Driving me NUTS!
@SpikeTheLobster (6399)
January 4, 2009 9:28pm CST
OK, so I'm a grammar nazi (as they say). There's this ad on MyLot that's driving me nuts, up the wall, round the twist. Absolutely bonkers. Crazy. Mad. Insane. Loony.
Every page I go to, the stupid thing appears at the top, saying "You've got 1 Message". It's "You have 1 message", darn it. Not "You've got"! Aaaargh!
It means I'll never visit their site. I think I'm beyond all help. ;)
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@lockheart (1405)
• Philippines
5 Jan 09
i think that would be fine. It sounds good. And yeah, you just take out the word got, i cant convince myself that it is gramatically wrong coz im not good in checking right grammars. I myself dont care if i am gramatically wrong or right. Hahaha. . But as long as the phrase still have its thought and successfully deliver its idea thats ok.
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@SpikeTheLobster (6399)
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5 Jan 09
Your last sentence is absolutely correct, of course. The idea is essential, the understanding is essential - everything else, as they say, is just gravy. It still drives me nuts, though. And it's on this 'add a comment' page now, too. *screams*
@lockheart (1405)
• Philippines
5 Jan 09
Lol! Thats why i hate writing. . I'm not good in observing grammars. but of course , i would know if the sentence or statement is right , well if it is pleasing to my ears. . Hahaha. .
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@psspurgeon1 (1109)
• United States
5 Jan 09
Pardon me, I am a bit behind but if you spell it out it says: You have got 1 message since you've is just a shortened form of you have. So that being taken into consideration, wouldn't "you have got one message" be correct?
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@SpikeTheLobster (6399)
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5 Jan 09
Indeed. The way I was taught (and strictly stick to in my grammar nazi-ness) is that "have got" is a repetition. It's like saying "I did did". The "got" is unnecessary and - to my sad, rule-following mind - ugly. Like I said, I'm beyond help. lol!
@SpikeTheLobster (6399)
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5 Jan 09
It's probably not the worst sentence... it's just the one I see most frequently! Thinking of being a grammar nazi, here's an amusing thought: the best editor I have ever worked with, who had a quite remarkable control and understanding of grammar, had a very German-sounding surname. I always hesitated before calling him a grammar nazi (though he would never have taken it badly)! Funny how such things are engraved upon our relative cultures.
