13:12 AM EDT
[#31]
Sounds better than "powerfullerest"!
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Posted: 10/8/2004 2:14:50 AM EDT
[#32]
Im more better than the most powerful one |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 9:49:36 AM EDT
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If the verb ends in a 'silent' -e (not pronounced), then the present participle is formed by dropping this -e from the end of the verb and adding -ing. leave = leaving, take = taking, receive = receiving Verb ends with "ie", drop the "ie" and add "ying" lie ? lying, vie ? vying If the verb ends in a 'pronounced' -e, just add the -ing. free = freeing knee = kneeing flee = fleeing |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 10:02:39 AM EDT
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 BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 10:31:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2004 10:36:36 AM EDT
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And while we're at it, could we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP USING A FRIGGIN' APOSTROPHE TO DENOTE PLURAL!??!
An apostrophe is used to denote a missing letter(s), as in a contraction, or in "friggin'(g) above: "Sen. Kerry can't fool anyone with his I'm a hunter nonsense" and to denote possession: "I shot Bob's AR." AT NO TIME, in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, should it be used to DENOTE PLURAL....even with an Acronym. It's NOT VCR's, it's VCRs. The fact that you see this everywhere now is like nails on a chalkboard to me lol. Oh, and there's a difference between "then" and "than"...as in: I'd rather be poked in the eye with a sharp stick THAN vote for a democrat. Use than to compare/contrast things. After you do your homework, THEN you can go out to play. Use then for time/consequence. And last but not least: even though some of us may pronounce it "I wish you would of told me that sooner", it's "would have"...it's the past conditional tense, would being the operative word for conditional tense, and have denoting past. Ok, now that I got that off my chest, I feel MUCHmuch better Stick with me, I'l learn youse all some good English. |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 11:24:04 AM EDT
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AMEN!  It has become very commonly accepted in referring to decades (i.e. the 80's, the 90's, etc.). It might be appropriate if used in front ('80s, '90s) to denote the omission of the "19" but not the way it is currently used. IOW, it should be the 1980s or '80s, NOT the 1980's or 80's.
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Posted: 10/8/2004 11:46:19 AM EDT
[#38]
How about
"I could care less." Grrrrr.... you COULD care less? Then you really must care, at least a little. It's "I COULDN'T care less!" |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 11:47:34 AM EDT
[#39]
The WORST - one of my BIGGEST pet peeves! 
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Posted: 10/8/2004 5:45:43 PM EDT
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If thats all you have to worry about then you must not have a job,a wife,a home morgauge,and kids to piss you off!!!
Bob |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 5:57:29 PM EDT
[#41]
They use is as a warning: "Look out, 's' coming up!" (According to Dave Barry ) |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 6:01:02 PM EDT
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on my TV guide it says MLB Baseball
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Posted: 10/8/2004 6:06:30 PM EDT
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Golf clap |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 6:10:09 PM EDT
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Well then how come Mark Twain gots to write all dem novels with the bad 'rammar in 'em? And he's critically acclaimed! |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 6:25:29 PM EDT
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How about irregardless ?
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Posted: 10/8/2004 6:55:02 PM EDT
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Because Twain wrote in dialect which means he wrote as it was spoken, not as it should have been. |
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Posted: 10/8/2004 6:56:35 PM EDT
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I sometimes get the "skin-crawlies" when people use "me", "I", and "myself" improperly.
Examples; "Myself and my wife went to the store". "Report back to your mother and I". "Bob and me are going to the store". Some other classics I hate; ATM Machine UPC Code GNC Center 
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Posted: 10/8/2004 11:10:26 PM EDT
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Now you done quit proofreadin' and gone to meddlin'! 
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Posted: 10/8/2004 11:14:46 PM EDT
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(If you meant me...) 1 job, 1 wife, 3 mortgages (2 homes and a small farm), 1 son - none of which piss me off. I must admit I've been blessed with a good enough life to allow little things like bad grammar to annoy me.
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Posted: 10/8/2004 11:17:12 PM EDT
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Teh intrenert maeks u stooped
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