Seems every thread I read has multiple incorrect usage. It drives me absolutely crazy! We are all adults and we should know this!
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To: ilovesarah2012
Another one that makes me crazy is, “then” and “than”
To: ilovesarah2012
Why the grammar lesson? Not everyone wants to sound intelligent, after all. /s
I tend to skip over the comments of the uneducated, unintelligent, and lazy. But if a writer has taken the time to write well, I figure he’s probably got something to say that’s worth hearing.
48 posted on
09/22/2011 7:25:01 AM PDT by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: ilovesarah2012
Oh, and another one is “are” and “our”
To: ilovesarah2012
There, their, they’re now ... you, your, you’re getting too upset over this ...
50 posted on
09/22/2011 7:26:33 AM PDT by
SkyDancer
(A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Your in a Pyle of it now.
54 posted on
09/22/2011 7:33:01 AM PDT by
Arrowhead1952
(Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
To: ilovesarah2012
People, people, people. Spelling and word usage— really?
R U RD 4 TS?
56 posted on
09/22/2011 7:34:42 AM PDT by
TribalPrincess2U
(Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
To: ilovesarah2012
I'm a deputized member of the Apostrophe Police....
59 posted on
09/22/2011 7:40:52 AM PDT by
ErnBatavia
(Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
To: ilovesarah2012
64 posted on
09/22/2011 7:45:21 AM PDT by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: ilovesarah2012
The two sets of words that really irritate me with their misuse are “less and fewer” and “infer and imply”.
I know my grammer is not the best, but Sister Stella Marie left an indelible mark on my brain (and my knuckles) and it makes me cringe when I hear these words used improperly.
I guess that makes me a grammer nazi, but I would rather be that than an illiterate boob.
Flames may now commence.
66 posted on
09/22/2011 7:46:14 AM PDT by
SPI-Man
(Getting dangerously close to being too old to cut the mustard anymore)
To: ilovesarah2012
Sad to say, but those who don’t properly distinguish these words will not likely read your excellent post, and if they do, their chance of improving such that they’re capable of property usage is not likely to be there.
My own grammar peeves have to do with its/it’s and using “to” for “too”....
67 posted on
09/22/2011 7:46:42 AM PDT by
NCLaw441
(I before E except after C, or when sounded as A in neighbor and weigh. Isn't that WEIRD?)
To: ilovesarah2012
Sigh.
I have always been fairly good with words like “their,
they’re and there”, but am horrible at the proper use of apostrophes.
75 posted on
09/22/2011 8:10:24 AM PDT by
Verbosus
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To: ilovesarah2012
One that gets me is misuse of question marks. How does one screw that up? They do. Here’s one I just got:
“It looks like the voltage dropped below the setpoint after the rise?”
79 posted on
09/22/2011 8:30:24 AM PDT by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: ilovesarah2012
They’re there for their thesaurus. ;)
85 posted on
09/22/2011 8:41:28 AM PDT by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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