Things You Have To Quit Saying (A Quick Grammar Lesson)

1. ADD ME UP

When you want someone to be your friend in Friendster, don't say "Add me up."

"Add up" is an intransitive verb that means to come up to the unxepected total (i.e. Your bill doesn't add up.) or to form and intelligible pattern (i.e. The witness' story does not add up.)

The best way to say it is, "Add me."


2. HE IS A GAY.

Gay is an adjective. Imagine another adjective; say, handsome.

Is it correct to say, "He is a handsome."?

If your IQ does not consist of one or two digits, you know that the answer to this is NO.

When judging or remarking on someone's sexuality, it's best to say, "He is gay.".


3. YOU ARE SNOB.

"Snob" is a noun and not an adjective. Therefore, if you want to use "snob", you say, "You are a snob.".

The adjective is "snobbish". Thus, "You are snobbish.".


4. WILL GONNA

A good (or bad) example of this is, "I will gonna go to the beach this summer.". Can you hear me gnashing my teeth?

Will + (verb) = Future Tense
e.g. Will + go
I will go to the beach this summer.

Gonna = slang/contraction for "going to"
Be verb (am, is, are) + Going to/Gonna + (verb) = Future Tense
e.g. Am + Going to/Gonna + go
I am going to go to the beach this summer.
I am gonna go to the beach this summer.

Go figure. Math is logic.


5. I have nothing else to place here to make it a really good, solid list. I am filled with so much angst to think. When I think of new ones, I'll let you know.