More grammar Nazism

[fuzzyjay]

I found another weird past participle here:

His dad told Action News today that Isaiah is normally an active kid, but this has slown him down ...

Comments

[canadad.livejournal.com]

That's . . . that's just terrible.

the bad influences of King James English

[redbearmark.livejournal.com]

Living in the south, I know many of the quirky ways people conjugate verbs. I do think that the King James Bible has some effect.

I took the test you linked so and passed - I was worried but it seemed to be effortless to get the answers right.

Does this make me gay? :-)

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I've found such terrible grammar and spelling is getting worse, both online and in print. Various magazines I get are chock full of errors these days. I know most of it is probably relying too much on computerized proofing and all, but some of what gets printed is Simply. Not. Words.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Slown?! Interesting.

Have I shown you the list before?

Speaking of participles, what're your thoughts on the construction, unique to certain parts of the U.S., that puts "needs" or "wants" before the past particple? "the dishes need washed", "the carburetor needs replaced", etc.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

If you Google "slown him down," you get lots of hits, and it strikes me as something common in my Midwest-South variant, but mostly in the phrase "slown down."