a language peeve
 

Commuting means going back and forth. It doesn't mean traveling by bicycle. People have been saying they took the bus (or whatever) and didn't get the chance to commute. Think about that for a minute, OK?

Teacher man now steps down from his soapbox now. Thank you.

With all the misspellings of "brake" and "pedal" and such around here, you're worried about abbreviating a phrase? Yeah, it is irritating, but so am I.

I'll join your cause when we beat apostrophe abuse.

Ah, kindred spirits!

Period abuse... that really bugs me...

You know what really grinds my gears? Inappropriate use of ellipses...

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Yes... your "right".

On Bike Forums/Commuting - 'commuting' is short for 'bicycle commuting'

your right or his right? or maybe your left?

I'm aware of your concern and I personally try to say bicycle commuting, cycle commuting, cyclommuting, or some such, but it really is a pretty long phrase to type out, and I think to most people around here the "bicycle" is understood, even if it isn't explicitly stated.

Their :innocent: are worse offenses to be handled first.

Technology has killed grammar, syntax, spelling and vocabulary. Get used to it.

Do they have the same confusion over on the bus commuting forum?

As a friend of mine says, an apostrophe is not a warning that there's an 'S' coming.

Down with apostrophe abuse!
It`s even unthinkabler because text messagizing of the archaic "old folk" writing is supposed to SKIP those pesky unneeded letters and punctuation, not add in more!

That's pretty bad, but nowhere near as bad as people overusing "now".

I Dont care

No you're not.

See this similar thread first post on 1-16-09: "Not every ride is a commute."

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ight=commuting

who said "commuting" meant bike only?

this is a commuting sub-forum of bikeforums. hence, a bike commuting forum.

take your nitpicks elsewhere!

(and for the nitpickers, your wrong! gimme a brake..)

comma splices drive ME NUTS! *sigh*

Sorry. Pet peeve.

i canna stund sily gramur nazis.

soo thur

Or learn to spell definitely instead of definately

I can't stand it when an OP begins the post with "So, I..." like we are picking up in the middle of a conversation

I hate the words like and the.