Where have the pedants gone?

STEFANOS4784

Just guna see how many replies by the time i get home(on bus as forgot lights )
I remember everyone pointing out any stupid mstake even though it made sense :?

So have you all pulled your heads out ur arses or what?

STEFANOS4784

P.s you've probably helped me a bit

pneumatic

Surely that should be: "Where have the pedants gone to." 8)

desweller

'Your' is spelt with a 'y' and 'o' as well as 'u' and 'r'.

I should also point out that, if you're going to use 'gonna' rather than 'going to' (makes me feel dirty just typing it), at least spell it correctly.

Is that better? ;-)

jamespiggot

Did you deliberately spell 'mistake' incorrectly just to see whether somebody would react, in which you have succeeded.

desweller

jamespiggot wrote:

Did you deliberately spell 'mistake' incorrectly just to see whether somebody would react, in which case you have succeeded.

Fixed that for you.

finchy

pneumatic wrote:

Surely that should be: "Where have the pedants gone to." 8)

Ending a sentence with a preposition? Hang your head in shame, you pathetic excuse for a human being.

pneumatic

johnfinch wrote:

pneumatic wrote:

Surely that should be: "Where have the pedants gone to." 8)

Ending a sentence with a preposition? Hang your head in shame, you pathetic excuse for a human being.

OK:

Surely that should be: "Where have all the pedants gone to, asshole!"

(no offence, it is just the punchline to one of my favourite jokes)

cycologist

I immediately concurred with Fast and Bulbous' view that it should have been "where have all the pedants gone to. However, on reflection, i think that "To where have all the pedants gone" may be correct o,r at least, an acceptable alternative.

bompington

"Whither all the pedants?" is the one I'd have putted my name to.

pneumatic

Whither the pedants?

obviously, the 'h' is vital.

antfly

My pedantic days are over, it would be a full time job pointing out all the mistakes on here and one would live in constant fear of being hoist by one`s own petard, wouldn`t one?

knedlicky

It’s acceptable in modern English to skip including the ’to’, partly because in its correct grammatical place (‘to where’) it comes over as awkward, and partly as the alternative form ‘whereto’ has (unfortunately) fallen out off common usage.

“One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us,
and whereto our passions transport us;
but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will
are not subject to contradiction.
Repentance is but a denying of our will,
and an opposition of our fantasies.”

Crapaud

Mock us pedants at your peril. Grammar and spelling are important.

Don't believe me? You try telling a small child, at Christmas, why satan's coming down the chimney.

antfly

I see what you did there....took me a while.

bompington

antfly wrote:

I see what you did there....took me a while.

But then your dyslexia is evident from your signature line

Headhuunter

Some of my all time faves on this site are:

Peddle - meaning pedal (peddle means sell)
Break - meaning brake (break means smash, destroy etc)

Also, I've often noticed people say they are "greatful" for advice.

antfly

bompington wrote:

antfly wrote:

I see what you did there....took me a while.

But then your dyslexia is evident from your signature line

Dyslexic indeed, how dare you! If you type fuck that`s what appears on the page.

Anonymous

antfly wrote:

My pedantic days are over, it would be a full time job pointing out all the mistakes on here and one would live in constant fear of being hoist by one`s own petard, wouldn`t one?

I bet you checked what you wrote a few times, I would have, pmsl.

bompington

You must have heard the one about the dyslexic, insomniac agnostic who stayed up all night wondering if there really was a dog

Anonymous

Or the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa.....groan.

antfly

dmclite wrote:

antfly wrote:

My pedantic days are over, it would be a full time job pointing out all the mistakes on here and one would live in constant fear of being hoist by one`s own petard, wouldn`t one?

I bet you checked what you wrote a few times, I would have, pmsl.

Absolutely, the pressure`s unbelievable.

don_don

antfly wrote:

My pedantic days are over, it would be a full time job pointing out all the mistakes on here and one would live in constant fear of being hoist by one`s own petard, wouldn`t one?

hoisted surely?!

antfly

The expression is definitely hoist, i`m pleased to say.

Anonymous

antfly wrote:

The expression is definitely hoist, i`m pleased to say.

The I in " i'm ", should be a capital. Sorry,

Pross

In my neck of the woods the correct terminology would be "where are the pedants to?" and the answer would probably be that they are "over by there" or perhaps "over by yer"

pneumatic

antfly wrote:

The expression is definitely hoist, i`m pleased to say.

Because, when it came to spelling, Shakespeare wasn't a pedant, nor was Chaucer.

I blame Dr Johnson and his dictionary project. That could have killed the language, just as the Academie Francaise killed French. Happily for us, though, the language always proves itself to be more resilient than the linguist.

I read recently of an educated Englishman working in global business, who attends a lot of meetings with people from all over the planet. English is the agreed means of expression. All the non-native speakers understand one another perfectly well; he, on the other hand, finds it really hard to follow the "dialect" they are all using and consequently feels inadequate and stupid.

Scary!

nasahapley

dmclite wrote:

antfly wrote:

The expression is definitely hoist, i`m pleased to say.

The I in " i'm ", should be a capital. Sorry,

Further, I submit that 'hoist' should be in inverted commas, otherwise the reader could take it to mean that the expression in question has been hoist, which is clearly nonsense.

antfly

I realised that but I couldn`t be arsed typing the whole thing.
As for the capital I, i`m not so sure about that.