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I see this everywhere I go that someone always has to misuse the two. For example, "your going to the store?" Oh geez please stab my eyes out. Don't even get me started on there, their, and they're or to and too.
You know what annoys the shit outta me? I'm from the Netherlands, and whenever I look at a picture on facebook or hyves I find some girl who named her picture " Its MY ;) "
FUCK YOU! WHO THE FUCK IS MY???
I always try to make sure I have correct grammar and spelling, so it annoys me a ton.
Text talk is fine, I use it every day. But incorrect grammar like that ticks me off
I get really pissed when I go to check out anywhere and I say thank you and the cashier says YOU welcome instead of YOU'RE welcome...
I seem to misuse "their" and "there" a lot. I got "they're" down, but just the two others seem to give me problems. And I'm gonna admit it that they have given me problems for years now. I just always seem to switch them around. I know that "there" would be like: "Over there", whereas, the other one would be like, "They can't make up their minds." Yet, I still can't help but switch them around sometimes.
And I also noticed that at times I can be either "comma happy" or hardly using commas at all, where you know they're supposed to go. It can be irritating sometimes, but I would never get on a persons back about it if they made a mistake. I make mistakes too sometimes.
Dappled: while the the 'book of/by..' is certainly the safest, I highly doubt anyone would call you on using 's. There's surprisingly few who notice it. In fact you'll probably get more people telling you the 's is missing. :p
A while back, I was searching for some information online and ended up looking at a Canadian cell phone message board. I read a number of posts, then went to a similar American cell phone forum. My God, the difference!! The Canadians largely used fitting punctuation, proper word use, correct spelling and quite a measure of politeness. The American forum was a mess of inarticulate idiots for the most part.
Comparing misuse of simple, common words to advanced grammar intricacies is going a bit far, though. As far as I'm concerned, there should be a level of expectancy so one can get their point across with correct spelling, word use, sentence structure and punctuation, anything too much further beyond that just isn't practical to most. As long as you don't look like a complete simpleton, and didn't miss the WHOLE 3rd grade, and I can understand what you're trying to convey without having to read over it 7 times then that's OK, I guess.
I prefer to look at the thoughts, and if the thoughts of another writer flow easily in my mind, it's good enough for me.
I cannot, for the life of me, understand why people get bothered by such things. So, mistakes are made.
Then again, I am sure you are much more patient than me about some other things.
@ femmefatale12
Omg bugs the living grammar Nazi out of me!
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Oh, my God. It bothers me tremendously when someone enforces the rules of English Grammar on the Internet!
Omg bugs the living grammar Nazi out of me! I can't be on Facebook because of it!
I see this everywhere I go that someone always has to misuse the two. For example, "your going to the store?" Oh geez please stab my eyes out. Don't even get me started on there, their, and they're or to and too.
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I see misused words everywhere I encounter poorly constructed sentences. For example, the sentence,"Your going to the store?", contains the misused word,"Your". This word implies ownership. The author of this sentence clearly did not utilize the contraction of, "You are", properly which would have resulted in the word, "You're". There are so many examples of misused words in colloquial English today (such as common confusion surrounding the usage of "there, their, and they're" or "to and too") that I will not elaborate any further.
Irony abounds.
haha
I see mistakes in my own corrections! The Devil is in the details, folks.
That was my lame example of a sentence where you're was not used but should be. I guess it wasn't clear?
Never mind, I did say for example before my example. It's weird how that works. That means it was an example.
The issue with your writing had nothing to do with your spelling of "you're, your, etcetera". Let's look at "one" of your sentences...
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"I see this everywhere I go that someone always has to misuse the two."
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Definition: "run on sentence"
An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
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You are using "that" (a demonstrative adjective) improperly as a conjunction.
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You ended your third sentence with a preposition.
You did not utilize quotation marks in your final sentence like you did in your second sentence.
If you put it all together, your screed is another embarrassing demonstration of, "the pot calling the kettle black". Your writing lacks clarity and grammatical acuity. This begs the question: "Why criticize others for similar transgressions, OP?"
