Grammar and Spelling Pet Peeves

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  1. Cheryl

    Cheryl Active Member

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    What grammar and spelling errors make you crazy when you see them?

    A couple of big ones for me are...

    when people don't know the difference between your and you're

    seeing the words no one spelled noone........it's two words people
     
  2. Bella

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    It doesn't bother me, at all, to see grammar and spelling errors.
     
  3. BumbleBea

    BumbleBea Fallen Angel

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    I'm with you on that. We all make mistakes.
     
  4. Nathan

    Nathan Well-Known Member

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    If any bodies (just kidding) wishing to dive deeper into this topic, they may enjoy Steven Pinker's 'The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century'.

    While Pinker's intent isn't so much to humour those wishing to carp illiteracy, it remains an extremely interesting dissection of the possible influences corrupting written language, & the challenges of crafting clear, coherent, & stylish prose.
     
  5. Karenplus8

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    I live in Cincinnati and I can not stand our football slogan who dey! It grinds my nerves. Here are a few of the words I could punch someone over so to speak.... youse, dey, 4, sumptin, cum (instead of come get your mind out of the gutter).
     
  6. Nathan

    Nathan Well-Known Member

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    Ha, yes. Then there's that approach. Together we make a well-rounded team.
     
  7. Nathan

    Nathan Well-Known Member

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    Whodey, Whodey, Whodey think gonna beat them Bengals? Nooobody!
     
  8. Karenplus8

    Karenplus8 Active Member

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    I'm a Stealers fan ROFL lol
     
  9. Bella

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    I know people with PHD's and still spell their/thier wrong.

    Typos happen and sometimes it's ingrained since childhood.

    Get over it.
     
  10. Karenplus8

    Karenplus8 Active Member

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    Its not typos that bother me lol. That was why I spells Steelers wrong I was waiting for some one to point that out oh well lol
     
  11. Maggie

    Maggie Guest

    When people say " I seen"
    Using then instead of than.
     

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