Grammar and Spelling Lesson of the Day...

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • JFK
    FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
    • Jan 2002
    • 67373

    #51
    fitty...............speeelin lesunns

    FUBAR Webmasters - The FUBAR Times - FUBAR Webmasters Mobile - FUBARTV.XXX
    For promo opps contact jfk at fubarwebmasters dot com

    Comment

    • Konda
      ...
      • Apr 2003
      • 2280

      #52

      Comment

      • uno
        RIP Dodger. BEST.CAT.EVER
        • Dec 2002
        • 18450

        #53
        Originally posted by J$tyle$


        LOL

        Add this saying to the list too

        "I could care less"
        -uno
        icq: 111-914
        CrazyBabe.com - porn art
        MojoHost - For all your hosting needs, present and future. Tell them I sent ya!

        Comment

        • BSleazy
          Confirmed User
          • Aug 2002
          • 6721

          #54
          The ones mentioned hear ;) are pretty obvious.

          I'm currently taking a technical writing class and there's a lot of shit I have no clue about.
          icq 156131086

          Comment

          • Supz
            Arthur Flegenheimer
            • Jul 2006
            • 11057

            #55
            its the internet, who gives a fuck.. not like people in here are nobel prize winners.

            Comment

            • J$tyle$
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Apr 2003
              • 11500

              #56
              Originally posted by uno


              Comment

              • epitome
                So Fucking Lame
                • Jun 2009
                • 12156

                #57
                Two things that irk me are your and you're and to and too.

                Yeah I know I used and too much.

                Comment

                • raymor
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 3745

                  #58
                  Originally posted by Mutt
                  the one i see on GFY and elsewhere is 'retarted'
                  Don't tell them. It's hilarious when someone's retort is "retart", "your a reetard", etc.
                  For historical display only. This information is not current:
                  support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627
                  Strongbox - The next generation in site security
                  Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control
                  Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids

                  Comment

                  • Shotsie
                    Confirmed User
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 1208

                    #59
                    Originally posted by uno
                    I've been seeing "for all intensive purposes" a lot lately and it drives me up the fucking wall.
                    C'mon, that bothers you? Mistakes like that are a diamond dozen.

                    Comment

                    • raymor
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 3745

                      #60
                      Originally posted by ottopottomouse
                      It's often the native English speakers that tend to write like a mong, and nobody can really complain about someone who is ESL - especially as if you reversed the situation most native English speakers are terrible at any other languages.
                      Though I don't know for sure who speaks English as their native tongue, it certainly seems to me that it's the natives who are sloppy.

                      Who cares, some say. Well, when you're trying to combine me of your understanding of "the principals of googles algrythm", it does matter whether or not you sound like you know anything. Even if it's not business, something silly like politics, if you criticize "Jon Mcann" people ignore you because it appears that you don't know what you're talking about. It's amazing how often in political posts people don't even get the names right. Why would I believe you know anything about "Romeny" if you don't even know his name?
                      For historical display only. This information is not current:
                      support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627
                      Strongbox - The next generation in site security
                      Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control
                      Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids

                      Comment

                      • Shotsie
                        Confirmed User
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 1208

                        #61
                        Originally posted by J$tyle$


                        LOL

                        Add this saying to the list too

                        "I could care less"
                        Here's the thing about that: most people actually know the difference, but, could care less just sounds better; rolls off the tongue easier. It's just commonly accepted that you mean couldn't care less.

                        Comment

                        • Kolargol
                          Confirmed User
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 1319

                          #62
                          Originally posted by borked
                          Add:

                          I would/could/should *have*.....
                          not I would of
                          grrr.
                          It's funny that mostly English native speakers make these mistakes

                          Comment

                          • borked
                            Totally Borked
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 6284

                            #63
                            Originally posted by Kolargol
                            It's funny that mostly English native speakers make these mistakes
                            I was thinking that people that make these mistakes also often lack elocution, so they often write as they say it.

                            Although strangely, the Scots in here don't write "I should a..." so, maybe it's simply education.

