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Offical grammar rant thread (pg. 3)
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
People who spell honor, "honour". :p |
So spelling words correctly annoys you does it? |
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| TheatreBaby |
| I've never realized how upsetting grammatical errors are to some people. I just figure when someone produces a typo that they were thinking faster than they could type. Or that they were in a hurry. I'll have to try to type cautiously as not to upset the fragile state one might be in when reading posts on TA. |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
I've noticed your English is exceptional. IMO. I get confused when the wrong word is used because I don't automatically know it is the wrong word. So I'm trying to make sense with the word used not knowing a different word should have been used. Do you do this? |
Thanks, guess it's faaar from perfect though... i use wrong words all the time! it's really hard to know couse in Swedish (and Danish too?) we have the same word for a lot of things so then you presume it's the same in English (when you don't know any other word).... guess that can look weird sometimes but i hope they understand anyway :) |
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| nekholm |
| My top 3 "most hated" would be to/too, than/then and there/their/they're. |
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| TeKnoHe@d2025 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
So spelling words correctly annoys you does it? |
LoL, I was just ing around...funny how many people are getting angry about it. |
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| Essential1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheatreBaby
I've never realized how upsetting grammatical errors are to some people. I just figure when someone produces a typo that they were thinking faster than they could type. Or that they were in a hurry. I'll have to try to type cautiously as not to upset the fragile state one might be in when reading posts on TA. |
It's not so much on message boards that it annoys me. It's mostly things like incorrect signs and such.
Also, seeing my buddy up all the time on college papers that I proofread for him. It pisses me off because he got accepted and I didn't.:whip: |
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| DasBrotBesser |
LOL You stole my idea! Well, I guess it's your idea since you got to it first...
Anyway, one thing that I think is interesting to analyze is the shortened english used for road signs and whatnot (as in how it makes sense even if you leave helping verbs out etc.), but not when they shorten the english by taking out the wrong words! One example I can think of that drives me CRAZY is a sign in the shuttle that I take to class that says, "No standing front white line while bus is in motion." I guess it's kind of hard to explain, but to me it seems like the obvious choice, if they really needed to save two letters, would be to take out the last "is" so it would read, "No standing front of white line while bus in motion." What the is "front white line" supposed to mean?
Another one is run-on sentences without punctuation that I see everywhere on message boards it gets quite annoying reading whole paragraphs without commas periods semi-colons colons whatever it just seems like someone is writing on a third-grade level i just sit there and think shouldn't you be in bed li'l boy? |
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| Endo |
WTF is with people and "addicting"? Addicting is not an adjective!! It's addictive!!!!
Your and you're upsets me too |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by joeh
You know what's worse though?
When people call a full stop a period.
:rolleyes: :p |
ahhh.. finally, someone understands me. All my American friends make fun of me for saying full stop. :( But that is what I learned in school. |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by nekholm
My top 3 "most hated" would be to/too, than/then and there/their/they're. |
my MOST hated is:
hear vs heer vs here (in the end he/ she meant here) |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DasBrotBesser
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^^ that annoys me to. It makes NO sense at all
translates to (word-for-word) "The bread better" ?? what is that supposed to mean?
I give you the 'typo' excuse though. You might have wanted your nick to be: "DasBrotMesser" -> The bread knife |
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| Essential1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by drizzt81
^^ that annoys me to. It makes NO sense at all
translates to (word-for-word) "The bread better" ?? what is that supposed to mean?
I give you the 'typo' excuse though. You might have wanted your nick to be: "DasBrotMesser" -> The bread knife |
LOL!!!
"Watch out, the bread knife is going to kill you!"
:p |
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