"REFUTE"

[morqthana]

 

[ebee]

Wow I liked that example .
Well done that man !!!

 

[Ihavenojob]

Like, like, like, every other ****ing word is like.

 

[fixitflav]

Why is this modern incorrect use of this term (" I refute that") when they have not refutted it at all?

To refute is to prove that an accusation is wrong and not purely to deny it!

One of my pet hates is reticent when it should be reluctant.
"would of..." for "would have...."
Haitch for aitch
and the Antipodean rising inflection

 

[MNW67]

One of my pet hates is reticent when it should be reluctant.

Very interesting. Reticent is not a word I use very much. I suppose an example might be:

"He was reticent about his private life"

or

"He was reluctant to discuss his private life"

I think those two sentences mean roughly the same thing.

But you shouldn't write:

"He was reticent to discuss his private life"

 

[ebee]

Ok none of us speak perfick but blooming eck some things do annoy. Drawerings is yet another

 

[ebee]

When I was in engineering we used to call it a “picture” rather than a “drawing” but that was a quite deliberate thing we did

 

[Brigadier]

A customer of ours used to send drawings / plans of their buildings.

The area where food was to be consumed was always marked as the "dinning area".

This remained the case until our works with them finished, after almost two decades.

 

[fixitflav]

Very interesting. Reticent is not a word I use very much. I suppose an example might be:

"He was reticent about his private life"

or

"He was reluctant to discuss his private life"

I think those two sentences mean roughly the same thing.

But you shouldn't write:

"He was reticent to discuss his private life"

That's right. Reticent means holding back (in speech or writing).

 

[morqthana]

Very interesting. Reticent is not a word I use very much. I suppose an example might be:

"He was reticent about his private life"

or

"He was reluctant to discuss his private life"

I think those two sentences mean roughly the same thing.

But you shouldn't write:

"He was reticent to discuss his private life"

But if he didn't like his private life, and thought it was wrong, it could be OK to write "He was reluctant about his private life"

 

[morqthana]

"would of..." for "would have...."

You've seen The Grammar Police Mug?

 

[fixitflav]

You've seen The Grammar Police Mug?

No

 

[morqthana]

Search for images - can't post any here as it's NSFW.

 

[fixitflav]

But if he didn't like his private life, and thought it was wrong, it could be OK to write "He was reluctant about his private life"

No it couldn't. You can only be reluctant to do something, not reluctant about something.

 

[fixitflav]

Like, like, like, every other ****ing word is like.

"You know...." runs it a close second