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Today's grammar lesson

WalkOnBy's picture

Attention people of earth-

The past tense of "text" is "texted."

I swear on all that is holy I'm going to have to unfriend a woman I've known for years because all I see in my newsfeed on Facebook is how she text her husband this and she text her kid that and her kid text her back.

That is all.

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Luckyone's picture

Christ on a cupcake, are you from the Midwest??? I am from out West and moved a few years ago to the Midwest and it seems everyone says that, which makes me want to scream!!

Not only that but I also recently heard a member of our school board say liberry. Just kill me.

twoviewpoints's picture

Never "seen it", but have "seen that" Lol.

Central mid-state Illinois. Quite common. Usually spoken, not written.

Pokeyketchum's picture

It is "should have" or "should've" but never "should of". As in, "I should have texted him back."
(This is my pet peeve.)

Aniki-Moderator's picture

OMG, the "DH and I's". ~cringes~

MIL gave the cookies to DH and I. NO, SHE BLOODY WELL DID NOT!!

~bangs head~

Maxwell09's picture

I don't know where or how this one came from but all of a sudden I see it everywhere: allowed and aloud. HOW DO YOU EVEN MIX THOSE UP?!

notasm3's picture

Every time I see someone talk about "loosing weight" I think about big gobs of loose floating around fat rolls.

thisisnotmocking's picture

Just for fun...

Next time you hear somebody say, "I could care less!" respond with "Well, then you should."

The confusion Wink

WalkOnBy's picture

Oh, I do that Smile

random person "I could care less."

me - "well, perhaps you should."

also me - "well, why don't you?"

also me - "I don't think that phrase means what you think it means."

WalkOnBy's picture

My MIL spells my name incorrectly, as well. It's her go-to passive aggressive move. I haven't spoken to her in almost two years, but every once in a while, I will see an envelope from an anniversary card that she has sent to the house with my incorrectly spelled name in larger print than my DH's name.

Snorty...I survived her idiot grandson, ASS. Gonna take a lot more than an erroneous "I" to bring me down Smile

WalkOnBy's picture

We did? Now I am very curious....

pm me Smile

I guess your MIL dislikes you more than mine dislikes me - do you care?? LOL!!!

WalkOnBy's picture

don't forget "EXpecially." My darling DH is guilty of this. I correct him every single time. He also has a penchant for "could have went" instead of "could have gone."

We went to the same high school. We had the same English teachers. He holds an advanced degree. Still says "oh man, we could have went blah blah blah."

I simply turn to him and ask him if he's trying to sound uneducated. That's the thing that folks don't seem to understand - when you speak incorrectly, you sound dumb. Or like a B< }:) Blum 3 Blum 3 Blum 3

secondplace's picture

Okay, I'll chime in here.

It drives me crazy when someone asks for "advise" instead of "advice".

"Of coarse", there is that as well. Smile

GhostWhoCooksDinner's picture

What amazes me is how many people work at the nearby NOOK-YOO-LAR power plant.

Really? THESE are the people in charge of our NOOKYOOLAR power? Scary!

My other personal favorite? OF COARSE.

:jawdrop:

WalkOnBy's picture

my ENGINEER husband says that, too. More like "nook-ya-lure" but certainly incorrectly said.

Aniki-Moderator's picture

Could you be more pacific? What kind of engineer? Maybe I'll go to the liberry and learn about nookyalure stuff...

GhostWhoCooksDinner's picture

Of coarse, after stopping by the liberry your going to want to stop by you're local convenience store and pick up some melk.