For the grammar Nazi's out there!
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I get irritated when people who describe themselves as writers, cannot use a semi-colon.
The biggest irritation, in my books, is the misuse of your/you're on a topic title, or on social networking; it is basic English!
The biggest irritation, in my books, is the misuse of your/you're on a topic title, or on social networking; it is basic English!
I find myself correcting people's German in my German class. I'm about as close to a literal grammar nazi as I can get.
I hope that misplaced apostrophe in the thread title was on purpose.
I find it ridiculously annoying when people do that. Also, when people use "then" instead of "than", it makes me want to punch them. I'm usually able to resist, but it doesn't stop it sort of getting to me, especially if it's not one slip of the tongue or error of typing but a general mess. I mean, if I went around correcting everyone, I'd just be a complete knob end.
I find it ridiculously annoying when people do that. Also, when people use "then" instead of "than", it makes me want to punch them. I'm usually able to resist, but it doesn't stop it sort of getting to me, especially if it's not one slip of the tongue or error of typing but a general mess. I mean, if I went around correcting everyone, I'd just be a complete knob end.
I knov not, yuo ar tolking aboot?
Being from a Non-English speaking area I think occasional mistake is alright, but also maintain that everyone should know English to at least some degree. I personally know nothing about grammar, nor do I pay any attention to it when writing/posting. I learned English mostly by ear - watching Cartoon Network when I was a kid. I think that if people understand what a person is trying to say, despite his poor knowledge of that language, there shouldn't be any problems.
Being from a Non-English speaking area I think occasional mistake is alright, but also maintain that everyone should know English to at least some degree. I personally know nothing about grammar, nor do I pay any attention to it when writing/posting. I learned English mostly by ear - watching Cartoon Network when I was a kid. I think that if people understand what a person is trying to say, despite his poor knowledge of that language, there shouldn't be any problems.
The spelling is questionable, seeing as these forums include a spell-check function.
I dislike failure to capitalize properly, but I hate posters who feel the need to add excess exclamation or question marks. It does not add emphasis, it only makes them look stupid.
I dislike failure to capitalize properly, but I hate posters who feel the need to add excess exclamation or question marks. It does not add emphasis, it only makes them look stupid.
i hate when someone misspells a word so that it becomes another word and totally messes up my understanding of the sentence, causing me to reread it several times.
example: i must get back son or i'll be in trouble.
other than that, nope, i'm fine.
also apologies to OP for not capitalizing my i's!
example: i must get back son or i'll be in trouble.
other than that, nope, i'm fine.
also apologies to OP for not capitalizing my i's!
Actually those are two of the most bass ackwards words we have. apostrophes are normally used for possessive, so "it's car" should mean the car owned by the entity we have pronouned. At the very least, it is an intuitive thing to do. But for some reason yours, theirs, etc, all break the possessive rule.brainless_fps_player said:
Personally, the only grammar or communicative problems I loathe, are those that actually cause me to stumble during reading. This can be severe run-ons that no longer make sense. A wayward malaprop that that I can't immediately discern, maybe a sentence that is missing an important word. Who knows.
I've spent a large portion of my life communicating with writing, learning ways to make complex ideas palatable in that medium. People who spend little to no time on it, and then complain when you try to help... it is truly irksome.
Your post reminds me of a screenshot a friend of mine took when he was playing WoW. Apparently there is a noticeable amount of spelling and grammar errors in the new expansion that rub him the wrong way, and the screenshot he showed me had an NPC yelling about a merciful death, and "I don't think I would of done the same" or something.Nimcha said:
More on topic: I wouldn't call myself a grammar Nazi, but if I see continuous misuse of "they're/there/their," "you're/your," "it's/its," "where/were" or apostrophes being where they shouldn't be, I would go out of my way to correct them (I might not be so critical if the person's ESL). Because this is second grade shit.
What burns my ass is when it starts inching into territory where I have to decipher what I read. Seeing rampant use of numbers replacing words, ranDom uSe Of caPitaLiZatioN, Misuse Of Capitalization, or goan owt uf ur wey 2 bete da inglysh lenguij lyk a red-hedd stepchyld is appalling. I end up sounding like a colossal ass when someone who types like above tries to communicate with me, because I won't speak with them until I can read what they type without having to say it aloud or without receiving a headache wading through unnecessary capitalization.
Mind, I don't often visit forums but run into these types in games. I've even come across types that jump down my throat for not typing like an AOL kid.
I hate it when people don't know the difference between your and you're and also there, their and they're, is it really that difficult???
I also have a few friends on Facebook who put his instead of he's, there is an obvious difference!
I also have a few friends on Facebook who put his instead of he's, there is an obvious difference!
Umm, it was a joke, let me explain why it's funny:Xyliss said:
1. It's incorrect grammar.
2. It would have a better ability to attract grammar Nazis than a correctly titled thread.