Some dealers just flat out need grammar lessons
Distelrath
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I know this topic has been worn out, but this auction actually made me chuckle. Is he an immigrant, perhaps?
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What really irks me are American-born sellers, or people in general, that can't spell or use the English language correctly.
Here's a description from a current eBay auction that makes me laugh!
"This fabulous collection took years to collect by hand. 98% is MINT. There is only 2 complete sets which is the 1987 Tin SET & Updated Set and a 1987 Donruss set sealed".
98% is MINT .... There is only 2 .... complete sets which is ..... (this is an American seller incidentally!)
Yeah, everyone makes a mistake every once in a while, but illiteracy in this country is running rampid, without the help of immigrants.
I doubt if this topic will ever be worn out!
PoppaJ
<< <i>I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to grammar mistakes, especially if it's evident that the seller is foreign.
Yeah, everyone makes a mistake every once in a while, but illiteracy in this country is running rampid, without the help of immigrants.
I doubt if this topic will ever be worn out!
PoppaJ >>
Don't be offended, I'm not picking on you but think it's funny.
The correct word is "rampant".
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<< <i>I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to grammar mistakes, especially if it's evident that the seller is foreign.
Yeah, everyone makes a mistake every once in a while, but illiteracy in this country is running rampid, without the help of immigrants.
I doubt if this topic will ever be worn out!
PoppaJ >>
Don't be offended, I'm not picking on you but think it's funny.
The correct word is "rampant". >>
Funny indeed.
<< <i>One has only to read these very boards to confirm the level of poor grammar and lapse education this country's public school systems provide. eBay is just a reflection on the substantial effort that some folks took to avoid learning and demonstrates their ignorance and/or laziness with regard to proofreading their postings. >>
Most of our schools do a fine job...the problems are at home, not in the schools.
<< <i>This makes me miss Gio. Haha >>
He's here but he's incognito
<< <i>Yes, but he doesn't post with the same flare as the famous Menko Mikan posts. >>
No, but he still has the same poor spelling, and same amount of stupid smiley faces.
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<< <i>Yes, but he doesn't post with the same flare as the famous Menko Mikan posts. >>
No, but he still has the same poor spelling, and same amount of stupid smiley faces. >>
hatter
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<< <i>I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to grammar mistakes, especially if it's evident that the seller is foreign.
Yeah, everyone makes a mistake every once in a while, but illiteracy in this country is running rampid, without the help of immigrants.
I doubt if this topic will ever be worn out!
PoppaJ >>
Don't be offended, I'm not picking on you but think it's funny.
The correct word is "rampant". >>
Jim,
I'm pretty sure rampid is correct. My dictionary shows: rampid ..... turning wild and unchecked.
Rampant means: unrestrained and violent as in "rampant aggression"
Not a big deal, and certainly no offense taken at all.
PoppaJ
Can't blame the public school system with me, I went to private schools.
Blame the rampid pot use.
Steve
At least as far as my private military school education learned me and my 1000 page Websters.
Steve
"....but illiteracy in this country is running rampid, without the help of immigrants...."
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Not to pile on............
But, " rampant" is the most accepted word.
However, "rampid" is a misuse that has been fully integrated into some
dictionaries.
The "Urban Dictionary," which tends to be inclusive of "modern usage" as well
as some correct/traditional use, includes "rampid."
UD, says:
1. rampid
the act of something growing very fast; or spreading through an area quickly
The disease ran rampid throughout the country.
Pirated music is rampid in the internet
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The most common misuse of the word is among folks who have often
heard it spoken, but have not often read it in print. The same is
true for many words that start off wrong, but end up being accepted
as OK simply because everybody misuses them.
In 100-years, it is unlikely that most of us, if we were still alive, would
recognize the ENGLISH language.
Steve
<< <i>I saw the word "rampid" used in a video game. I figured it was slang.
Steve >>
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It started off that way, and became "more accepted."
rampidgaming
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My favorite misuse is the word "mute."
The TV-generation tends to offer, "That is a mute point."
What they mean to say is, "That is a moot point."
The language is modified by speakers much more frequently than by writers.
The language is alive and at the mercy of those who speak it, but seldom
read it. That is not much more true today, than it has been at any other time.
