I want to create and market a cologne called "bad english."
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Instinctual.
Every time I hear that word I feel the pain of the real word instinctive having its ribs kicked in.
It's not just that it is an error, instinctive has a cadence I enjoy while instinctual falls to mush at the end.
Instinctual seems to be especially popular amongst young actors and actresses who can't explain what they do for a living.
In what way is instinctual an incorrect word? Language changes. The tipping point will simply be popularity of useage.
I want to create and market a cologne called "bad english."english: (ng-lash) to verbally abuse, to yell at loudly.
I start off marketing to anyone who is on/wants to be on reality television. They won't get the double entendre.
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In what way is instinctual an incorrect word? Language changes. The tipping point will simply be popularity of useage.Instinctual.
Every time I hear that word I feel the pain of the real word instinctive having its ribs kicked in.
It's not just that it is an error, instinctive has a cadence I enjoy while instinctual falls to mush at the end.
Instinctual seems to be especially popular amongst young actors and actresses who can't explain what they do for a living.
Well, it is replacing the commonly accepted ending of the word with one that is not commonly accepted, and doing so in a way that is clumsy, inelegant and sometimes confusing.
I said it was an error. I understand that language develops and evolves, that does not mean that it cannot be used inaccurately. This inaccuracy may be a good thing which leads to great joy amongst all the nations of the world (such as George Walker Bush's many verbal gaffes) but it is still an error.
Sometimes a word form which was once erroneous becomes commonly accepted and understood, at which point it becomes correct. The example of moot has already been used in this thread.
Occasionaly people fall into the trap of thinking that this development of language means that there can be no right and wrong. I would dispute that logic as a false dichotomy.
Because we are discussing such things I have my grammar and spelling cap on, I am driven to point out your incorrect spelling of usage.
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In what way is instinctual an incorrect word? Language changes. The tipping point will simply be popularity of useage.Instinctual.
Every time I hear that word I feel the pain of the real word instinctive having its ribs kicked in.
It's not just that it is an error, instinctive has a cadence I enjoy while instinctual falls to mush at the end.
Instinctual seems to be especially popular amongst young actors and actresses who can't explain what they do for a living.
Well, it is replacing the commonly accepted ending of the word with one that is not commonly accepted, and doing so in a way that is clumsy, inelegant and sometimes confusing.
I said it was an error. I understand that language develops and evolves, that does not mean that it cannot be used inaccurately. This inaccuracy may be a good thing which leads to great joy amongst all the nations of the world (such as George Walker Bush's many verbal gaffes) but it is still an error.
Sometimes a word form which was once erroneous becomes commonly accepted and understood, at which point it becomes correct. The example of moot has already been used in this thread.
Occasionaly people fall into the trap of thinking that this development of language means that there can be no right and wrong. I would dispute that logic as a false dichotomy.
Because we are discussing such things I have my grammar and spelling cap on, I am driven to point out your incorrect spelling of usage.
Given that U was swapped with V at a certain point, Instinctual was Instinctval...
I taught this to kids with this sentence: "They're over there with their dad."(I screw this next set up all the time so correct me if i'm wrong)
There- Loacation; as in "Over There"
Their- Belonging to that group
they're- They are
Hee hee!
I don't know how funny this is out of context, but enjoy...