[it has been cropping up more and more and it's begining to grate.

there refers to a place. somewhere specific (a building) or a general area (country)

"over there", "i went there once", "it's in there"

their indicates possession. it indicates that something belongs to them. not to be used in place of his/her.

"it is their car", "their chair"

they're is a contraction of they are. if you are unsure or too stupid to knock out the 'a' and replace it with ' then leave it as they are.

– if you wrote there, will the sentence still make sense if you replace it with here? if so, you're using it correctly.
– if you chose their, will the sentence still make sense if you replace it with our? if so, you've chosen the correct word.
– if you used they're, will the sentence still make sense if you replace it with they are? if so, you're on the right track!

of refers to a part of something.

off is used to mean away from, it is the opposite to "on". "i got off the bus", "off-road cycling".

Ooooohhhhhh, get her…

Sentences begin with a capital letter.

lol!

It's a shame that there are no handy online guides to capitalisation.

Edit: As per Pook.

you forgot

where/were/wear
your/you're
here/hear

and so on

Have you emailed this to kaesae?
😉

Also, if you have purchased something from a shop, you bought it, not brought it.

May I add.

Stanchion, not stantion

And

Ridiculous, not rediculous

If I was going to post a 'complaint' like that, then I'd make sure my own grammatical house was in order first. Has the 'caps lock' key broken on your keyboard?

Also:

Your means "belonging to you".

You're is a contraction of "you are".

And it's is the contraction of "it is/has", whereas "its" is the possessive.

Can you do effect and affect next.

If we're doing this…

Drivechain. WTF is one of those?

you forgot

where/were/wear
your/you're
here/hear

Thats quite an echo, have you fallen down a well?

😆 why did i open this thread?

Given people are usually posting on the sly and in a rush between doing actual work, I tend to forgive people their little grammatical nuances…

Ranting about grammar, calling people cretins for it, and then failing to sort your own grammar out = FAIL!

I quite like being a cretin, it's a niche brand of retard 😀

their our know write awe wrong weighs of righting on the internet.

Right, and level 2: 'its' is usually a property of, or belonging to, it. It's – a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'.

And 'less' is used to describe things about which you'd say 'how much'.
'Fewer' is the correct form for something about which you would say 'how many'.
For example 'I'm less of a tlt for pointing this out', but 'there are fewer cretins on this topic than expected'. 🙂

since these distinctions are meaningless in spoken language I consider them to be spurious

Sentences begin with a capital letter.

And a real pedant would also make sure there name was capitalised too before going on a rant no-one cares about

🙂

iamsporticus – Member
Sentences begin with a capital letter.

And a real pedant would also make sure there name was capitalised too before going on a rant no-one cares about

There name? 😉

Glad I opened this – well worth the read.

Must tell my Friend,s about it 😈

One working definition of a grandmaster pedant is – someone knows the correct pronunciation of Abu-Dhabi, but can't be bothered to correct anyone.

These are all primary level pedantic points…

Hmm interesting fact regarding the link between the word Cretin and the Alpine French dialect. Is alpin a contraction of Alpine French 😉

Give them a break, they don't speak english on Crete, so they're doing pretty well.

FAIL!

Must tell my Friend,s about it 😀

I love Peddles 😀

I liked this. 🙂

I know all this stuff. That's 3 minutes of my like I'll never get back. Thanks. 😉

Defonately, definately, defanatly, definantly…
http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

3 minutes of your like? 😉

Is alpin a contraction of Alpine French….. thought it was a box of cereal

**** off.

Meet the Cretins?

Linked rather than posted as it contains a rude word

of refers to a part of something.

off is used to mean away from

cake order:

sticky buns; 10 off

explain that then?

Maybe I am in a bad mood but, if someone is genuinely a cretin getting their grammar/spelling correct for an informal conversation such as those that happen on here is the least of their worries.
If you are going to be so bloody annoyed by it to actually have a go (rather than a moan about falling standards of English etc.) then get your own house in order.
It may have taken me three attempts to get my G.C.S.E. but I am sure they never told me to start a sentence with a square bracket? Maybe that is A-level? Oh, and my Y4 class may occasionally miss capital letters and full stops, but they would be annoyed with missing that many.
Anyway, where is my Tamiflu®? Maybe that will improve my mood.

Edited after I read it and noticed I had missed at least half a sentence.

anyone whose past there GCSE,s should no better