It's 'whine' not 'whinge'

[Miss Chicken]

The one I hate the most is when people use an apostrophe in a plural such as saying

I bought some DVD's today.

 

[Pingfah]

ha! I reject your reality and substitute my own!


could of would of should of drives me freakin' nuts!
your you're
their they're there
to two too


grrr grrrrrrrrr (go into second, dammit!)

It's clear that you are not a grammar or punctuation nazi.

but spelling, yes

I memorize large words for fun
floccinaucinihilipilification for instance.

Seems rather arbitrary.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

The one I hate the most is when people use an apostrophe in a plural such as saying

I bought some DVD's today.

People who misuse apostrophes are not to be Truss-ted.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Have any of these topics complaining about grammar or spelling ever worked out? Either it's an acceptable alternate spelling from another country, or the people claiming to be experts wind up disagreeing, with both sides having legitimate arguments. I've yet to see one of these topics come to a definitive conclusion on anything.

Maybe people need to not be so rigid when it comes to language and realize it's a constantly changing thing.

 

[backstept]

Okay, you win. Here's a trophy.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I think I should repost this masterpiece that was left as a comment on the website of my local paper. It is the worst piece of English I have ever seen. I started a thread about it last year.

okay dean my (cousin) has been caught right thats a great please do not attack cousin crystal deans sister my female cousin when she not on this websight to defend herself as for somone posting that i should say sorry to pam the answear to that is no way cos dean is not martin bryant. okay i will state this if dean when he and two other acompanying him at the attack of bashing macro to his brain leaked and macro died he would be classed as a killer dean is not a violent person now think about it dean wasent the only one invoved in the attacking of macro its ws two otheres at the scence with dean all the mecury has done is posted my cousin dean pics all over the mecury why mecury wasent the other two invoved at the attack mentioned regardless of them being in jail as well as when dean escape he escaped with two other jail mates why wasent there pics of the other two invoved in the bashing of macro mention or there pics next to deans in your newspaper the mecury is it cos the others where abbos why wasent the others mention one is a cousin thats a abbo and the other abbo is the uncle of my abbo cousin two there pics werent posted discremanantion

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Okay, you win. Here's a trophy.

Oh, relax, it's an observation on these types of topics in general, not an attack on you.

 

[backstept]

Okay, you win. Here's a trophy.

Oh, relax, it's an observation on these types of topics in general, not an attack on you.

No offense was taken. I'm just in an odd mood today. Carry on.

 

[Jadzia]

So a man walks into the grocery store and asks the owner, " Do you have any Kidley Beans?" The owner says, "You mean Kidney Beans?" The man says, "I said Kidley Beans did'l I?"


And let's not forget my favourite crisp flavour: 'salt and vigenar'

or should that be 'favorite potato chip flavor' ?!

 

[ITL]

So a man walks into the grocery store and asks the owner, " Do you have any Kidley Beans?" The owner says, "You mean Kidney Beans?" The man says, "I said Kidley Beans did'l I?"

You're channeling my dad from 1975...schpooky!

 

[RoJoHen]

I think I should repost this masterpiece that was left as a comment on the website of my local paper. It is the worst piece of English I have ever seen. I started a thread about it last year.

okay dean my (cousin) has been caught right thats a great please do not attack cousin crystal deans sister my female cousin when she not on this websight to defend herself as for somone posting that i should say sorry to pam the answear to that is no way cos dean is not martin bryant. okay i will state this if dean when he and two other acompanying him at the attack of bashing macro to his brain leaked and macro died he would be classed as a killer dean is not a violent person now think about it dean wasent the only one invoved in the attacking of macro its ws two otheres at the scence with dean all the mecury has done is posted my cousin dean pics all over the mecury why mecury wasent the other two invoved at the attack mentioned regardless of them being in jail as well as when dean escape he escaped with two other jail mates why wasent there pics of the other two invoved in the bashing of macro mention or there pics next to deans in your newspaper the mecury is it cos the others where abbos why wasent the others mention one is a cousin thats a abbo and the other abbo is the uncle of my abbo cousin two there pics werent posted discremanantion

I got through the first two lines before I had to give up. That is just awful.

So a man walks into the grocery store and asks the owner, " Do you have any Kidley Beans?" The owner says, "You mean Kidney Beans?" The man says, "I said Kidley Beans did'l I?"


And let's not forget my favourite crisp flavour: 'salt and vigenar'

or should that be 'favorite potato chip flavor' ?!

Is vigenar some fancy new spice I should know about?


I think the english language needs a serious pruning. We keep adding stuff to it, but nobody bothers to throw away the old junk.

 

[trampledamage]

I think the english language needs a serious pruning. We keep adding stuff to it, but nobody bothers to throw away the old junk.

But I like the old junk!

 

[Cakes488]

I think these spelling complaints are trivial IMO...however, I understand that we all have our pet peeves...........Plenty of times I've misspelled common words just because I didn't proof read or I just had a little brain freeze going on. There are some words I just chronically spell wrong. You guys are lucky you don't work with my boss...he is the worst speller I've ever met...he asked me how to spell pour this morning!!! I think we need to be focusing on the content of the post and not the spelling and grammatical integrity...I know that's hard for some of you...but do try!

PS let me know if I spelled everything right here.... LOL

 

[RoJoHen]

^Didn't check the spelling. I was too distracted by all the unnecessary ellipses.

 

[TheLonelySquire]

here comes a spelling nazi complaint!

so far today I think I've seen people spell 'whine' or 'whining' as 'whinge' or 'whinging'
about 3 or 4 times . . .

now to rescue this thread from the pointless category
my question is this:
what spelling or grammatical errors grind your gears?

Pronunciation. People who pronounce height as "hithe". Morons!

 

[Miss Chicken]

I think these spelling complaints are trivial IMO...however, I understand that we all have our pet peeves...........Plenty of times I've misspelled common words just because I didn't proof read or I just had a little brain freeze going on. There are some words I just chronically spell wrong. You guys are lucky you don't work with my boss...he is the worst speller I've ever met...he asked me how to spell pour this morning!!! I think we need to be focusing on the content of the post and not the spelling and grammatical integrity...I know that's hard for some of you...but do try!

PS let me know if I spelled everything right here.... LOL

I don't generally comment on people's grammar or spelling unless I have trouble understanding what they have said. I often correct my spelling mistakes when I reread a post a couple of hours after I posted it. I find I don't always see the spelling mistake even when I proof read before posting.

 

[RoJoHen]

here comes a spelling nazi complaint!

so far today I think I've seen people spell 'whine' or 'whining' as 'whinge' or 'whinging'
about 3 or 4 times . . .

now to rescue this thread from the pointless category
my question is this:
what spelling or grammatical errors grind your gears?

Pronunciation. People who pronounce height as "hithe". Morons!

Who the hell does that?

 

[Miss Chicken]

I hate when people say 'them' instead of the 'those' such as

Give me them books.

 

[John Picard]

I hate when people say 'them' instead of the 'those' such as

Give me them books.

Ever heard, "These ones?"

 

[Miss Chicken]

I would use "these" for things that were close to me, or I was holding. I would use 'those' for things that were further away.

These is the plural of this and those is the plural of that.

Edited to add - I don't recall ever hearing someone use 'them' instead of 'these'.