Grammer and Speaking - Pet Peeves

You've now corrected the error out of your sentence. Your original sentence, that you then repeated in a later post, was:

Again, is that sentence correct?

 

The "most correct" is I bought myself an ice cream cone.

I bought me an ice cream cone has a colloquial register (informal (or "not pretty", as you put it)).

 

Dadburn it, now I want an ice cream cone.

 

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Cheers,

Jim

 

That "word" wasn't in the dictionary when I was a boy, and I refused to use it and still don't. With words like "isn't" that comes from "is not" and "aren't" that comes from "are not", "ain't" cannot be separated into two words. The only way "ai" is a word is in the Bible.

I won't waste my time trying to read posts that are filled with misspelled words, atrocious grammar and extremely poor punctuation.

One of the many things I see are people who don't know the difference when using "to, too or two." I see "alot" and allot" a lot in place of "a lot." :tongue3:

 

Can anyone finish this series?

We aren't
She isn't
They aren't
It isn't
He isn't
You aren't
I _______

 

I absolutely HATE when people spell "lose", "loose", as "Can a believer loose his salvation".

 

Perhaps if it "ain't" tight enough. :smilewinkgrin:

 

Did you notice that you misspelled "grammar" in the title for this thread? :tongue3:

I actually think your "correct" sentence is poorly worded. It would be better to say, "I bought ice cream for Sue and myself." 'Myself' is more correct there than 'me.'

 

My biggest pet peeve of all:

Aaagh! I hear it all the time - on TV, in church, everywhere! What has happened?!

 

I think it's an error born out of self-conscious over-correction. The speaker doesn't want to use the objective case "me" when the subjective case "I" is needed, so they ironically make the opposite error.

 

Correction, it should be borne,not born.

 

Apologies for the typo.

 

Born of is best:thumbs:

 

My pet peeve is the incorrect use of the word it's!!

The word it's is a contraction of the expression "it is." I have seen that word frequently used as the possessive form of the pronoun it.
(EXAMPLE: "That tree will lose it's leaves in the fall.")

The correct usage of the possessive form of the pronoun it is simply its (no apostrophe). (EXAMPLE: "That tree will lose its leaves in the fall.")

Possessive nouns normally do require an apostrophe (e.g., "I enjoy reading Paul's letter to the Romans."), but the pronoun it should not have an apostrophe when it is used to show possession.

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Class dismissed!! Oh yes, there may be a pop quiz on what we have gone over!! :smilewinkgrin: