Words/Phrases That Do Not Exist

I've had a long day/night at work, so forgive me, but the frustration level is high, as is the need to vent.

To: Everyone that works with me
From: Arlette
Re: Words that do not exist

Per the subject line, please see below:

1. Anyways: Not a word. Remove the "s", then you're good to go..

2. Supposebly: Is the letter "d" not your friend? Do you hate "d"?

3. Mute: actually is a word, but it means to soften, as in volume. The word you're looking for is "moot". As in moot point. Meaning: irrelevant. If you say "mute point" one more time I will have to kill you.

4. Could care less: when you use this, the literal meaning is that you DO care. For future reference, when you want to indicate that you have no interest, the correct phrase is "Couldn't care less". As in, "I couldn't care less about the UAE ports deal, it's all politics." Also, see # 3 above. I will need to resort to violence if you say "I could care less" one more time when you actually mean you don't a give a shit.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,
Arlette
(a.k.a. doesn't want to be grammar Nazi, but, get a grip! You're an adult! Anyway"s" was supposed to be left behind like puberty!)

Your right….You must of have a bad day….Anyways, hope your next one is shorter.

You couldn't come up with more then that? That's rediculous!

What about the word, "Musk"?

Originally posted by crusader:
You couldn't come up with more then that? That's rediculous!

definately rediculous!

And I thought I was the only one that thought this way. How about "could of had"? As in, "I could of had a piece of toast"? It's "I could HAVE had a piece of toast"?

And there's always the confusion between "their", "there", and "they're". I've seen many egregious examples of this.

Originally posted by xcanuck:
And I thought I was the only one that thought this way. How about "could of had"? As in, "I could of had a piece of toast"? It's "I could HAVE had a piece of toast"?

And there's always the confusion between "their", "there", and "they're". I've seen many egregious examples of this.

I agree with the "there" and "their", I get a chuckle every time I see that one. But I admit, I am a vicitm of the "could of had" one. It just flows better I guess.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
But I admit, I am a vicitm of the "could of had" one. It just flows better I guess.

It makes sense when you pronounce it this way, since you're actually pronouncing the contraction, "could've"… it's only wrong when people extrapolate that pronunciation into "could of."

For all intensive purposes…

1) irregardless

2) dumb jock speak - "out-physical" (what the shit is that?)

3) how about the inability of people to use "ly"??? you know, as in any old adverb.

YOU'RE right.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Your right….You must of have a bad day….Anyways, hope your next one is shorter.

Ive seen it used many times on here:

Noone

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Ive seen it used many times on here:

Noone

Our resident genius used it yesterday! (yes, I'm stalking.)

Originally posted by crusader:
…genious….

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

Your all a bunch of loosers.

I'll admit I always mess up effect/affect though.

here's the one mnemonic device that for some reason always stuck with me. i think it's because it was the first thing they taught my first day of college in journalism 101, before i starting ingesting every drug i possibly could.

RAVEN (Remember, Affect is a Verb, Effect is a Noun)

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Your all a bunch of loosers.

I'll admit I always mess up effect/affect though.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by crusader:
…genious….

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

Ha… Touche

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Your right….You must of have a bad day….Anyways, hope your next one is shorter.

wow, you win the prize for the worst sentence ever!!! :)

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Ive seen it used many times on here:

Noone

Wasn't Peter Noone the lead singer of Herman's Hermits? How do I know that?

Originally posted by BookerT:
RAVEN (Remember, Affect is a Verb, Effect is a Noun)

Thanks!