Author Topic: Things That Really Grind My Gears (Read 61322 times)

skalnbyc · « **Reply #420 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:14:17 pm »

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Have never heard of "on line" in my life.

It doesn\'t even sound right to me.

Would like to hear it in use someday.

- I was waiting on line to get phish tickets....\\..

How long did you wait on line on your computer to get those tickets? Too confusing in this internet day and age to be using the DeBlock usage.

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #421 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:24:41 pm »

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Have never heard of "on line" in my life.

It doesn\'t even sound right to me.

Would like to hear it in use someday.

- I was waiting on line to get phish tickets....\\..

How long did you wait on line on your computer to get those tickets? Too confusing in this internet day and age to be using the DeBlock usage.

That would be waiting "online" or "on-line", not "on line".

About this time, somebody is telling you to get on the plane. "Get on the plane, get on the plane." I say, "**** you, I\'m getting in the plane! In the plane! Let Evel Knievel get on the plane ? I\'ll be in here with you folks in uniform! There seems to be less wind in here!" - George Carlin

Yoda · « **Reply #422 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:25:09 pm »

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Have never heard of "on line" in my life.

It doesn\'t even sound right to me.

Would like to hear it in use someday.

- I was waiting on line to get phish tickets....\\..

How long did you wait on line on your computer to get those tickets? Too confusing in this internet day and age to be using the DeBlock usage.

That\'s exactly my point! Do I have to switch my vernacular because the internet came along? I\'ll go really old school... When my relatives and all those that came to the US via Ellis Island, they waited on a painted line on the floor. Hence waiting on line...

jking · « **Reply #423 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:31:34 pm »

well, it is grammatically accepted if you\'re ON nj/ny, otherwise its ridiculed.

skalnbyc · « **Reply #424 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:33:49 pm »

One may be able to see the difference when it is written, but spoken is going to sound the same whether it\'s online, on-line, on line.

Yoda · « **Reply #425 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:43:08 pm »

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well, it is grammatically accepted if you\'re ON nj/ny, otherwise its ridiculed.

when I say it\'s grammatically correct, I mean that when I type it into word or another processing program and run a grammar check, it\'s not flagged...

I\'ll just go on speaking the language of Jersey...

jking · « **Reply #426 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:57:24 pm »

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when I say it\'s grammatically correct, I mean that when I type it into word or another processing program and run a grammar check, it\'s not flagged...

and that, my friend, is exactly why i have a job... if microsoft says it\'s true, then it must be!!!

Yoda · « **Reply #427 on:** August 31, 2009, 05:13:02 pm »

So are you telling "outside of the it doesn\'t sound right to me" that "waiting on line" is grammatically incorrect in your professional opinion...

ChrisF · « **Reply #428 on:** August 31, 2009, 05:26:06 pm »

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So are you telling "outside of the it doesn\'t sound right to me" that "waiting on line" is grammatically incorrect in your professional opinion...

you are part of the line, so that makes you IN the line. you are not ON the line unless you are laying on top of the people who are IN line or if theres an actual line painted on the ground that you are standing on while you are IN line.

jking · « **Reply #429 on:** August 31, 2009, 05:33:46 pm »

depends, are you actually waiting on a line in the floor?

and again, its a regional dialect thing
(http://www4.uwm.edu//FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_93.html).

but mostly i was saying that people relying on word or whatever to tell them when their grammar is right or not is why i get to have a job, both editing and tutoring. many people these days don\'t know the grammatical rules and don\'t care to, because a little green line will pop up and tell them how to change whatever they\'ve just written. and becaus those little green lines are so often wrong, i get paid!!

also, don\'t use wikipedia as source material. i get paid a bunch for teaching kids that, too.

Spacey · « **Reply #430 on:** September 02, 2009, 02:19:57 pm »

People who reply to events on FB with maybe. You know you don\'t want or are not going to said event. Quit lying and click no.

tyzack · « **Reply #431 on:** September 02, 2009, 02:21:17 pm »

People who use FB.

dannybiscuits · « **Reply #432 on:** September 02, 2009, 02:26:51 pm »

:that:

As a fbook user I meant to :that: to spacey\'s comment

Gordo · « **Reply #433 on:** September 02, 2009, 04:39:19 pm »

Lights on during the day. I don\'t give a **** if it\'s cloudy or sunny, keep the **** lights off. It immediately gives me a headache and I feel uncomfortable. Shades can be drawn.

Yoda · « **Reply #434 on:** September 02, 2009, 05:16:59 pm »

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Lights on during the day. I don\'t give a **** if it\'s cloudy or sunny, keep the **** lights off. It immediately gives me a headache and I feel uncomfortable. Shades can be drawn.

That doesn\'t make any sense... If it\'s during the day and it\'s storming and dark, do you have to go about your business by candle light?