| vtsaogames | 20 Jul 2015 7:58 a.m. PST |
Rant on: Peninsular is an adjective, peninsula is a noun.
The Peninsular War was fought in the Iberian Peninsula (not the Peninsular). Postmen walk a route, panicked soldiers rout. Calvary is another name for Golgotha, scene of the crucifixion while cavalry are mounted soldiers. Rant off. |
| Schogun | 20 Jul 2015 8:04 a.m. PST |
Add to the list the correct pronunciation of "melee." may-lay or mel-ay Not mee-lee. My rant off. |
| JimDuncanUK | 20 Jul 2015 8:10 a.m. PST |
Postmen here walk a 'walk' but otherwise you are largely correct. When I was working I used to check over web paragraphs written by academic staff who were in professorial positions. I used to 'shudder' at the spelling and the grammar. And it sometimes gets much worse for those who did not get an intense educational experience. |
Dave Jackson  | 20 Jul 2015 8:29 a.m. PST |
It's "a couple OF things…" not "a couple things…"…. 1 rant done…. |
 etotheipi  | 20 Jul 2015 8:29 a.m. PST |
Uhm … the "backwards R" and "backwards "N" in the Cyrillic alphabet are not only not R's and N's, but also not consonants. And the P isn't a P. It's an R Rant off for me. Everyone else … rant on! |
| Supercilius Maximus | 20 Jul 2015 9:10 a.m. PST |
Ga(i)tors are reptiles, not leg coverings. |
| Muncehead | 20 Jul 2015 9:53 a.m. PST |
"I could HAVE done it" not "I could of…" |
| RittervonBek | 20 Jul 2015 10:26 a.m. PST |
"Lieb" instead of "Leib"!grrrrr! |
| John the Greater | 20 Jul 2015 10:45 a.m. PST |
Troops fail their "morale". Whether it is "moral" is a matter for theologians to decide. |
| abelp01 | 20 Jul 2015 10:48 a.m. PST |
It's "valla con Dios" NOT "viya con Dios" |
| JimDuncanUK | 20 Jul 2015 12:20 p.m. PST |
@Abel Google suggests: Vaya Con Dios link What are we talking about here? |
| John the Greater | 20 Jul 2015 1:13 p.m. PST |
It's "valla con Dios" NOT "viya con Dios" I think you mean Valhalla con dios |
| zoneofcontrol | 20 Jul 2015 1:48 p.m. PST |
"Scuze me while I kiss the sky." Not, "Scuze me while I kiss this guy." Jimmy Hendrix – Purple Haze |
| Supercilius Maximus | 20 Jul 2015 2:16 p.m. PST |
"I could HAVE done it" not "I could of…" And in similar vein – "I'm fed up WITH telling you not to do that" not "I'm fed up OF telling you……" |
 Extra Crispy | 20 Jul 2015 3:21 p.m. PST |
Using an apostrophe to indicate a plural. It's trucks NOT truck's! //rant |
| Navy Fower Wun Seven | 20 Jul 2015 11:54 p.m. PST |
"Don't matter, do it, lovely?" |
| Winston Smith | 21 Jul 2015 5:52 a.m. PST |
Using an apostrophe to indicate a plural. It's trucks NOT truck's!//rant
Or here on TMP, mini's. |
| Kelly Armstrong | 21 Jul 2015 5:55 a.m. PST |
their, their, it will be alright. |
| JimDuncanUK | 21 Jul 2015 6:54 a.m. PST |
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| Jemima Fawr | 21 Jul 2015 8:26 a.m. PST |
'Peninsular' and 'Peninsula' were both used as nouns at the time and personal accounts are full of "When I was in the Peninsular…". The use of 'Peninsular' as a noun is therefore correct in a historical context. Just don't get me started on 'turrents'… …or people who write "Here here!" (Where? Where?) |
| Andy Skinner | 21 Jul 2015 8:48 a.m. PST |
I could care less about these rants!
(But just a little bit less.) It literally blows my mind!
(Excuse me while I get the mop.) andy |
| Kelly Armstrong | 21 Jul 2015 10:06 a.m. PST |
Yes, of coarse that was sarcasm . . . it never ends. |
| etotheipi | 21 Jul 2015 10:28 a.m. PST |
…or people who write "Here here!" (Where? Where?)
They're they're! Obivously. |
| JimDuncanUK | 21 Jul 2015 12:35 p.m. PST |
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| Supercilius Maximus | 22 Jul 2015 4:35 a.m. PST |
Peninsula
Peninsula
Peninsulam
Peninsulae
Peninsulae
Peninsula(r) Peninsulae
Peninsulae
Peninsulas
Peninsularum
Peninsulis
Peninsulis Damn, but I HATED Latin at school. |
| Winston Smith | 22 Jul 2015 5:21 a.m. PST |
Good thing it's not third declension. |
| vtsaogames | 22 Jul 2015 2:49 p.m. PST |
The use of 'Peninsular' as a noun is therefore correct in a historical context Hmm, allowing the hiftorical ufe of fpelling and grammar today? Fince I have two armief for the American Revolution, perhapf I can ufe period fpelling and fuch in modern timef. My kingdom for a horfe! Oh, too far back in the miftf of time… |
| Jemima Fawr | 22 Jul 2015 6:59 p.m. PST |
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| Supercilius Maximus | 24 Jul 2015 5:45 a.m. PST |
This thread ff uck f big time. |
| abelp01 | 24 Jul 2015 8:00 p.m. PST |
LOL, Yep, I dropped the ball on that one, yet it's still not "viya". |
| holdit | 26 Jul 2015 2:45 a.m. PST |
"I couldn't care less", not "I could care less" (which actually makes no sense). "Simple as that", not "Simple as" "End of story" not "End of" "Coup de grace" not "Coupe de grace" |
| etotheipi | 26 Jul 2015 3:46 a.m. PST |
What about the VW coupe de Grace? She lets me borrow it when she's out of town on business… |
| Footslogger | 27 Jul 2015 3:21 a.m. PST |
Just stop calling me Shirley. More important than any of these, how about
"I want to shamelessly indulge my whims by buying extra figures" instead of the correct "I NEED those new figures". |
| etotheipi | 27 Jul 2015 11:26 a.m. PST |
DOM: Need. I don't think that word means what you think it means. |
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