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also when it starts with e but sounds like y
a ewe
ewe, yew, you = huh?
ewe, yew, you = huh?
Topic: Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling (Read 31,779 times)
also when it starts with e but sounds like y
a ewe
ewe
Pronunciation: 'yü, in rural dials also 'yō
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēowu; akin to Old High German ouwi ewe, Latin ovis sheep, Greek ois
Date: before 12th century
: the female of the sheep especially when mature also : the female of various related animals
- yes, almost exactly! Kind of a short "you" where the last "u" is just a tiny different.Quotealso when it starts with e but sounds like y
a ewe
ewe, yew, you = huh?
Perhaps we should add pronunciation errors, too. I'm ready for this century to be "20_._" as in "Twenty-ten," not Two-thousand ten. Yet the idiots on my TeeVee keep saying the latter. I don't remember them saying "Nineteen hundred seventy-five"!
But a few days ago were you saying "Twenty-nine"? Or "Twenty-Oh-Nine"?
Years ago I looked up what they called the first decade of the 1900s. Most used the term "aught," as in 19-aught-7, or "Back in 'aught-04' we ate dirt and were glad to have it!" I've since said 20-aught-1,2,3,... 9 to the quirky faces of my friends. You might also ask, will the same "TeeVee" people say "Twenty-one hundred fourteen" in the next century!
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There is one particular grammar mistake that really irks me: a/an usage.
People that misuse them tend to fall into 2 groups:
Native English speakers that tend to overuse "a".
- Examples: a apple, a egg, a ice cream cone, a octopus, a umbrella
Non-native English speakers that tend to overuse "an".
- Examples: an ball, an computer, an shirt.
The native English speakers bother me more than the non-native ones, since this is something you should have learned early on in grammar school.
There is one particular grammar mistake that really irks me: a/an usage.I agree.
People that misuse them tend to fall into 2 groups:
Native English speakers that tend to overuse "a".
- Examples: a apple, a egg, a ice cream cone, a octopus, a umbrella
Non-native English speakers that tend to overuse "an".
- Examples: an ball, an computer, an shirt.
The native English speakers bother me more than the non-native ones, since this is something you should have learned early on in grammar school.
All through grade school the teachers were pounding into the students, "Mary and I go to the market".
Yet, today, I cringe when I hear a statement like, "At the party it will only be William and I"
I agree.
The other one that 'irks' me even more is Me versus I
All through grade school the teachers were pounding into the students, "Mary and I go to the market".
Yet, today, I cringe when I hear a statement like, "At the party it will only be William and I"
Subject versus* Predicate.
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