Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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Doesn't it just drive you insane when someone tells you that Mr. Smith's O2 STAT is 96%?

It's O2 SAT people! Sat, short for saturation. I even hear respiratory therapists saying this. I am sooooo tempted to say something next time, but I know it's just petty, so I needed to vent here. Thank you.

I stand corrected on the' a lot ' issue. thanks! how 's this? he immigrated to the USA;He is an emmigrant. sue

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suespets said:
I stand corrected on the' a lot ' issue. thanks! how 's this? he immigrated to the USA;He is an emmigrant. sue

Correct ? Since we are in the USA the emigrants immigrate here. However if you moved out of the country to say London then you emigrated to London. Their of course you would be an immigrant.

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And "they" say the Asian language is thr toughest!!!!!!!!

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Nah.

According to the U.S. Government and the Army...

Languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center are categorized 1-5. The only level 5 language is English. Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Farsi among others are category 4 and then only because the writing is reversed and use a completely different lexicon.

English is the hardest because our rules are nonsensical and have no structure. Every other language has a formal conjugation structure.

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suespets said:
I stand corrected on the' a lot ' issue. thanks! how 's this? he immigrated to the USA;He is an emmigrant. sue

I always remember this because is 7th grade English class Mr France would write "a" on one side of the board and "lot" all the way on the other side when people got it wrong.

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Another big one is everyday/every day.

Every day means each day.

Everyday is an adjective synonymous with routinely and typically.

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would you use every day in a sentence? I can't think of any ever day that isn't also repetitive or typical. sue

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suespets said:
would you use every day in a sentence? I can't think of any ever day that isn't also repetitive or typical. sue

I run every day. Running is an everyday activity for me. ?

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Stanley-RN2B said:
Sorry to burst your bubble. It is 'A lot' as in 'I exercise a lot.' (Had to edit bust. You burst bubbles, not bust).

Sorry, Stanley, sorry to bust/burst your bubble, but "bust" is okay (see dictionary.com). 

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stanley-rn2b said:
correct ? since we are in the usa the emigrants immigrate here. however if you moved out of the country to say london then you emigrated to london. their of course you would be an immigrant.

Did you do that just to see if you could make me puke?? lol!

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I see it, but don't get it! To me, they are both terms denoting repetition, or a typical event.

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mom4josh said:
Sorry, Stanley, sorry to bust/burst your bubble, but "bust" is okay (see dictionary.com). 

Bust/Busted are non-standard English (Read: Slang)

Burst is the proper word to use. Adding slang to a dictionary doesn't really make it correct.

As for their/thier, that is solely a typing error. Many of my posts have letters switched and I am usually way to lazy to edit it.

Another common misuse of non-standard English is dinner and supper. They are NOT interchangeable and are not the same thing.

Dinner is the chief meal of the day usually eaten midday or in the evening.

Supper is a light meal taken in the evening IF dinner has already been eaten.

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