LOL alright you win. English isn't my forte...I just need to know it well enough so that my research papers aren't rejected by journals. I still know how to use your/you're correctly though and it bothers me that it seems people aren't as educated anymore.
Dappled, same as S; the Cortez'.
And I counted 9 grammatical errors in the comments. That's without trying. Aha.
(in response to being called a grammar nazi several times, I and two others formed the Grammar Work Camp at our school. We'd actually make people write out grade five lesson plans so they'd learn: it was a surprising success.)
That's what I imagined but I'd never been able to confirm it. I changed it to "the book written by Marquez" as opposed to "Marquez' book" even though it sounded mangled.
I do really care about not making grammatical errors, but English is not my strong suit at all. I'm glad to finally know that I could have said "Marquez' book", though, so thank you.
You began a sentence inside of parentheses with a lowercase letter:
(in...
I do believe most of the errors are on purpose...but what do you expect on a site where people under 18 can sign up easily?
We all have things we know and things we don't know. Can you tell me how the apostrophe is used in the genitive case for people whose name ends with a Z as opposed to an S?
If you can, I'll be exceedingly pleased because I really don't know the answer. If you can't, then it just goes to show that you and I don't know everything and we may abuse our language too.
Although when this particular problem came up, I rephrased the sentence rather than dealt with it properly.
Agree.
The only people who get bothered by "grammar nazis" are the people who get corrected by them. On behalf of grammar nazis everywhere, I apologize for trying to help folks to not appear ignorant.
Oh geez your just too lame try and be like the other people out their that just dont care.
Yes, very annoying!! It's so basic and so important, there's no excuse for not using those words properly. It's not a matter of misspelling either, it's total misuse of words that are so damn basic it's ridiculous.
Its normal to get anoyed just like its normal I get anoyed by people who get anoyed by such small things.
It's normal to be annoyed.
Sometimes it's an accident, but more often than not it's just simple laziness or a lack of education.
The only thing worse than that is when someone says "ur" or "NE1" and expects others to take them seriously.
...but more often than not it's just simple laziness or a lack of education.
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but more often than not, it's just simple laziness or a lack of education.
I see what you did there. However, the extra comma you put in may not really be necessary since the break was a minor one, as opposed to being a major one.
I believe either one is applicable.
Although I do name myself guilty in the practice of starting sentences with the word "and" or "but"; but at least I admit it instead of trying to justify it.
=)
You are completed normal for believing people should at least make a half assed attempt at being coherent. Mistaking the differences in such basic words shows either a lack of knowledge and care. Go ahead and mess them up on a resume, see how that goes.
Most of the time it's just by accident. Stop being such a Grammar Nazi and calm down.
You ended your sentence with the preposition, "down", which is incorrect sentence structure.
Then is the whole phrase "calm down" almost always used improperly? I mean, that's usually how it's used, either alone -"CALM DOWN!!"- or at the end of a sentence. Would you always have to say "calm down, buddy" or "calm down, now" to be proper? Or if you used it in a sentence, as above, you'd have to say "calm down and stop being such a Grammar Nazi". I don't know, it just doesn't sound right or have the same effect. Aren't popular, accepted phrases exempt from such rules?
Well, yeah, there has to be exceptions. Cheer up? Lay down? Make up? Let down? And so on...
You'd never say "let's make up and kiss", it's "let's kiss and make up". Yeah, there's definitlely exceptions.
-calm down
-make up
-cheer up
-lay down
These are examples of, "Particles". Particles are similar to prepositions.
Whether or not a sentence is properly formed when using a particle depends upon how the particle is placed within the sentence.
Examples:
You need to calm down your mind.
[Notice how "down" requires the subject "mind".]
You need to make up your bed.
You need to cheer up your outlook.
You need to lay down on your bed and take a nap.
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Here is a funny, little anecdote to my rabid Grammar Nazism.
"Two women are sitting next to one another on a plane. One asks the other: 'Where are you going to?' The other woman haughtily replies: 'Don't you know you're not supposed to end sentences with a preposition?' The other woman says: 'Where are you going to, Bitch?'".
lmao..
You folks need a sense of humor! Lighten up! :oP