Any other grammar/spelling ***?

• Any other grammar/spelling ***? chelsea_b Posted : 4/29/2007 1:11:07 PM I'm a nerd. I know this. I'm okay with it.   It drives me NUTS when people regularly spell things wrong. It happens once in a while to all of us, but when people use the SAME wrong spelling over and over..? Man, I want to shoot myself. And things like using the wrong your/you're, do/due, their/there/they're, apostrophes where they don't GO (how are your dog's? Uhm..my dog's what??). I do it once in a while, but all the time? Does anyone else notice these things, or am I an even bigger nerd than I thought? [] LIKE 80 REPLIES 3039 VIEWS LAST POST CHERYL Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Cita Posted : 4/29/2007 1:20:53 PM Oh, I notice. My father has been known to correct letters I've sent him. (And then he wonders why I don't write often, ha.) 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jeano Posted : 4/29/2007 1:24:15 PM Hello, my name is Jean and I know how to speak and write English correctly. So shoot me. [] "I hate when people loose it." (Translation: I hate it when people lose it.) Melamine can have an effect on a dog. In fact, it can affect their kidneys in a very negative way. Don't even get me started on apostrophes. Don't. I mean it. I've already posted at least three rants about that on this forum. [sm=banghead002.gif] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• nGoldenm Posted : 4/29/2007 1:49:56 PM All of you probably hate me then. When I graduated high school, I was done taking English classes for the rest of my life. I HATE grammar, spelling, and everything that goes along with it. I find it very boring. That's why I chose (that word looks funny to me, did I spell it right?) engineering as my major. A lot of math and physics with very minimal english thrown in. We engineers are generally not very good spellers anyway. Soi f I ofend any of you's with gramarr or my spells, i apologise. I mean nosebody harm. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ottoluv Posted : 4/29/2007 1:51:56 PM I personally don't have a problem with it at all.  If you understand the post and/or the idea behind it, why does it matter?  I posted the link before to the study which looks at spelling ability and intelligence.  Spelling appears to be genetic and is NOT correlated with IQ.  Grammar tends to be partially genetic but also depends somewhat on educational level.  There are many young posters on this page, and I don't feel it is appropriate correct them publicly.  It's rather insulting and rude in my opinion.  If you really feel like you need to "educate" someone or show them your great knowledge in spelling and grammar, a PM IMO would be more appropriate.  Just my [sm=2cents.gif].  I think being a perfectionist is fine, and even being bothered by it is relatively normal for the OCD type, but correcting others is just rude. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Cita Posted : 4/29/2007 2:00:44 PM Oh, haha, I never actually feel negatively towards the person. Heck, everyone makes mistakes. It's just like... I don't know, like seeing a car in a really ugly color or something. Makes you turn your head and go, "Ack!!" Certainly not offended. I'd much rather see good thoughts expressed with sub-par expression than bad or mean thoughts expressed perfectly! Plus, this forum is one of the best I've seen for spelling/grammar. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dlg81 Posted : 4/29/2007 2:00:50 PM I only have one issue that annoys me:  when people use "their" as a possesive pronoun for a singular noun.  I'll use a line I heard in one of my favorite movies for example: "No parent should have to bury their child."  The possesive pronoun should have been his or her, but I guess it was easier to use their.  It drives me crazy.   Other than that, I don't have any major issues.  When I see mistakes on internet posts I tend to attribute it to people writing quickly.  If I have a memo or brief to turn in I'll proofread, but I don't really do that for I-dog posts.    Also, grammar rules are really complicated and they change all the time.  I think all of the posts in this thread, including mine, have broken some sort of grammar rule (don't start sentences with conjunctions, don't end sentences with prepositions, etc).  English can be a complicated language. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• nGoldenm Posted : 4/29/2007 2:03:14 PM ORIGINAL: dlg81   Also, grammar rules are really complicated and they change all the time.  I think all of the posts in this thread, including mine, have broken some sort of grammar rule (don't start sentences with conjunctions, don't end sentences with prepositions, etc).  English can be a complicated language. Amen to that! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• DumDog Posted : 4/29/2007 2:03:48 PM i'm not so much a nazi about it.... i just make sure my own spelling is decent. but then again i also have spell check set up to underline wrong spellings. most of the time its not misspelling so much as it is typing too fast and i skip letters or jumble them up. As for punctuation... who cares. i passed all my english classes with flying colours. i learned the rules therefore i can break them [] (aka i'm not lazy i just dont care) buuuuuut.. yeah... dog's, dogs, you're, yours, when it comes to making something possessive i try to make that specific. we have the same thing in DAhttp://www.deviantart.com/deviation/13895221/?qo=4&q=grammar+nazi&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• marty_ga Posted : 4/29/2007 2:05:08 PM I dislike it more when people intentionally turn words into shortcuts so they don't have take the time to type everything correctly.  I can't read or understand those posts easily and tend to gloss over them. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• DumDog Posted : 4/29/2007 2:08:23 PM ORIGINAL: dlg81 I only have one issue that annoys me:  when people use "their" as a possesive pronoun for a singular noun.  I'll use a line I heard in one of my favorite movies for example: "No parent should have to bury their child."  The possesive pronoun should have been his or her, but I guess it was easier to use their.  It drives me crazy. lol thats right up there with double negatives. gotta love living in the south. i am not never gonna live nowhere else again.[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• yanke Posted : 4/29/2007 2:18:08 PM I've given up trying to give advise[]. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Luvntzus Posted : 4/29/2007 2:18:09 PM What irks me more than anything is when people say "DH", "DS", etc. I can't stand it. It doesn't even make sense. In person when you're talking to people do you routinely say- "dear son has been good lately". I don't think so. [] You probably say "my son has been good lately". 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• DPU Posted : 4/29/2007 2:19:57 PM I don't mind being corrected.  In another thread, I used 'fair' instead of 'fare' and it was pointed out to me.  No problem I fixed.   Where I get embarrassed for myself is when I think the word and then don't type it.  Even when I reread the post, I overlook it.  How is anyone suppose to know what I am saying...missing words...Geez! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 4/29/2007 2:28:23 PM Nope...if I can read what you intend, than I'm fine with it. Not anal about that...at all. Enough things in the world that impact me directly as a person...for me to worry about.   Speaking to me in person is one thing...but on a message board? lol...all does IMO is to make people feel self conscious when they post something. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login