Stuff that grinds your gears

[Happyhonkaman]

My Granddaughter has a Beyonce in her class. Beyonce has been told not to wear false nails and tan going to school!

I was sitting near a Princess on the train recently enough. The father was telling little Princess how much he loved her and how she could have anything she wanted.. and then threaten the mother in front of her in the next sentence, with endless calls to others about how he was just out of prison and to tell this fella this and another fella that

Princess hasn't a hope already

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

I was sitting near a Princess on the train recently enough. The father was telling little Princess how much he loved her and how she could have anything she wanted.. and then threaten the mother in front of her in the next sentence, with endless calls to others about how he was just out of prison and what he'd be doing next

Princess hasn't a hope already

And that was just their dog

 

[Ghoti]

I agree. Also I think it's pretty ignorant to get the spelling of someone's name wrong when there has been written correspondence. Happens in texts/ emails all the time.

One client when making an appointment by text constantly massacred my name every single time despite my own text signed off with my name.

Speaking of e-mails, when people begin them with openers like this, they are doing English wrong:

Hello John,

^ Wrong!

This is the correct way to write that opener, and if you think it isn't, congratulations on being wrong:

Hello, John.

 

[Ghoti]

I was sitting near a Princess on the train recently enough. The father was telling little Princess how much he loved her and how she could have anything she wanted.. and then threaten the mother in front of her in the next sentence, with endless calls to others about how he was just out of prison and to tell this fella this and another fella that

Princess hasn't a hope already

The savage lottery of who you're born to.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

The savage lottery of who you're born to.

Yeah, and learned behaviour on top of that.

 

[Chara021]

Speaking of e-mails, when people begin them with openers like this, they are doing English wrong:

Hello John,

^ Wrong!

This is the correct way to write that opener, and if you think it isn't, congratulations on being wrong:

Hello, John.

The way I was taught to start a letter was .......Dear John,
Having said that if I was to use a more informal opening I would begin with Hi John, or Hello John,

Perhaps you are correct with the comma after the hello but it seems wrong at the same time. I will give you the benefit of the doubt though ?. I think I have actually seen it written that way alright.

I doubt it's something people actually do though.

 

[Ghoti]

The way I was taught to start a letter was .......Dear John,
Having said that if I was to use a more informal opening I would begin with Hi John, or Hello John,

Perhaps you are correct with the comma after the hello but it seems wrong at the same time. I will give you the benefit of the doubt though ?. I think I have actually seen it written that way alright.

I doubt it's something people actually do though.

Fewer and fewer people. People mostly get it wrong, so it's becoming the norm.

I think the error stems from people thinking Hello, John should be the same as Dear John. Dear and Hello are very different kind of words. A comma always comes before a direct address, Chara021.

Let's eat grandma.

vs

Let's eat, grandma.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Fewer and fewer people. People mostly get it wrong, so it's becoming the norm.

I think the error stems from people thinking Hello, John should be the same as Dear John. Dear and Hello are very different kind of words. A comma always comes before a direct address, Chara021.

Let's eat grandma.

vs

Let's eat, grandma.

Dear FishY,

Stick your grammatical conformity where you stick your sounder.

Yours, Sincerely

HHM

 

[Ghoti]

Dear FishY,

Stick your grammatical conformity where you stick your sounder.

Yours, Sincerely

HHM

Joke's on you, Aych-Aych; I'd like that.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Joke's on you, Aych-Aych; I'd like that.

lol

I just penned a work mail there and specifically used the incorrect version to double down on it becoming the norm.
Take that Gheultimus Shakespeare