There are many little known grammatical errors that are very common in everyday life. Try and spot them in this blog post. I am anxious to see if you can, but I could care less if you do.
In the above paragraph, there are three major grammatical errors. One wouldn't "try and" do something, they would "try to" do something. I don't try and walk away and stumble; I try to walk away and stumble.
The next grammatical error is a common misunderstanding of the meanings of anxious and eager. You can be anxious about something but you can't be anxious to do something. You are eager to do something; therefore, I am not anxious to see if you can, I am eager to see if you can.
The final grammatical error in the first paragraph is one that doesn't make sense logically. The phrase "I could care less" is commonly used to express that you don't care about something. If you could care less, it shows that you do care at least a little bit. The correct phrase in this situation would be "I couldn't care less."
Try and think before you make one of these grammatical errors again.
I was able to recognize the "could care less" error, but I did not recognize the other two errors. I had no clue of the difference between anxious and eager. Also, I didn't even recognizedthe "try and" mistake because my mind just corrected this error subconscienciously. I will be sure to look out for these mistakes both in my writing and the writing of others.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting and rather clever blog post Scotticus. I give ya props. Its true that when people talk they don't really use the correct grammar however it's so common that people still understand the meaning of what they're saying. Like "who" and "whom" for instance that we just learned about. Nice post.
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