"Anyway" is an actual dictionary word, "anyways" is slang, an attempt at sounding cute. Same with anyhow and anywho. "Anywho" is not a proper word. I don't mind "anywho" because it's obviously a "cutism." But "anyways" is so close to the actual word that it sounds like they don't know any better in many cases.Lily90x said:What's the difference between anyway, anyways, anyhow and anywho, anyway? ^^
I never figured that out.
Yeah but your naked most of the time so no one notices you talking :whistle: :hello2:AmberCutie said:.... Anywho....
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I'm guilty of using anyways or anywho as opposed to the correct version.
FTFYNeudiin said:Yeah butAmberCutie said:.... Anywho....
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I'm guilty of using anyways or anywho as opposed to the correct version.youryou're naked most of the time so no one notices you talking :whistle: :hello2:
wow what a fail on my part :crybaby:AmberCutie said:FTFYNeudiin said:Yeah butAmberCutie said:.... Anywho....
:whistle:
I'm guilty of using anyways or anywho as opposed to the correct version.youryou're naked most of the time so no one notices you talking :whistle: :hello2:
That's ok, it made me smile.Neudiin said:wow what a fail on my part :crybaby:AmberCutie said:FTFYNeudiin said:Yeah butAmberCutie said:.... Anywho....
:whistle:
I'm guilty of using anyways or anywho as opposed to the correct version.youryou're naked most of the time so no one notices you talking :whistle: :hello2:
"Calves" is the correct plural for both meanings.ElaySmith said:I was just writing in another thread here on the forum and realized I didn't know the correct use of a word I wanted to use so maybe you guys can help me.
In the thread I was speaking of "Calf muscles" what is the plural of Calf? Calves? or is that only correct when you are speaking of a baby cow?
Oops! You posted this just before I answered your previous post.ElaySmith said:I found this website while trying to research it myself and thought some of y'all may enjoy it as well.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-plural-of-calf-is-calves-or-is-it/
Nordling said:Oops! You posted this just before I answered your previous post.ElaySmith said:I found this website while trying to research it myself and thought some of y'all may enjoy it as well.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-plural-of-calf-is-calves-or-is-it/
The one that I still struggle to remember sometimes is "roofs" vs "rooves." The correct version just seems wrong. lol
LadyLuna said:wear, where
Nordling said:"Consensus of opinion." It's redundant; just say "consensus."
Bocefish said:Moot
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Mute
In the common phrase moot point, moot means(1) of no importance or (2) merely hypothetical. This is where moot most often gets confused with the adjective mute, meaning (1) refraining from making sound or (2) silent. Mute point doesn’t make sense.
FrecklesXxX said:[...]
One that REALLY gets my goat is "should of" (which doesn't even fucking make sense). The problem is that it sounds like should've, which is a contraction of "should" and "have".
Example:
I should've paid more attention in English class. OR
I should have paid more attention in English class.
=same thing.
Same error is prevalent with "could of" "would of" and "must of". The legit way of saying it is "could have (could've)" "would have (would've)" and "must have (must've)". Get it right!
Mirra said:.... then vs. than
I agree. And yet so many people use then when they mean than. You wouldn't believe how many people type "less then" "better then" etc. The opposite doesn't seem to happen as often but is still maddening when it does.SoTxBob said:Mirra said:.... then vs. than
those aren't even close to the same usage... however... My abysmal typing skills [aka, my fat fingers] don't want to cooperate and frequently switch the A and E's for some reason.....
Very good advice, and what adds to the confusion is that both effect and affect have verb and noun usages.LadyLuna said:This is the best place I can think to put this...
LADY LUNA'S GUIDE TO AFFECT VS EFFECT
a is for action, so affect is an action-word, or verb.
If, when you change the sentence to past tense, you write it with an -ed, you want affected. If you are doing it now, you are affecting something. You should NEVER use "effected". Just like you don't "catted", and you don't "catting", you don't "effected" or "effecting". You affected or are affecting.
effect is a noun. You remember this by remembering that affect is the verb, so if it's not a verb, you want to use effect. Thus, it's "special effects", and "I had an effect". If you change the sentence to plural and want to add an "s", then you want effects. Just like you've never owned a run, you've never had an affect.
It gets confusing because of today's trend of switching nouns and verbs. "I went running" is interchangeable with "I had a run". Run has become a noun in the second sentence, but run is supposed to be a verb. Thus, it's how you're using it in a sentence that makes most words a verb or a noun. But with affect and effect, literally the ONLY difference between the two words is that you do affect things or you have an effect.
This is a giant pet peeve of mine, and it's gotten worse... especially since browsers have learned to ignore prefix and suffix with spell check. If the base is a real word, then adding -ed or -ing to it is perfectly acceptable to chrome.