Which Of These Common Internet Grammar Fails Is The Most Egregious To You?

Ben E Lou · 10-02-2014, 01:01 PM

Just curious.

cartman · 10-02-2014, 01:05 PM

Don't you mean "most aggregious"?

Ben E Lou · 10-02-2014, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Don't you mean "most aggregious"?

CraigSca · 10-02-2014, 01:07 PM

I voted for the "add an apostrophe before anything that ends in 's'", but I will say my personal #1 wasn't listed: "Looser" vs. "Loser".

Ben E Lou · 10-02-2014, 01:08 PM

I've gotten to the point where I just stop reading and move to the next post when I see "could of/would of/should of." That one is worse than nails on a chalkboard for me.

Ben E Lou · 10-02-2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

but I will say my personal #1 wasn't listed: "Looser" vs. "Loser".

Listed now.

Kodos · 10-02-2014, 01:11 PM

Man, the Falcons were dominate against the Saints last weekend!

Lathum · 10-02-2014, 01:14 PM

I went with their etc...but TBH none of them really bother me. I think being a grammar Nazi online is pretty douchey. I often fire off something quick at work, from my phone, with my kids hanging on me, etc...and don't pay much attention to grammar or spelling. It's an internet forum, not a resume.

Ben E Lou · 10-02-2014, 01:14 PM

Oh, and the apostrophe example I posted is the specific sub-category that grates on me more than other apostrophe-related mistakes, and I see it a fair bit because of my last name. We are not "The Lewis's." We are "The Lewises."

Lathum · 10-02-2014, 01:22 PM

your and you're seems to be the one I see most often.

cuervo72 · 10-02-2014, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Man, the Falcons were dominate against the Saints last weekend!

Oh how I hate that one.

digamma · 10-02-2014, 01:55 PM

I could of easily chosen the apostrophe.

BillJasper · 10-02-2014, 01:57 PM

Since I go to Trek boards more than any other: The Wrath of Kahn kills me.

Bobble · 10-02-2014, 02:03 PM

I went with "could of". The rest are more or less failing to memorize how to properly spell the word's your saying.

"Could of" seems a more fundamental misunderstanding of what those words mean.

cartman · 10-02-2014, 02:05 PM

an ellipsis containing way more than three dots

claphamsa · 10-02-2014, 02:18 PM

misspelling of Trout

Simbo Klice · 10-02-2014, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobble

I went with "could of". The rest are more or less failing to memorize how to properly spell the word's your saying.

"Could of" seems a more fundamental misunderstanding of what those words mean.

Same reason I voted for it, people even say "could of" out loud... I find bad grammar hilarious though.

Alan T · 10-02-2014, 02:32 PM

I voted other. I think what drives me crazier than anything these days is when people type shorthand word spellings for almost everything. Bonus points when it is done in emails.

Solecismic · 10-02-2014, 02:37 PM

Affect/effect, because the copy editor at my first full-time workplace would almost get violent over that one. Probably not at the top of everyone's list, though, coming from someone whose company name is a pun on a word describing bad grammar. More recently, those wayward apostrophes tick me off more than anything. "What was your favorite television show of the 70's?" People figure there has to be an apostrophe somewhere in there, so they put it before the 's' just to be safe.

cartman · 10-02-2014, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

I voted other. I think what drives me crazier than anything these days is when people type shorthand word spellings for almost everything. Bonus points when it is done in emails.

U SHLD TRY IT. GIVS MR TIME 2 DO STF

Logan · 10-02-2014, 02:50 PM

Could of/would of etc is my biggest because it seems so fundamentally wrong. So much so that I don't even consider it a grammar mistake.

CraigSca · 10-02-2014, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

Affect/effect, because the copy editor at my first full-time workplace would almost get violent over that one. Probably not at the top of everyone's list, though, coming from someone whose company name is a pun on a word describing bad grammar. More recently, those wayward apostrophes tick me off more than anything. "What was your favorite television show of the 70's?" People figure there has to be an apostrophe somewhere in there, so they put it before the 's' just to be safe.

As an Orioles fan, this hurts me.

cartman · 10-02-2014, 02:57 PM

Maybe the apostrophe on the hat is just the equivalent of those shirts that say "PROPERTY OF XXX". They are using it as a possessive.

Pyser · 10-02-2014, 03:00 PM

lately past/passed has been upsetting to me, but i went with definately. i mean, almost everything has spell check now. how do you still get it wrong?

Solecismic · 10-02-2014, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

As an Orioles fan, this hurts me.

This seems correct, though.

CraigSca · 10-02-2014, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

This seems correct, though.

It is? I thought an apostrophe was needed for possession or contraction. What am I missing?

stevew · 10-02-2014, 03:08 PM

Is "could've" a word? Or is it "could of"?

Best Answer-
Either way is right

Solecismic · 10-02-2014, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

It is? I thought an apostrophe was needed for possession or contraction. What am I missing?

O's = Orioles. The apostrophe covers the "riole" that's missing.

There was a sitcom called "That '70s Show" a while back. It was a show about the 1970s, so putting the apostrophe right before the 's' is incorrect. There's no possession and the contraction is elsewhere. So you put the apostrophe at the beginning, because '70s is short for 1970s.

