Grammar hang out
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I guess it's been done before on here, but what's your biggest pet peeve regarding grammar and spelling mistakes? And would you say that this extremely prevalent confusion between 'your' and 'you're' is a result of autocorrect? Or is it a new texting language that doesn't have rules of grammar? Curious!
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Incorrect usage of "where." "I remember a time where..." Time is not a location, but an event. "I remember a time WHEN..." This drives me up the wall.
Incorrect use of take vs bring spins my eyeballs. Take and bring are opposites and cannot be used interchangeably.
Your "your/you're" problem is an issue of poor proofreading and a lack of reading overall. Readers know English; all others are only familiar with it.4 -
Apostrophe abuse. Every year, I get Christmas cards addressed to "the Miller's" and it makes me want to scream.5
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Im not really not sure, because sometimes I cant think of anything until I see what there saying, you know; people that say the things that is the stuff that makes the bad grammer, but sometimes I think to many persons makes to many mistakes, but thats because I read the internet alot, so if there making mistakes I notice it, so I guess your going to have to be more pacific so I can think of an example.12
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Im not really not sure, because sometimes I cant think of anything until I see what there saying, you know; people that say the things that is the stuff that makes the bad grammer, but sometimes I think to many persons makes to many mistakes, but thats because I read the internet alot, so if there making mistakes I notice it, so I guess your going to have to be more pacific so I can think of an example.
You did this on purpose!!! OMG!! The horror!3 -
browneyedgirl749 wrote: »Im not really not sure, because sometimes I cant think of anything until I see what there saying, you know; people that say the things that is the stuff that makes the bad grammer, but sometimes I think to many persons makes to many mistakes, but thats because I read the internet alot, so if there making mistakes I notice it, so I guess your going to have to be more pacific so I can think of an example.
You did this on purpose!!! OMG!! The horror!
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Im not really not sure, because sometimes I cant think of anything until I see what there saying, you know; people that say the things that is the stuff that makes the bad grammer, but sometimes I think to many persons makes to many mistakes, but thats because I read the internet alot, so if there making mistakes I notice it, so I guess your going to have to be more pacific so I can think of an example.
My eye twitched, but I laughed.
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@Avocado_AS5 has a good shirt on this topic0
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Oh boy, my grammar can be bad, but I'm even worse with spelling. If it wasn't for spell check I'd be lost.
I remember my grade 7 teacher at the hick school I went to running out of time to teach us whatever grammar lessons she was supposed to and said to us "oh well, you kids won't need to learn that anyway".1 -
I want to loose 50 pds.5
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I always notice when people say "I know someone that..." When you're talking about a person, it should be "who," not "that."2
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"I need to eat less calories in the evening." No. You need to eat fewer calories.1
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I cringe a little with "I wish I knew that before."0
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@browneyedgirl749 you nailed all of my favorites. Not that theirs anything wrong with bad grammar, because I make mistakes to.0
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@Jimb376mfp one of the more popular MFP sayings, thank you. It's difficult for me to click on those if they are in the subject line, but I try0
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Internet grammar police literally make me cringe. By the way I hate when people misuse the word "literally"4
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distinctlybeautiful wrote: »I always notice when people say "I know someone that..." When you're talking about a person, it should be "who," not "that."
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