Thread: sell vs sale

dude i'm with you on that one! its so simple, yet to some people its so complex! lol i mean SRSLY! one is a noun and the other a verb. two totally different words!

Don't even get me started on "to," "two," and "too"

Its rediculous sometimes... Really not that hard to remember the different meanings of the words.

Originally Posted by YFZsandrider

Don't even get me started on "to," "two," and "too"

Its rediculous sometimes... Really not that hard to remember the different meanings of the words.

Since we're on grammatical errors on the forum, I have to say YFZ, rediculous?

ridicuous

I am right there with you. Also there their are big ones for me. But the worst is "your" instead of "you're" that kills me.

Originally Posted by rccola712

Since we're on grammatical errors on the forum, I have to say YFZ, rediculous?

ridicuous

oh... yeah, your rite.

must be becuase the 'e' and the 'i' are right next to each other on the keyb.... oh, wait.

Well, that's a spelling mistake, anyway... not a grammatical error

The one that gets me is the mix up with "then" and "than".

Oh yeah, the mag vs. clip annoys me the most.

Let's not forget their, there, and they're.

effect, affect...

On one of my rifle forums it must be against the law to use the term "brake" to describe a recoil/blast reducing device attached to the end of a rifle barrel! Every !**&$^&$& on there uses "break". Makes me think they must all be from Gaston County! lol

Having flashbacks to English class.

Originally Posted by bruce333

rant mode on:

Did I miss something? Have the use of these 2 words interchanged with each other?

I see it all the time on forum posts and not just from one area of the Country and not just here, but everywhere.

for example:

"I have one for sell" should be sale

or

"I want to sale mine." should be sell

Do people really not hear how odd that sounds?

...How 'bout if I want to sale my boat?

Originally Posted by tropicmaster

On one of my rifle forums it must be against the law to use the term "brake" to describe a recoil/blast reducing device attached to the end of a rifle barrel! Every !**&$^&$& on there uses "break". Makes me think they must all be from Gaston County! lol

I've noticed a lot of people will talk about brake in of there guns.

...Not to mention the famous muzzle break.

Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1

...Not to mention the famous muzzle break.

Thats what I mean! Every one of them use what you said. Grrrrrr

Makes me want to break a muzzle brake over their head!

My big one, which comes out this time of the year in the north... SLEDDING. how the !@## DO YOU GET A VERB OUT OF A NOUN. Yes I use Sliding or sleigh riding, everyone i know looks at me like i have @ heads on my shoulders, but hey, my mom was a remedial reading and math teacher.

I try but I know I make mistakes especially if there's alcohol involved.

Originally Posted by niadhf

My big one, which comes out this time of the year in the north... SLEDDING. how the !@## DO YOU GET A VERB OUT OF A NOUN. Yes I use Sliding or sleigh riding, everyone i know looks at me like i have @ heads on my shoulders, but hey, my mom was a remedial reading and math teacher.

You're right: It should be "sled riding," or something like that.

However, "sledding" isn't a verb. It's a noun.
Speaking very exactly, it's a gerund, which is a noun formed from a verb by adding "ing." This is perfectly proper usage in English.
But most probably the verb "to sled" is a very old back formation from the noun "sled."
(A "back formation" is something that never existed before—and shouldn't exist now—made by taking a proper usage and, by seeming to go back in time, using it improperly in another way. For instance, one might believe that the pseudo-verb "to sled" came before the noun "sled.")

My bugaboo in this matter is "parenting," from the pseudo-verb "to parent."
This back formation results from assuming that the noun "parent" comes from the non-existent verb (actually a verb phrase) "to be a parent."
I believe that people who "parent" are incapable of being parents.

Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1

You're right: It should be "sled riding," or something like that.

However, "sledding" isn't a verb. It's a noun.
Speaking very exactly, it's a gerund, which is a noun formed from a verb by adding "ing." This is perfectly proper usage in English.
But most probably the verb "to sled" is a very old back formation from the noun "sled."
(A "back formation" is something that never existed before—and shouldn't exist now—made by taking a proper usage and, by seeming to go back in time, using it improperly in another way. For instance, one might believe that the pseudo-verb "to sled" came before the noun "sled.")

My bugaboo in this matter is "parenting," from the pseudo-verb "to parent."
This back formation results from assuming that the noun "parent" comes from the non-existent verb (actually a verb phrase) "to be a parent."
I believe that people who "parent" are incapable of being parents.

then

I hated English studies.

While we're here in English class, I've never understood the use of "an" with "historic"; is there a problem with the more common "a historic"?

Originally Posted by MLB

While we're here in English class, I've never understood the use of "an" with "historic"; is there a problem with the more common "a historic"?

Because of the way that "H" is pronounced, sometimes using "an" instead of "a" just sounds better.
When one says "a historic..." there is an awkward catch in the mouth between the "a" and "historic." However, when one says "an historic..." one can elide the two words comfortably, and it "slides trippingly on the tongue." This depends upon not coming down too hard on the "h."

This is more a matter of rhetoric than it is of English usage.

Further, "H" is one of those consonants which sometimes seem to act as vowels. "W" and "Y" are other ones.

Originally Posted by Todd

Let's not forget their, there, and they're.

Okay I'm guilty of this one.

I also get my "T" days constrafused (Tuesday and Thursday) but strangely I am always right on top of Friday especially around beer thirty. Confessions of a Tuefelhunden! I feel so liberated getting that off my chest.

Originally Posted by Tuefelhunden

...Confessions of a Tuefelhunden!...

Yeah, but since I know some German grammar too, I gotta point out that "tuefelhunden" is plural.
So it can't be "a tuefelhunden."
Worse, the actual word is teufelhund. You have transposed the first "e" and the first "u."

So, are you ein teufelhund, or are you several teufelhunden?
Multiple personalities, anyone?

Originally Posted by YFZsandrider

oh... yeah, your rite.

must be becuase the 'e' and the 'i' are right next to each other on the keyb.... oh, wait.

Well, that's a spelling mistake, anyway... not a grammatical error

you're?

Originally Posted by dosborn

Oh yeah, the mag vs. clip annoys me the most.

i'm guilty of that one... mainly because i'm a self proclaimed noob lol

Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1

...How 'bout if I want to sale my boat?

sail? lol nice one

Originally Posted by Todd

I've noticed a lot of people will talk about brake in of there guns.

their?

lol sorry, i had to.