                            Or education and elocution.

                            Wrather, linse, repeet.

                            For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com
                            (consider figuring out the email as test #1)



                            All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202

                            Comment

                            • uno
                              RIP Dodger. BEST.CAT.EVER
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 18450

                              #64
                              Originally posted by Shotsie
                              C'mon, that bothers you? Mistakes like that are a diamond dozen.
                              It's times like this i wish there were <stab></stab> tags in html.
                              -uno
                              icq: 111-914
                              CrazyBabe.com - porn art
                              MojoHost - For all your hosting needs, present and future. Tell them I sent ya!

                              Comment

                              • Jack Sparrow
                                Almost goners..
                                • May 2008
                                • 11420

                                #65
                                On accident?
                                By accident?

                                Nice try...

                                Comment

                                • InfoGuy
                                  80/20 Rule
                                  • Apr 2010
                                  • 3052

                                  #66
                                  cross sells - wrong
                                  cross sales - correct
                                  Support American Heroes | How Bad is My Batch? | Vaccine Deaths & Adverse Reactions | Free Speech Coalition | <WARNING> ePayService / Guerra Capital, INC / MTACC payments | Flirt4Free Fucks their Affiliates | Don't do business with piece of shit Andy Alvarez from Webmaster Central / VR3000, who said:
                                  "If it was up to me, they would have shot all 30,000 of those country loving shitheads"

                                  Comment

                                  • Pornopat
                                    AdultTubeSubmits.com
                                    • Dec 2003
                                    • 10598

                                    #67
                                    Eric I worry about you.
                                    https://stripcash.com/sign-up/?userI...fff832eb95ab6a

                                    Comment

                                    • Hentaikid
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Nov 2002
                                      • 1250

                                      #68
                                      horde/hoard
                                      president/precedent
                                      capitol/capital (The capitol is the building)

                                      It's got to the point I notice the correct spelling of some words as a typo because it's so unusual.

                                      Comment

                                      • Mr Pheer
                                        So Fucking Banned
                                        • Dec 2002
                                        • 22083

                                        #69
                                        Originally posted by BCyber
                                        The ones mentioned hear ;) are pretty obvious.

                                        I'm currently taking a technical writing class and there's a lot of shit I have no clue about.
                                        HERE!!

                                        Not hear.

                                        Fuck!

                                        Comment

                                        • Simon
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2003
                                          • 189

                                          #70
                                          See most arguments on GFY explained in about 5 seconds
                                          email: simon <at> IndustryInc dot com | icq: 269~043~019
                                          "If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

                                          Comment

                                          • borked
                                            Totally Borked
                                            • Feb 2005
                                            • 6284

                                            #71
                                            That's funnay!

                                            For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com
                                            (consider figuring out the email as test #1)



                                            All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202

                                            Comment

                                            • PR_Glen
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Oct 2006
                                              • 9058

                                              #72
                                              Originally posted by Supz
                                              its the internet, who gives a fuck.. not like people in here are nobel prize winners.
                                              the funny part is that nobel prize winners aren't any better at grammar than the rest of us. They just paid people to edit THEIR shit ;)

                                              I'll admit some grammar issues that are constantly repeated wrong bug me a bit too, but when people call people out on it to try to strengthen their position in an argument is pretty sad--so that should be noted here as well.
                                              webmaster at pimproll dot com

                                              Comment

                                              • John-ACWM
                                                Work Work Work
                                                • Nov 2008
                                                • 20060

                                                #73
                                                good lesson.

                                                Comment

                                                • NaughtyVisions
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • May 2008
                                                  • 4204

                                                  #74
                                                  Originally posted by BV
                                                  English spelling is a terrible mess anyway, full of arbitrary contrivances and exceptions that outnumber rules. Why receipt but deceit? Water but daughter? Daughter but laughter? What is the logic behind the ough in through, dough, and cough?
                                                  Online strip gaming with sexy gamer girls
                                                  Best thing I ever signed up for: Quality Razors, Cheap Price

                                                  Comment

                                                  • _Richard_
                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                    • Oct 2006
                                                    • 30991

                                                    #75
                                                    Originally posted by bossku69
                                                    my writer friend would bust on my for this and taught me a good way to remember...

