The grammar thread.

[adamjohnson]

It's should HAVE. Not should OF.

Continue as you may.

[Lady Stardust]

"The gammar thread."

^lrony XD.

Anyway, I can't be the only one bothered by "i could care less" instead of "i couldn't care less".

[The Postmaster General]

Nope, sorry, you do not use 'an' before vowels and 'a' before consonants. No matter what you've been told, this is wrong.

You use 'an' before vowel SOUNDS and 'a' before consonant SOUNDS.

YES: A Mr.
NO: An Mr.

YES: An hour
NO: A hour

YES: A unique
NO: An unique

This is one I've only noticed because of people trying to correct me, most notably having to spend a bunch of money getting posters reprinted because I listed my movie as "An M.B... Film" and the guy who sent it to get print assumed it was my mistake and had it changed to "A M.B... Film"

PS - I noticed it too, but in all fairness it isn't the spelling thread. :)

[jackson13]

A PICTURE is something you look at. A photo of something or someone.

A PITCHER is something you pour liquids out of.


It's ASK, not AXE. AXE is a tool used for chopping wood, or a deodorant specifically marketed to make you smell like a douchebag.

[The Postmaster General]

You affect the effect of something.

This is a good website to bookmark, even if you know this stuff...

Common Errors in English -
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

[john_rambo]

Washington, not Warshington

Italian not Eyetalian

[adamjohnson]

"The gammar thread."

^lrony XD.

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God fucking dammit.

[outsyder]

You're is actually the words "you" and "are" shortened together. It is only in situations where "you are" would be appropriate do you write "you're."

[Reigh Kaufman]

I am an English teacher.

And yet I don't even try to be grammatically or syntactically correct.

Because a dickhead, I is.

[The Postmaster General]

I am an English teacher.

And yet I don't even try to be grammatically or syntactically correct.

Because a dickhead, I is.


I usually am just out of habit because I do a lot of reporting and write clinical notes, legal documents on a consistent and ongoing basis. One this I do, however, is I will often on movie boards use homonyms or write improperly as a form of speech and not writing. That's the way boards should be, IMO, because we are trying to have discussions, not write legal documents. Likewise, I don't care when people will say like "your cool" or something because I know they are probably just typing as they talk

And this is the Internet. LMAO isn't exactly grammatically correct. Shouldn't it be L.M.A.O. or more accurately I.A.L.M.A.O. since "I am laughing my ass off." is correct?

I am laughing out loud.

[Lady Stardust]

Their=their house.
There= there are two people.
They're=They're moving.

[The Postmaster General]

It's should HAVE. Not should OF.

Continue as you may.


Just to note: 'Not should of' is an incomplete sentence.

:p

[jolanar]

I love it when people correct you on the internet, then when they say something like "Man you suck at grammer." Not realizing they have no clue how to spell grammar.

Nothing like a grammar nazi getting whooped as his own stupid game!

[adamjohnson]

I know how to spell it. Nevertheless, I committed a typo.

[jolanar]

I know how to spell it. Nevertheless, I committed a typo.

I totally thought you did that on purpose! You should have just played it off like it was a joke, nobody would have been the wiser. :D

[BadCoverVersion]

"I COULDN'T care less" is obviously the correct term.

Because saying you COULD care less means that you could be MORE apathetic and disinterested than you already are...and that wasn't your point was it?

[Bourne101]

It's ASK, not AXE. AXE is a tool used for chopping wood, or a deodorant specifically marketed to make you smell like a douchebag.

Ugh, that one really pisses me off. It seems like it has become accepted in society to say AXE instead of ASK.

[zombievictim]

What typo? :D

[The Postmaster General]

The saying is "all intents and purposes" not "all intensive purposes."

The only time you use an apostrophe with IT is when you are saying IT IS (IT'S) --- If you are talking about a possession of it, you use ITS with no apostrophe.

Stop saying "ATM machine", "LCD display" and "HIV virus" because what you are really saying is "automated teller machine machine", "liquid crystal display display", and "human immunodeficiency virus virus".

[John Galt]

I say 'I could care less', 'I could give two shits', and 'I could give a fuck' all the time and will continue to do so.

What the grammar police tend to overlook is sarcasm and irony for one thing. As well the fact that the 'I don't' or 'I won't' at the end of the statement is implied and thus, silent.

And if you don't like it, I could care less.

[BadCoverVersion]

I say 'I could care less', 'I could give two shits', and 'I could give a fuck' all the time and will continue to do so.

What the grammar police tend to overlook is sarcasm and irony for one thing. As well the fact that the 'I don't' or 'I won't' at the end of the statement is implied and thus, silent.

And if you don't like it, I could care less.

Clearly John Cleese doesn't understand the concept of sarcasm and irony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUsPnKD1gk

[RicochetShaw]

The could care less thing has bothered me for sometime. Glad to see I'm not alone.

This is isn't really grammar, but the misspelling of the word "definitely" as "definATely" irks me a great deal.

[Et3rnal L1ght]

Two negatives makes one positive, so if you wanna say negative, you'll have to say, for example, " I don't have any money" or "I have no money", not "I don't have no money".

[hrdude]

If in a sentance you are shortening "you are" it's you're, not your! Trivial yes but to damn common.

[Miss Vicky]

If in a sentance you are shortening "you are" it's you're, not your! Trivial yes but to damn common.

I think you mean "too damn common." ;)

Another mistake I see frequently on the internet and elsewhere.

