Years ago a black man said something to me. My first reaction was that it was bad English. My second, and more lasting impression, was that it more concisely stated the point than "proper Engllish" would have. Now I'm more of a 'message sent, message recieved' oriented person.
Like using two question marks when one will do?
See above. I came to the realization from that encounter that English is fat and bloated. Just like me.:cross: Why make a simple idea needlessly bloated when common usage permits otherwise? That is why language evolves. People expect to see more formal rules adhered to in written language but most people in forums take the conversational approach, especially for short messages.Nicely done, even though you've used a sentence fragment to accomplish it.
Oh?
Just giving you a hard time.
cheezydemon3 said:
Wrong words I'll agree with. I'm as guilty as the next of hearing a word all of my life without ever have seen it in writing. Sometimes what you first thought you heard sticks. One that sticks out was a song on the radio when I was a kid about some guy with the odd name of Onley D'Lonley. I grew up in a mixed ethnic neighborhood so even though I thought it sounded strange it wasn't any stranger than other names I'd heard. It was years before I figured out it was "Only the lonely.....".
