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Originally posted by UWM Again, whoosh.

haha, you got two of 'em! i lol'd pretty hard at that.

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Originally posted by UWM This definately bothers me.

haha, you can't even spell definitely.


Loser!

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Originally posted by Boomer187 haha, you can't even spell definitely. Loser!

lol

Meanies.

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Originally posted by UWM Again, whoosh.

Look at me, I'm so superior.

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Originally posted by RickyM Look at me, I'm so superior.

better than being huron. man that lake sucks!

a lot of people also fuck up 'to' and 'too'. like for example saying 'i had to much ice cream'....look dipshit, either add another 'o' or ill make a nude pic of rosie o'donnell your desktop wallpaper.

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Originally posted by idoru DEFINITELY

Yeah. I spelled that word "definately" for 2-3 years before I realised it's actually spelled "definitely".

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Originally posted by tubularbills better than being huron. man that lake sucks!

those are both better than the dead fish infested lake michigan.

Erie #1

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Originally posted by RickyM Look at me, I'm so superior.

Can you get off my fucking nuts already?

yeah there definately better then us

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Originally posted by Boomer187 those are both better than the dead fish infested lake michigan. Erie #1

so true. erie's awful polluted too, tho.

omg my gf does this all the time. is it that hard to type the 'e' on 'youre'?

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Originally posted by Protege omg my gf does this all the time. is it that hard to type the 'e' on 'youre'?

it is. and the apostrophe? man, the amount of time and energy it takes to add that in. ugh. makes me tired just thinking about it

Declaritive, Ownership, Place

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Originally posted by tubularbills so true. erie's awful polluted too, tho.

yea but erie pollution means warm water

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Originally posted by inconspicuous ...using "they" as a singular pronoun, as in, "whenever somebody says this, I know they're illiterate."

I sometimes do this to stay gender neutral - it's quicker than saying "that person"

When we write papers at school, we're not allowed to use they're or their....we HAVE to use "his or hers", "he or she", etc. Soooo lame. We're also not allowed to use conjunctions. Makes for REALLY boring papers.

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Originally posted by astroboy I sometimes do this to stay gender neutral - it's quicker than saying "that person"

yeah, except it's illiterate. "they" is always plural. You cannot refer to one person as "they."

I've never had a problem with this. Maybe because it's not my first language and we have to learn grammar in a non-natural way. Also since it's not my first language I'm very concerned to get everything right, from grammar, spelling, capital letters, etc. "Lazy typing" doesn't come as easy.

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Originally posted by Cloudburst I've never had a problem with this. Maybe because it's not my first language and we have to learn grammar in a non-natural way. Also since it's not my first language I'm very concerned to get everything right, from grammar, spelling, capital letters, etc. "Lazy typing" doesn't come as easy.

That about sums it up. Also, I find it ridiculous when I go to forums where English is spoken (which is foreign to me) and find out that I know English better than people who have it as their mother tongue... It's kinda sad, actually.

It's a shame that schools actually convince most people that they don't speak their language properly...

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Originally posted by Gauss Also, I find it ridiculous when I go to forums where English is spoken (which is foreign to me) and find out that I know English better than people who have it as their mother tongue... It's kinda sad, actually.

It's not sad at all, because that's a myth rather than a reality.

First of all, the grammar we learn at school is extremely idealised. I, for instance, learnt that "If I were" is the correct form of expressing the subjective mood in English. Non-sense, given the fact that most native speakers naturally say "If I was". We're always learning an ideal English, and these people speak real English, which is one step ahead of us (so to speak). The reason why learning real English is impossible is because languages doesn't evolve the same way everywhere.

Spelling words properly, when compared to natives, doesn't mean anything at all either: you might never know when the sole reason why you don't misspell a word is because the phonology of your mother language prevents you from doing that. As an example, here in Brazil most people wouldn't ever mix up "they're, their and there" because the brazilianised spoken version of these words are:

They're --- Brazilian Accent --> They-ruh
Their --- Brazilian Accent ----> They-ur
There --- Brazilian Accent ----> There

Unfortunately, spelling doesn't reflect these exotic pronunciations.

And this is not just Brazilians - this is bound to happen to every student of foreign languages (except for those that know a thing or two about the phonology of the target language, or listen to it a lot more than they read).

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Originally posted by inconspicuous yeah, except it's illiterate. "they" is always plural. You cannot refer to one person as "they."

No, it's not illiterate. If speakers think it's necessary to use "they" to refer to one person, and this use is well understood in a community, the only thing lagging behind is the "grammar". Unfortunately, written grammars are not wikis

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Originally posted by Lira ...learnt that "If I were" is the correct form of expressing the subjective mood in English. Non-sense, given the fact that most native speakers naturally say "If I was"...

Interesting post, as always Lira...

I do disagree with the "if I was" part though. From what I understand, when "if I was" is used it is mainly used by American speakers. Speakers of British English and varieties of that English dont really do that, based on my experience. Many Americans also use "if I were you" as well.

The above is what I have noticed.

I dont really get annoyed at there, they're or their, only when someone constantly makes the same mistake over and over again. I am on another message board and this person is always using it incorrectly. THAT annoys me.

What does annoy me is incorrect usuage of Present perfect. Many people say "Did you do (something) yet?" instead of "Have you done (something) yet?" That kind of annoys me. Or "I did it already" instead of "I've done it already" also annoys me.

Or just simple subject/verb agreement- He don't.... stuff like that annoys me.

Here is a good website if you ever question tricky things in grammar:



http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

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