Embarrassing Grammar

[sdgregory 0]

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also...many people don't know:
~ the 'T' in 'often' is Silent
~ it should be pronounced 'offen'

Actually

Webster's Unabridged dictionary states that both pronunciations are correct thank you.

quote from Webster's "Often was pronounced with a T sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the t became predominate in the speechof the educated, in both North America and Great Britain, and the earlier pronunciation fell into disfavor. Common use of a spelling pronunciation has since restored the t for many speakers and now both pronunciations exist side-by-side. Although it is sometimes critized by the pompous, often with a T is now so widely heard again from educated speakers that it has become fully standard once again."

Did Webster really use the word "predominate"?

you know I looked at it again and webster wrote ". . . the (t) came to predominate in the speech . . ." I typed wrong. Shame on me.

[sdgregory 0]

melstarr I should very well have put this in there. I italisized it as a joke. I apologize if it seemed more hurtfull than a joke.

You could of course call me Pompous back and we'd be even.

[allisonjr 0]

Yikes....what annoys me is how often people misspell the word "definitely". I have seen people butcher that word by spelling it "definately", "definantly", etc. I never knew that word could be so complicated....

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Alli
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You know I definitively have a problem spelling that word.

Truth be told I am a three finger typist and still type purty damn fast but because I am looking at the keyboard most of the time and cannot type as fast as I think I have more typos than misspellings. I am too lazy soemtimes to spell check. Does that definatlay make me a maroon?