If we go to London, we will have a difficult time understanding what many
of the folks are talking about. Ditto for them when they come to the USA.
<< <i>As a public educator, I must note that "lapse education" is not a very sound grammatical construction. >>
It may not be sound, but it ain't incorrect...
<< <i>That just won't cut the muster !!! >>
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At law, an ordinance must pass Constitutional muster.
It is SUPER common to hear screwball politicians talk about "Constitutional mustard."
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One of my good and friendly pols often tells his associates, "I have reached the pinochle of my success."
I, on the other hand, have not yet reached the pinnacle of my success.
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Main Entry: 1mus·ter
Pronunciation: ˈməs-tər
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mustre, from Anglo-French mostre, monstre, from mustrer
Date: 14th century
1: a representative specimen : sample
2 a: an act of assembling; specifically : formal military inspection b: critical examination c: an assembled group : collection d: inventory
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wikipedia
Cut the mustard
Meaning
To succeed; to come up to expectations.
Origin
Why cutting mustard was chosen as an example of high quality is unclear. As always in such circumstances, there are no shortage of guesses. Some of these allude to the literal difficulty of cutting mustard in its various forms; for example:
- Mustard seed, which is hard to cut with a knife on account of its being small and shiny.
- Mustard plants, which are tough and stringy and grow densely.
- Culinary mustard, which is cut (diluted) and made more palatable by the addition of vinegar.
There is no evidence to support these derivations and they give the impression of having been retro-fitted in an attempt at plausibility.
Another supposed explanation is that the phrase is simply a mistaken version of the military expression 'cut the muster'. This appears believable at first sight. A little research shows it not to be so. Muster is the calling together of soldiers, sailors, prisoners, to parade for inspection or exercise. To cut muster would be a breach of discipline; hardly a phrase that would have been adopted with the meaning of success or excellence. This line of thought appears to have been influenced by confusion with the term 'pass muster', which would have the correct meaning, but which could hardly be argued to be the origin of 'cut the mustard'. The OED, which is the most complete record of the English language, along with all of the other reference works I've checked, don't record 'cut the muster' at all. The fact that documented examples of 'cut the mustard' are known from many years before any for 'cut the muster' would appear to rule out the latter as the origin.
There has been an association between the heat and piquancy of mustard and the zest and energy of people's behaviour. This dates back to at least 1672, when the term 'as keen as mustard' is first recorded. 'Up to mustard' or just 'mustard' means up to standard in the same way as 'up to snuff'. 'Cutting' has also long been used to mean 'exhibiting', as in the phrase 'cutting a fine figure'. Unless some actual evidence is found for the other proposed explanations, the derivation of 'cutting the mustard' as an alternative way of saying 'exhibiting one's high standards' is by far the most likely.
Whatever the coinage, the phrase itself emerged in the USA towards the end of the 19th century. The earliest example in print that I've found is from The Iowa State Reporter, August 1897, in a piece about the rivalry between two Iowa towns:
Dubuque had the crowds, but Waterloo "Cut the Mustard"
The use of quotation marks and the lack of any explanation of the term in that citation imply that 'cut the mustard' was already known to Iowa readers and earlier printed examples may yet turn up.
"Americans should never take their freedoms for granite."
I, on the other hand, often take my good fortunes for granted.
<< <i>And FWIW 'rampid' is NOT a word.
At least as far as my private military school education learned me and my 1000 page Websters.
Steve >>
Sure it's a word. I'll use it in a sentence.
Doctor: What made you fall and injure your knee?
sK8pUnK: That rampid, yo.
<< <i>I once killed a man for ending a sentence with a preposition. >>
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And, writefully so.
sK8pUnK: That rampid, yo.
Word?
Steve
I don't even know who Mr. Hugh Lot is so I can't imagine why I would have a particular interest in his lots of cards.
Snorto~
Edit to add Mr. Hugh Lot.
Here's some funny spelling pics in my bucket.
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<< <i>I culd cair les but gramar . jus de card. >>
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Actually, the correct way to express that sentiment would be:
I culd NUT cair les but gramar . jus de card.
<< <i>I culd cair les but gramar . jus de card. >>
Oh man. You messed up, big time.