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DarknessDeku
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 12:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=GotGrammar&GT1=27004

Yes, the Grammar Police is after the word "got". I really don't care, because "got" isn't destroying the English language.

Language is constantly evolving, so rules of the English language are never permanent.


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Rycona
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 12:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

"Got" has always been considered a garbage word as far as I know. Think of all the other verbs that "got" and its forms replaces. In general context it is not too big a deal, but in writing it's a brutal faux pas.


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docinsano
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 12:33 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Yeah, got is a 'tard word. Use Have instead.


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Dr. Jeebus
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 12:56 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Using the word "got" was an automatic F in one of my high school English classes.


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Mr. Bomberman
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 01:16 pm Reply with quote Back to top

got got got got got got got.

It's in my vocabulary, I ain't got to comform to anyone's rules to please them.


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Ice2SeeYou
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 02:05 pm Reply with quote Back to top

It's really amazing to me how poorly some people can write.

You often see someone type an entire paragraph worth of shit in a single sentence with no punctuation whatsoever. Not being a good typist is one thing, but there's no excuse to be older than 10 and not understand that sentences require periods and occassionally a comma or two.


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Black Zarak
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 02:06 pm Reply with quote Back to top

But how will I ever tell people that I got that thing they sent me?


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Shut up, Dorn
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 02:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

The only context where I wouldn't have a problem with the word "got" is on a sports call, like "He got it!" when someone catches a ball. I mean, its on the fly and barely egregious.


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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 02:46 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I'd say they have bigger problem's on there hand's. I can think of two such problem's off of the top of my head.

Yes, I was being facetious in the above paragraph.


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Rycona
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 03:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

In general language, I don't like "got" and other such garbage words, but I use them. In debate or applied writing, I try to avoid it. Same with contractions and other semi-accepted colloquialisms.

Basic grammatical structure and proper spelling I try to employ at all times.


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Blackout
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 04:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I like to make my own words up, and there's nothing you can fizzleblatungdipplegoo'n do about it.



 
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Ash Burton
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 04:39 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Judas Priest: Which one is correct?

A. You have another thing coming!

B. You got another thing coming!


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docinsano
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 04:48 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Ash Burton wrote:
Judas Priest: Which one is correct?

A. You have another thing coming!

B. You got another thing coming!


Neither. It's "You've got another thing coming." Both have and got are used.


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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 08:50 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Forget this.

Let's support the Society for the Preservation of Lori Loughlin instead.



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Char Aznable
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 08:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar has to be the douchiest name ever.

It should be the Society for the Promotion of Well Grammar.


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 10:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Forget this.

Let's support the Society for the Preservation of Lori Loughlin instead.


I've got to agree with Syd on this one.



 
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Ba'al
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 10:31 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Char Aznable wrote:
The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar has to be the douchiest name ever.

It should be the Society for the Promotion of Well Grammar.

Or Awesome Grammar.


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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 10:47 pm Reply with quote Back to top

wow, that had to be the most pointless MSN article ever. im obviously mentioning it, because i am guilty of terrible grammar on the forums. mostly cause of my laziness.

and who has the time and anal retentiveness to make up a society w/such a stupid name?!


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Blackout
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PostPosted: Feb 04 2009 11:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Prolly one a dem dere fancy book wurm types witta lotta important jibba jabba titles on their name and sum fancy degrees on da wall.



 
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Cameron
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PostPosted: Feb 05 2009 10:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Obtain.
Retrieve.
Acquire.
Possess.
Recieve.

I suppose I can see why they want to eliminate "got", as there are probably even more synonyms than the ones listed above, but without the word "got", certain phrases would be unnecessarily inconvenient; "Got it!" would become "I comprehend the complexities of your instructions.", and "Gotcha!" would become "It appears that you are within my grasp."


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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Feb 05 2009 10:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Obtained
Possess
Received
Acquired
Have

Stole
Used
Collected
Killed
Saved



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DarknessDeku
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PostPosted: Feb 05 2009 10:48 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Now we are just talking like an intellectual person.

I still prefer "got".


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