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rney general no question about this one attorneys general gin and tonic conventional wisdom gins and tonic again loses out here we defer to ironic1 com for this one gin and tonics notary public not much question with this one notaries public brother in law consistent formation found for this plural brothers in law maid of honor 1 for more than one honor maid of honors 2 for more than one wedding attendant maids of honor please only one moh per wedding for more than one copy of the movie made of honor we suggest dvds man of war encounter one and there are likely more on the beach or in the water men of war bride of chucky ok so are you talking about the plural of chucky s mates or the number of movies or even the possessive for our purposes here today brides of chucky good now we re getting more input in a recent twitter conversation neillshenton to grammarcops ok what about multiple spoons full of something plural me that i d rather rephrase a sentence than type that ugly word we re now adding plural to our list of nouns gone bad thanks grammarcops to neillshenton good one it s actually one word spoonfuls there are likely hundreds of such examples please contribute read full post heavy issue posted in general grammargag reel fun stuff tagged confusion debate english fun grammar headline healthcare issue language news newsweek ted kennedy twitter usage weigh in words writing on july 17 2009 leave a comment it s friday afternoon it s time for some fun with headlines to finish out the week this one came from twitter newsweek posted this absent from the health care debate ted kennedy will weigh in tomorrow with a newsweek story click here for the real story what comes to your mind here s what came to ours read full post what s the use posted in general grammargripes pet peeves tips vocabulary builders tagged grammarcops computer confusion critics dictionary english grammar have no use for language learn make use of noun object of no use origin pet peeve put to use tweet twitter usage usage note use use up use vs utilize used useful utilize utilized verb vocabulary what s the use words writing on july 16 2009 leave a comment today there is lots of buzz around usage of use vs utilize what fodder for us the tweets from twitter that got us started phoefling to grammarcops grammar rant whatever happened to the word long a perfectly good word that s been replaced by lengthy yuck ms_austen to grammarcops your description of long similar applies to the word use a perfectly good word often replaced by utilize mightyredpen to grammarcops up there with perfectly good word use being replaced by utilize ugh mattimago a grammar police deputy to grammarcops utilise vs use i fully intend split infinitive to utilise any pertinent points you post i have no use for poor grammar then the topic quickly turned to split infinitives upon which we shall dutifully follow up and utilize in a future post he he christinagayle to grammarcops i like to use split infinitives from time to time it makes me feel dangerous although the word utilize has origins as far back as the early 1800s it seems that the computer age has put this term front and center and regardless of its standing as an official word in most dictionaries it gets some people riled consider this usage note from dictionary com usage note a number of critics have remarked that utilize is an unnecessary substitute for use it is true that many occurrences of utilize could be replaced by use with no loss to anything but pretentiousness for example in sentences such as they utilized questionable methods in their analysis or we hope that many commuters will continue to utilize mass transit after the bridge has reopened but utilize can mean to find a profitable or practical use for thus the sentence the teachers were unable to use the new computers might mean only that the teachers were unable to operate the computers whereas the teachers were unable to utilize the new computers suggests that the teachers could not find ways to employ the computers in instruction here s a simple and functional distinction use is the general word what is used often has depreciated or been diminished sometimes completely consumed a used automobile all the butter has been used as applied to persons use implies some selfish or sinister purpose to use another to advance oneself utilize implies practical or profitable use to utilize the means at hand a modern system of lighting plus the dictionary definitions use verb used with object to employ for some purpose put into service make use of to use a knife to avail oneself of apply to one s own purposes to use the facilities to expend or consume in use we have used the money provided to treat or behave toward he did not use his employees with much consideration to take unfair advantage of exploit to use people to gain one s own ends to drink smoke or ingest habitually to use drugs to habituate or accustom archaic to practice habitually or customarily make a practice of use verb used without object to be accustomed wont or customarily found used with an infinitive expressed or understood and except in archaic use now only in the past he used to go every day archaic to resort stay or dwell customarily use noun the act of employing using or putting into service the use of tools the state of being employed or used an instance or way of employing or using something proper use of the tool the painter s use of color a way of being employed or used a purpose for which something is used he was of temporary use the instrument has different uses the power right or privilege of employing or using something to lose the use of the right eye to be denied the use of a library card service or advantage in or for being employed or used utility or usefulness of no practical use help profit resulting good what s the use of pursuing the matter occasion or need as for something to be employed or used would you have any use for another calendar continued habitual or customary employment or practice custom to follow the prevailing use of such occasions law a the enjoyment of property as by the employment occupation or exercise of it b the benefit or profit of lands and tenements in the possession of another who simply holds them for the beneficiary c the equitable ownership of land to which the legal title is in another s name liturgy the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church diocese community etc usual or customary experience use verb phrase use up a to consume entirely b to exhaust of vigor or usefulness finish by the end of the war he felt used up and sick of life use idioms have no use for a to have no occasion or need for she appears to have no use for the city b to refuse to tolerate discount he had no use for his brother c to have a distaste for dislike he has no use for dictators make use of to use for one s own purposes employ charitable organizations will make use of your old furniture and clothing of no use of no advantage or help it s of no use to look for that missing earring it s no use asking her to go also no use put to use to apply employ to advantage what a shame that no one has put that old deserted mansion to use and then there s utilize verb used with object also especially british utilise to put to use turn to profitable account to utilize a stream to power a mill so our usage recommendation use use when not useful to utilize source dictionary com