potter3 Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 AppallingAppauling Is Paul in Hi and those people who write big massive paragraphs and don't bother with commas or full stops they really pi$$ me off also those that don't bother hitting enter to break up the papragraph don't even get me started on txt talk on a computer although saying that people on here are quite good and quick at telling offenders off for doing that sometimes people write some of these homophones wrong are & our source & sauce base & bass heroin & heroine coo & coup my biggest gripe though is of & off that really gets my goat I can't talk though i must pi$$ people off for swearing all the time I just type what I am thinking I swear a lot (alot i hate alot) and I even swore once in a job interview sorry oh fez I just spotted what you did with capitols & capitals People that complain about something grammatical while doing it in an attempt at irony
Alexikokopops Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 LD3 - Me.El Déthri - Spanish hooligan. Exquisite.
Smudge Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 To be honest..................... I can take There, their, they're To two, too Your, yore you're but tbh....................
Fosse Boy Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 I'm all in favour of the Grammar Police. Grammatically correct sentences look so much more aesthetically pleasing.
skinnydipper Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 I like words that have different meanings but one spelling e.g A Brazilian - a person from Brazil A Brazilian - a total clearout of the front garden Scone (Skon) - a currannty cake/bun eaten with jam and butter if finances allow Scone (Skone) - similar to above but eaten as part of a cream tea by posh people or those with a university education
Darkzzz_ Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 Sorry, I went to a shite school. Actually I hardly went school. I am not the best at grammar like most of you well educated folks, but I know how to get my point across.
davieG Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 This topic is too discordant and shouldn't be alloud!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 To be honest..................... I hate that too, it suggests that everything else you say is a lie. Unfortunately Nicky Plateneur (erstwhile City player) at work says it a lot and I work near him, which means I've picked it up. My forehead is red with the slaps I keep giving it.
Alexikokopops Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 I hate that too, it suggests that everything else you say is a lie.Unfortunately Nicky Plateneur (erstwhile City player) at work says it a lot and I work near him, which means I've picked it up. My forehead is red with the slaps I keep giving it. Hang on. You work with Nicky Platnauer?!
Thracian Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 This is not a rant, but quite a few people on here seem to struggle; feel free to add to the list. In fairness it's not as bad as it used to be. At least the text speak has died down.Lesson #1 Your - You're Your - belonging to you (your house) You're - you are (you're an idiot) Lesson #2 Its - It's It's - it is / it has (it's a nice day) Its - belonging to it (its fate was sealed when the giraffe kicked out) Lesson #3 There, Their & They're There - in reference to a place (shall we go there?) Their - belonging to them (their (Leeds) final ball was awful) They're - they are (They're coming around to correct your grammar!) Lesson #4 Lose and Loose (this really annoys me) Lose - to fail at, or to be unable to find. (Ann would always lose her keys) Loose - not tight or fixed in place. (The railings were really loose, a danger to everyone) Will this thread make a difference? Hell no. No. But you might get calls from the teaching unions asking if you're trying to make classsroom tuition obsolete.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 Peadophiles are everywhere! Preying on defenceless young podded vegetables. On a serious note, I do get worried when I hear people saying that spelling and grammar aren't important. It may not have been important to my colleague's niece when she wrote some of her courseworkin text-speak, but it was important to the person marking it, and it may not be important to the job applicants sending me CVs, but it matters to me. I can cope with someone not being very good at spelling, but if they're too dense to get someone who is to check their CV for them before sending it in there really is no hope.
Head Honcho Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 I like words that have different meanings but one spelling e.g A Brazilian - a person from Brazil A Brazilian - a total clearout of the front garden Scone (Skon) - a currannty cake/bun eaten with jam and butter if finances allow Scone (Skone) - similar to above but eaten as part of a cream tea by posh people or those with a university education
Lillehamring Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 people that don't use capitols p!ss me right off! but i punctuate excessively to make up for it. i think i'm the only regular semi-colon user here (here or hear ), but then i also use them when i text. ...oh, and the worst mistakes are: 1. could/should/would of 2. it/we/i were mind you, as bad as it may appear here, that leeds forum was diabolical.
Lillehamring Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 i just posted this in 'the other grammar thread'... but it makes perfect sense to put it in here, i suggest everyone read this Bill Bryson's Troublesome Words
Monk Posted 13 January 2009 Author Posted 13 January 2009 I always forget to use the word fewer instead of less despite knowing the correct usage. There were fewer people in the gym today. I said less. Girlfriend wasn't impressed.
lookwhaticando Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 but i punctuate excessively to make up for it. i think i'm the only regular semi-colon user here (here or hear ), but then i also use them when i text. ...oh, and the worst mistakes are: 1. could/should/would of 2. it/we/i were mind you, as bad as it may appear here, that leeds forum was diabolical. Of instead of Have drives me nuts. I should/could/would of had him! Even further on the stupidity scale is the replacement of 'our' with 'are' because that's how it sounds when we say it. He wanted to borrow are jumpers.
Jimmy2Drags Posted 13 January 2009 Posted 13 January 2009 Unsure if anyone has posted about this but.....Idiots that put 'K' on the end of things i.e - somethinK, everythinK, nothinK....... I hate it.
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