Grammatical/spelling errors that most annoy you.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-12-04 12:41pm

I think it's annoying when people complaing about other people's grammer. Actually, I think it's rather funny and somewhat ironic, even though grammar isn't necessarily the same as spelling...

Kuja wrote:'Yea' intead of 'yeah'. Is it REALLY that hard to add the letter?

I know some people spell "yay" like that. They write "Yea or nay". So it might not be the word "yeah" they're misspelling...

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2005-12-04 12:46pm

Dooey Jo wrote:I think it's annoying when people complaing about other people's grammer. Actually, I think it's rather funny and somewhat ironic, even though grammar isn't necessarily the same as spelling...

Kuja wrote:'Yea' intead of 'yeah'. Is it REALLY that hard to add the letter?
I know some people spell "yay" like that. They write "Yea or nay". So it might not be the word "yeah" they're misspelling...

but the "Yea" in "Yea or nay," is spelt "Yea"...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=yea

Lindar · Post by **Lindar** » 2005-12-04 01:31pm

*has the strange feeling that annoys everyone with the way she writes*

well. i'm not bothered by most of it, unless i'm correcting someones paper and they have maid instead of made and other spelling errors, which they then profusely swear can't be wrong because spellcheck said the paper was fine.

And in response to Joe's comment about Capitalization. i personally don't feel that i have opinions that are backed strong enough to state "I think", "i think" seems more appropriate....

it's just what keeps me comfortable.

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-12-04 03:35pm

Dooey Jo wrote:I know some people spell "yay" like that. They write "Yea or nay". So it might not be the word "yeah" they're misspelling...

"So did you go to the game?"

"yea man, was great!"

This is what I'm referring to.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2005-12-04 03:51pm

Tell you what, Brits. You quit using that whole metric system thing and go back to proper Imperial measurements, and we'll consider putting the U back in colour and armour and such.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-12-04 06:03pm

AniThyng wrote: but the "Yea" in "Yea or nay," is spelt "Yea"...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=yea

Oh... Well never mind then...

Knew I should've checked dictionary.com first

LordShaithis wrote:Tell you what, Brits. You quit using that whole metric system thing and go back to proper Imperial measurements, and we'll consider putting the U back in colour and armour and such.

Yes, because those make so much sense

1 league = 3 miles (why?)
1 mile = 1760 yards (wtf?)
1 yard = 3 feet (why?!)
1 feet = 12 inches (rly?)

Whereas with the glorious metric system we have
1 kilometre = 1000 metres (makes sense)
1 metre = 10 decimetres (sensible)
1 decimetre = 10 centimetres (yup, calculations are easy with a consistent system)

The 'u' at least makes some sense, because it's not the same sound as just an 'o'. Or that's how it used to be anyway...

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2005-12-04 07:53pm

LordShaithis wrote:Tell you what, Brits. You quit using that whole metric system thing and go back to proper Imperial measurements, and we'll consider putting the U back in colour and armour and such.

Sorry, I'm American and I can't even go with that one. There is nothing proper about Imperial measurements at all. Nothing.

AniThyng · Post by **AniThyng** » 2005-12-04 09:35pm

Kuja wrote:
Dooey Jo wrote:I know some people spell "yay" like that. They write "Yea or nay". So it might not be the word "yeah" they're misspelling...
"So did you go to the game?"

"yea man, was great!"

This is what I'm referring to.

Offhand, "yea" is a synonym for "yeah" in the dictionary, so it's not exactly wrong either way.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2005-12-04 09:59pm

Your, you're.
They're, their, there.
Its, it's.
Colons following the word "is".
Random use of semicolons.
Barrages of incorrect apostrophes.

All these things bother me to some extent. For the most part, I consider myself tolerant of most grammatical errors, however. Spelling also rarely bothers me, since my spelling is honestly atrocious.

Grand Admiral Mango · Post by **Grand Admiral Mango** » 2005-12-05 11:57am

One that really annoys me is every supermarket i go into has at least one of those "10 items or less" lanes. It's "10 items or fewer" - how hard is it!?!?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-12-05 12:43pm

Turrent for "Turret". there is

NO SUCH THING AS A TURRENT

Metatwaddle · Post by **Metatwaddle** » 2005-12-05 05:39pm

Dooey Jo wrote:I think it's annoying when people complaing about other people's grammer.

I love it when that happens. Depending on how self-righteous the diatribe against "bad grammer" is, it sometimes gives me an irony-gasm. I love irony, especially when it's so beautiful it makes me want to cry.

I think I've become better at putting up with bad grammar and spelling over the past couple of years. I agree with Broomstick that grammar Nazis are terribly pretentious, but it's hard to curb that sense of smug superiority that comes with knowing that I can speak/write English better than someone else.

Zeond · Post by **Zeond** » 2005-12-05 10:17pm

The one that annoys me to no end is when people write "liek" instead of "like." I really don't know why but it REALLY bugs the hell out of me so much that some people have taken to doing in purpose when chatting with me.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2005-12-05 11:11pm

Effect is a noun, Affect is a verb. Get it straight.

Patrick Ogaard · Post by **Patrick Ogaard** » 2005-12-06 04:38am

The Aliens wrote:Effect is a noun, Affect is a verb. Get it straight.

Of course, you can also effect changes, and you can have flat affect, so it's not cut and dried.

drachefly · Post by **drachefly** » 2005-12-06 12:53pm

... and all four are different words. Furthermore, 'affect' is pronounced differently as noun and verb (as a noun, the stress falls on the first syllable).

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2005-12-07 10:21am

General Zod wrote:Back on topic, the biggest things that annoy me is when people spell "ridiculous", "rediculous". In this case, there is no cultural excuse for getting it wrong.

This is becoming one of my pet hates, and I've been seeing a lot of it lately.

Winston Blake · Post by **Winston Blake** » 2005-12-09 12:17am

I tend to be pretty apathetic about spelling and grammar, I don't have a problem when i can see that its a simple mistake or typo, but sometimes it really gets to me when people mess up the actual thoughts behind the misspelled words. E.g. i remember one time a friend of my sister's asked me what i had "installed for the weekend" (pronounced like that, supposed to be 'in store'). I mean for crying out loud, what the fuck is their internal monologue like when somebody actually knows what words mean but still uses them where they make no sense at all?

However, reading this thread gave me some mistakes that always strike me:
'I could care less' instead of 'I couldn't care less'
'canon vs cannon' (e.g. x beats y because of SW cannon)

...and this little gem- 'irregardless'.

It's ironic that, being informal and on the internet, there are so many little mistakes in this thread already. In fact i've probably made some too.

SoX · Post by **SoX** » 2005-12-10 07:05pm

Check this out:

On a bus in sheffield. :S.

I love camera phones, so handy when you want to catch a moment of stupidity.