read full post an original ode to grammar posted in general grammargarnish wordplay tagged adjective adverb blog communicate compensate concatenate conjugate construct desecrate english follow form formation formulate fun grammar irritate language letters marks modify none noun phrase proper punctuation question relate rules sentence speaking spelling superlative syntax tools tribute twitter usage verb words work writing on july 13 2009 leave a comment just a little ditty for your enjoyment grammar is good and usage is too together they help you communicate language is fun words do abound l il marks they can all help you punctuate spelling with letters syntax formation sentences will help you concatenate nouns sometimes proper and verbs all have forms if only to help us to conjugate constructing a sentence a phrase or a question please just be sure not to desecrate superlative adjectives and adverbs to modify just some tools we may use to formulate yes there are rules for speaking and writing when followed well help you not irritate we re referring to english in this our short tribute for which we ve found none to compensate so back to our blog or twitter or work something to which you likely relate read full post r u sure your you re is pure posted in general grammargoofs gaff e s vocabulary builders tagged adjective confusion contraction correct definition dictionary english facebook flickr goof grammar grammar police language mistake normal pet peeve pronoun punctuation twitter usage vocabulary words writing you re your your vs you re on july 13 2009 leave a comment our unplanned grammar goof theme of the day emerged from these observations in a banker s response to a customer successfully accessing internet banking i m glad to hear that your in should be you re in a twitter reply your quite welcome should be you re in a facebook wall message excited your on facebook should be you re in another facebook wall comment your awesome and i am proud to be should be you re thanks to nancy wombat for this entry should be your and thanks to a homeseller in missouri for unknowingly contributing to this post should be you re here are the rules your pronoun a form of the possessive case of you used as an attributive adjective your jacket is in that closet i like your idea compare yours one s used to indicate that one belonging to oneself or to any person the consulate is your best source of information as you go down the hill the library is on your left used informally to indicate all members of a group occupation etc or things of a particular type take your factory worker for instance your power brakes don t need that much servicing you re contraction of you are you re certain that s right btw by the way in textspeak ur your u r with a space you are or you re r u with space are you sources dictionary com flickr facebook twitter read full post neogrammaticalism posted in general grammargarnish wordplay punctuationperils vocabulary builders tagged grammarcops mergyeugnau authority combination combo confusion definition dictionary doctrine english follower fun grammar grammar police interpretation introduction language law learn mark neogrammaticalism neologism neopunctism neoregulism new noun precept punctuation question regulation rule schizophrenic speech tweeple tweeps tweet twitter twitterer twittery usage vocabulary word words writing on july 11 2009 2 comments this week on twitter we corrected a tweet from proper grammar and punctuation is a turn on to grammarcops proper grammar and punctuation are a turn on this led to an interesting twitter conversation with one of our followers tweeps it went something like this mergyeugnau but where is the punctuation at the end of that sentence heartbroken grammarcops isn t the acceptable twitter punctuation just like some dot an i with a heart can t we use a as a period reprieve mergyeugnau i will accept it as your custom in the future what is the equivalent of a neologism a neoregulism perhaps grammarcops neopunctism mergyeugnau i think that neopunctism is the correct word for a subset of grammatical neoregulisms that is specific to punctuation we just wanted to share with you this excellent example of neologism and introduce you to a few neowords of the day neologism noun a new word meaning usage or phrase the introduction or use of new words or new senses of existing words a new doctrine esp a new interpretation of sacred writings psychiatry a new word often consisting of a combination of other words that is understood only by the speaker occurring most often in the speech of schizophrenics neoregulism noun a new law rule or other order prescribed by authority such as grammar police a k a grammarcops their deputies and or twitter followers esp to regulate grammar or conduct the introduction or use of new regulations or the state of being neoregulated thanks to mergyeugnau neopunctism noun a new punctuation mark or punctuation usage the introduction or use of new punctuation or new senses of existing punctuation a new precept esp a new interpretation of sacred punctuation twittery a new punctuation mark or usage often consisting of a combination of other punctuation marks that may only be understood only by the twitterer occurring most often in the text of schizophrenic twitterers sources twitter esp mergyeugnau and grammarcops dictionary com read full post verbalized posted in general grammargarnish wordplay grammargrave lost causes grammargripes pet peeves vocabulary builders tagged accessorize adjective adverb alterize badverbs banalize budgetize calendarize collateralize commercialize common compartmentalize comprehensivize computerize confusion containerize contextualize conveyorize criminalize customize definition dictionary digitize editing english fantasize fictionalize fractionalize fun glamorize globalize grammar grammaticalize grammaticize ise ize language learn miniaturize normal notarize noun nouns gone bad opinionize parameterize pet peeve practice prioritize privatize publicize quintessentialize randomize respectabilize seasonalize sequeled sequence series simoniz simonize stalinize subjectivize substiantialize suffix symptomize technicalize technologize televise transparentize twitter twitterize usage utopianize verb verbalize vocabulary winterize words writing on july 1 2009 9 comments welcome to the fourth in our ongoing series nouns gone bad nouns gone bad sequeled badverbs cousins to nouns gone bad introducing verbalized a new section in which we will grammaticalize est origin 1935 40 the modern use of the suffix ize to make traditionally non verbs into verbs let s get some of the technical stuff out of the way first per dictionary com verbalize verb to convert into a verb many english nouns have become verbalized ize a verb forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from greek that have entered english through latin or french baptize barbarize catechize within english ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses to render make actualize fossilize sterilize americanize to convert into give a specified character or form to computerize dramatize itemize motorize to subject to as a process sometimes named after its originator hospitalize terrorize galvanize oxidize simonize winterize also formed with ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs usually intransitive denoting a change of state crystallize kinds or instances of behavior apologize moralize tyrannize or activitie...