What Everyday People Get Wrong

[MadnessFreak]

To be honest, this may as well be Zulu to me, since I couldn't tell a suffix from an adverb. >.>
(Yes, I know the two couldn't be less related)  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

Are you certain about "alright" not being a proper word? I checked it in my Franklin Spelling Ace thesaurus and it came up. Firefox isn't red-lining it. According to Dictionary.com, it's alright to use, but not formally.

Quote:

—Usage note The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.

 

[WateryGrave]

Intuicide

I stopped reading when I realized that you're a bit of a hypocrite.
You were doing okay until your bit about the research paper.

"Select something in which you are interested," is proper grammar.

-edit-
I'm sorry; I may have sounded rude.
I only mean to correct what needs to be corrected.

It's fine. I don't mind.  

[WateryGrave]

little_evil_goth

"Different than" isn't proper English? I had no idea! Thank you, I can use these.

A lot of these shocked me too. x]  

[WateryGrave]

Yami no Hitokiri

Are you certain about "alright" not being a proper word? I checked it in my Franklin Spelling Ace thesaurus and it came up. Firefox isn't red-lining it. According to Dictionary.com, it's alright to use, but not formally.

Quote:

—Usage note The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.

I'm not so certain on the subject of "alright" and "all right". Before I'd used alright in my sentences, but my teacher says there's no such thing. Perhaps you could use it if being informal.  

[felicityvalentine]

Its always annoyed me how people keep on using 'different than'. It's 'different from'. This is a helpful topic. It's like a summary of everything you learn in English class  

[WateryGrave]

felicityvalentine

Its always annoyed me how people keep on using 'different than'. It's 'different from'. This is a helpful topic. It's like a summary of everything you learn in English class

Which is what I took. x3  

[WateryGrave]

It's been a long time since I've looked at this.. Glad to see it helped 11 personas so far. > w<  

[Starry Phoenix]

Wow! Thats amazing! Thank you very much! I am going to take notes on this.  

[Kali Eyad]

This is a good list,and should be very helpful to anyone needing pointers. I have to dispute some of the words it says don't exist, though.

I agree with the previously mentioned "alright" as being a word. It may have originated as the two word "all right" but is typically spelled "alright" today. It is also listed in the Merriam Webster Dictionary, though it simple says to refer to the definitition for "all right."

While "moneywise" may not be a word, it could be acceptable to say "money wise." Saying something like, "Money wise, she is doing fine," would be using the definition of "way, manner or fashion" for wise. It's basically the equivalent of saying that someone is doing well financially. Saying that a person is "money wise" would be like saying he or she is wise in matters concerning money.

Perhaps the "wise" issue in fundamentally wrong in some way I am not aware of, but it seems to be commonly accepted as a phrase.

I commonly say "off of" and while it's not correct, I think it may be a regional thing. It's kind of like the midwestern (and possibly southern?) habit of saying things along the lines of, "Where is my coat at?" It's not correct, but somehow it became how many people use it.  

[Igdra]

Wow =) very nice! I appreciate the effort you took! I learned a lot of new things =) (though I can't guarantee that I'll remember them =/)
Thank you! =)  

[Lady Dionish]

I wish I had read this topic before I wrote my English essay. crying  

[Kitsune Kit Kaguya]

Words we are forbidden to use in essays (by my AP English Teacher anyway, I'm not so sure about other teachers.) Remember, for it to be frobidden some one had to use it first. xp

Calling the reader you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves

Basically

Actually

Really

Hisself-NOT A WORD

Ourself-NO SUCH WORD

Themself- WHY DO AP STUDENTS KEEP MAKING UP WORDS?

Finally, don't mix up then and than. Then is a time sequence, than is a comparison. This scares me. AP English Students make these mistakes. eek