Grammar Errors

@just4him (305965)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
May 20, 2018 6:59pm CST
I'm not talking about grammar on here, or the books I read, but an episode of Smallville, I happened to see this afternoon got my attention. The writers weren't paying attention as they wrote the script and added 'very' in front of 'unique'. Unique means one of a kind. So you can't have something be more unique than it already is, so to say very unique is grammatically wrong. Even my stating more unique is grammatically wrong. It's either unique or it isn't. Something to think about.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
21 May 18
oh, thanks for this knowledge gained. now i know that the adverb 'very' should not be added to the adjective 'unique'.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
@ridingbet No, it shouldn't. It's a stand alone word.
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Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 May 18
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Anna
@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
21 May 18
You are right, something it's unique or it's not.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
22 May 18
@just4him This month of May (for the moment) is unique, we never had so much rain. This does not mean it will continue to be unique in the future.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
Yes, it is. I can say this past winter was unique. It's not often we have a blizzard in April.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 18
@LadyDuck I hope your unique weather patterns don't continue. It would be nice to see the sun.
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caopaopao
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
21 May 18
You are really too learned, my dear friend. Because English is not my first language, I don't know about it. Thank you for sharing, and let me learn a little knowledge.
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caopaopao
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
21 May 18
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
You're welcome. I'm happy you learned something new.
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Mavic123456
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
21 May 18
wow... thanks for the info... This brought me to make a research about unique and also "more" can't be use to compare one's uniqueness over the other.
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Mavic123456
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
22 May 18
@just4him yeah this brought me to think and make a research. nice one.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
You're welcome. No, it can't.
DianneN
@DianneN (246630)
• United States
21 May 18
Not sure if I've made that error or not, but you're right!
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DianneN
@DianneN (246630)
• United States
21 May 18
@just4him Too bad, but you were right!
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 May 18
@DianneN Thank you.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
I learned the lesson on 'unique' the hard way. Someone went off on a tangent about it. They weren't ranting to me, but I was there.
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Jessa Bumagat
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
21 May 18
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
You're welcome.
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Jessa Bumagat
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
22 May 18
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Bojel
@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
21 May 18
I have seen errors on titles from a YouTube post of TV giant.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
So, have I and I usually ignore it, but this one just surprised me.
Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
21 May 18
It's funny how when you're arrived that you pick these things up so easily and then you realise how often people make those mistakes.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
I don't think I've arrived, but I did learn this one early. I was just surprised to hear it on a TV show.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325608)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 May 18
You come across a lot of similar errors nowadays. Standards have really slipped when it comes to English and grammar.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
Yes, it has. It's a shame.
Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 May 18
Even a dumb azz like me knows this
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
From some of the stuff you write, I wouldn't even think that of you.
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
21 May 18
@just4him Valerie, I have not seen Smallville in ages.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
I hadn't either. I'm watching it on Hulu.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 18
@Hannihar I added Hulu when I cut cable. So, I have both Netflix and Hulu. It has it's advantages.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
22 May 18
@just4him Right now I just watch things on Netflix and when my technician comes maybe on somethiing else as well.
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
21 May 18
Are you talking about the subtitle?
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
No. It was something someone said in the show.
Honey143
@sw8sincere (5204)
• Philippines
21 May 18
I totally agree with you my friend. =)
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
Thank you.
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Louise Crisologo
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
21 May 18
Hi Valerie. That is interesting. I never knew that. Thank you for sharing. I will remember that.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
You're welcome. I'm glad you learned something new.
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Louise Crisologo
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
22 May 18
@just4him Yes, Valerie.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134394)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 May 18
Either you are unique or you are not. Because you can not be very unique. That's makes sense.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
Yes, it does.
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (18925)
• United States
25 May 18
that even doesn't sound right.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 May 18
No, it doesn't.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
21 May 18
More unique sounds strange to me too, if it is unique it can't be more than another thing.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
No, it can't.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
22 May 18
Some of these grammatical errors are unique. You will not notice unless you are very good in English
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 18
That's true.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
• United States
28 May 18
I am guilty of this myself sometimes. But you're right. It can't be more than unique, really.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 May 18
No, it can't.
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Frederick Espiritu
@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
21 May 18
I usually used that "very unique" lines and also read them also often... That's got my attention... Thank you for sharing...
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (305965)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 May 18
You're welcome.