Comments on: Rihanna wears gorgeous origami dress at the Glamour Awards

By: JaNa'e

JaNa'e — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:59:51 +0000

what was she named woman of the year for? she hasn’t done anything this year: no album, no charity work, nothing. it seems to me that people are just trying to be sympathetic because of the situation with chris. if she won an award for simply running around in heels and being spotted by the paparazzi for the past few months then we should all be women of the year.

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By: jayem

jayem — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:04:38 +0000

You guys just completely cracked me up, seeing as I just posted on another site about people not knowing the difference between “roll” and “role”. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who gets irked by certain grammatical things.

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By: NFLer

NFLer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:48:13 +0000

Not digging the hair though.

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By: delicious

delicious — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:28:25 +0000

Screw the dress! what’s up that foundation? It doesn’t even match her neck.

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By: karen

karen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:30:34 +0000

@St angie: “I could care less” when they really mean “I COULDN’T care less””

Both are grammatically incorrect. They’re slang. Could is a hypothetical used to denote possibility, as in “I wonder who that could be at the door. That couldn’t be true! Could you open the door for me, please?”

When you are expressing strong certainty, as in “I don’t care!” you don’t use could. This verb implies your caring is still a possibility when the true meaning the speaker wants is the exact opposite. “I could not care less” literally means it’s a possibility for me to care but not, or less now. It’s a double negative which makes little sense as written, hence it’s slang. Yes, I’m an English major.

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By: Squirtle

Squirtle — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:15:14 +0000

Wow! I was just hoping for was some pretty photos of Riri and instead I got a lesson in grammar.

Hahahaa, good info though..or tho or however you would prefer it.

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By: Firestarter

Firestarter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:45:00 +0000

@Lem, someone in another thread this very day used “inplant”. I had a person who I worked with once who insisted I was wrong when I said “breast implants”.

You are lucky to have been spared of the “conversate” word being used. No matter how many times I explain that there is no such word, people still manage to use it in conversations, or in print!

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By: Lem

Lem — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:07:35 +0000

- I’ve never heard anyone use the word conversate nor inplant. Would I conversate with you or would we conversate about that?

supposably, you guyes, who’s for whose. I end sentences with prepositions like, you know.

I’m of the mind very is a form of extremely. Therefore this dress could be blandly unique, extremely unique or batsh!t unique. As in Dita is blandly unique, Gaga is extremely unique and Tommy Girl is batsh!t unique. o.k. bad example. Point is their uniqueness takes different forms.

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By: lolo

lolo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:54:03 +0000

Sorry, St Angie I have to completely disagree here. These days, words have many different meanings and uses. Their use is not singular.

Modern grammar is becoming more colloquial, following the movement of our culture.
That’s the way of language–it changes and adapts with the times.

Case in point, here’s the five dictionary definitions for the word unique. Please see number #5.

u⋅nique /yuˈnik/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [yoo-neek] Show IPA

–adjective 1. existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
2. having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint.
3. limited in occurrence to a given class, situation, or area: a species unique to Australia.
4. limited to a single outcome or result; without alternative possibilities: Certain types of problems have unique solutions.
5. not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile.

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By: Firestarter

Firestarter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:41:11 +0000

Well, I still think the dress is VERY unique! ; p

I guess that bugs a few peple on here like the words “conversate” and “inplants” bother me. I go mad when people say conversate, or inplants. Also when they use the word chest when speaking about the game chess.

And YES, I am the grammatically challenged individual who said ” very unique”

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