                                                    LOOSE - a woman has a loose vagina... two O's represent tits. Or my balls are loose, two O's represent each testicle (only works for you guys that have 2).

                                                    LOSE - your a loser, I lose my mind. All are 1 thing with 1 "o"



                                                    I before E except after C
                                                    me, not my

                                                    Comment

                                                    • Meloman
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                      • 1540

                                                      #76
                                                      Bad grammar doesn't bother me in the least. Your spelling isn't an exact sign of your success since plenty of successful people are bad spellers. The content of what you say is what matters.

                                                      I had this same conversation with my girlfriend recently. She's a complete grammar Nazi and feels that if you misspell anything in a debate then you completely lose the debate. As far as she's concerned you could be the president of the USA speaking to a 10 yr child and if you misspell a single word then the child wins the debate. I find that level of grammar Nazism to be stupid.

                                                      I speak fluent English, Italian and can get by in Spanish. I was born in the US but technically Italian was my 1st language and I still sometimes think in Italian and then translate to English. But for the most part I just think and speak in English since I am actually American.

                                                      I would rather be a bad speller but speak 3 languages well than a great speller that only speaks 1 language.

                                                      Comment

                                                      • DWB
                                                        Registered User
                                                        • Jul 2003
                                                        • 31779

                                                        #77
                                                        Allot of the time Im thinking about fucking you're lose mom and shotting my cream in her. My friend did and said he should of known better because know she is pregnant and is to big to do any thing. Pour guy.

                                                        Oh well, I guess it's not so bad two be number too.

                                                        Comment

                                                        • alextokyo
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Sep 2011
                                                          • 975

                                                          #78
                                                          Threat/Thread

                                                          Signature/Sig/Sign

                                                          Guilty parties include peasants from 3rd world shithole loser countries & fat headed Americans/Canadians with greasy fingers as big as inflated condoms.

                                                          Comment

                                                          • Paul
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Nov 2002
                                                            • 2637

                                                            #79
                                                            vBulletin should develop an auto correct plugin or make it compulsory for users to have a spellchecker/grammar plugin installed on Firefox or Chrome

                                                            SimonSays that image is hilarious!

                                                            Comment

                                                            • PR_Glen
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Oct 2006
                                                              • 9058

                                                              #80
                                                              Originally posted by Meloman
                                                              Bad grammar doesn't bother me in the least. Your spelling isn't an exact sign of your success since plenty of successful people are bad spellers. The content of what you say is what matters.

                                                              I had this same conversation with my girlfriend recently. She's a complete grammar Nazi and feels that if you misspell anything in a debate then you completely lose the debate. As far as she's concerned you could be the president of the USA speaking to a 10 yr child and if you misspell a single word then the child wins the debate. I find that level of grammar Nazism to be stupid.

                                                              I speak fluent English, Italian and can get by in Spanish. I was born in the US but technically Italian was my 1st language and I still sometimes think in Italian and then translate to English. But for the most part I just think and speak in English since I am actually American.

                                                              I would rather be a bad speller but speak 3 languages well than a great speller that only speaks 1 language.
                                                              exactly, as long as you are communicating your point across clearly grammar and spelling are pretty moot--not to mention both those are constantly evolving as language always has. If perfect grammar and spelling were that important editors would be getting all the credit for their brilliance rather than the authors. ;)
                                                              webmaster at pimproll dot com

                                                              Comment

                                                              • RRACY
                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                • Dec 2003
                                                                • 1393

                                                                #81
                                                                There is no country named i-ron= i-ran

                                                                The irocZ was a fast car driven by arabs and italians in the eighties and nineties= i-rack
                                                                Sig Free

                                                                Comment

                                                                • NaughtyVisions
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • May 2008
                                                                  • 4204

                                                                  #82
                                                                  Originally posted by KRosh
                                                                  A lot

                                                                  The correct spelling of ?a lot?, which is not ?alot?. ?A lot?, meaning ?many? or ?a large amount or number?, is an informal expression that should be written as two words.


