The more i listen to people, the more ridiculous they sound. People with college educations, teachers, actors and public figures have never sounded dumber than they do today. Regular people are not safe from this affliction!
In a world where information is at our fingertips almost any time we want it, people's inability to make their verbs and nouns agree is staggering. If you are talking about many things "they are" or "they're" pretty cool. If you were talking about a puzzle and were commenting on the litany of parts there were; you might say "There are many pieces in this puzzle," not, "there is."
Now, this might sound contrived and ridiculous, but people didn't spend decades of their lives to standardize the spelling and grammar in our language so you could throw it all away just because you are too lazy to use your cerebrum and frontal lobe in tandem.
Confused about about whether you should be using "your" or "you're?" Google it! "There," their" and "they're" confusing you? I'm pretty sure there's an app for that.
I'm sure you could argue, "But Adrian, homonyms all sound the same to me. How would I tell them all apart?" Buy a book about grammar and read it. Then, before you open your mouth think about what you're going to say.
There are people whose first language isn't English who put Americans English speakers to shame. If you are one of those people who thinks that people should have to take a written test to become a citizen to vote, you'd better think twice about what you are asking for because there's a 1 in 7 chance that you would fail said test....
And this America, is why you sound like a idiot's...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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