Asked or axed....really irritates me...it's not I axed him to take me to the store. Unless perhaps he said no and you drove an ax in the top of his head.Although I think it's an American thing...I don't hear it here in Canada, and I doubt you say it in the UK.
Asked or axed....really irritates me...it's not I axed him to take me to the store. Unless perhaps he said no and you drove an axe in the top of his head.Although I think it's an American thing...I don't hear it here in Canada, and I doubt you say it in the UK.
Oh dear! I've used nearly all of those mistakes especially the compliment/complement one.
It's quite a common mistake. Our local surgery had a website page for "Complimentary Medicine" for quite a while until I persuaded them to change it. They are private treatments and are not free of charge!
Asked or axed....really irritates me...it's not I axed him to take me to the store. Unless perhaps he said no and you drove an axe in the top of his head.Although I think it's an American thing...I don't hear it here in Canada, and I doubt you say it in the UK.
It usually has to do with accent. They are using ask but due to accent it sounds like axe. Kind of like how you use aboot eh?
Disinterested is now sliding over into meaning simply uninterested through its constant misuse – partly I think because the idea of being disinterested, that is, involved in something but impartial towards it, is not a very valuable distinction to many people.
Not a valuable distinction? If I were presenting any sort of case for judgement, I'd like the judge to be definitely disinterested, and definitely not uninterested.
Possibly not. I think I've only ever heard "verbal" in the sense of "spoken". I didn't even realise it had another meaning!
It's not 'another' meaning; it's the original one.
I agree with Rhumbatugger's post - these differences between words are important, and it's a pity that a lot of words are just lumped together into a lesser meaning.
It generally annoys me. <-- a rule. As in, this sort of thing tends to annoy me.
It genuinely annoys me. <-- an emphasis. As in, it really/honestly/truly/deeply annoys me.
It generally annoys me. <-- a rule. As in, this sort of thing tends to annoy me.
It genuinely annoys me. <-- an emphasis. As in, it really/honestly/truly/deeply annoys me.
I think the poster meant more when, for example, someone says "I generally mean that" trying to emphasize how genuine they are, but getting it completely wrong!
I think the poster meant more when, for example, someone says "I generally mean that" trying to emphasize how genuine they are, but getting it completely wrong!
Oh, my. I haven't come across that one before. Easy to see why it's listed here. Thanks for that clarification.
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I feel the same. I understand that people spell it wrongly, but using a completely different word
Pisses me off to be honest.
Ax? Let me guess, Noah Webster.
Some of his classics which failed, fortunately:
ache ake
soup soop
sleigh sley
sponge spunge
tongue tung
cloak cloke
determine determin
women wimmen
fixed it...really was a mistake from typing too fast
I think it is heard in the UK. But it's a dialect thing, not a mix-up. "Ax" as a variant of "ask" goes right back to Chaucer!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
The past tense of "lie" is "lay", so it's correct to say "I lay down yesterday for a while", but it still doesn't sound quite right to me!
Possibly not. I think I've only ever heard "verbal" in the sense of "spoken". I didn't even realise it had another meaning!
It's quite a common mistake. Our local surgery had a website page for "Complimentary Medicine" for quite a while until I persuaded them to change it. They are private treatments and are not free of charge!
Here's one surgery that hasn't yet picked up on the mistake.
http://www.combedownsurgery.co.uk/Complimentary_Medicine.php
It usually has to do with accent. They are using ask but due to accent it sounds like axe. Kind of like how you use aboot eh?
Not a valuable distinction? If I were presenting any sort of case for judgement, I'd like the judge to be definitely disinterested, and definitely not uninterested.
It's not 'another' meaning; it's the original one.
I agree with Rhumbatugger's post - these differences between words are important, and it's a pity that a lot of words are just lumped together into a lesser meaning.
It's still another meaning from the one I'm used to!
It's a shame about "disinterested", but doesn't "impartial" fill the gap?
I have sometimes seen "Pre-madonna" instead of "Prima Donna"
It is indeed another meaning.
On your other point, to me "impartial" relates to the parties concerned, while "disinterested" relates to the issue.
That's just me, though; I could be totally wrong.
You lay birds, too.
Depends, surely?
It generally annoys me. <-- a rule. As in, this sort of thing tends to annoy me.
It genuinely annoys me. <-- an emphasis. As in, it really/honestly/truly/deeply annoys me.
What's even more confusing is when they type "I defiantly agree". That is surely oxymoronic, right? If you are being defiant, how can you also agree?
I think the poster meant more when, for example, someone says "I generally mean that" trying to emphasize how genuine they are, but getting it completely wrong!
Must = internal obligation, 'have to' = external.
In spite of and despite.
Although it's not words, I do get annoyed when people use the semicolon incorrectly.
Oh, my. I haven't come across that one before. Easy to see why it's listed here. Thanks for that clarification.
Also, I've noticed some people use either when they mean neither:
"I don't like Katie Price"
"Me either" (instead of "Me neither"/"Neither do I")
However, I have used the phase "violently agree" for humourous/cynical effect (shamelessly stolen from Drop the Dead Donkey)
http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/english-mistakes/loose-vs-lose/