A spelling plea - dingy dinghies

[Twister_Ken]

A small boat is a dinghy, with an 'h'.

Dingy is an adjective, meaning dark, dirty, drab - which may describe your dinghy, but not mine.

As a sensitive soul, I'm upset reading about poor forumites with a dingy. A dingy what, I wonder?

 

[James_Calvert]

Taught instead of taut riles me. Especially when in the yottie press.

 

[Davy_S]

Daughter instead of Dorter gets me.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Taught instead of taut riles me. Especially when in the yottie press.

Sentences without a verb. Especially annoying.

 

[Sybarite]

A small boat is a dinghy, with an 'h'.

Dingy is an adjective, meaning dark, dirty, drab - which may describe your dinghy, but not mine.

As a sensitive soul, I'm upset reading about poor forumites with a dingy. A dingy what, I wonder?

Using media in the singular instead of medium.
Using criteria in the singular instead of criterion.

If enough people use the language incorrecly, should we just accept it, or should we try to preserve the correct use?

 

[CFarr]

Using media in the singular instead of medium.
Using criteria in the singular instead of criterion.

They're both quite picky for me. If they get to you then you must be constantly irked!

The ones which really get me are 'should of', 'could of' and 'would of'
These people I'm sure have derived this from the spoken sound of the contracted 'could've' (could have) etc and don't realise that what they are writing is incorrect even though it makes no sense.

Should have
Could have
Would have

I thank you.

 

[Salty John]

Loose for lose is irritating.

 

[newtothis]

Ending sentences with prepositions is something up with which I will not put.

 

[Tradewinds]

Ending sentences with prepositions is something up with which I will not put.

Me to.

 

[25931]

Sentences without a verb. Especially annoying.

There is no such thing - without a verb it is a phrase.

 

[Lodesman77]

there/their/they're
your/you're

Is it so difficult to put the right one?

 

[AngusMcDoon]

There is no such thing - without a verb it is a phrase.

Using a hyphen where a semicolon should of been used.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Using a hyphen where a semicolon should of been used.

Antediluvian

 

[neale]

Using a hyphen where a semicolon should of been used.

I hope CFarr doesn't see this!

 

[macd]

Using a hyphen where a semicolon should of been used.

At this point, you should all give up. The war is lost.

 

[Lakesailor]

Innit though?

 

[rustybarge]

MMGW.........and the people who deny it: deniers.....or denyers....or denyer's; none of these look correct.

 

[Twister_Ken]

MMGW.........and the people who deny it: deniers.....or denyers....or denyer's; none of these look correct.

Nouning a verb. Oh dear!

Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf had a good one, along the lines of "People have been alleging, so let me tell the allegators..."

 

[LittleSister]

MMGW.........and the people who deny it: deniers.....or denyers....or denyer's; none of these look correct.

So you're basically saying those who deny MMGW just don't look right! Do you mean that they're all ugly, or all have a warped view of the world? ;-)

P.S. Isn't (aren't?) deniers something to do with nylons?

 

[rustybarge]

P.S. Isn't (aren't?) deniers something to do with nylons

Maybe I'm dyslexic, that's the way I read it.........