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11-09-2012, 05:06 AM | #1 |
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| Grammatical errors...add your favorites! alot ==> a lot (A lot of people combine the two words for some reason. Think of the opposite...a little.)
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11-09-2012, 05:43 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | The one that just *bugs* the living crap out of me is when people say/write "taken back" in place of taken aback. The phrase is "taken Aback". taken aback = surprised etc ("I was taken aback by the audience's reaction") taken back = the act of returning ("I was taken back to the entrance")
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11-09-2012, 05:51 AM | #3 | |
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11-09-2012, 05:58 AM | #4 |
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| Another one that I hear all of the time is improper verb tenses. I seen that movie before or I drunk some coffee last night. I've seen or I have seen...I drank!!!
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11-09-2012, 07:18 AM | #5 |
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| I hate when people use "could of" instead of the proper phrase, "could have". There are many, many more, but I can't think of them at the moment
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11-09-2012, 07:33 AM | #6 | |
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some of those that drive me crazy are... gonna (no comment necessary) accept and except (really??? get it together with this word, please) cannot (even I don't know this one anymore) census and senses - (two very different words...) let alone I have several..........I'll be back....
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11-09-2012, 07:35 AM | #7 |
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| Your is possession you're is you are. Ie.... Your so smart. Uh no, that would be you're so smart. Lol |
11-09-2012, 07:38 AM | #8 |
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| You hear this all the time, even on TV news, high-paid taking "heads", "experts", etc.: "Oh, that's a whole nother problem!"
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11-09-2012, 07:54 AM | #9 |
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| Ohhhh boy do I have a lot of these that bug me! Including the ones that have been mentioned already! I hate when people write to instead of too! I also hate improper apostrophes or none at all. "I have a lot of cat's" "My cats walking down the stairs" and it seems that hardly anybody understands a possession with a plural word. If you have two parents, you are not going to your parent's house, you are going to your parents' house. I knew a guy I talked to online a lot, but had never met in person (my cousin's ex - my cousin and I are best friends but we live far apart!) Anyways, his grammar and spelling were absolutely AWFUL. I had to think about and decipher what he was trying to say. I told my cousin later after meeting him in person that I was actually blown away by how eloquent he was in real life. It was like he was a totally different person than the one I had in my head! And that brings me to being glad I met my husband in real life before seeing him write or type I am trying so hard to hold back and not correct him so much anymore. But it bothers the heck out of me when he writes "will" instead of "we'll" or "we will" I ask him a question and he responds with "will see" and I rip my hair out I have a friend who has been looking for a job for a month, and she doesn't understand the importance of good grammar and spelling in a cover letter. They are just awful She sent me one at work asking if she had all the content she needed. I said yes, but I told her I will edit it on my lunch break for her... She just said "no that's okay I just want to send it off asap" It had spelling mistakes and the name of the company was not even capitalized. She has sent out at least 20 or 30 resumes and has not even had a call back.
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11-09-2012, 07:56 AM | #10 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Conversate, it's converse or we had a conversation, I hate it when I hear someone say "we conversated".
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11-09-2012, 08:18 AM | #11 |
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| Yes, an apostrophe does NOT make things plural! |
11-09-2012, 08:21 AM | #12 |
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| How about mixing up the definitions for there and their? Drives me crazy.
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11-09-2012, 08:34 AM | #13 | |
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Also, Iit bothers me when people say pronounce "probably" as "probly" and even moreso, when people type "prolly"
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11-09-2012, 08:35 AM | #14 |
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| an example of my day: Dear Lynzy420, Plese send my High School diploma reportcard report. I went to school name spelled wrong, an I think I graduated in 1999 or 1998 its ben so long I cannot remember. (really? I remember what color underwear I was wearing at mine in 1983) Plese send it to my collige so I can start springing classes. (really? whats the name of your college?) If I didnet gradate plese let me know. Thank you for your asistince in the matters. Sincirliy, Name SERIOUSLY.... no address or phone number as to where or who sent this, the name of the school etc.,,, shredder anyone?
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11-09-2012, 08:38 AM | #15 | |
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