sale vs. sell

[Embraer]

gotta get this off my chest. along the lines of "you're" and "your" etc.

when i see an ad for a car (or anything for that matter) that says something like:

"i must sale my 1988 porsche carrera" instead of "i must sell my 1988 porsche carrera."

i've never heard this in spoken language. it's only when people write.


perfect example:

Ducati 749R

[James Brown]

You selling your Carrera?

[Embraer]

no...just looking at ads. i randomly picked that as an example.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Embraer

gotta get this off my chest. along the lines of "you're" and "your" etc.
when i see an ad for a car (or anything for that matter) that says something like:
"i must sale my 1988 porsche carrera" instead of "i must sell my 1988 porsche carrera."
i've never heard this in spoken language. it's only when people write.

Rather ironic since you seem to have forgotten to do properly capitalization.
We need to call in the

[widgeon13]

At least he didn't use "sail", that would really be funny or sad.

[Embraer]

i intentionally never capitalize in informal communication. kind of a trademark, i guess.

this is in contrast to somebody who doesn't know better.

[Embraer]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Rather ironic since you seem to have forgotten to do properly capitalization.We need to call in the

if i was truly a grammar nazi, i would have commented on your improper use of an adverb. haha

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Embraer

this is in contrast to somebody who doesn't know better.

Funny I wonder the same thing about folks that don't know how to capitalize...

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Rather ironic since you seem to have forgotten to do properly capitalization.
We need to call in the

Yes, and?

[Por_sha911]

Present company (who does it as a trademark) excluded of course...

[widgeon13]

its unfourtunenut that peepul feel this weigh a bout gramer.

Its a fundamantle of english alone with spellin.

[Embraer]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Funny I wonder the same thing about folks that don't know how to capitalize...

or properly add commas....

or those with a mastery of relative pronouns...

hahaha

[Por_sha911]

But I'm not the one ranting about other people's poor English.

[Zeke]

I have been car shopping and the ads with the poor spelling usually turn up an idiot on the other end.

I'm about to buy from a used car dealer just to get 'er done. Funny, but a lot of the cars on lots aren't any more money than what people are asking privately.

[BeyGon]

along with people that sale their cars, why do they blank out the plates, the car is for sell, what's the big deal?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

along with people that sale their cars, why do they blank out the plates, the car is for sell, what's the big deal?

It's a notion that thieves can find the location of the car by the plate. Used to be pretty easy. Rumors and old ways have a hard time dying.

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

But I'm not the one ranting about other people's poor English.

Huh?
"Rather ironic since you seem to have forgotten to do properly capitalization.
We need to call in the"

"Us critical people are always being criticized", I think Charlie Brown said that.

[Embraer]

milt, i've noticed the same thing.

on another note, i called up a guy here in LA for an SC he had for sale. the whole conversation was really weird.

he had an ad up on craigslist, with no number given. i emailed him. about 5 minutes after i sent the email, i got a call from a "restricted number."

i answered it, and sure enough, it was the fellow with the porsche. he immediately asked "hi...somebody with this number emailed me about my 'porsch' for sale?" (he spoked extremely slowly...brutally slow.)

that was kind of annoying, due to the fact that i intentionally gave my name and phone number in the email. he should have asked for 'mike".....not "somebody."

I proceeded to start asking some questions about the car, during which he rudely interupts me. he asks me whether or not i am prepared to buy the car if i like it. i explain that yes, im a serious buyer, that i've owned many porsches in the past, etc.

he mentioned the car had lots of mechanical work done to it, but couldn't answer any of my questions. he said he would find out for me, and give me a call back.

no call back, and the ad has been removed.

i wouldn't buy the car from the guy after our initial encounter, but this whole incident reminded me of the craigslist flake thread a couple of weeks ago.

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by milt

It's a notion that thieves can find the location of the car by the plate. Used to be pretty easy. Rumors and old ways have a hard time dying.

Yeah, like out of my garage, that would be fun.

[Gogar]

Let's not even start with the apostrophe's.