Spelling/Grammatical Errors That Give You Tears

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[quote name='thelonepig']Irregardless is not a word.

Also, gratuitous, use, of, commas. and not starting, sentences, with a capital.

Finally (and I'm not going to simulate this one) the walls of text because folks don't know how to properly construct a paragraph.

EDIT: Yeah, forego the finally from the previous statement.

your =/= you're

Unnecessary "quote marks." http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/[/quote]

Oh my gosh; I am the "worst" at that! I do it all the "time".

That is a really awesome "blog".
 
[quote name='Koggit']those are all have very different causes (and thus different levels of tolerability)

ur vs you're -- half-assed laziness
your vs you're -- ignorance
prolly vs probably -- conscious decision made because "probably" is a shit word[/QUOTE]

For some reason I get the vibe you are not a very positive person......and the vibe that you are using the word "and" in your numbers :lol:
 
[quote name='Kayden']You probably have, at least, in the way he means. Strictly speaking, and connotates the presences of a decimal point. You should only say "and" if you're saying something like I have one hundred, eleven dollars and 10 cents. Some people say I have one hundred and eleven dollars.

He's just jamming hundred and and together to get hundreden; en sounding like an'.[/QUOTE]

Exactly....people saying a "hundred 'n' twelve" as a vocal shortcut of hundred and twelve, instead of the correct "one hundred twelve".

Maybe the 'car needs washed' is something my mother-in-law alone says. It's still annoying.
 
I'm annoyed just reading it.

I hate when people add an "r" sound to "a"s for no reason. My GF's dad says things like "I warshed dishes." There's no fucking R asshole.
 
I always notice when people pronounce idea with an r, as in "idear". How the hell they fell into that habit, i'll never know.
 
[quote name='JolietJake']I always notice when people pronounce idea with an r, as in "idear". How the hell they fell into that habit, i'll never know.[/QUOTE]

That's not a grammar thing - it's dialect/pronunciation. British accents largely do this quite a bit. Technically, nothing "wrong" is being done.
 
[quote name='thelonepig']Both are correct.[/QUOTE]
[quote name='Strell']Wrong.
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[quote name='Strell']Both acceptable[/QUOTE]

:whistle2:s
 
I have to wonder about someone stupid enough to think that just because people find it acceptable guarantees it is right and correct.

Then again...
 
[quote name='Strell']That's not a grammar thing - it's dialect/pronunciation. British accents largely do this quite a bit. Technically, nothing "wrong" is being done.[/quote]
I've only ever heard Americans do it, especially those form the midwest for some reason. I know it isn't a grammar issue though, just gets under my skin when i hear it.
 
Watch Harry Potter. Hell, find any British actor on a talk/late night show. They'll say "idear" without fail.

You can make it a drinking game. Every unnecessary r Harry says, take a swig of brandy. You'll be fucking lamps in seven minutes.
 
"Warshington" is a semi-midwest thing. I've heard "idear" in British dialects. Whatever you call the dialect folks from Blackpool speak, for instance.

I'll point to myself on this one. Based on where I grew up, and that it was originally a German immigrant city, damn near everybody in Cincinnati uses two phrases that both mean "I didn't hear you, could you repeat what you said?"

1) "I'm sorry."
2) "Please?"

Neither of which make any fucking sense whatsoever. I love using the latter, b/c it throws people off.
 
Usually if i say "sorry?" to someone i didn't hear, i make some sort of physical gesture too, like leaning in closer to them. Makes it more obvious.
 
You declare that one is definitively wrong and one is definitively right, then, after being shown you're wrong, say that they're both acceptable. Rather humorous.
 
[quote name='Rocko']I'm an idiot.[/QUOTE]

At worst the evidence agrees with both sides. Ask your home room teacher about it tomorrow before you go to recess. She'll be so proud of how grown up you're acting.
 
