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[505247]

I'm back and finishing up my scientist story tonight. Saying this will force me to make it so. So don't distract me!

In other news - for all that's holy, people! (Not you people, of course.) No one with any education has said "grinded" since the days of Sir Walter Scott. Would you say that the waitress grinded your black pepper? (Another thing I

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[505247]

Don't mess w/ me - you may that I grinded your bones to make my bread.

Yeah, it hurts, doesn't it?

[505247]

"You may find" that is.

Need to get into an experiemental frame of mind.....

[salaciousgarden]

ok.. here's mine, but it doesn't relate to erotica at all

i hate it when people say 'i'm going to the doctors'. it's DOCTOR... SINGULAR!!! unless of course you have seen several doctors, then its right... or... if you are referring to hating the doctor's office.... but, most people refer to a visit to a single doctor as 'gotta go to the doctors'. that just makes me CRAZY!

sorry, had to vent that one out.. i am better now : ) thanks for listening

[scopo]

but that could mean 'I'm going to the doctor's [sugery/office]' ...

[salaciousgarden]

hmmm.. yes... but, that would be even worse.

they'd have gone from being simply grammatically incorrect to having incomplete sentences. if one means the doctor's office, then one should say that... leaving off the end of the sentence doesn't make the grammar any better.

but then, i am sure i say things that are annoying to some, no one is perfect… heck, i make all journal posts in lowercase.. it's structurally wrong and it drives some people crazy!

[bitchfork]

I always took it to be "I'm going to the doctor's", just like "I'm going to Jenny's". You're leaving off the noun "house" or "place" or whatever, but I think that nominalizing possessives like that is common enough to be casually acceptable.

But, well, we all have our peeves.

[oceanbaby2002]

I knew I liked you for a reason! I can't stand it when people say "grinded". Bleh.

[oceanbaby2002]

welcome back by the way.

[505247]

So, that's why, huh? :)

[oceanbaby2002]

yeop, only reason hahah

[thedeepgreensea]

That is kind of snarky...especially since there are so many larger crimes out there...like the word "conversate" being used...or "segue-way".

[thedeepgreensea]

also: aspirinromantic

[505247]

Thanks.

[505247]

I don't think I've ever run across "conversate" before. Or "segue-way" actually. Though I'm willing to believe they exist, since I've seen so many of the same ilk. A perennial favorite is "And walaa! It was done!"

For some reason "grinded" seems to come up even w/ people who are otherwise quite literate. So I'll be in a groove that suddenly comes to a crashing halt becuase they went and grinded. Just my own little "fingernails on teh chalkboard" moment.

[jeffjustin]

As a career criminal wanted in six states for serial run-on sentences and high crimes involving neologisms, I would agree that whoever wrote "grinded" is in need of being "re-orientated" to her/his mother tongue.

No, I did not say (s)he needs to French her/his mother.

[505247]

Though perhaps that would be a worthy punishment, since, as my sainted grandmother was wont to say, they clearly must have had "no home training."

The run-on sentence is merely a sentence that's been crammed with life until it resembles an overstuffed suitcase. But as long as the hinges hold, it's all good. (Another phrase I rather despise, actually.)