Not the grammar police

Given that this and most internet sites uses English as its primary language of communication and non-native speakers aside, that each of the English-speaking nations employs their own unique vocabulary and grammar rules, it beggars belief that anyone should be truly upset about the odd typo or grammar faux pas in an informal setting like MFP.

Indeed, some mistakes are sloppy, but as more and more folks access the site on the hoof via phones and tablets and rely on spell checkers (or not as the case may be) it's more a question of getting a comment out and most of us are big and ugly enough to be able to work out what the poster means and if we don't, well is it really the end of the world?

Some of the so-called grammatical errors pointed out in the above posts may in fact be perfectly grammatically correct within the context of local dialect. For example...

It irritates me to no end when people say "I seen", instead of "I saw" or "I've seen."

In Scots vernacular it is common parlance to use the past participle instead of the preterite form, especially of common irregular verbs like to see, to drink, to bring, etc.

If this were a scientific or literary forum or an academic exercise then I would be the first to throw my hands up in horror, but it's a social network, so can we all take a deep breath and count to ten, before I start on why Americans spell colour and labour without a u or write their dates back to front :laugh:

Given that this and most internet sites uses English as its primary language of communication and non-native speakers aside, that each of the English-speaking nations employs their own unique vocabulary and grammar rules, it beggars belief that anyone should be truly upset about the odd typo or grammar faux pas in an informal setting like MFP.

Indeed, some mistakes are sloppy, but as more and more folks access the site on the hoof via phones and tablets and rely on spell checkers (or not as the case may be) it's more a question of getting a comment out and most of us are big and ugly enough to be able to work out what the poster means and if we don't, well is it really the end of the world?

Some of the so-called grammatical errors pointed out in the above posts may in fact be perfectly grammatically correct within the context of local dialect. For example...

It irritates me to no end when people say "I seen", instead of "I saw" or "I've seen."

In Scots vernacular it is common parlance to use the past participle instead of the preterite form, especially of common irregular verbs like to see, to drink, to bring, etc.

If this were a scientific or literary forum or an academic exercise then I would be the first to throw my hands up in horror, but it's a social network, so can we all take a deep breath and count to ten, before I start on why Americans spell colour and labour without a u or write their dates back to front :laugh:

I am by far NOT the grammar police (since I'm not perfect!), but there are some things that really bug me when people don't use correct grammar. Things like:

There - as in "It's over there"
Their - as in 'It's their thing over there"
They're - as in "They're over there with their thing"
Loose - as in "These pants feel loose now that I've lose weight"
Lose - as in "I'd like to lose some more weight so these pants fall off"

Got any grammar irritations?

Affect and effect... also capitalization, it is the difference between:
"I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse"

"you's"

I don't understand why this thread (and pretty much any thread, really) upsets people so much. Is it because everyone on MFP is hungry?

Yes. That's exactly why.

Also, speaking of grammatical errors that irritate me when I'm hungry: to and too.