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22. Old usages... Just as they still talk about a new "album" dropping (whether a vinyl issue occurs or

Sat Aug 18, 2018, 02:56 PM

Aug 2018

merely CD/digital), taping has become a synonym for recording and hence "tape" for digital recording.

Grammatical errors are different. The "tape" and "record" issues merely reflect the colloquial use of terms that once were specific to old technology but now have become generic terms.... Much like "kleenex" referring to all facial tissues.

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Grammar annoyance: the past tense of "see" is "saw", correct ? [View all] steve2470 Aug 2018 OP

FYI, "have seen" is present perfect. tblue37 Aug 2018 #1

thank you!! nt steve2470 Aug 2018 #2

Past perfect mainstreetonce Aug 2018 #28

Past Perfect would be "had seen." Iggo Aug 2018 #31

No. "Had seen" is past perfect. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #40

You've lost me trixie2 Aug 2018 #37

My old neighbor Ohiogal Aug 2018 #3

That's OK. We don't have a Queen. nt zanana1 Aug 2018 #47

Shouldn't it be SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #58

Actually in my area of Appalachia the correct term is "I done seen it!".....:) dameatball Aug 2018 #4

Yep. "Done seen" jberryhill Aug 2018 #54

Yes. But it does not bother me roody Aug 2018 #5

It is a dialect difference, but it is nonstandard, of course. Another increasingly common error tblue37 Aug 2018 #6

Outstanding. Thanks oasis Aug 2018 #49

No, you're not the only one. Croney Aug 2018 #7

I seen it is just bad grammar and definitely a dialect kind of error. nocoincidences Aug 2018 #8

My article on that error is called "Get the Lead Out!". nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #41

I thought that was one of our little Chicagoisms. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2018 #9

It may have stemmed from a contraction issue. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #10

THis has crossed my mind 2naSalit Aug 2018 #12

As they say, language is a developing thing. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #14

I just think it is lack of spelling lessons. I remember in school demigoddess Aug 2018 #18

I have seen 'then' xxqqqzme Aug 2018 #27

I keep seeing women when they are talking about just one woman!! demigoddess Aug 2018 #56

That's just because they either 2naSalit Aug 2018 #24

"That needs washed" is common in northeastern Pennsylvania. Apparently it developed from German, tblue37 Aug 2018 #42

i saw that new movie. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #38

I will have seen this post by tomorrow. backtoblue Aug 2018 #11

And by then... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #13

That sounds like Future Perfect. Aristus Aug 2018 #19

Deja vu ! backtoblue Aug 2018 #20

I love posts like this mitch96 Aug 2018 #15

Again, in standard English "so" isn't supposed to be used as a vague intensifier, but tblue37 Aug 2018 #43

I am a register switcher d_r Aug 2018 #53

If you are old enough, you remember when English had rules. aka-chmeee Aug 2018 #16

What annoys me are pundits and news broadcasters referring to Omarosa's recording as tapes. Fla Dem Aug 2018 #17

Old usages... Just as they still talk about a new "album" dropping (whether a vinyl issue occurs or hlthe2b Aug 2018 #22

It is one of those things that grates on my nerves, but I never correct anyone... hlthe2b Aug 2018 #21

What happened to the word pled, Doc_Technical Aug 2018 #23

That one gets me too 2naSalit Aug 2018 #26

I'm with you, but the AP says otherwise. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #57

Yep. It sounds ignorant and it drives me nuts. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #25

what gets me is people who cannot tell the difference.. chillfactor Aug 2018 #29

How about loosing something? question everything Aug 2018 #30

Yes bothers me MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #32

Even worse, they usually say "me and him," which violates both grammar and etiquette. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #44

So true! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #46

I am annoyed by any and all lapses of grammar and usage. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #33

I had a life lesson about grammar. zanana1 Aug 2018 #48

Someone's grammar needs fixed. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #34

LOL Kali Aug 2018 #39

+1 malthaussen Aug 2018 #52

Are you discussing English only, or are you including Republicanese? DFW Aug 2018 #35

No, you are not the only one-- not by a long shot ailsagirl Aug 2018 #36

Obviously whistler162 Aug 2018 #45

I'm enjoying the thread...but... Sancho Aug 2018 #50

I've never heard a real life person say that samnsara Aug 2018 #51

The English teachers used to make the kids write an essay TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #55

What is it with, "I had went there"? Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #59