Why is it that so many people don’t even make any effort whatsoever? 😭
ETA: I just thought of another.
So, recently, I used this statement:
"I met him at the gala again.".
"I met him at the Florida HQ."
I had met this person first in California. And, the people I was making this statement to said that I was grammatically incorrect because the correct way is "I saw him", not "I met him" after I had already 'met' this person the first time in California once.
What is the correct way?
Yesterday I was going through my photos, and I saw screenshots of messages with my now former friend. This happened last summer, but I still felt a wave of rage when reading those.
He works as a jeweler, part of his job is to engrave things on rings, pendants, and other jewelry. Basically he gets the text from his customers, and needs to follow what was requested. He sent me a picture with the job done, and I can't really remember what exactly was written there, something like "Your my forever love", so I giggled to myself, and texted him "this grammar doesn't make sense, you should've checked it before engraving", then I corrected mistakes, and told him he could ask me to check future projects, I don't mind, I love English. And he got pissed instantly.
He texted again and again that he wasn't stupid, that those mistakes shouldn't concern me, and he did what he was told to do, so I am the asshole for even daring to point that out. I asked him to calm down, as I wasn't trying to make him feel bad, those mistakes weren't even his. I tried to shift the guilt to his customers, but he still was fixated on the thought I called him stupid. I didn't, by the way.
Long story short, we got into a fight, he told me to go fuck myself, called me names, I also wasn't polite at the end of our conversation.
Then, a few hours later, he told me that he also noticed those mistakes, but his boss apparently checked with the customers, told him to ignore it, and maintain the grammar as it was. Well, if the friend told me that, instead of lashing out, I would have dropped it instantly rather than suggesting help. But I got this information too late. After that he tried to guilt trip me because I made him feel bad. Again, it wasn't intentional, I viewed the whole situation like a mutual joke about the customer's weird grammar, that doesn't make sense even when put into a translator. He still thought I was trying to mock him, even though I apologized and tried to end this stupid argument.
For clarity, we're from Ukraine, not everyone here speaks English, and my English is faaar from perfect, but I certainly have more experience with it, and can create simple sentences without mistakes. And I honestly thought that helping a friend with engraved text would be nice — for me to practice, and for him to do a great job, as it's a permanent result, which could ruin the jewelry piece.
So am I the asshole for letting him know there were mistakes, and suggesting my help with it?
Im gonna lose my mind, i swear half of the population things loose means lose. Now im not one to criticize for such a simple mistake but EVERYONE is mistaking these two words its cringe.
Our family dog has his moments but we never perceived his willful frolicking as demonic.
My roommate was playing 007 and I saw this spelling for Charade. Am I missing something? or this is actually a Typo?
Do you agree the questions here are rly rly repetitive? _____.
The word is pronounced, “PILLOW”, not, “PALLOW.”
Stop it. Just stop it. You sound retarded. Not that there’s
Anything wrong with that, but .,..M’eh?
…I should’ve bought more _____ when I had the chance.
Which is the most correct (or the most preferable usage)?
- I have one less apple.
- I have one fewer apple.
- I have one fewer apples.
For numbers other than one, “fewer apples” seems best, but none of them seem right for the singular case.
Why can’t people grasp the concept that “you and I” or “(person) and I” is not always correct? Sometimes “(person) and me” is the correct way to say it.
I saw somebody comment, “I found old pictures of my mom and I.”
Who is I?
Is it “this” or “this sh*t”
Years ago I (a native English speaker from the U.S.) volunteered to assist in an adult English as a Second Language class. I was yes told that English was so difficult many times. On one occasion I was asked why do we say (1) I’m going home, but then say (2) I’m going to school, and next time say (3) I’m going to the store? I was stumped. Does anyone have an answer that explains how these three different examples follow logical rules of grammar? Or is this just the way it is?
If each banana costs $0.19, how much for an each bunch?
