Grammar Police?

Gray or Grey??

Is there a difference and does anyone have a trick to remember which one to use?

This drives me nuts. I spell it Grey. At work it auto fills Gray. It’s BS. I don’t even think there is a rule. Its a totally lawless color system.

In the USA it is Gray.. in other English speaking countries (think the UK) they use Grey.

Gray is American English Grey is British English. A=American.

What your calling me unamerican. It’s duck duck grey duck all day, and my grey chevy and my grey gun cabinet, and my gray fridge full of Grainbelt all agree with me. Ah shoot.

The Websters dictionary shows “gray” as a color. It shows “grey” as an alternative spelling with identical usage.

All I know is the GRAY whiskers im getting in my beard are pretty darn white.

big_g wrote:

In the USA it is Gray.. in other English speaking countries (think the UK) they use Grey.

This is the way

Am I gonna get deported? I don’t want to go to England, I’ve seen their fishing shows.

It’s a gray area.

Riverrat wrote:

Am I gonna get deported? I don’t want to go to England, I’ve seen their fishing shows.

You can probably go to Canada if you don’t want to cross the pond. Pretty sure they spell it with the E there

mxskeeter wrote:

It’s a gray area

Don’t you mean a grey area?

Riverrat wrote:

What your calling me unamerican. It’s duck duck grey duck all day, and my grey chevy and my grey gun cabinet, and my gray fridge full of Greinbelt all agree with me. Ah shoot.

Should be Greinbelt then, eh lad?!? It’s GrAinbelt for a reason yahsure, youbetcha!

I’m with Riverrat, Grey Lives Matter!

I always liked the line “Grey is a colour, and gray is a color”.

Just call everything silver and problem solved.

Something about Silver Squirrel doesn’t sound right.

mxskeeter wrote:

Just call everything silver and problem solved.

That’s not going to work for Mrs. Grouse’s hound–a greyhound.

Strangely enough, it is always a greyhound, even in the US.

I can’t decide so I use both.

Grammer always was a useless subject anyways! It was kind of in the grey area in my focus on school. I don’t think much grammer made it past the gray matter in my brain.

effected v affected

The to, too, two always gets me.

Dutchboy wrote:

The to, too, two always gets me.

There, their, they’re is the problem.

BigWerm wrote:

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What your calling me unamerican. It’s duck duck grey duck all day, and my grey chevy and my grey gun cabinet, and my gray fridge full of Greinbelt all agree with me. Ah shoot.

Should be Greinbelt then, eh lad?!? It’s GrAinbelt for a reason yahsure, youbetcha!

Careful now BW… he’s a die hard Sconie. And I know what he drinks. I can assure you it is NOT GRB.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

effected v affected

That one is probably the one used most incorrectly. Guilty here. There
and to will keep you from a job on a resume.

Not Grainbelt or Greinbelt

Brainmelt

In Canada, isn’t it is Grehy… Eh ?

Eelpoutguy wrote:

effected v affected

For this one it’s helpful to remember that “affect” is a verb and “effect” is a noun. Then it’s easier to know which one to use.

Funny this comes up so close to National Grammar Day! Yes, that’s a thing and I love that there’s a day dedicated to reminding people of the importance of good grammar. All too often I see run on sentences, apostrophes used to make words plural, improper word use (to, too, two, etc.), and the occasional paragraph which contains no punctuation whatsoever… Why is grammar so important? Because knowledge is pointless if we cannot properly communicate it to others!

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Poor grammar is a huge pet peeve of mine. I understand the way we communicate has evolved, but dammit, use punctuation and proper spelling.