What's your favorite odd-ball thing about the English language?
For me, it's...why do we park in driveways, and drive on parkways....
For me, it's...why do we park in driveways, and drive on parkways....
I'd have to say spelling and pronunciation,
Science disproves this saying. Literally . And I always like to say "we should ask Keith and Sheila Zweifel about that", lol."I before E except after C" except that's total crap. What a dumb saying.
My theory on this, and what I've always taught my son is : If you're using it in the context for which it was meant, then it isn't a curse word. It's only if you use it in a derogitory way."Bad" words, which is probably more a social thing than a language thing. I don't understand why poop & feces are OK but sh*t isn't - it all means the same thing. And sex, intercourse, f*ck. Donkey, mule, booty, butt, bottom, a*s.
Ditto!Now, commas aren't used between certain words, or even much at all. But, I will still use them.
Exactly!For me, it is all the homonyms, like led and lead, for example.
When my son was a junior in high school, I was talking with his English teacher. She told me that the rules for commas have changed and that she is to teach the limited comma rule.The comma has not gone away. The Chicago Manual of Style, which is used by publishing houses keeps it sacrosanct, while other style manuals for science and newspapers have done away with it in some instances. Check this out the next time you read a book.
We call them roommates.until I realised they were talking about what we call 'housemates'.