"PT" means Physical Therapist. If you cannot bring yourself to type out "patient", the correct abbreviation is "pt".
It's LOSE your license, not "loose" your license. I've seen this one so often I'm starting to type "loose" myself.
"Needless to say" means it is so obvious that you don't even need to point it out. Why do people persist on using this when it is neither obvious or even remotely likely?
Another one that drives me mad is using 'an' instead of and. Yeah, I understand 'n' instead of 'and' in a text, but there are people who use 'an' instead of 'and' in a lot of things other than texting, and I want to say 'Do you not even understand the difference, or is it really just so difficult to type that 'd' on there'?
And 'to' when they mean 'too'?!? I have a cousin with a master's degree who writes that all the time.
Am also seeing a trend of adding the suffix 'ATION' to many words, like 'colorATION. It's the 'color' blue, not 'colorATION' blue. I can't think of others but they are out there. TV people are big abusers.
I'm also seeing a trend of adding the suffix 'ATION' to many words, like 'colorATION. It's the 'color' blue, not 'colorATION' blue. I can't think of others but they are out there. And it's becoming quite entrenched. TV people are big abusers. Makes the fillings in my teeth vibrate!!!
As someone else commented, grammar is just not being taught anymore. Improper use of pronouns, particularly I & me.
I'm also seeing a trend of adding the suffix 'ATION' to many words, like 'colorATION. It's the 'color' blue, not 'colorATION' blue. I can't think of others but they are out there. And it's becoming quite entrenched. TV people are big abusers. Makes the fillings in my teeth vibrate!!!
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While it might have been misused, coloration is a proper word.
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"It's a doggy dog world."
Yes, I have seen that several times. How do people use that phrase when obviously, they don't know what it means?
People use a lot of phrases that they obviously don't understand. But that one makes me grind my teeth as well, and was in one of the three posts that started me off on this rant in the first place. The one about the PT's tattoo being a HIPPA violation is another.. (No, discussing the physical therapist's tattoo is not a HIPAA violation!)
While non-standard usage, both conversate and irregardless are real, and becoming more accepted. Having said that, I have to say that I completely agree with you as to all three.
And while we're on the subject, whatever happened to the comma, particularly the Oxford comma.
Ain't is also in the dictionary but not proper English. If people choose to accept it then good for them. I will continue to pass.
English is a living language, so people being consistently wrong can actually make something right over time. All these people ya'll are complaining about are simply progressive.
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Another one that drives me mad is using 'an' instead of and. Yeah, I understand 'n' instead of 'and' in a text, but there are people who use 'an' instead of 'and' in a lot of things other than texting, and I want to say 'Do you not even understand the difference, or is it really just so difficult to type that 'd' on there'?
And 'to' when they mean 'too'?!? I have a cousin with a master's degree who writes that all the time.