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View Poll Results: Which of the following common grammar/spelling mistakes is the most egregious? | |||
Too/To ("To much") | 5 | 5.43% | |
Improper use of their/there/they're | 23 | 25.00% | |
Improper use of its/it's | 1 | 1.09% | |
"Definately" | 1 | 1.09% | |
Could of/would of/should of | 9 | 9.78% | |
You're/Your ("Your making a mistake.") | 21 | 22.83% | |
Apostrophe Fails ("The Smith's would like to invite you...") | 5 | 5.43% | |
Misuse of loose/lose. | 14 | 15.22% | |
Other (specify) | 13 | 14.13% | |
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10-02-2014, 11:55 PM | #51 | ||
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A thousand times this, because it's the only one that comes up frequently from posters I respect and can't be explained away by mistyping a letter/spell check on a phone. Midas whale just put yourself on ignore.
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10-03-2014, 12:35 AM | #52 |
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For years the one that bothered me the most was "principle/principal", because I saw it even in work that had been professionally edited. In just the last month, however, I've encountered multiple examples of the phrase "per say" in messages and blog posts. Now, I don't think that people who write the phrase like that are imbeciles per se, but they certainly give that appearance.
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10-03-2014, 01:01 AM | #53 |
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In that vein, also "wa la" or "wah lah" for the french word voila.
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10-03-2014, 01:11 AM | #54 |
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Without a doubt your/you're
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10-03-2014, 02:27 AM | #55 |
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A part/apart.
Glad I could be apart of you're special day! Last edited by nol : 10-03-2014 at 02:32 AM. |
10-03-2014, 03:46 AM | #56 |
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I remember reading could of online...... Later I was writing and copied it, thought about it and it made no sense. Don't trust the internet, if that ain't proof..
I interchange words all the time and even read them the way I intended to write them when I reread things so I shouldn't be bothered by this as much as most. But improper use of to and too gets me. Maybe because one is only two letters long and how hard is it to focus for two letters?
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10-03-2014, 06:36 AM | #57 |
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Loose / lose... pronounced correctly, they don't even sound the same. Why is it so hard to spell them right or use them in the correct situation?
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10-03-2014, 02:51 PM | #58 | ||
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10-07-2014, 02:46 PM | #59 |
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My wife, the editor, would silently (or possibly louder) yell "The Lewis's what?!?"
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10-08-2014, 08:15 AM | #60 |
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10-08-2014, 01:10 PM | #62 | |
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I have NEVER heard this. WTF is might could?? |
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10-08-2014, 01:23 PM | #63 |
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Alot.
Browsers come with spell checkers.
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10-08-2014, 02:51 PM | #64 |
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Apostrophe abues
looser/loser You're/your Too/to Should of/Could of They all bother me equally. Maybe I am just a cantankerous old prick. |
10-08-2014, 03:39 PM | #65 |
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10-08-2014, 08:00 PM | #66 |
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10-08-2014, 11:34 PM | #67 | |
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I link to that once in a while as needed.
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10-10-2014, 04:20 PM | #68 |
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might could <-> could ought to could <-> should used to could <-> used to be able to I can get along with the last one, just for the sake of economy, but the first two are garbage. Unless it's a good-looking Southern girl who's saying it. |
10-17-2014, 10:11 AM | #69 | |
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PLEASE tell me that the secretary writes his e-mails for him...
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10-17-2014, 10:13 AM | #70 |
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Saw this on a university restaurant menu:
"Are delicious burger paired with are amazing fries."
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