Most hated spelling and grammatical errors

[Padfoot13]

I dont know where it started, but where did people start saying Axe instead of Ask?
Yoda, a grammer nazi's worst enemy...
-The Internet

 

[ace_of_something]

also i need to throw this out there

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/12/99-grammar/

 

[Flux07]

I know people can be in a rush to write messages, but when someone consistantly spells "the" as "teh" grates my teeth. And the thing is, is that they know they are doing it. You know who you are out there.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Any and all spelling and grammar errors piss me off, especially when those I talk to are in fact of English descent (disregarding American, British and Australian heritage).

 

[crimsondynamics]

Dear God. I hope you're kidding.

Of course I was kidding. You couldn't possibly have taken that seriously!

Nice - that got me laughing!

 

[Galletea]

Dear God. I hope you're kidding.

Of course I was kidding. You couldn't possibly have taken that seriously!

When confronted by possible stupid ideas of the EU I have very little faith in common sense. I think the idea has actually been proposed before, to accept misspellings as 'variations' so this isn't that different.

 

[wombatish]

The constant misuse of the word literally. Example: I literally ran into John at the mall.
My step-sister constantly does this, as does my step-mom. I always respond with something along the lines of, "As opposed to figuratively?"

Also, to those who thought the EU post was serious, do a little research. Great Britain isn't a full member of the EU because they don't want to change currency, do you really think they would allow the EU to alter their language?

 

[Galletea]

The constant misuse of the word literally. Example: I literally ran into John at the mall.
My step-sister constantly does this, as does my step-mom. I always respond with something along the lines of, "As opposed to figuratively?"

Also, to those who thought the EU post was serious, do a little research. Great Britain isn't a full member of the EU because they don't want to change currency, do you really think they would allow the EU to alter their language?

I think you'll find Britain is in the EU. Not being part of the single currency has nothing to do with our participation in the European community. Like I said the idea of changing our spelling has been raised before. I gathered it was a joke but with the EU it's always good to make sure.

 

[bue519]

This is question to all spelling and grammar nazis on this site:
What spelling and grammatical errors really make your skin crawl.

I'm normally pretty laid back about this sort of thing, but when I see "a lot" spelled as one word, it drives me insane. I know it's a common mistake, and shouldn't seem that big a deal, but I have had teachers drive this correction into me like a steak to the brain, and now I can't stand to see it happen.

Wait you like putting meat inside you brain? Because i enjoy a good steak now and again but I usually put in my mouth.
ITS SPELLED STAKE! YOU ILLITERATE BUFOON!

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

This is question to all spelling and grammar nazis on this site:
What spelling and grammatical errors really make your skin crawl?

I'm normally pretty laid back about this sort of thing, but when I see "a lot" spelled as one word, it drives me insane. I know it's a common mistake, and shouldn't seem that big a deal, but I have had teachers drive this correction into me like a steak to the brain, and now I can't stand to see it happen.

Mmm steak... XD

The one that gets me the most is 'your' instead of 'you're', it looks ridiculous.
LEARN THE DIFFERENCE PEOPLE!
I'm a total grammar ninja (I hate the term Nazi XP).

 

[rottenbutter]

This is question to all spelling and grammar nazis on this site:
What spelling and grammatical errors really make your skin crawl.

I'm normally pretty laid back about this sort of thing, but when I see "a lot" spelled as one word, it drives me insane. I know it's a common mistake, and shouldn't seem that big a deal, but I have had teachers drive this correction into me like a steak to the brain, and now I can't stand to see it happen.

Wait you like putting meat inside you brain? Because i enjoy a good steak now and again but I usually put in my mouth.
ITS SPELLED STAKE! YOU ILLITERATE BUFOON!

I was waiting for someone to catch that.

 

[CoziestPigeon]

Funnest. Like that more recent fucking iPod commercial.

"The funnest iPod yet!"

FUNNEST ISN'T A FUCKING WORD YOU ASS-FACED IMBECILES! IT'S "MORE FUN."

 

[Ago Iterum]

The constant misuse of the word literally. Example: I literally ran into John at the mall.
My step-sister constantly does this, as does my step-mom. I always respond with something along the lines of, "As opposed to figuratively?"

Also, to those who thought the EU post was serious, do a little research. Great Britain isn't a full member of the EU because they don't want to change currency, do you really think they would allow the EU to alter their language?

I think you'll find Britain is in the EU. Not being part of the single currency has nothing to do with our participation in the European community. Like I said the idea of changing our spelling has been raised before. I gathered it was a joke but with the EU it's always good to make sure.

Yeah Britain is an important part of the EU.

 

[jockslap]

i hate people who say (and this is only SAY) especially, but pronounce it ECKSPECIALLY, that drives me insane, or people who add t or d on the end of some words, like "demond" (my DM in dungeons and dragons does it, i hate it soooooo much)

 

[Spartan Bannana]

It really bothers me when people don't use commas and periods.
Hi I'm new on the escapist i think it will be fun here and I look forward to getting to know all of you my favorite things are coffee games TV fun and go carts
*Tears eyes out of their sockets*
GRAAAAAAAH!

 

[Bunyip Andler]

'Judgement', 'alright', and 'lit' aren't words. You mean to say judgment, all right and lighted. The worst part is that they're used so commonly that dictionaries are saying that they actually are correct spellings.And finally, people need to learn how to use semi-colons, hyphens and commas correctly.

And finally, if you start a sentence with any 'i' product (iPod, iPhone, etc.) the i should be capitalized. It's not spelled "lowercase i, uppercase p, o, d". It's spelled "i, uppercase p, o, d".

And put your punctuation marks outside of quotation marks, people. Yes, it should be used in some cases, but most people simply don't understand it. D:

 

[Jimmyjames]

- The pronunciation of the word "ask." There is no bloody "x" in that word

Oh, I agree. Drives me batshit. And the funny part- I've known someone that STARTED saying it that way. I don't know if it was rebellion/emulating dialect, or whatever.

 

[Crowghast]

"Lolspeak" in general pisses me right into a roll-over, off of the highway, into a ditch and causing a fire born from a hot sun and tissue paper on leather.

"jus hpw do u no that theryre going to ki l us"

Not even a GOD-DAMNED punctuation mark. NO, I don't KNOW if they're going to kill us, maybe if you said it EARLIER, and wrote it more LEGIBLY[b\]?[/b] SEE THE THING IN BOLD[b\]!?[/b] It's called PUNCTUATION!

"lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 thers ur pucntautiin"


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