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Nonna.PapaVino 8/25/2013, 12:40 am

No. 9: He did good -- should be: He done good. Nonna

**camprn** 8/25/2013, 9:58 am

It's getting to be that time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barleycorn

**donnainzone5** 8/25/2013, 11:13 am

Nonna.PapaVino wrote:No. 9: He did good -- should be: He done good. Nonna

Nonna,

In country-speak, you're right, of course. "He did good" Is incorrect in Standard English. Good in this example is used as a noun, as in "Mother Theresa's life consisted of doing good." Sometimes, "good" is used as an adjective, as in "He grew a good garden."

In the sentence, "He did well," "well" is an adverb, modifying "did."

I hope I didn't take your comment too seriously!

**camprn** 8/25/2013, 12:03 pm

Nope, Donna, you have done well. Rooster is responsible for the excellent post and the resulting emergence of the grammar police. What a Face

**donnainzone5** 8/25/2013, 12:48 pm

Camprn,

May I be deputized? I'm constantly distracted by grammar and punctuation errors, and not just on this forum. They're everywhere!

**camprn** 8/25/2013, 1:23 pm

donnainzone10 wrote:Camprn,

May I be deputized? I'm constantly distracted by grammar and punctuation errors, and not just on this forum. They're everywhere!

I am not at liberty to deputize you. All I may suggest, at this point, is exercising self control. Wink

**donnainzone5** 8/25/2013, 1:39 pm

I can only try. If only there were a simple, universal way to teach these basics, reading anything would be a much more pleasurable experience.

**camprn** 8/25/2013, 2:54 pm

donnainzone10 wrote:I can only try. If only there were a simple, universal way to teach these basics, reading anything would be a much more pleasurable experience.

It is always best to not take it personally and move on, putting energy into the more important things in life.

boffer 8/25/2013, 3:26 pm

donnainzone10 wrote:...I'm constantly distracted by grammar and punctuation errors, and not just on this forum. They're everywhere!

I occasionally participate on a non-gardening forum. This is part of their TOS:

Writing Standards

In order to use this forum, you must meet our writing standards. Proper spelling, capitalization, grammar and punctuation are important to us.

All content must:

Use proper English (no txtspk)
Be spelled correctly
Use appropriate punctuation

While these rules may seem strict and arcane, it’s imperative to keeping the level of discourse at the highest quality.

Please give us your very best efforts, and don’t take it personally if you have a question pushed to editing to fix some typos. We’re sticklers.

The mods will pull a post for failing to comply with the writing standards. It does make reading and comprehending posts easier and faster, but it's amazing how many errors still slip through unnoticed by the mods. Ironically, swearing is permitted. (Spelled correctly, of course! Razz

)

I think we have very good quality writing on this forum, even though it's not emphasized, and I appreciate that.

(Now I'm sitting here thinking about my 7th grade English class, when we spent the year learning how to diagram sentences!)

**RoOsTeR** 8/25/2013, 6:18 pm

That's not all!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/gabbynoone/18-everyday-products-youve-been-using-wrong

Nonna.PapaVino 8/25/2013, 8:32 pm

Yep, Donna, y'all done took me too seriously. I was jesting. However, there are those who would attempt to totally wipe out local dialects in the United States. But I love to listen to different ways of speaking in different parts of this US. For instance, great grandma Bruhl, who had a great sense of "English correctness," was wont to say, "Y'all have time to carry me to the grocery store?" Of course, she didn't mean literally to lift her off her feet and lug her down the street, it was just the dialect of the rural Texas community. Everyone knew she meant the auto, car, carriage would "carry" her to the store. Pronunciations also delight me: in Texas a small rivulet is pronounced "creek," while in Idaho, it is a "crick," same spelling as Texas, different pronunciation. Radio and later television have led to a much greater homogenizing language across the States, but have scrubbed out some of the beautiful individuality of its regional speech. (Please help me off this here soapbox) Nonna

martha 8/25/2013, 8:42 pm

Nonna, I can't help you off your soap box. My father, a stickler for proper grammar, pronunciation, spelling, etc., often said, "Ya done good."

And one of my all time favorites from my mother's father -
... the good Lord willin' and the crick don't rise.

Nonna.PapaVino 8/25/2013, 9:09 pm

Yep, Martha, and I lost count of the folks I met in Texas who were in the "ahl bidness."
But they pronounced "creek" correctly. Nonna

**camprn** 8/25/2013, 9:19 pm

camprn wrote:It's getting to be that time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barleycorn

**RoOsTeR** 8/25/2013, 9:41 pm

camprn wrote:
camprn wrote:It's getting to be that time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barleycorn

+1

**camprn** 8/26/2013, 7:42 pm

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Nonna.PapaVino 8/26/2013, 8:55 pm

Awwww, a blast from the past, cooking with honey. Thank you so much, Camp, for a great memory and bit of wisdom. Nonna

**camprn** 8/26/2013, 9:15 pm

Nonna.PapaVino wrote: Awwww, a blast from the past, cooking with honey. Thank you so much, Camp, for a great memory and bit of wisdom. Nonna

**camprn** 8/27/2013, 9:47 pm

"Brisk and lively moves the harvestman, to gather the rich and various productions. He now realizes the reward of his toil and attentions. Is it not labor that makes a man happy? What if we could obtain these fruits, our necessary supply of food, etc., without any exertion of our own; would not the consequences be indolence and slothfulness? Society would, indeed, be in a wretched state."
–The Old Farmer’s Almanac, 1853

**sanderson** 8/28/2013, 2:35 am

camprn wrote:"Brisk and lively moves the harvestman, to gather the rich and various productions. He now realizes the reward of his toil and attentions. Is it not labor that makes a man happy? What if we could obtain these fruits, our necessary supply of food, etc., without any exertion of our own; would not the consequences be indolence and slothfulness? Society would, indeed, be in a wretched state."
–The Old Farmer’s Almanac, 1853

+1

**camprn** 8/28/2013, 8:00 pm

Any Surface owners out there? Please, tell me about it.

**RoOsTeR** 8/28/2013, 8:37 pm

I don't know anything about the Surface, but if you're looking for a tab, the Nexus 7 or 10 can't be beat. I have the 7 and love it.
If you're looking more laptop, the Chromebook is top notch and cheaper. I've also got a chromebook and wouldn't trade it for nothin Very Happy

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/

http://www.google.com/nexus/tablets/index.html

**camprn** 8/28/2013, 9:01 pm

RoOsTeR wrote:I don't know anything about the Surface, but if you're looking for a tab, the Nexus 7 or 10 can't be beat. I have the 7 and love it.
If you're looking more laptop, the Chromebook is top notch and cheaper. I've also got a chromebook and wouldn't trade it for nothin

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/

http://www.google.com/nexus/tablets/index.html

I'm leaning toward the 7, what's better about the 10............ I'm going to go look at the links now.

**walshevak** 8/29/2013, 7:31 am

Gave granddaughter a surface for her birthday in Jan. Of course the surface pro came out in Feb. She was a high school sophomore and loved it but you couldn't load Norton antivirus on it. So when the college sophomore grandson's birthday came up in Mar. he got the surface pro. He loves it.

Kay

CapeCoddess 8/29/2013, 4:04 pm

I don't know what you folks are talking about. But then, I don't have a cell phone either... Shocked

CC

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