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Que me getting definately irate.

23 replies

Flubba · 31/05/2012 07:16

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargggghhhhhhhhhhh. Recently there has been a propensity to write que instead of cue in threads on this here MN. It's driving me insane. We are defin i tely not amused.

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captainbarnacle · 31/05/2012 07:18

And there's me thinking this was a definite one...

QueenEdith · 31/05/2012 07:19

Is one allowed to mention that a gerund is a noun?

MorrisZapp · 31/05/2012 07:24

I've seen a stack of random spellings of cue, including queue.

Which begs the question, what do people think that cue means? Or do people just accept nonsensical phrases without considering their meaning?

Flubba · 31/05/2012 07:26

DefinAtely has been a long-standing irk of mine too captain - que me (I mean, WTAF?) going a little bit bonkers when I see it.

:o QueenEdith apologies for my having got that wrong. :o

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QueenEdith · 31/05/2012 07:27

I thought you were very clever to get so many things into so short a title Grin

Flubba · 31/05/2012 08:22

Yes, that's what it was. >>nods sagely

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wem · 31/05/2012 08:29

Hello kind pedants, could you explain the gerund thing please? I'd like to learn something this morning Grin.

AgentProvocateur · 31/05/2012 08:53

Yes, it's rediculous. Wink

captainmummy · 31/05/2012 08:57

Que?

QueenEdith · 31/05/2012 09:05

Gerunds are forms deriving from verb which function as nouns: they always end in 'ing' and they only exist in the singular. They should not be confused with a few ordinary nouns ending in 'ing', which can be plural

So, in 'I could not explain my feeling so strange' "feeling" is a gerund (no likely synonym).

But in: 'My feelings in this are very strong' "feeling" is an ordinary noun (synonym for emotion).

QueenEdith · 31/05/2012 09:07

And there's also the really confusing gerundive!

captainmummy · 31/05/2012 09:13

So the 'getting'bit of the title is a gerund?

So the post about a gerund is a noun is....?

wem · 31/05/2012 09:48

Thank you! So the (fully corrected) title should have been 'Cue my getting definitely irate'?

wem · 31/05/2012 09:55

I can hear it as a single word, e.g. Apologies for my snoring, but it sounds strange when it's a full phrase, e.g. Apologies for my having got that wrong.

I guess it's one of those things where I've heard the incorrect version so often it sounds right.

duchesse · 31/05/2012 10:10

Morris, I think that's it. People just re-hash things they hear other people saying with no real idea what it all means.

Flubba · 31/05/2012 13:31

I'm normally very pedantic when it comes to the gerund too, but somehow got confused here and was so focused on the 'que' and the 'definately' that I missed it. Shame on me. Blush

:o

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Hassled · 31/05/2012 13:35

"Definitely" is a source of one of my insane "oh my God I can't actually spell anymore I'll have to look it up what a fool I am" moments. I have the same problem with "embarrassment". However I type it it looks wrong.

SeventhEverything · 31/05/2012 13:37

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captainmummy · 31/05/2012 18:58

I sometimes come across 'defiantly' being used as 'definitely'.

Takes a few readings to work it out.

Flubba · 31/05/2012 19:06

That would be defiantly funny :o

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captainmummy · 31/05/2012 20:52

' I am defiantly leaving the bastard!'

QueenEdith · 31/05/2012 20:56
Grin
nickelbarapasaurus · 07/06/2012 13:32

that works Grin

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