A lot of the time I notice this simple little spelling mistake...

[rockstar]

Originally Posted by chris lindberg

how about prolly - this one is everywhere

Question: does ### mean quit ######ing talking?

Quoted for Truth.


(but I use it for that second one sometimes)

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally Posted by chris lindberg

how about prolly - this one is everywhere

Question: does ### mean quit ######ing talking?

Quoted for Truth.

Another one to add...

'Resign' when they really mean 're-sign'.

Big difference here... the first means "quit". The second means to actually sign another deal.

[Dion]

Their,
There,
They're

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by calculoso

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/anyways

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anyways (says it is non-standard)

Wow, according to the first link, "nowheres" and "somewheres" are also listed.

Something tells me they are neglecting to make a footnote that they are non-standard. What kind of hillbilly would use either of those words?

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000183.htm

[burnin_vernon]

"We should of signed Brad Stuart".

Just plain butchery.

As for "could care less" : that one bugs me a lot but it is crazy how many people say it. You can catch it being said on tv all the time.

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

The only one that botteres me... Jarome Iginla, not Jerome Iginla.

Does ANYONE check their posts before submitting? And to think we have gone this far into the thread before this one was caught...

[kermitology]

I think it's a rule that you have to make a grammatical or spelling mistake in any post that corrects anothers grammar or spelling..

[redforever]

Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

I have a buddy whose working towards his doctorate in linguistics (and is married to a woman whose has her masters in linguistics and, oddly enough, computer programming) that works under the theory that the entire English language is an organic multitude of dialects. Meaning the English language doesn't really exist, their are just a bunch of regional languages (dialects) that sound vaguely similiar and are ever changing.

He's smarter then me, so it makes more sense when he tells it.

there

[JiriHrdina]

I'm bad for homonyms (their, they're, there, etc). It comes down to how your brain works. Do you think/type in words/letters or do you think/types in sounds and strings of letters? If you think in sounds homonyms kill you.

[CrusaderPi]

Originally Posted by redforever

there

Oh, shut up.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by AnthonyCook

defenseman - defenceman

Well, that is because they don't know that defense is the verb.

A defenceman plays defense.

No different than practice is the noun, practise is the verb.
So then a team practises at a practice.

[Fuzzy McGillicuddy]

bad grammer? miss speelings? shirt happens.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I'm bad for homonyms (their, they're, there, etc). It comes down to how your brain works. Do you think/type in words/letters or do you think/types in sounds and strings of letters? If you think in sounds homonyms kill you.

I have the benefit of having an English teacher for a mother. I know the difference between them all very well. Lucky me :P

There is no excuse for screwing up "they're" though, at least not in my mind. It's a contraction. If you can replace the word you're using with they are, then you should use they're.


What really gets me is how the fata you use colon's and semi colons. I've got them sort of figured out, but I'll be damned if I don't screw it up nine times out of ten.

Oh, and I just thought of another thing. It's not 80's or 90's. It's 80s and 90s.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by The President

It's funny how you are so severe with your usage of the English language.
I found this fact in reading many posts here, that the majority of the members wrote their posts in a excellent English. It is a lot better
than other forums I have read before....

That's because we spend so much time correcting each others grammar.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by The President

I think English language is one of the easiest languages on the world.

Seriously, we need to get this guy a red square. You rule on so many levels!

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by The President

A Person who has excellent language skills is highly educated
and looks more smart in my books.

What should be more important is to communicate effectively. Don't focus on making it look smart by using a Thesaurus. Sometimes simple is best.

I have a question though.. The President.. are you actually pressing "Enter" to make your own new lines or something? If so, why are you doing that?

[FlamesKickAss]

This thread is why i like firefox with spell check. But it doesn't catch grammar

[calf]

Originally Posted by kermitology

What really gets me is how the fata you use colon's and semi colons. I've got them sort of figured out, but I'll be damned if I don't screw it up nine times out of ten.

Oh, and I just thought of another thing. It's not 80's or 90's. It's 80s and 90s.

"colon's" should be plural in this sentence, so it should read "colons"

Although, I'm not sure about the 80s/90s thing. I like 80's music. It's possessive, as in, belonging to a decade, no?

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by calf

"colon's" should be plural in this sentence, so it should read "colons"

Although, I'm not sure about the 80s/90s thing. I like 80's music. It's possessive, as in, belonging to a decade, no?

In my technical writing class there was a presentation on it. 80s would be a shorter version of 1980s and it was definitely 1980s that was the rule with numbers.

http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp

hahahaha... I did it right for semi colons, but not colons!

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by kermitology

I have the benefit of having an English teacher for a mother. I know the difference between them all very well. Lucky me :P

There is no excuse for screwing up "they're" though, at least not in my mind. It's a contraction. If you can replace the word you're using with they are, then you should use they're.
.

Ah but I'll do even worse ones than that. For instance I'll mis-use "are" instead of "our" or vice verca because the sounds are the same. There's other even stranger examples but I can't recall any right now. But its not a case of not knowing the different meanings of each word - its a disconnect between the thought in your head and what one's fingers type.

I'm not doing a very good job of explaining it.