Yer Mother's a wee bit annoyed

[roxy]

Behold!



Bear



Bare

Don't use bare when you mean bear! As in "Dean could not bear the guilt. Any guilt. All the guilt. Guilt over all the things." He does not bare the weight of all that guilt.

I mean it. Stop doing that.

Comments

[bt-kady.livejournal.com]

I love you, Roxy! You're letting me use my Grammar Police icon again! *glomps on you*

Yeah, the bear/bare thing irritates me, as does the definitely/defiantly mistake. Added grrrrrs to the one in the same/one and the same. What else? How about when people say/write "You've got another THING coming" when it's supposed to be "You've got another THINK coming." I don't care that it's THING in whatever rock song - they had it wrong.

I still say one of my biggest gripes is when people write/say THAT when it should be WHO. Even people whom one would think should know better do it. :-(

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes!! (and happy to serve! :D )

I still say one of my biggest gripes is when people write/say THAT when it should be WHO.

I'm sure I was guilty of that starting out, but any handy-dandy grammar quick check will tell you that's a no-no. Now when I read it, it feels so uncomfortable, like a shirt two sizes too small.

[bt-kady.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see people make mistakes like that when I'm reading fic, my mind instantly makes the correction as I read. It doesn't prevent the irritation, though. I think too many people either don't know the right way to write/say it, or they're too lazy to make sure. I guess it's understandable in fanfic but when you see professionals doing it, that's WRONG.

[nicnac918.livejournal.com]

Not to spark an argument, but from what I can tell the think/thing disagreement seems to be one of the great debates for the ages. Think makes more sense in the context of 'another' (what was the first thing?) and thing makes more sense from a grammar perspective (unless your name is Dr. Suess, 'think' is not a noun). They also have slightly different connotations, think implies that if the listener believes x then they will soon find themselves revaluating that opinion, whereas thing is more threatening, saying the listener will suffer some vague negative consequence if they continue to believe x.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

My mom used to say you have another think coming and I always thought it was just supposed to be amusing. Like, "I yam what I yam and that's all I yam." Which makes little sense here but it's funny. And it's true.

[bt-kady.livejournal.com]

The way you explain it, it makes more sense to me, but I still lean towards "think" being the more correct choice, more often than not. You're right in that this will probably stay one of the mysteries of the ages! LOL!