                                                                  This has stuck in my head since school. I had a teacher that had a poster of the words "a lot" on a parking lot. The caption said, "'A lot' is two words; you should be able to drive a car between them."

                                                                  I noticed my 10 year old write them as one word in a school assignment. I told him about the poster and caption, and he's written it correctly ever since.
                                                                  Online strip gaming with sexy gamer girls
                                                                  Best thing I ever signed up for: Quality Razors, Cheap Price

                                                                  Comment

                                                                  • SleazyDream
                                                                    I'm here for SPORT
                                                                    • Jul 2001
                                                                    • 41470

                                                                    #83
                                                                    Since my spellling and grammer are allways perfect i'll ignore this thred
                                                                    This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 20 dog, seconds dog!

                                                                    Now read without the word dog.

                                                                    Comment

                                                                    • Django
                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                      • Jul 2010
                                                                      • 2578

                                                                      #84
                                                                      your dumb

                                                                      Comment

                                                                      • SCORE Ralph
                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                        • Mar 2003
                                                                        • 2090

                                                                        #85
                                                                        Originally posted by Just Alex
                                                                        If PastorSinAlot clicks on this one he's going to be confused as fuck.
                                                                        Maybe even confundated.
                                                                        GetSCORECash.com | In the Biz Since 1991
                                                                        Big Tits | Granny & MILFs | Amateurs | Big Booty | Foot Fetish | BBW | Teens
                                                                        Hosted Embeds | MP4s | RSS Feeds | FHGs | Model Directory

                                                                        Comment

                                                                        • SexSearchSuzanne
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Mar 2006
                                                                          • 299

                                                                          #86
                                                                          Another thread reminded me of probably my biggest pet peeve, people using the 's when it is not possessive. Like "I am going to visit the website's." "I am going to buy some apple's."

                                                                          I was thinking of the ESL thing after reading this thread. We don't want to scare away people whose first language is not English. If it is obvious they are ESL then a typo doesn't bother me. It's when people who obviously grew up speaking English make basic mistakes constantly that it drives me crazy and I wonder what went wrong.
                                                                          Suzanne


                                                                          Comment

                                                                          • robwod
                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                            • Nov 2005
                                                                            • 2540

                                                                            #87
                                                                            Originally posted by borked
                                                                            I was thinking that people that make these mistakes also often lack elocution, so they often write as they say it.
                                                                            Yes, rediculous comes to mind.

                                                                            It's ridiculous
                                                                            NSFW

                                                                            Comment

                                                                            • uno
                                                                              RIP Dodger. BEST.CAT.EVER
                                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                                              • 18450

                                                                              #88
                                                                              Originally posted by SimonSays
                                                                              I think I saw that at the Jersey Shore on a T-shirt.
                                                                              -uno
                                                                              icq: 111-914
                                                                              CrazyBabe.com - porn art
                                                                              MojoHost - For all your hosting needs, present and future. Tell them I sent ya!

                                                                              Comment

                                                                              • Hentaikid
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • Nov 2002
                                                                                • 1250

                                                                                #89
                                                                                Originally posted by Meloman
                                                                                As far as she's concerned you could be the president of the USA speaking to a 10 yr child and if you misspell a single word then the child wins the debate.
                                                                                Tell that to Dan Quayle.

                                                                                Six years out of office with two failed presidential bids now behind him, ex Vice President Quayle still ranks as America’s favorite dumb politician because of what happened in Trenton on June 15, 1992.

                                                                                That’s the day, you probably recall, a Trenton sixth grader had to teach the Vice President of the United States that potato is not spelled with an e on the end.

                                                                                Comment

                                                                                • calvinawe
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Sep 2009
                                                                                  • 786

                                                                                  #90
                                                                                  also very useful: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
                                                                                  yep.

