There, They're, Their
 

Please!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+Sear ch
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&btnG=Se arch
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

I understand there are a lot of non-native English speakers on this board and it's not their fault. Then again, they're probably misusing the words less than those on here who speak English natively.

Extra credit:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...an&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...en&btnG=Search

Next week we'll do affect and effect even tho I'm guilty of that one from time to time myself.

/rant

Sadly so. I've held it in for years and it just seems to get worse and worse. (not worst and worst)

dude just be happy people are trying hard enough to learn the language you happen to know too, in order to speak and do business with you.

If you know what they meant, aren't you just a bit of a doorknob for caring?

Did you read my post? :)

I did! But why care? imean as longa s people dont writelike thise then what's the big deal?

Seriously John I feel you. English is not my first language and I must admit that I'm not the best at it whether it be syntax, grammar or orthography but reading what seems to be written by a retard is pretty annoying.

Now if you have a disability that you can't control I can understand, but if you are just being dumb and lazy, I won't support you.

That bothers me to.





















(:1orglaugh)

Let's see...

I said I understand there are people here who do not speak English natively.
I said it's not their fault.
I said those who do speak English natively are probably bigger offenders.

It wasn't an attack on people who are new to the English language. In fact I applaud them for coming here and doing business where they are not as comfortable as they would be if everyone spoke their native language.

In actuality it was simply meant to be a humorous and light hearted attempt at using all three words (plus than and then I might add) in two sentences.

It certainly wasn't an attack on foreigners or me trying to be a doorknob :)

The amount I see it on people's sites bothers me even more than it does here.

Nooooooo!!!! Don't ruin all my fun!

You've been on the internet at least as long as I have. You should know by now that its pointless trying to educate the retards.

Just the whole grammar thing on internet message boards...

http://coreygilmore.com/blog/wp-cont...dead_horse.jpg

whats the name of that movie again ? ? its that office movie isnt it ?

Fuck you.
Their you go again. Fucking around were you don't belong. Keep you're shit at home. I'm staying where I is at doing what me want. So what if your all bitches and cant' type like me. I'll, on the backside, is complaining google and paypal sandboxes not work in timely manner, days these.

shit type that 30 times, yo.

Agreed. All that means is that most will never get it. I guess I just had to vent about it. However, I do see it getting worse. Perhaps it is the influx of surfers, etc. here.

Also, from what I hear, kids these days turn in papers in school with SMS message and chat abbreviations/speak in them. I also believe I saw an article about a year or so ago with a professor at a university somewhere making the argument that it was the evolution of the language rather than a lack of education.

:1orglaugh I can't even say that 30 times :)

That savage picture, yo. -- up'thumbs ?

omg the irony of this thread.

bump this shit

Yep, Office Space, only the horse is a highly deserving copy machine.

What do you mean?

I needed this thread.... Google / Paypal sandboxes have been killing me with their slow postback times. A thread like this was a cure to read and post in.
Grassy ass.
Donkey shin.

"The Norman conquest served to enrich the English language, but the onslaught of business and academia threatens to diminish our language to the point where only vulgarities will have any fucking meaning."
-Unknown
Swap out "business and academia" and insert "message boards and text messaging."

I understand your pain, John. As soon as you come to the understanding that ignorant people cannot possibly fathom how harshly they are judged by their intellectual superiors due to their poor communication skills, you will begin to find their untidy scribblings less aggravating. How often can one swat the hand of the nose-picking imbecile? Eventually, you say, "Fuck it. Let the little idiot enjoy his little idiot world. Pick on, dear boy, pick on."

You're doing god's work.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...um/52nd08z.gif

Thanks, you guys reminded me!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+Searc h
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&btnG=Sea rch

If you're using the word 'your' to attempt to express your thoughts of what someone else is then you're certainly out of your mind!

Shall we even attempt to explain that prima donna has absolutely nothing to do with coming before the singer or the Virgin Mary?

yep so thier/there.. I am guilty of doing that all the time

Good luck. I have been trying to educate these people for years. You really are beating a dead horse.

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=144507

Were you thinking about me John ? :winkwink:

They're foreigners what do you expect, their native language is much different over there

who really gives a fuck

I do. People you do business with do. Even people who read your posts "give a fuck." You're immediately considered an illiterate idiot by your peers when you write worse than an elementary school student.

Thanks for sharing

I think you are a good teacher :):):)

By Stewie Griffin during the "Louis Kills Stewie Episode" (Native English Speaker btw):

I guess everyone makes miztakes uh:winkwink::1orglaugh

Thats funny you actually thought about posting this lol....yes i must say, their are lots of those here that have not yet completed there high school credits even....but again people have made millions with even there horrible grammar...hahaha...you like that huh :-)

Off to grab my popcorn now since their might be lots of response to my post here ..... lol

got a point :thumbsup

leaving those out of it who don't speak English as a first language it is disturbing how many native English speakers from the US and Canada don't even have high school English skills. BUT it doesn't really have anything to do with intelligence, some of the worst offenders are very smart and make a fortune in this industry. it's more a social class and education thing.

when somebody says or writes 'I seen that movie' I cringe - and people pick that up from their parents, same as black people almost always say 'i wanna ax you a question' - most of them know it's not correct but it just comes out of their mouths that way because that's how they learned the language when they were young.

schools are too lazy and politically correct to beat kids over the head with that stuff.

back in my parents' day it was different - teachers would drive basic math and grammar into kids' heads so that even a dropout could read and write proper English and handle basic math.

Their their now, it'll be alright...

Oh, man thanks for the lessons...it really makes me feel less confident.
I understand, that you only want to help us, poor foreigners, but you do it in an embarrassing way. Like: I spe-ak slow so you can un-der-stand it...Links would be enough I think, but not a whole grammar lesson. But I hope it'll be helpful for some ppl!

I agree. I speak Spanish. English is my 2nd language. I found a lot of misspelling and wrong syntax in posts made by English speakers. I think no matter how informal you want your post to appear, at least you should write it correctly.
If you want to do business with me and you can't write a simple post properly, I wouldn't entrust you my site. :winkwink:

I know the difference between them...

I was going to suggest this one also, thought alienq would the perfect case study. The one that drives me crazy is loser and looser.

It's one of people's pet peeves I must say. Particularly to people who treat things for high professionalism. The language proficiency.

Yeah, I must agree with John that it's not their fault since it's not their native language but they can always do their best to study the right use of those three. And of course not only those but other grammatical errors that they do commit.

*sigh* There are some smart-aleck here who claims to know everything but do they understand where these foreigners coming from. I myself is not a native English speaker but I can speak with proficiency without committing those errors. lol *sorry for the modesty...

Well anyway, i still believe that as long as people deliver their thoughts with clarity, disregarding the errors, all is fine...

tho = Noun
* S: (n) Tho (a branch of the Tai languages)

:winkwink:

PS. I am worse (worser?) myself... :1orglaugh

Hahaha !! :1orglaugh

As usual, cute attempt, but no. :winkwink:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tho

With English being my second language I feel like I can speak better than people that speak English as their first language. It seems like people are speaking far more ''slanguish'' in this country than ever. And its not even because they don't speak English well I think most people are just lazy to even talk. This has become a texting world!!!

I dint gets no edumacations