Grammar rant!

[lynnmosher 7,434]

Grrrr!!! Sometimes certain grammar blunders drive me cuckoo! This happens every once in awhile but I've heard it several times in the last couple of days.

 

TAKE vs BRING

 

It's not "bring this to your father" or "bring me home." It's TAKE! I never hear it the other way around. Using take rather than bring. Not ranting at you guys, of course. Just venting!!!  GRRR!!!  

[Chris Brown 107]

27 minutes ago, lynnmosher said:

Grrrr!!! Sometimes certain grammar blunders drive me cuckoo! This happens every once in awhile but I've heard it several times in the last couple of days.

 

TAKE vs BRING

 

It's not "bring this to your father" or "bring me home." It's TAKE! I never hear it the other way around. Using take rather than bring. Not ranting at you guys, of course. Just venting!!!  GRRR!!!  

I wonder if there is a colloquialism at play here. Are there regions where "bring me home" is a common saying?

[lynnmosher 7,434]

Those were just examples. I couldn't think of anything specific I've heard. Could be though.

[Ky_GirlatHeart 643]

Haha, I can relate! People who use "lie" and "lay" improperly or whatever other words that are REALLY EASY IF THEY'D LEARN IT drive me bananas!

I believe "bring" is movement towards you, and "take" is movement away from you. That's one way to remember it.

 

[suspensewriter 4,966]

I've heard it a lot in the deep south (Arkansas), Lynn.  So maybe like Chris says, its idiomatic.

[EBraten 1,273]

2 hours ago, lynnmosher said:

It's not "bring this to your father" or "bring me home." It's TAKE!

This made me think of Les Miserables.

[carolinamtne 4,322]

Ditto, Lynn. And in writing, "it's" vs. "its" from people writing professionally!

[lynnmosher 7,434]

Oh, that, too! I've read so many headlines lately (and some articles) where the grammar is atrocious! It's like nobody edits or even reads what they've written. Ugh! I have to stop reading. Drives me nuts! 

[Alley 8,137]

6 hours ago, lynnmosher said:

It's not "bring this to your father" or "bring me home." It's TAKE! I never hear it the other way around. Using take rather than bring. Not ranting at you guys, of course. Just venting!!!  GRRR!!!  

The very guilty dyslexic that speaks fluent hill billy is now going to hide in the cookie jar now! 

 

[Ora 88]

Bring me home, country road,

To the place I belong....

[lynnmosher 7,434]

52 minutes ago, Alley said:

The very guilty dyslexic that speaks fluent hill billy is now going to hide in the cookie jar now! 

 

LOL I'm sorry, Alley! Sometimes, we grow with these things.

[lynnmosher 7,434]

4 minutes ago, Ora said:

Bring me home, country road,

To the place I belong....

 

LOL No, no, no!

[Alley 8,137]

1 hour ago, lynnmosher said:

LOL I'm sorry, Alley! Sometimes, we grow with these things.

No need to be sorry. I usually remember this when writing, but this is 100% how I speak. As I said, fluent hill billy!  

[Ragamuffin_John 568]

Thou ventest well!

 

From ivory tower to the boondocks, I hear “compared to” being used to pose two different ideas, things, etc.   So wait:  different things are similar?  “In contrast to” should be used.   But, I sense we think “contrast” is Thurston Howell III usage.

 

And (picky me) there’s the phrase “swell down”.   Might as well say “Inflate down”.  This is the real Deflategate.

 

And you can bring that to the bank!

Edited November 25, 2020 by Ragamuffin_John

[lynnmosher 7,434]

LOL Good ones, Rag!

 

Another irritation? "On accident." Grrrr!!!! I got so aggravated 5 years ago on Facebook that I posted this...

 

[carolinamtne 4,322]

Alley, I've read your writing. You write well, although sometimes the spell checker sends your word down a different path.

[Alley 8,137]

8 hours ago, carolinamtne said:

Alley, I've read your writing. You write well, although sometimes the spell checker sends your word down a different path.

Thanks! And since we are talking autocorrect funnies... 

 

 

[lynnmosher 7,434]

LOLOL Some of the greatest laughs are those finger-f...er...flubs! Love it! I needed a good laugh right now. The cat is driving me bonkers. Must be the smell of the turkey!!!

[Alley 8,137]

3 minutes ago, lynnmosher said:

I needed a good laugh right now. The cat is driving me bonkers.

How about one more since you're in need?  

 

[lynnmosher 7,434]

LOLOL Oh, too funny, Alley! Thank you, sweetie!

 

[Alley 8,137]

Anytime. And Happy Thanksgiving!

[lynnmosher 7,434]

Thank you, dear! And to you as well!

[Sarah Daffy 4,222]

@Alley where do you find these?

[Sarah Daffy 4,222]

This reminds me of a couple of months ago when I was on a call with my doctor and writing down instructions on my phone on how to soak my injured toe and of course wrote “hamsters rip in shreds” instead of “rip washcloth in shreds”.

 

Edited November 27, 2020 by Sarah Daffy

[Alley 8,137]

6 hours ago, Sarah Daffy said:

@Alley where do you find these?

Pinterest. Just remember to add the word clean to the end of your search!! 

Edited November 27, 2020 by Alley