Now, in the final 20 seconds of the game, if the possession arrow favors the home team, you use an apostrophe to indicate which team had more free throw's.

cartman · 10-02-2014, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Is "could've" a word? Or is it "could of"?

Best Answer-
Either way is right

I must of gotten a different take from that article.

CraigSca · 10-02-2014, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

O's = Orioles. The apostrophe covers the "riole" that's missing.

There was a sitcom called "That '70s Show" a while back. It was a show about the 1970s, so putting the apostrophe right before the 's' is incorrect. There's no possession and the contraction is elsewhere. So you put the apostrophe at the beginning, because '70s is short for 1970s.

Now, in the final 20 seconds of the game, if the possession arrow favors the home team, you use an apostrophe to indicate which team had more free throw's.

Ah hah! That makes sense, though I'm not sure that was the original intent behind the apostrophe. I'll take it anyway

flere-imsaho · 10-02-2014, 03:13 PM

ensure/insure is also fun

CraigSca · 10-02-2014, 03:15 PM

Has anyone received the "You're over 40 if you're using two spaces between a period and the next sentence - please STOP!" Bugs the heck out of me as I will take this one to my grave.

Solecismic · 10-02-2014, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

Ah hah! That makes sense, though I'm not sure that was the original intent behind the apostrophe. I'll take it anyway

The people of Hawai'i sincerely thank you.

(apostrophes can also be used to help with pronunciation)

JPhillips · 10-02-2014, 03:20 PM

I graded a paper this week where I swear the student spun a wheel to choose there/their/they're/theirs. There was no pattern at all to which word was used.

korme · 10-02-2014, 03:33 PM

In some order, it's the misuse of to, there, and your.

If you mess those up, you're a fucking idiot.

korme · 10-02-2014, 03:36 PM

Here is one I see a lot, coming to mind the most often on the back of someone's car, so I'll use it as an example:

SENIORS! CLASS OF 15'

Chief Rum · 10-02-2014, 04:18 PM

weary/wary

They're two entirely different words, people.

Chief Rum · 10-02-2014, 04:20 PM

Obviously, I picked "Other"

corbes · 10-02-2014, 04:33 PM

I'm with cuervo and kodos on misuse of dominant / dominate

Coffee Warlord · 10-02-2014, 05:16 PM

loose/lose drives me abso-fucking-lutely nuts.

ColtCrazy · 10-02-2014, 05:25 PM

The your bugs me the most, but I get annoyed at excessively bad grammar. I understand a typo here and there. If your post is almost incoherent because of bad grammar, then you're just an idiot.

JAG · 10-02-2014, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Man, the Falcons were dominate against the Saints last weekend!

That's mine too, though loose / lose is a close second.

Dutch · 10-02-2014, 07:07 PM

I would love to say "All of the above" but since I am certain that I've fucked them all up on this message board at some point that I should probably just apologize...

Draft Dodger · 10-02-2014, 07:40 PM

definitely your / you're. that's really the only one that consistently gets under my skin

semi-related
I was in a meeting a few weeks ago and the speaker kept saying "you'se guys". I thought I might have to scream

Vince, Pt. II · 10-02-2014, 07:51 PM

People who use loose when they mean lose makes me want to murder small adorable creatures.

Warhammer · 10-02-2014, 08:02 PM

People that say might could. As in, "I might could do that for you."

cartman · 10-02-2014, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

People that say might could. As in, "I might could do that for you."

Double modals are very common in German, and some have moved over into English in certain cases. This is one of them.

Suicane75 · 10-02-2014, 08:18 PM

The thing that annoys me most about all of those mistakes is that no matter how irritated I get at them, the person committing the mistake invariably doesn't give two shits.

CU Tiger · 10-02-2014, 09:11 PM

irregardless

Bugs the shit out of me. And I swear to God it is my brother's favorite word and not in an intentionally drive me crazy way.

I used to be a grammar nazi and it really bothered me to read almost all of these. However surrounding myself with people who made the wrong choice more often than not I swear has degraded my intellect.

Effect/Affect used to drive me bat shit crazy, these days I have to stop, think and then double check myself to get it right.

Jughead Spock · 10-02-2014, 10:19 PM

Could've, would've, should've, by a mile.

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%
Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll

10-02-2014, 01:05 PM	#2
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Don't you mean "most aggregious"? __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-02-2014, 01:07 PM	#4
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	I voted for the "add an apostrophe before anything that ends in 's'", but I will say my personal #1 wasn't listed: "Looser" vs. "Loser". __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

10-02-2014, 01:08 PM	#5
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	I've gotten to the point where I just stop reading and move to the next post when I see "could of/would of/should of." That one is worse than nails on a chalkboard for me. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

10-02-2014, 01:11 PM	#7
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Man, the Falcons were dominate against the Saints last weekend! __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

10-02-2014, 01:14 PM	#8
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I went with their etc...but TBH none of them really bother me. I think being a grammar Nazi online is pretty douchey. I often fire off something quick at work, from my phone, with my kids hanging on me, etc...and don't pay much attention to grammar or spelling. It's an internet forum, not a resume.

