Grammar Nazi strikes again
posted on April 28, 2010 at 9:42 pm by Khali
Pet peeve: when people use words that sound similar to the word they really mean. Eg. mutilate when they mean mutate. Means a totally different thing. Elevate and relegate. If I ask you what the hell you mean, don’t get mad at me! You’re the one who is too lazy to think of the right word or use one that has less syllables because you’re too busy trying to sound smart.
Also: double negatives. Saying it twice negates the negative dumbass! It doesn’t make it more negative. Example: I haven’t got none. Not only does it make you sound like a hayseed, it means the exact opposite of what you really mean. The worst? Irregardless.
Want a lesson in prefixes and suffixes?? Too bad.
The prefix ir- means “not” (Just like the prefixes in- il- and im-) i.e. Irresponsible literally means ‘not responsible’. Inconceivable, immature follow the same pattern. “Irregard” does not follow the same logic, nor would you ever find someone using it in normal speech because IT IS NOT A WORD. You’d probably hear disregard instead, since the prefix dis- actually means: the reverse of. Dystopia, disarm, disability, disfunction… you get the picture.
the suffix -less literally means ‘lack of’. Following that, harmless = lack of harm. Regardless = lack of regard.
irregardless = a double negative and should not even exist in your vocabulary.
Bottom line: If it comes out of George W.’s mouth on a regular basis then it probably shouldn’t be coming out of yours.
/rant
