Comments on: Television and the Present Perfect Tense

By: Retta McSweeney

Retta McSweeney — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:26:22 +0000

It sickens me to hear or read the word “got.” Our language is changing so rapidly and not in a nice way. For example, to hear someone say, “I’ve got a good deal for you,” when it should be, “I have a good deal for you,” pierces my ears for it sounds extremely off the wall and typical of the grunts and chest-pounding of the cavemen. It takes us back to “Me Tarzan, you Jane” mentality. Yes, I am a grammerian having taught journalism and English to hundreds of students before GOT invaded the scene. It may be too late to eradicate this word from our speech, just as the rest of our language is going down the drain along with handwriting and old-fashioned courtesies.

By: addie

addie — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:36:48 +0000

Oh, this is just slightly off the topic, but, “Beg the Question,” is used incorrectly, by one specific host on CourtTV, so often, I cannot have the channel on when she is around.

By: addie

addie — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:29:29 +0000

On CourtTV Guests are introduced as, “The Once former,” this or that. For example, “The once former police chief of orange County,”
When they mean the, “Former,” not, “Former and now again.”
arrrgh!

By: arslan shehzad

arslan shehzad — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:49:10 +0000

i want to download ur grammer book

By: PreciseEdit

PreciseEdit — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:33:01 +0000

I, too, have noticed a general confusion about the difference between the simple past tense and the present perfect.

I have seen many sentences along the lines of “I took this trip many times.”

Other sentences simply boggle me, such as “She has ate the pizza.”