Posted on 02/28/2013 8:40:02 AM PST by Shout Bits
There are those who (in your words) “patrol” threads looking for the least offense. I personally am not one of those.
However: there are those of us who are reading threads and find most egregious grammatical errors and comment about those same errors.
Those who love our language are always going to take offense when a major misspeak occurs. I GRATE every time I hear the word “decimate” used when the writer means “destroyed, obliterated, utterly ravaged, razed to the ground”.
Decimate literally means “reduced by 1 in 10”, for heaven’s sake!
“Irregardless” is as much a word as “irredundant!” You either mean *regardless* or *irrelevant*.
There, their, and they’re MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS!
Rant off. I have dozens of grammatical/spelling issues, but I have to get back to work tonight.
“cray-cray”?
You’ve got me there, what could that possibly mean?
Yea, i agre :-)
There you are! I repaired it for you! ROFL
“If I can’t clearly understand a person’s first sentence due to poor grammar, spelling, or punctuation, I don’t bother deciphering the rest. I figure if their point isn’t important enough to warrant care when posting, it isn’t important for me to read it.”
i agre
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I must confess that the improper use of the word "myself" is something that drives me bonkers. I have another pet peeve, which is that few people today seem to use the words "that", "have" and "of", other than when they use them incorrectly.
I've also recently heard quite a few people on various TV shows say "I'm oona" instead of "I'm going to", which makes me cringe.
Predictable jokes, predictable responses from militant illiterates. They’ve got their reasons, doncha know!
“You’ve got to love those “Grammar Nazis” and “Spelling Freaks” that patrol message boards and threads looking for any mistakes.”
Hay! watch it ther! Do’t git I involved in ths!
I should of said that. ;-) Before anybody has a cow, this is satire.
What, pray tell, is “cray-cray”?
There are those who (in your words) “patrol” threads looking for the least offense. I personally am not one of those.
However: there are those of us who are reading threads and find most egregious grammatical errors and comment about those same errors.
Those who love our language are always going to take offense when a major misspeak occurs. I GRATE every time I hear the word “decimate” used when the writer means “destroyed, obliterated, utterly ravaged, razed to the ground”.
Decimate literally means “reduced by 1 in 10”, for heaven’s sake!
“Irregardless” is as much a word as “irredundant!” You either mean *regardless* or *irrelevant*.
There, their, and they’re MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS!
Rant off. I have dozens of grammatical/spelling issues, but I have to get back to work tonight.
“...without hardly never trying.”
You almost made it.
“21 Beatles songs - same 3 chords (A D E)”
LOL
I’m into jazz. I like to annoy rockers any time that I can although I do enjoy jazz/rock. :-)
LMAO!! I love your humbleness, humblegunner.
ugh! again, i was running out the door when i sent that... i meant to include you and humblegunner... i have to stop checking in on FR when i am in a hurry!
An apology to each of you for the double post. I left the ‘puter and posting windows were still open, so I re-posted them. Oops.
LOL!
“If I can’t clearly understand a person’s first sentence due to poor grammar, spelling, or punctuation, I don’t bother deciphering the rest.”
For me, it’s “your” vs. “you’re”. My grammer and spelling are nothing to be proud of, but people sound stupid to me when using those words incorrectly.
And don’t get me started on “there”, “their’ and “they’re”.
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