I can't take it anymore. Part 2 (grammar, quote)

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by Lunar Delta

I really can't stand preposition dropping. It drives me nuts. My room mate will say things like "The trash needs taken out" and I just give her the weirdest look every time because it's just such a bizarre thing to hear.

Funny thing, I never once in my whole life heard people speak like this until I moved to the west coast.

Originally Posted by Retriever

If you follow any of the car maintenance-oriented forums, you are likely to see many people who write that their oil, or transmission fluid, or coolant, or...whatever..."needs changed". I have to say that I never encountered this type of usage until I started following blogs and such online, but this phenomenon of preposition-dropping does seem to be very frequent...of late.

I'm not sure if this is strictly a west-coast phenomenon, but you may be correct.

I think this usage is not so much dropping the to be: the trash needs to be taken out as it is changing ing to en or ed: the trash needs taking out or the oil needs changing.

[Nonchalance]

because of the ink spilling when shaked not suitable for regular use

Shaked, not stirren.

[suzy_q2010]

... for the shear delight of it.

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

... for the shear delight of it.

Just a cutting remark, I suppose...

[Nicci6Squirrels]

From an article on EDUCATION in The Beaufort Gazette today:

Are your little one's getting ready for school? Their teachers are.

[Nonchalance]

Originally Posted by Nicci6Squirrels

From an article on EDUCATION in The Beaufort Gazette today:

Are your little one's getting ready for school? Their teachers are.

Evidently, there teacher's ain't.

[Rob Allen]

There teachers r reddy, its the newspaper reportor's and editer's that ain't.

[Rubi3]

"I can't fain interest easily and sometimes find it difficult to actually enjoy..."

It's a mistake not likely to be made by a person who reads a lot.

[Nonchalance]

Originally Posted by Rubi3

"I can't fain interest easily and sometimes find it difficult to actually enjoy..."

It's a mistake not likely to be made by a person who reads a lot.

I fain would lie down.

[MJJersey]

My grammar is not always perfect, but I will vent a bit on this issue. The word "disinterested" does not mean what so many people think it means. On a related note, there is no such thing as September 31st!