Public Service Post

[blackthorn45]

Please excuse the bitchiness of this post. I am not referring to anyone in particular, nor do I expect people to have perfect grammar all the time. I just get fed up with people who constantly make the same mistakes about 500 times in one post. So, here you go; please spread the news

Comments

[kibbles]

There IS such a word as payed.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=payed

Hee hee! Pisses me the fuck off, too. :(

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[blackthorn45]

That's not what I learned in school.. but, eh, whatever! :) Funny thing is, it's there, but not in any of the example sentences...

I think "paid" is more preferable, but I'm certainly not perfect when it comes to grammar.. just better than some. ;)

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[enteirah]

The school I used to go to taught us plenty of blatently wrong things about English, so it's quite possible this one is a teaching mistake too.

When I think about it though, I can't actually remember a time I've seen 'payed' used in a correct context either. =:S

(Apologies for any mistakes in this comment too, but it's the best you can expect from me at 2am. =;))

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[loganberrybunny]

It's "blatantly."

*grins* I hope you didn't expect to escape the wrath of the Dreaded Nit-picker of LiveJournal there! =;)

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[enteirah]

Nope of course not, as I'm well aware of how you propogate around the net. =:P

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[loganberrybunny]

Hmmm... that's quite a worrying mental image, when you think about it! =;)