The incorrect use is pretty bad these days.
So is that sentence.
There's a couple of signs near me that make my blood boil every time I drive past them. I'll try and get some pics next time I pass.
Hmmmm
Do you mean
"The incorrect usage of these words is ibecoming more frequent" ? 😉
Unless you are saying using them incorrectly has become more of a sin?
And I think usage is better than use as a noun in your sentence...
"The incorrect usage of these words is [u][b]i[/b][/u]becoming more frequent" ?
😀
I agree.
Although it's surprising how touchy some people can get when you politely point out their erroneous statement.
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There[b]'s[/b] a couple of signs near me
There [b]is[/b] a couple of signs? 🙄
Yes yes, I know. (-:
Generally I type how I speak. For example, "owt" and "nowt" aren't correct English, but they creep into my typing sometimes. So, I'd like to attribute that one to colloquial language rather than ignorance if I may.
I don't profess to having perfect language skills, point is that I wouldn't write a half-storey banner sign with the same abandon that I'd write a post on a forum.
You've got to be kidding. Of all the worlds trouble and strife, the odd spelling mistake "makes your blood boil". You've obviously got little else to worry about. 😕
(You've obviously got little else to worry about.)this 😯
You are both familiar with literary concepts such hyperbole, yes?
Thanks for your productive and erudite contribution to the discussion, though.
Your welcome! 😛
I definately find people using your alot more now than I would of a few years back.
FTW
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I definately find people using your alot more now than I would of a few years back. FTW
Would [i]have[/i].
There is no such word as alot.
🙂
Who cares ? was only important in days of [s]your[/s] [s]ewer[/s] yaw
I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse.
I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.
[i]Who cares ? was only important in days of your ewer yaw [/i]
Where to start? 😉
In summary;
1) no space before the ?
2) capital 'w' for Was.
3) 'Yore' - Yaw is what aeroplanes and helicopters have.
4) full stop at the end.
Of all the worlds trouble and strife, the odd spelling mistake "makes your blood boil". You've obviously got little else to worry about.
But surely that's the whole point ?
There is enough misery in the world without plying on further misery with the incorrect application of your and you're.
It makes me thoroughly depressed.
🙁
(You've obviously got little else to worry about.)this 😯
Who cares ?
I think you should, especially if you've got any pride. It's quite sad when people thinnk it's cool to demonstrate how badly educated they are.
Of all the worlds trouble and strife, the odd spelling mistake "makes your blood boil". You've obviously got little else to worry about.
How many of these worlds are there? 😀
For myself it's a question of professional pride, what with me being an English teacher an' all.
It's quite sad when people thinnk it's cool to demonstrate how badly educated they are.
Do people really thinnk that ? How ghastly 😐
thinnk
?
🙄
Generally I type how I speak. For example, "owt" and "nowt"
Incidentally, this forum will not let you say 'Summ-at' (without the dash...) as in when you say,'I want a cup of tea or summ-at', It auto-corrects it to 'Something'.. Highly annoying when one is trying to use [s]colloak[/s] [s]culloqu[/s] [s]colloquie[/s] ways that regional people speak.
Look, I'll do it now... - something
See?
Do people really think that?
I have no idea ernesto, people definitely appear to be quite proud if it, especially if they can't be ar5ed improve and react against corrections so strongly.
The Americanisation of the language would indicate an element of coolness too.
WWaW:
1) Never ! - I don't like the way it looks (exclamation marks, even worse)
2) Your 😐 lucky you got one at the start
3) That was what passes for a joke in my house 🙁
4) C.B.A.
How many of these worlds are there?
Listen smartarse. I might forget the odd apostrophe, but I know the difference between your and you're - I can write proper posh stuff..
And btw write "EDIT" when you edit.
And btw write "EDIT" when you edit.
You could always slow down a bit, couldn't you?
[i]There's a couple of signs near me[/i]There is a couple of signs?
There [b]are[/b] a couple of signs
You could always slow down a bit, couldn't you?
I haven't got time to slow down. Double-dip recession, people using your and you're in the wrong context ..... too many issues to sort out and too little time.
There is enough misery in the world without plying on further misery with the incorrect application of your and you're.
You should have put "your" and "you're" in quotes.
I blame modern technology for all of these problems. The younger generation are encouraged to use short cuts in communication by SMS, Twitter etc.
Bring back the cane in school!
I haven't got time to slow down.
Accepted, best let you get on and sought out the problems. 😉
Some posters went up around campus this week saying, "Have the skills to help other students?". The pedant in me wants to set them on fire.
There is a couple of signs?
Surely a couple is singular? One couple, two couples..
Incidentally, this forum will not let you say 'Summ-at' (without the dash...)
edit: well I never knew that. something needs to be done about this!
You should have put "your" and "you're" in quotes.
Why ? I wasn't quoting anyone.
Besides, I don't like using quotation marks on my keyboard, they are incorrect - I like to have my 66 in the front and my 99 in the back. I blame falling standards and the nanny state.
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F1gur471v3ly 5p34k1ng?
Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read this you have a strong mind:
7H15 M3554G3
53RV35 7O PR0V3
H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N
D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5!
1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 WA5 H4RD BU7
N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3
Y0UR M1ND 1S
R34D1NG 17
4U70M471C4LLY
W17H0U7 3V3N
7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17,
B3 PROUD! 0NLY
C3R741N P30PL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15.
In this day and age if people can understand what's written then it probably doesn't really matter about spelling, grammar and punctuation. Having said that, I'm a pedant and think that spelling, punctuation and grammar [i]is[/i] important 🙂
i agree.... it's one of the easier grammatic rules to understand.
standards are slipping on STW.
one of the things that make it readable for me is the higher standard of written english compared to other sites.
Alpin, please start your sentences with a capital letter. Also, please ensure you use a capital letter to denote the proper name of the English language in future.
C-
Could do better.
I edit a corporate Intranet.
I spend a lot of time chasing down greengrocer's apostrophe's. I have started to think that people do it to annoy me. Either that, or the machines are rising up against me, also a strong possibility.
(before anybody jumps on me, my incorrect use of the possessive apostrophe was IRONIC)
In this day and age if people can understand what's written then it probably doesn't really matter about spelling, grammar and punctuation.
But they are just rules and norms, aren't they? Occasionally though I find I have to go back and read sentences again because incorrect spelling or poor grammar has misled me. The excersice you posted agrees with my expectations making it easier to guess what is being said.
7H15 M4554G353RV35 7O PR0V3
H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N
D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5!
1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 I5 H4RD BU7
N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3
Y0UR M1ND AR
R34D1NG 17
4U70M471C4LLY
W17H0U7 3V3N
7H4NK1NG 4B0U7 17,
B3 PROUD! 0NLY
CUR741N P30PL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15.
Any better?
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@ Hels... i wanted to mention the apotrophe 's, but i thought if i started off on that tangent people would think i was a pedantic nazi. i see it quite a lot here. that or 's rather than 're.
@ captainflashheart... no. 🙂
Ernie - you're referring to the word, not using the word. Hence the use of quotes.