I work for the USPS, and I occasionally see some pretty funny stuff written on envelopes. One time I saw a letter being sent from someone in jail to his girlfriend. I assume he intended to use the word "sweet", but what he wrote on the envelope was "To my sweat tasting cookie that I love"

Lots of interesting misspellings of the word "deceased" as well when people are returning mail to the sender. I've seen people described as being "diseased", "desist", "decreased", and in one instance- I kid you not, "degreased". Also, I saw a letter last week marked "Return to Sander" so I asked my boss if we had a carpentry department I wasn't aware of.
 
Sorry is pretty common, but I've never heard someone say please in that regard... if at all. :lol:
[quote name='mykevermin']"Warshington" is a semi-midwest thing. I've heard "idear" in British dialects. Whatever you call the dialect folks from Blackpool speak, for instance.

I'll point to myself on this one. Based on where I grew up, and that it was originally a German immigrant city, damn near everybody in Cincinnati uses two phrases that both mean "I didn't hear you, could you repeat what you said?"

1) "I'm sorry."
2) "Please?"

Neither of which make any fucking sense whatsoever. I love using the latter, b/c it throws people off.[/quote]
 
[quote name='Kayden']Sorry is pretty common, but I've never heard someone say please in that regard[/QUOTE]
Neither have I. I usually say "Sorry?" or "Come again?".
 
alot!!!!

ALOT!!!!

It's not a fucking word!!!!!!!!

There is a word "a" and a word "lot", but there is no fucking word "alot"! I mean come on people doesn't school teach you anything?!?! Oh wait it doesn't, never mind, it doesn't, but Firefox even tells you there is no word "alot"!!!
 
[quote name='Rocko']It's kind of depressing that you're like 15 years older than me and resort to petty potshots. :[[/quote]

Ya, basically every post he does.
 
whenever someone bitches alot about stupid shit, it prolly ain't important enough to respond, but i can't help it..

alot's another word used primarily by people who know full well it isn't a word.
 
[quote name='detectiveconan16']Why it's "Jesus'" when it should be "Jesus's."[/quote]

That's actually not true. In the past the correct spelling would be "Jesus's", but for some arbitrary reason it would now be "Jesus'".
 
[quote name='Squall835']That's actually not true. In the past the correct spelling would be "Jesus's", but for some arbitrary reason it would now be "Jesus'".[/quote]

We've already engaged in that discussion.

Your side lost.
 
[quote name='thelonepig']We've already engaged in that discussion.[/QUOTE]

This sentence doesn't mean the discussion is over.
 
[quote name='Koggit']This sentence doesn't mean the discussion is over.[/quote]

True, though it doesn't necessarily imply that it's still going either.

But just to cover both scenarios, his side is losing.
:D
 
I get annoyed fairly easily, so there are a lot of words that I notice people say incorrectly. At this point, I don't even bother correcting people anymore. I just laugh to myself and move on. If I get a chance to use the misused word around the person, I will intentionally say it wrong.

Also not an error, but people who use big words to confuse people/try to look smart piss me off.
 
I worked with a guy that would always say "all's" and he thought it made him sound like the SoDak hillbilly he is. "All's I need to do is finish this up... Goddamnit, I said it again!" :lol:
Now I work with a girl that does the exact same thing. I pointed it out to her once and she just looked at me like I was fucking a doorknob.
 
I've had two professors here who have what i've been told is a "dixie" accent. They pronounce words like "mature" as "matoor." Used to bother me, now it just makes me laugh.
 
[quote name='senorwoohoo']How about people who use "impact" as a verb?

fuck them.[/quote]

Impact is a verb, you idiot.
 
[quote name='PyrosMagus']Impact is a verb, you idiot.[/QUOTE]

:rofl:

Transitive and intransitive, yes, but not in the traditional sense. Any good writer/journalist would probably argue that to the death.
 
When people use "quiet" when they actually mean "quite".

The thing that irritates me is when people make absolutely no attempt to improve their grammar. I'm not perfect by any means, but some CAGs don't even try to get better. Slidecage is the main one. There is another guy here who absolutely refuses to use the shift or caps lock key when starting a sentence, but I can't remember who it is right now.
 
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