Bought/brought

whiteflyer said:
Too much reliance on spell checkers, well that's my excuse.
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Never use them, theirs enough grammer police on here, or is that "theres" :lol:
 
police??? NAZIS..... and which one of yous does this profile belong to lol

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Its not really a spelling mistake though - its using a completely different word in the wrong context.

I think people *mean* to do this, its not a typo as far as I can see.

I'm interested in where its come from - as I've only noticed this odd use of the word "brought" in the last year or so, but it appears to be endemic now.
 
Words that I hear people increasingly miss use as well as bought and brought are,
Except-Accept
Borrow-Lend
Access-Excess
I knew a bloke who mispronounces Volvo as Vulva. :lol:
 
Ian D J said:
I'm only a tomato farmer, not an English teacher but I do remember this: The past tense of "buy" is "bought". The past tense of "bring" is "brought". It's common for the two to get mixed up.
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I was going to bring that up... its what i was thinking.. while try not to get too annoyed at the patronising comments..

I can quite easily shop at Waitrose if i wanted to, but i have a lot of problems with spelling and such! im a working man, (Working class if you like) but the family are more middle class in the main, my Grand parents are most certainly in the upper class bracket (Were!) but i still have problems.. its not always a class thing.. or an education thing!! OR an intelligence thing.. there are medical terms for these problems and you would be suprised who has these problems...

I got into this discussion a while ago, it showed an ugly side to some of the members on here and it got quite heated.. so, im going to try not to comment on here anymore.. i just wanted to note that while some people like to think they are better than others because they can spell better than others, but they just arnt!! im my mind its just like racism or sexism.. not very nice for the recipient.. and NOT funny..
 
My two pet hates are

pacific for specific, I hear this all the time, and from some quite well educated people too!

and slippy, what is that all about? it's slippery!
 
EdBray said:
My two pet hates are

pacific for specific, I hear this all the time, and from some quite well educated people too!

and slippy, what is that all about? it's slippery!
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Slippy is a rallying term. Probably a shortened version of slippery for pace notes.
 
Isn't "slippy" a fairly well known slang? - nothing to do with sliding on ice, but rather in the context of "he's a slippy customer" - as in "Born Slippy" from Underworld I suppose.

My dad uses "pacifically" all the time, drives me mad :)
 
fraggle101 said:
I was going to bring that up... its what i was thinking.. while try not to get too annoyed at the patronising comments..

I can quite easily shop at Waitrose if i wanted to, but i have a lot of problems with spelling and such! im a working man, (Working class if you like) but the family are more middle class in the main, my Grand parents are most certainly in the upper class bracket (Were!) but i still have problems.. its not always a class thing.. or an education thing!! OR an intelligence thing.. there are medical terms for these problems and you would be suprised who has these problems...

I got into this discussion a while ago, it showed an ugly side to some of the members on here and it got quite heated.. so, im going to try not to comment on here anymore.. i just wanted to note that while some people like to think they are better than others because they can spell better than others, but they just arnt!! im my mind its just like racism or sexism.. not very nice for the recipient.. and NOT funny..
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The unfortunate thing is that many people who are just educationally challenged (or thick, as they used to be known) play the dyslexia card, which taints the public's perceptions of those who are so afflicted.

I've also noticed that many who cite dyslexia as the reason for their poor written english also have difficulty with the past tense of the words "see" and "do", in both written and spoken English and have a tendency to come from the lower social orders.....
 
So what are you saying?? spell it out for us subhumans that are unworthy of the benifit of the doubt...
 
I'm saying that many people who claim to be dyslexic aren't. They have simply picked up bad grammar from their family or their peers.
 
but is that enough evidence to tar everyone with the THICK brush and not have a little respect.. some people just cant help it you know..
 
OK.
 
fraggle101 said:
but is that enough evidence to tar everyone with the THICK brush and not have a little respect.. some people just cant help it you know..
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Err....no. I know several people who speak/write this way who are highly-educated.The "seen and done" syndrome is a social class issue, it has nothing to do with being "thick".
 
:notworthy: OK, i shall retreat to the basement where i belong then..

If you need me, just ring the bell...
 
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The reason why kids are saying "brought" and "we was" is because parents probably don't correct their kids, or were never corrected at early ages themselves when it counts.

Lots of "Don't correct him, Tarquin - you'll stiffle him!" types I suspect :)

You could argue it doesn't matter - but if someone came in for a Job Interview and said "brought", well.. they wouldn't get the job, as there are plenty of people with a basic grasp of English grammar in this day and age.

Cue lots of people saying "well.. I wouldn't want to work for you anyway" ;)
 
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puddleduck said:
The reason why kids are saying "brought" and "we was" is because parents probably don't correct their kids, or were never corrected at early ages themselves when it counts.

Lots of "Don't correct him, Tarquin - you'll stiffle him!" types I suspect :)

You could argue it doesn't matter - but if someone came in for a Job Interview and said "brought", well.. they wouldn't get the job, as there are plenty of people with a basic grasp of English grammar in this day and age.

Cue lots of people saying "well.. I wouldn't want to work for you anyway" ;)
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It's okay, they can still get a job....designing websites for Duracell :lol:
 
Without "loosing"

Losing and loosing is a funny one - quite often I want to write "loose" instead of "lose" its certainly more phonetically correct, although I know its wrong, and usually it little voice goes off saying "its LOSE, durbrain!"
 
The bought/brought thing isn't new, in my experience. We used to discuss such issues in the primary school playground, decades ago. Along with the difference between "this" and "next" week.

My sister has an aggressive mental block over adding "for" in a childish manner, e.g. "Why did you do that for?"

Accepting that an improvement needs to be made is half the battle. We all use our own rules to help us with language, and proficiency in the early years is gained by knuckling down and learning from our elders and betters. This means more work and specialised help for dyslexics, but it takes about 10,000 hours to get really good at any endeavour.
 
While I think of it: definitely, not definately.

Aperature though -- Why is it mainly Americans? Are they influenced by apparatchik?
 
shouldnt it be "WHAT did you do that for" ?
my wife is dyslexic . she admits she cant spell for shti.
but does find it annoying that people assume shes stupid if she makes a spelling mistake.
a lack of university education , or a "common" accent doesnt mean your thick.
 
Just for once, I agree with Flashybabes, dyslexia is an often overused excuse for laziness or poor education.
 
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