Comments on: I’m not Reticent about ‘Reticent’ http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: J Mac av8r http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-321545 J Mac av8r Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:49:26 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62#comment-321545 I am normally reticent when it comes to leaving a post on the web. However, I shall respond here. I was educated to know the difference between those words as well as to, too, and two, and there and their, here and hear, and the list goes on. I work with thousands of people many of whom I hear speaking on our communications radios. Not many of them know how to pronounce potable. In the same vein, what the heck are people doing with the conjunction, ‘so’? “So Johnny, where have you been?” If that is correct in their minds it won’t surprise me to hear someone say, “But, Johnny, where have you been?” Ok, that one is a stretch. This brings me to one of my favorite pet peeves, the word ‘like’. “I’m like, and she was like and I was like and he’s all”… Give me a grammatical break! I am not encouraged with current state of our educational system. It used to suffice but when the teachers don't even know how to teach proper grammar, or choose to overlook errors I see no hope. Completely disgusting. I am normally reticent when it comes to leaving a post on the web. However, I shall respond here. I was educated to know the difference between those words as well as to, too, and two, and there and their, here and hear, and the list goes on.
I work with thousands of people many of whom I hear speaking on our communications radios. Not many of them know how to pronounce potable. In the same vein, what the heck are people doing with the conjunction, ‘so’? “So Johnny, where have you been?” If that is correct in their minds it won’t surprise me to hear someone say, “But, Johnny, where have you been?” Ok, that one is a stretch.
This brings me to one of my favorite pet peeves, the word ‘like’. “I’m like, and she was like and I was like and he’s all”… Give me a grammatical break!
I am not encouraged with current state of our educational system. It used to suffice but when the teachers don’t even know how to teach proper grammar, or choose to overlook errors I see no hope. Completely disgusting.

]]> By: Reticent Resistant « Language+Music+Food+Hockey = LIFE http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-155372 Reticent Resistant « Language+Music+Food+Hockey = LIFE Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:06:20 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62#comment-155372 [...] I see the good folks at alphadictionary are already on this one, it kind of freaked me out the other day when I ran across it reading the [...] [...] I see the good folks at alphadictionary are already on this one, it kind of freaked me out the other day when I ran across it reading the [...]

]]> By: rbeard http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-47341 rbeard Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:35:03 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62#comment-47341 Merriam-Webster sweeps the street for new words and new meanings--often they dip into the gutter. Beware. They are quick to announce the new words they add to their dictionaries but never announce the ones they take out because they were too quick to put them in. Merriam-Webster sweeps the street for new words and new meanings–often they dip into the gutter. Beware. They are quick to announce the new words they add to their dictionaries but never announce the ones they take out because they were too quick to put them in.

]]> By: J. CHIARAVALLOTI http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-43238 J. CHIARAVALLOTI Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:56:36 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=62#comment-43238 I couldn't agree more. I corrected a short story writer who publishes on the web and his response was: ... If you say so, although Webster's Third International affords somewhat greater leeway than your chosen authority suggests. My chosen authority was Paul Brians' excellent compendium of errors. http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html I couldn’t agree more. I corrected a short story writer who publishes on the web and his response was:

… If you say so, although Webster’s Third International affords somewhat greater leeway than your chosen authority suggests.

My chosen authority was Paul Brians’ excellent compendium of errors.
http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

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