The spelling and grammar thread

[ludermor]

Why do so many people on this board not know how to use words like "there", "their" and "they're"; or "to" and "too".

Are a lot of people that stupid or are they just lazy? Maybe they just don't care.

F*ck it pisses me off.

There their , your to easily pissed , sure live's two short . They're is more to life really

There there you're too easily pissed , sure live is too short. There is more to life really.
Marks out of 10?

Not quite ten G, if that's what you were hoping.

Commas don't count they're a law on to themselves.

Em... it wasn't commas - see Hardstation's post for a wee hint

Awe well 9/10 is still a A+ 

Is it?

[A Quinn Martin Production]

One thing I've noticed in the last few years is that now "loose" appears to be the opposite of "find"

[scud]

One thing I've noticed in the last few years is that now "loose" appears to be the opposite of "find"

Yea, no, I totally know what you mean like, its like so annoying?

My sentence above represents merely a sample of things I absolutely despise about the americanisation of the english language   

And don't get me started on Jamie Rednapp and the like and their refusal to add 'ly' when using adverbs. He did not play brilliant, he played brilliantly Jamie, brilliantly FFS!

[tyrone girl]

Drives me insane when people use "two instead of too" and in work especially "except instead of accept" and "there instead of their"".

Drives me demented 

Also another one , there is a bebo page of a person i nosy at quite regularly and whatever their  need for   mentioning the word few all the time is i dont know, but anyway, they are convinced that "few" is "view" and if i see one more fecking time them saying "ill go for a view tonight " or "il get a view months work there" il bloody scream. How are people that thick!!

Next night i see them out when i have a "few"  drinks in me i might just have to tell them!

I obviously have little to annoy me 

[SidelineKick]

Drives me insane when people use "two instead of too" and in work especially "except instead of accept" and "there instead of their"".

Drives me demented 

Also another one , there is a bebo page of a person i nosy at quite regularly and whatever their  need for   mentioning the word few all the time is i dont know, but anyway, they are convinced that "few" is "view" and if i see one more fecking time them saying "ill go for a view tonight " or "il get a view months work there" il bloody scream. How are people that thick!!

Next night i see them out when i have a "few"  drinks in me i might just have to tell them!

I obviously have little to annoy me 

TG, above points in bold should really be:

"two" instead of "too", "except" instead of "accept" and "there" instead of "their".

Inverted comma placement is very important.

You're welcome 

[tyrone girl]

Kiss my ass 

[RMDrive]

Drives me insane when people use "two instead of too" and in work especially "except instead of accept" and "there instead of their"".

Drives me demented 

Also another one , there is a bebo page of a person i nosy at quite regularly and whatever their  need for   mentioning the word few all the time is i dont know, but anyway, they are convinced that "few" is "view" and if i see one more fecking time them saying "ill go for a view tonight " or "il get a view months work there" il bloody scream. How are people that thick!!

Next night i see them out when i have a "few"  drinks in me i might just have to tell them!

I obviously have little to annoy me 

TG, above points in bold should really be:

"two" instead of "too", "except" instead of "accept" and "there" instead of "their".

Inverted comma placement is very important.

You're welcome 

You could also have pointed out the lack of capitalisation of the pronoun "I", and the use of "!!" rather than "?". Full stops seem to be in short supply as well.

Fcuk me I hate threads like this. They invariably come across as condescending (whether that was the original intention of the poster or not) and let's face it, very few of us are perfect wordsmiths. Like most people, reading posts that lack basic grammar can be frustrating but it's not the end of the world. Let he without sin ....

[tyrone girl]

For the record i wasnt saying i was word perfect nor saying anyone should be.
Simply saying what drives me insane.
My lack of punctuation has obviously annoyed u enough to point it out. I wont sleep tonight now that i realise i dont use enough full stops , nor do i use "I" instead of "i"

[SidelineKick]

Kiss my ass 

No.

Drives me insane when people use "two instead of too" and in work especially "except instead of accept" and "there instead of their"".

Drives me demented 

Also another one , there is a bebo page of a person i nosy at quite regularly and whatever their  need for   mentioning the word few all the time is i dont know, but anyway, they are convinced that "few" is "view" and if i see one more fecking time them saying "ill go for a view tonight " or "il get a view months work there" il bloody scream. How are people that thick!!

Next night i see them out when i have a "few"  drinks in me i might just have to tell them!

I obviously have little to annoy me 

TG, above points in bold should really be:

"two" instead of "too", "except" instead of "accept" and "there" instead of "their".

Inverted comma placement is very important.

You're welcome 

You could also have pointed out the lack of capitalisation of the pronoun "I", and the use of "!!" rather than "?". Full stops seem to be in short supply as well.

Fcuk me I hate threads like this. They invariably come across as condescending (whether that was the original intention of the poster or not) and let's face it, very few of us are perfect wordsmiths. Like most people, reading posts that lack basic grammar can be frustrating but it's not the end of the world. Let he without sin ....

In no way was this supposed to be condescending, everyone can have the odd slip of the finger (oh matron!) or post a comment in a rush, it's the continual use of the wrong words for which there is no excuse! People saying things like "I remember being their before", using the (probably) most uncommon version of the word for no apparent reason!

[tyrone girl]

And there is no excuse for someone continually using the word view instead of few. Thats just ridiculous. Nothing condescending about pointing that out. For god sake a child knows the difference in that.

[SidelineKick]

And there is no excuse for someone continually using the word view instead of few. Thats just ridiculous. Nothing condescending about pointing that out. For god sake a child knows the difference in that.

That actually is quite ridiculous.  What age is this person? Is it stupidity or laziness?

[tyrone girl]

This person is graduating as a teacher this summer i think and i dont think for a minute its laziness. She actually thinks that view is the correct word. I cringe every time i read her comments as it is continually  being used.
Another one im always seeing is people using the word quiet for quite, as in its quiet good or quiet nice. For god sake.

[leenie]

some of you may have noticed that my spelling and grammar isn't adequately suffice for someone with my level of education.
I should apologise to those annoyed and irritated by my posts because of my ignorance towards the english language.....

but i shall not...........

i actually love that it irritates people, the more the merrier i say! 

long may the spelling and grammar mistakes continue! 

[SidelineKick]

some of you may have noticed that my spelling and grammar isn't adequately suffice for someone with my level of education.
I should apologise to those annoyed and irritated by my posts because of my ignorance towards the english language.....

but i shall not...........

i actually love that it irritates people, the more the merrier i say! 

long may the spelling and grammar mistakes continue! 

That's your only mistakes?! I am very disappointed! When I seen you had commented I thought "Oh Jesus" but well done sir 

It's not so much the spelling, although simple words being spelt wrong would annoy me, it's more the use of "there", "their" and "they're" etc that gets me!

[SidelineKick]

 

My ma ALWAYS pulled me on that.