                                                                                  Comment

                                                                                  • alextokyo
                                                                                    So Fucking Banned
                                                                                    • Sep 2011
                                                                                    • 975

                                                                                    #91


                                                                                    "April 2005, Russia. A stolen SUV speeds through the icy streets of MozzCgawww..."



                                                                                    I ever meet that guy he will get fucking TOLD how to pronounce Moscow properly.
                                                                                    Last edited by alextokyo; 02-03-2012, 05:45 AM.

                                                                                    Comment

                                                                                    • ilnjscb
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Jun 2009
                                                                                      • 8973

                                                                                      #92
                                                                                      Agreed! And why are there so many posters who forget the basic rules of semicolon usage? Unlettered Barbarians! It is abundantly clear that one needs to separate two sentences where there is an absence of a conjunction with this device, yet one repeatedly is forced to endure sentences wherein the semicolon is not properly employed! Philistines! Surely the sight of your fellow posters writhing in the agony induced by your poor grammar will compel you to mend your ways. I certainly hope so; however, he that lives upon hope will die fasting.

                                                                                      Comment

                                                                                      • VenzuelanChick
                                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                                        • Nov 2010
                                                                                        • 916

                                                                                        #93
                                                                                        Originally posted by SexSearchSuzanne
                                                                                        Another thread reminded me of probably my biggest pet peeve, people using the 's when it is not possessive. Like "I am going to visit the website's." "I am going to buy some apple's."

                                                                                        I was thinking of the ESL thing after reading this thread. We don't want to scare away people whose first language is not English. If it is obvious they are ESL then a typo doesn't bother me. It's when people who obviously grew up speaking English make basic mistakes constantly that it drives me crazy and I wonder what went wrong.
                                                                                        I totally agree with you. The worst part is that most of the stupid mistakes made here, are made by people with English as their first (and most likely only) language.

                                                                                        The misuse of "then" and "than" are probably the mistakes, I see on GFY almost daily.

                                                                                        With ESL people, you might get something like a wrong tense or bad use of a preposition, but again that is understandable, as most of us did not grow up writing in English. The mistakes that we see here every day; are most likely from English speakers that just can“t be bothered to spell right.



                                                                                        Create your own Private Label Dating Site TODAY!
                                                                                        ICQ: 641942104 Skype: lanenaj_v e-mail: j.gonzalez at datingfactory.com

                                                                                        Comment

                                                                                        • Si
                                                                                          Such Fun!
                                                                                          • Feb 2008
                                                                                          • 13900

                                                                                          #94
                                                                                          Names are the worst, if someone can't spell a name properly and they are trying to make a point, then I just can't take them seriously.

                                                                                          The others which I find funny are people ranting about something and gets to a point where they resort to things like "fuck of, you fuckin retord" I just laugh at them.

                                                                                          Part of the problem with English is The amount of accents and slang we have in the UK, Canada, US and Australia, South African English speakers, and all the other English first language nations. Different spelling in each country aswell.

                                                                                          Colour and Color just being one of them, Herbs being Herbs in the UK and Australia but Erbs in Canada and the US.

                                                                                          I used to work with people from eastern Europe and lots of them spoke good English, I noticed all of them were taught "proper" English and were shocked at all the slang etc.

                                                                                          I also worked with a guy from Madrid and he told me there is no slang in Spanish, not 100% that is true but if it is then I can understand how much easier Spanish must be in that respect.

                                                                                          I was also taught German at school and although I'm not fluent I found it extremely easy to learn because of the structure of the language made it easier for me.

                                                                                          I think English although it is quite an easy language to learn, has too many variants, slangs, and differences and that is where all the bad grammar comes from.

                                                                                          Also, English Speakers tend to be lazy with their language and that is where some problems come from aswell I think.
                                                                                          Last edited by Si; 02-03-2012, 07:38 AM.

                                                                                          Comment

                                                                                          Working...