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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Grammer stinks whomever you are



That video is not only a classic Office moment, but it also touches on my all-time least favorite subject in school, grammar. It is such a confusing, BORING subject that I suppose is necessary, but I I would rather just learn through experience than have to gruel through grammar rules in school. In fact, I used to not even know how to spell the word and would always put "grammer" and my teachers would always correct it and chuckle to themselves over the irony I'm sure. Going back to the video, I have NEVER been able to tell when to use who vs. whom. It's impossible to tell I think and I agree with Creed that whom is a made up word to trick students.

Even in SPANISH I had trouble with grammar! Preterite and imperfect? Yeah, never understood it. I just guessed every time and got about a 60% on the quiz which I thought was pretty good considering the odds. My only B in all of high school was in Spanish IV a result of not being able to understand, you guessed it, grammar. Obnoxious. Who needs two forms of the past tense anyways? Where was I on Saturday? I WAS in California. I use "was" whether I was there for a week or permanently there, there is no change in verbs. That's how it should be.

I talk all this trash about grammar but if someone uses a word incorrectly or picks the improper form do I correct them? You bettcha. More of a habit and a tease I'd say, but still something that I often do. Call me a hypocrite or what you may, but it's kind of fun you should try it some time. Even if you're not right people will usually just go with it. No one likes grammar.

P.S. Thanks Kayle for passing along the video. By the way, whilst is a great word no matter what you say!

7 comments:

  1. from the person who insists on saying "Me & Kaley went shopping" instead of Kaley & I went shopping. You are killing me!

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  2. hey we all know who's the most important person in a sentence ;) I just think you sound too snooty when you insist on always using correct grammar...there's a way to write and a separate way to speak!

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  3. haha I laughed out loud at "my only b in school" haha you little dork =) I love it though haha and it cracks me up when you correct me all the time beacuse well, I don't care! hahaha and I love that video. they get so easily distracted. no work gets done at all.

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  4. oh and that technically wasn't even a B because it was an honors class or something so a B counts as a A haha =)

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  5. when Kelly says "Ryan used me as an object" I bust up. Love that clip. Haha and I correct people too even though half the time I don't know what I'm doing :)

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  6. I don't know the who/whom thing that well either, but what really gets me is the affect/effect thing. haha

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  7. affect/effect is easy emily! Effect is used as a noun, and affect is a verb...."That movie has really good special effects." "I am really affected by the earthquake in Haiti." There now you'll be a pro :) Oh and Christine that makes me bust up laughing as well...and thanks for defending me Kaley :)

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