Grammar nazis and mastering crap

[Texashiker]

Language is complicated because we have so many complicated things to say.

Lets use these two words as an example - though and thought.

Same word, but the "t" on the end gives the two words a totally different meaning.

I though about the book.

I thought about the book.

The two sentences have a different meaning by a simple t.

Its as if english was designed by a town idiot.

 

[Fausto]

Lets use these two words as an example - though and thought.

Same word, but the "t" on the end gives the two words a totally different meaning.

I though about the book.

I thought about the book.

The two sentences have a different meaning by a simple t.

Its as if english was designed by a town idiot.

Don't you have some printers to fix, Corky?

 

[Texashiker]

Don't you have some printers to fix, Corky?

I am working on some laptops so they can be used with our new medical records software.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Free clue: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ok

That particular definition and etymology is not okay, OK?

 

[Rakewell]

Lets use these two words as an example - though and thought.

Same word, but the "t" on the end gives the two words a totally different meaning.

I though about the book.

I thought about the book.

The two sentences have a different meaning by a simple t.

Its as if english was designed by a town idiot.

?

One is correct (though) and the other is incorrect (thought.)

 

[Texashiker]

?

One is correct (though) and the other is incorrect (thought.)

Why do you suggest someone thinking about a book is incorrect? Yesterday I thought about a book I read a couple of years ago.

You are not addressing why miniscule changes make a large impact on the english language.

another example - read, read, red

 

[OinkBoink]

I live in India and I love the English language. I've inculcated the habit of being as grammatically precise as possible while writing because I like to express myself in a logical and coherent manner. This isn't something I used to do when I was young. I was pretty lax about my grammar. I'm obviously not perfect, but I try to learn as much as I can.

Funny thing is, there's a sort of divide here between people who are fluent in English and those who aren't. If you go to a rural area and speak English, people will think you're trying to show off.

Growing up in urban India, using English was commonplace for me. When I was 16, I moved to a boys hostel full of rural/small town folk (some of them were like Indian rednecks) where a guy threatened to beat me up if I ever spoke English near him again. That was kinda awkward.

I guess the average American associates Indian English speakers with horrible accents and grammar that are difficult to understand but this isn't the case with everyone here. Depends on many factors like where you grew up, where you did your schooling, how much exposure you had to the language etc.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Lets use these two words as an example - though and thought.

Same word, but the "t" on the end gives the two words a totally different meaning.

I though about the book.

I thought about the book.

The two sentences have a different meaning by a simple t.

Its as if english was designed by a town idiot.

The thought of what we could do if we were to think about things more thoroughly has thrown me to... no through the floor, though that is not as tough to take as knowing that the hick hiker is the one that won here. I am touched.

Touche, sir, touche.

 

[Rakewell]

Why do you suggest someone thinking about a book is incorrect? Yesterday I thought about a book I read a couple of years ago.

You are not addressing why miniscule changes make a large impact on the english language.

another example - read, read, red

Texas, in order for two sentences to have different meanings, they both have to be correct.

"I 'though' of the book" makes no sense. "Though" is a conjunction, or adverb. "Thought" is a verb, so "I 'thought' of the book" is correct.

They're two different fucking words!

If you think English is the only language that has words slightly different, think again. Let's take one example:

In Italian "Pena" means "sorrow", "sadness", or "worry". On the other hand, "Penna" means "feather", "pen", quill", or sometimes "penis".

One letter: N.

Catch my drift?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

...english was designed by a town idiot.

No, you were designed by the town idiot; English has evolved.

 

[Texashiker]

"I 'though' of the book" makes no sense. "Though" is a conjunction, or adverb. "Thought" is a verb, so "I 'thought' of the book" is correct.

They're two different fucking words!

Can you think outside the box, rather then regurgitate what you have been told?

Why does a simple t change the entire meaning two words that are spelled so similar?

 

[olds]

Can you think outside the box, rather then regurgitate what you have been told?

Why does a simple t change the entire meaning two words that are spelled so similar?

Motherfuck they raise some illiterate people in Texas.

 

[Gibsons]

Can you think outside the box, rather then regurgitate what you have been told?

Why does a simple t change the entire meaning two words that are spelled so similar?

Than.

 

[Rakewell]

Can you think outside the box, rather then regurgitate what you have been told?

Why does a simple t change the entire meaning two words that are spelled so similar?

Texas, I think you're a good guy. And I'm not trying to make you feel stupid.

But you're not just arguing against the English language, here: You're arguing against language.

 

[Fausto]

Texas, I think you're a good guy. And I'm not trying to make you feel stupid.

But you're not just arguing against the English language, here: You're arguing against language.

This will definitely not go over his head.

 

[Red Storm]

Can you think outside the box, rather then regurgitate what you have been told?

Why does a simple t change the entire meaning two words that are spelled so similar?

So what you're asking for is entirely different sounding words... for all words? Can you not see how much harder and more complicated that makes language?

 

[Schfifty Five]

Every time I read one of OP's posts, I think to myself, "ok, no way he can get any more stupid." Yet somehow he proves me wrong with each subsequent post.

 

[Texashiker]

So what you're asking for is entirely different sounding words... for all words? Can you not see how much harder and more complicated that makes language?

How did the english langauge evolve to be so complex?

Maybe it was all the ale they drank in the middle ages?