OT: dominate
Ok, I've seen it used on this site before....
But now I've seen it used on a poll at ESPN.com
Now, when the heck did dominate become an adjective?
I've looked at Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and, heck, even UrbanDictionary.com and none of them references an adjective form for dominate.
Is this word usage occurring because people can't differentiate between a verb (dominate) and an adjective (dominant)?
It obviously can't be a misspelling of dominated, because that is pretty much the OPPOSITE meaning of dominant.
I don't get this.
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This is one of my biggest pet peeves
I think it is because of stupid people who don't know the difference.
by austintxhorn on Sep 5, 2006 12:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nah
by RangerMoto on Sep 5, 2006 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
Nobody thinks dominate means dominant.
by Sharky on Sep 5, 2006 12:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd
by thedirkatron on Sep 5, 2006 7:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It could be typo-like.
That said, when a major website makes an error like that, there's a problem. These people are writing for a living and I imagine several people see the copy before it goes to "print".
by Dustin on Sep 5, 2006 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
clearly bad grammar
your/you're
its/it's (easily the most abused because people simply don't understand the difference)
they're/their/there
resigned/re-signed
too/to/two
than/then
discreet/discrete
complement/compliment
adding apostrophes to plural words
You could peruse this board and come up with 4 or 5 dozen more, I'm sure.
I attribute poor grammar (whether online or otherwise) more to laziness and apathy than to outright stupidity. Why use the properly contracted form when the shorter word will get your point across just fine? I've heard/read the argument that it's just the internet: "no reason to meticulously edit a post if it's just going to be on a blog somewhere." I don't buy that argument though. We should respect our language. Spend five extra seconds and check your spelling and grammar, people!
It's probably fairly obvious that this is one of my biggest pet peeves. But I suppose, if nothing else, it helps me weed out the scholars from the not-so-enlightened...
by RangerMoto on Sep 5, 2006 12:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
pet peeves
And that's too bad.
by Brian Thomas on Sep 5, 2006 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"loose" in place of "lose"...
People who misspell those words should be sentenced to hard labor.
by Lucas on Sep 5, 2006 2:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Misspelled words
Thus, I don't really have as much of a problem with "definately" as I do with "loose" since "loose" is actually a word while "definately" is not.
I often get the feeling that some people (mainly teenagers) don't really know that there IS a difference between "loose" and "lose" (especially noting that they often call each other "loosers").
That being said, I can understand problems with apostrophes/punctuation, also, and thus don't mind them as much since it takes some definite thought to figure them out (plus, the it's/its exception to the possessive rule might throw people off).
But I can see having problems with the discreet/discrete, compliment/complement, etc. problems.
It's really hard to claim that "dominate" is a spelling problem since you're ADDING a letter which doesn't even belong and dropping one elsewhere. If someone wrote "dominent" or "dominat," I could see the argument for a spelling error.
Also, it's sad that at a major website, we have such a gross misuse of a word, assuming that's what it is. Those editors (I'm thinking they're very young as I rarely see these types of problems from the older generations) should be forced to write the word "dominant" 1,000 times on a white/chalk board, assuming "dominate" hasn't actually developed usage as an adjective.
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by Requiem on Sep 5, 2006 2:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What's sad is that it still hasn't been corrected
by austintxhorn on Sep 5, 2006 2:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda like the 2nd amendment to the Constitution..
by tklawless on Sep 5, 2006 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some people
by Longhorn on Sep 5, 2006 9:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
typo
by trza on Sep 5, 2006 9:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
since
by Wakes1331 on Sep 5, 2006 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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