[Homyrrh]

One commonly recurring slur is a speaker he interchanges "fewer" and "less" incorrectly. The former is used in reference to a quantifiable amount (ex. -- 'Now that Tom has left the room, there are two fewer people.'). Meanwhile, the other is used when discussing a change in amount that cannot be rationally measured (ex. -- 'Now that Tom has had a good swig, there is less alcohol in the glass.')

There is also something that doesn't immediately annoy me, but bothers me because so few people realize this. No sentence should END with a preoposition or BEGIN with a conjunction. Because of the natural evolution of language, it's actually alright to finish a sentence with a preposition, but so many journals, magazines, publications, websites, newspapers, etc., are at fault for committing this foul in an academic or formal setting that it's downright irksome.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

Grammar is awesome, I dig this Thread. :cool:

Because words like "it," "he," or "her" are not proper nouns, you do not use an apostrophe to display posession. However, you do use the apostrophe to shorten phrases such as "he is late" to "he's late," or "she is a slut" to "she's a slut."

I think of it in forms of class. Proper nouns are the upper-class, so they get full advantage of posession, such as apostrophes, but the lower-class (improper nouns) cannot afford apostrophes and such. :D

[Lotis]

hang vs. hung.

A person is hanged (as in "by the neck til dead"), not hunged.

The past tense of "killed by hanging" is hanged.

[Cronos]

I have to restrain myself from punching people in the face when they incorrectly use lend and borrow, that one's always really irritated me for some reason.

[adamjohnson]

I wish this was a spelling thread as well.

I hate people that cant spell. And Im serious. There is no fucking reason why you shouldn't be able to spell YOU'RE instead of YOUR, or what-the-fuck-ever.

Guh. I've spelled better that most people I know since the 6th grade. I dont get it.

[adamjohnson]

BTW, best grammar dispute ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBplQmbqNmg

God damn Jennifer looks amazing though.

[Danger^Cart]

Was wondering...

If I'm referring to someone who is asian, opposed to the region of greater Asia, do I capitalize the ethnicity? I don't believe you do, but my friend would beg to differ.

[SpiralEye]

I've met 4-5 separate people who say (and spell out) "supposively" instead of "supposedly". Blows my mind, and I have no idea where that comes from.

Also, I've had people use "irregardless" as opposed to "regardless". And it's not a mistake, they think it's a real word, and try to argue that it is.

[FLAME_ON]

When people say, "I seen that." when refering to something they, well, saw.
And I don't get it because I've heard intelligent people say that.
It wouldn't be a problem if they threw in "have".

I always respond with a "You saw that??" to see if they check themselves; they don't.
I wonder if it's a dialect issue?

[John Galt]

Is it race trader or race traitor? And someone explain what it means as well please.

[Cipgop]

I saw a trailer before The Mist for something called "The Pookipsie Tapes" spelled something like that, which is pretty much the showing of a serial killers murders through his video camera. I dont know if theres already a thread for this, but the concept sounds awesome.


And for Land of the Lost, AWESOME BRING ON THE SLEESTAK

[MightyCelestial]

I hate it whenever anyone corrects my grammar.
For all of her flaws, she's still such a sweet old lady.

[RicochetShaw]

Was wondering...

If I'm referring to someone who is asian, opposed to the region of greater Asia, do I capitalize the ethnicity? I don't believe you do, but my friend would beg to differ.



I'm rather certain that you would indeed capitalize it.

[RicochetShaw]

I wish this was a spelling thread as well.

I hate people that cant spell. And Im serious. There is no fucking reason why you shouldn't be able to spell YOU'RE instead of YOUR, or what-the-fuck-ever.

Guh. I've spelled better that most people I know since the 6th grade. I dont get it.


Dude, you misspelled "grammar." C'mon.


Not that I'm belittling you, I just think it's a waste of energy to hate people for not being able to spell, and especially a waste to rant about it on an internet forum. I really don't think you can judge people based on their spelling abilities; it's pretty superficial, and I think it's difficult to accurately distinguish between an inability to spell and a mistake. For instance, you brush off your "grammar" mishap as a mistake, as it probably was, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Why not do that for everyone else and stop thinking so lowly of them? It's not very healthy.

And what I find especially delicious is how, while condemning people for being stupid, you totally misuse the word "indictment" here (http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3064742&highlight=indictment#post3064742). That's rich.


So yeah dude. Just let people be. :cool:

[SpiralEye]

Dude, you misspelled "grammar." C'mon.


Not that I'm belittling you, I just think it's a waste of energy to hate people for not being able to spell, and especially a waste to rant about it on an internet forum. I really don't think you can judge people based on their spelling abilities; it's pretty superficial, and I think it's difficult to accurately distinguish between an inability to spell and a mistake. For instance, you brush off your "grammar" mishap as a mistake, as it probably was, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Why not do that for everyone else and stop thinking so lowly of them? It's not very healthy.

And what I find especially delicious is how, while condemning people for being stupid, you totally misuse the word "indictment" here (http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3064742&highlight=indictment#post3064742). That's rich.


So yeah dude. Just let people be. :cool:

There's a big difference between having bad grammar and having bad typing skills. And I also think it's easy to tell the difference between the two. For example, when someone uses "could of" instead of "could've", it's pretty obvious that's not a mistype. I don't think the "gammar" thing is even relevant here, because obviously no one would actually spell "grammar" like that.

I also think that bad grammar/spelling is annoying. But I don't hold it against people when they can't spell "onomatopoeia". I hold it against them (and by them I mean any adult who's graduated high school) when they say "Your wrong".

It's grammar school material. :)

[Lotis]

This is the price society pays because School House Rock no longer airs.