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"Egg-zit" and "eck-sit" are both proper pronunciations of the word "exit." In many English words, many consonants in certain words can be either voiced or un-voiced, particularly in the middle of words. Butter, for instance, can be "but-ter" or "bud-der." Raspberry can be razberry, or rasperry. Going on a rant about how people should pronounce things the way you want them to when in fact their pronunciation is equally valid just paints one as an ignorant snob.

As I mentioned before, each letter of the alphabet has a "sound" that each letter makes. Grade school teachers and speech therapists, when grading students, "What sound does (pick a letter) make?" If a child gets to "x" and they say that it makes a "guh" sound, that will be marked as an error.

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How about people who say "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes"

Kang Lang
Kang Lang

ugh i hate when people say irreguardless. their, they're and there when used incorrectly annoy but not as much. (recalling bad experience from when i was learning english)

elmcitymaven
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Nothing wrong with it -- it's the present perfect progressive tense, as opposed to the simple past tense. It all depends on whether or not the action is fully in the past or not.

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As I mentioned before, each letter of the alphabet has a "sound" that each letter makes. Grade school teachers and speech therapists, when grading students, "What sound does (pick a letter) make?" If a child gets to "x" and they say that it makes a "guh" sound, that will be marked as an error.

It's not a "guh" sound but rather a "gz" sound. But that's a little beyond the point. Letters make different sounds in different words. Some words have multiple acceptable pronunciations, spellings, and plurals. You wouldn't say that "c" makes a "ch" sound on it's own but that is the proper pronunciation in "cello" and "ancient." The word "exaggerate" also features an "x" that is typically pronounced "gz."

My point is that, while proper grammar and pronunciation are important, there are many instances in the English language where multiple variants are correct. If you want to be a grammar nazi, pick only on things that are strictly incorrect.

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saying ''you was'' instead of you were. maybe it's cute if you ''was'' in Texas...



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saying ''you was'' instead of you were. maybe it's cute if you ''was'' in Texas...

you was saying? :bonk:

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Why was you axxing?

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