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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2735 Joined: 5 Aug 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3197 Joined: 16 May 2008     | the ones so nice you had to do it twice :) truthfully, I get a kick when people use the word "Sojourn" incorrectly, which is usually every time it's used. People (even intelligent people) seem to think it means the same thing as journey, and use the two words almost interchangeably.. I hear things in games like "Out on a valiant sojourn" and I laugh. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 351 Joined: 27 Sep 2008    | "Your" instead of "You're". That one drives me insane. However, it can make some classic quotes: "Your an idiot." |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3197 Joined: 16 May 2008 |
that reminds me of another thing.. Patronizing.. it has a short a sound.. like apple, not a long a sound like aim.. |
The Man So Nice They Named Him Twice  Posts: 580 Joined: 4 Jan 2008    | Anyone that doesn't know THEIR/THEY'RE/THERE. I see this ALL THE TIME. It's so simple: It's 6th grade english. Or, test yourself and learn: |
Paperboy Posts: 26 Joined: 10 Nov 2008  | Mines pretty simple... when people spell 'grammar' as 'grammer'. It's funnier when they try and prove you wrong about something and then cite it as 'grammer'. |
Paperboy  Posts: 20 Joined: 15 Nov 2008    | Then and than. So people just don't get it. Wow, I feel like I'm back in grade 2 again learning all those tricky word- you're, they're, etc. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2411 Joined: 20 Jul 2008    |
That one can drive me insane, especially since a girl in my English class cannot understand it after constant explaining which drives me insane. I am a grammar nazi myself so it is a benefit when talking to 4chaners. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 3 Joined: 20 Oct 2008  | Among those that others have mentioned: "its" and "it's," as well as "are" and "our." |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2855 Joined: 6 Feb 2008  |
"Alot" is the American spelling; if you read a lot of American literature, you will find it there... |
Muckraker  Posts: 332 Joined: 17 Aug 2008   | The two worst things for me are when people say "u" instead of "You" and "i" instead of "I". |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3784 Joined: 14 Oct 2007    | Here's the list. Your |
Muckraker Posts: 332 Joined: 17 Aug 2008 |
So that's why firefox is constantly trying to correct me when I type "alot"... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4644 Joined: 3 Mar 2008   | 'I' before 'E' except after 'C'. I hate it when people forget that. It's also pretty bad on my part, because it doesn't apply to I keep doing that. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2855 Joined: 6 Feb 2008 |
No, I write it. The pronounciation is exactly the same.
It's 'i before e except after c or when sounded as "ee"'. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4937 Joined: 2 Dec 2007    |
Weird is weird. It's horrible for myself, since I can barely spell as it is, comming across a word like that. For A while spelt it wierd, but it looked so wrong. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4644 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
Yeah, I would normally overlook this (apparent) misspelling. However, evil red squiggles continue to prevent me from doing so. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1128 Joined: 19 Jun 2008  | He's /= his. Also sick of ' showing up in places it isn't supposed to. "Disorientated" disorients me with its superfluous syllable, as does instantaneously, which seems to be a weird crossbreed of instantly and simultaneously. |
BANNED  Posts: 3535 Joined: 11 Oct 2008   | Your =/= You're No matter what people say that one is the most annoying. User was banned for: FUN FORUM GAME THX FO PLAYIN :3. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 352 Joined: 9 Nov 2007   | Rouge instead of rogue. If you mistype it one time, okay, but some people keep saying it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1210 Joined: 1 Nov 2008  | Along with the obvious there/their/they're; your/you're etc; |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1493 Joined: 5 Jun 2008  | When people say 'like' all the time or 'got'. You do not need to use 'like' in every sentence and replace 'got' with 'have'. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2684 Joined: 13 Jul 2008  | The most dreaded of utterances, the world lol |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2444 Joined: 27 Sep 2008  | Lol Misplaced apostrophes. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 472 Joined: 14 May 2008  |
Those in bold are neither incorrect nor grammatical errors. It is only the United States if I recall that does not add a 'u' to various words such as Colour, although I personally never found the point despite being Canadian. As for "Dialogue", that is the correct spelling of the word. Anyhow on my list would be... - Rediculous |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 450 Joined: 8 Nov 2008  |
It annoys me how US english alters the spelling of some words from traditional english such as color/colour and center/centre. But it's so common on the internet that I hardly notice now. |
SUSPENDED  Posts: 3187 Joined: 7 Nov 2007   | I hate the lack of capitals, that really bugs the hell out of me. User was suspended for: Lock this.. (7 days) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 736 Joined: 4 Jul 2008  |
Agreed. Definitely. It makes me feel so sad when someone uses 'u' instead of 'you'. I don't mind if people use things like 'ain't', as long as they're actually using apostrophes. And this isn't really a grammatical error, but don't end every sentence with an ellipsis. (Or however you spell that word.) It always makes me think you speak like a child molester or a rapist. |
Beat Writer Posts: 185 Joined: 5 Oct 2008 | This thread sucks, because most of the people have posted grammatical or spelling errors themselves. The cobbler should stick to shoes. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 450 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 |
liek u shud stick too shoes Do smileys or emoticons also bug many Escapist posters? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 411 Joined: 14 May 2008 |
Agreed, but what really annoys me is people using random amounts of full stops to make their ellipses. An ellipsis has three 'dots'. No more, no less. Taking up half a line with your dots does not make your writing more suspenseful. Similarly, a dozen exclamation marks at the end of the sentence does not make you sound more surprised than one would have: although whenever I see it, I always imagine an idiot being given a balloon at the zoo for some reason, so maybe it does. These grammar errors only really bother me, though, when they are committed by someone who really should know better. When I read a local magazine, for example, and the grammar is atrocious; I think someone who has decided to make their living, or even their hobby, writing, should take the effort to learn to do it properly. If it's on a forum, or just a note left for me by a co-worker, I only get annoyed if the mistakes are so profuse as to make it difficult to understand. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 464 Joined: 6 Nov 2008  | The European Commission have just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase in plan that would be known as "EuroEnglish". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump for joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with the "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz year, ve vil hav a realy sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand each ozer ZE DREAM VIL FINALI KUM TRU! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1684 Joined: 22 Apr 2008  |
My Science teacher got mad at me for spelling like that. He said that's not how things are spelled. As for errors. Improper punctuation and capitalization, I can't stand it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4264 Joined: 14 Jan 2008  | I cant stand either when people put a space before any piece of punctuation, or no space afterward. It really shouldn't annoy me as much as it does, but I do get a little annoyed whenever I see it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2444 Joined: 27 Sep 2008 |
Dear God. I hope you're kidding. |
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This is question to all spelling and grammar nazis on this site:
What spelling and grammatical errors really make your skin crawl.
I'm normally pretty laid back about this sort of thing, but when I see "a lot" spelled as one word, it drives me insane. I know it's a common mistake, and shouldn't seem that big a deal, but I have had teachers drive this correction into me like a stake to the brain, and now I can't stand to see it happen.