10-02-2014, 01:22 PM	#10
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	your and you're seems to be the one I see most often.

10-02-2014, 01:55 PM	#12
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	I could of easily chosen the apostrophe.

10-02-2014, 01:57 PM	#13
BillJasper Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northern Kentucky	Since I go to Trek boards more than any other: The Wrath of Kahn kills me. __________________ The Confederacy lost, it is time to dismantle it.

10-02-2014, 02:03 PM	#14
Bobble College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: High and outside	I went with "could of". The rest are more or less failing to memorize how to properly spell the word's your saying. "Could of" seems a more fundamental misunderstanding of what those words mean.

10-02-2014, 02:05 PM	#15
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	an ellipsis containing way more than three dots __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 10-02-2014 at 02:06 PM.

10-02-2014, 02:18 PM	#16
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	misspelling of Trout __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

10-02-2014, 02:32 PM	#18
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I voted other. I think what drives me crazier than anything these days is when people type shorthand word spellings for almost everything. Bonus points when it is done in emails. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

10-02-2014, 02:37 PM	#19
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	Affect/effect, because the copy editor at my first full-time workplace would almost get violent over that one. Probably not at the top of everyone's list, though, coming from someone whose company name is a pun on a word describing bad grammar. More recently, those wayward apostrophes tick me off more than anything. "What was your favorite television show of the 70's?" People figure there has to be an apostrophe somewhere in there, so they put it before the 's' just to be safe.

10-02-2014, 02:50 PM	#21
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Could of/would of etc is my biggest because it seems so fundamentally wrong. So much so that I don't even consider it a grammar mistake. Last edited by Logan : 10-02-2014 at 02:51 PM.

10-02-2014, 02:57 PM	#23
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Maybe the apostrophe on the hat is just the equivalent of those shirts that say "PROPERTY OF XXX". They are using it as a possessive. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

10-02-2014, 03:00 PM	#24
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	lately past/passed has been upsetting to me, but i went with definately. i mean, almost everything has spell check now. how do you still get it wrong?

10-02-2014, 03:08 PM	#27
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Is "could've" a word? Or is it "could of"? Best Answer- Either way is right Last edited by stevew : 10-02-2014 at 03:09 PM.

10-02-2014, 03:13 PM	#31
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	ensure/insure is also fun

10-02-2014, 03:15 PM	#32
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Has anyone received the "You're over 40 if you're using two spaces between a period and the next sentence - please STOP!" Bugs the heck out of me as I will take this one to my grave. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? Last edited by CraigSca : 10-02-2014 at 03:15 PM.

10-02-2014, 03:20 PM	#34
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	I graded a paper this week where I swear the student spun a wheel to choose there/their/they're/theirs. There was no pattern at all to which word was used. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

10-02-2014, 03:33 PM	#35
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	In some order, it's the misuse of to, there, and your. If you mess those up, you're a fucking idiot.

10-02-2014, 03:36 PM	#36
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Here is one I see a lot, coming to mind the most often on the back of someone's car, so I'll use it as an example: SENIORS! CLASS OF 15'

10-02-2014, 04:18 PM	#37
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	weary/wary They're two entirely different words, people. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

10-02-2014, 04:20 PM	#38
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Obviously, I picked "Other" __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

10-02-2014, 04:33 PM	#39
corbes College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	I'm with cuervo and kodos on misuse of dominant / dominate

10-02-2014, 05:16 PM	#40
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	loose/lose drives me abso-fucking-lutely nuts.

10-02-2014, 05:25 PM	#41
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	The your bugs me the most, but I get annoyed at excessively bad grammar. I understand a typo here and there. If your post is almost incoherent because of bad grammar, then you're just an idiot. __________________ The Field Generals and Statis Pro Basketball Super League

10-02-2014, 07:07 PM	#43
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	I would love to say "All of the above" but since I am certain that I've fucked them all up on this message board at some point that I should probably just apologize...

10-02-2014, 07:40 PM	#44
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	definitely your / you're. that's really the only one that consistently gets under my skin semi-related I was in a meeting a few weeks ago and the speaker kept saying "you'se guys". I thought I might have to scream __________________ Mile High Hockey

10-02-2014, 07:51 PM	#45
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	People who use loose when they mean lose makes me want to murder small adorable creatures.

10-02-2014, 08:02 PM	#46
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	People that say might could. As in, "I might could do that for you."

10-02-2014, 08:18 PM	#48
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	The thing that annoys me most about all of those mistakes is that no matter how irritated I get at them, the person committing the mistake invariably doesn't give two shits.

10-02-2014, 09:11 PM	#49
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	irregardless Bugs the shit out of me. And I swear to God it is my brother's favorite word and not in an intentionally drive me crazy way. I used to be a grammar nazi and it really bothered me to read almost all of these. However surrounding myself with people who made the wrong choice more often than not I swear has degraded my intellect. Effect/Affect used to drive me bat shit crazy, these days I have to stop, think and then double check myself to get it right.

10-02-2014, 10:19 PM	#50
Jughead Spock High School Varsity Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lowcountry, SC	Could've, would've, should've, by a mile.