Good evening my fellow Cage people! I hope this finds you well and good! Tonight's Blog post will be on the use of the word 'Dominant', and its variations in conversation. I don't want to bag on anyone, but when someone posts something with the incorrect usage of 'Dominant' in it, I begin to wonder if they understand what being a Dominant really is. Let this be a bit of a PSA then. Let's get started!
1. Dominant - Webster defines it as this: (adjective) most important, powerful, or influential. When using this word, you are describing yourself.... you are 'a Dominant'. You are not 'a Dominance'. As an adjective, you are using Dominant to describe someone or something. 'He is a Dominant.' , or 'I am a Dominant' is appropriate usage.
2. Dominance - Webster says: (noun) power and influence over others. Dominance is more like a thing than a descriptive. For instance, 'He is filled with Dominance, and I like that about him.' You shouldn't use it like this 'He is filled with Dominants...'. That implies that He ate a bunch of dominants, and is now full of them. Yeesh... what a word picture!
3. Dominants - This is the plural of Dominant. You'd use in a sentence like this: 'The room was filled with Dominants!' (what an exciting room!). Or something like this 'She wondered where all the Dominants were at the party.'. Make sense? Unless you have multiple personalities, you can't be a Dominants.
4. Dominate - (verb) have a commanding influence on; exercise control over. As with Dominance, you are not a Dominate. If I were to say 'Hey! I hear you're a really strong Dominate...', I would leave the listener confused. Instead, you'd want to use this verb thusly: 'I hear you're something special, and that you Dominate the competition...'.
5. Dominated - (verb, past tense) Someone can be Dominated, but you are never a Dominated. That would just be weird.
I know that not everyone likes to read or study word origins and their usages, but honestly, if you're going to take the time to write a profile, or send someone a message, please know that it gets a little hard to take someone seriously if they're using the incorrect version of Dominant. That and it can become confusing. I know that typographical errors occur, and there may even be some in this blog and/or my profile. I do try to get rid of those pesky critters, and I imagine those of you who are writing advertisements and profiles are trying to do the very same thing. Like I said... I am not trying to bag on anyone or embarrass someone. I'd like to give you a heads-up about the grammatically correct usages of Dominant and the like. I want you to succeed, I really do!
So, thank you for listening to my little war on incorrect grammar. I really do hope it can help someone.
Blessings,
Calendar Girl
