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

[Ben E Lou]

Just curious.

[cartman]

Don't you mean "most aggregious"?

:D

[Ben E Lou]

Don't you mean "most aggregious"?

:D:p

[CraigSca]

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]

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]

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

[Kodos]

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

[Lathum]

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]

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]

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

[cuervo72]

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

Oh how I hate that one.

[digamma]

I could of easily chosen the apostrophe.

[BillJasper]

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

[Bobble]

I went with "could of". The rest are more or less failing to memorize how to properly spell the word's your saying. :devil: "Could of" seems a more fundamental misunderstanding of what those words mean.

[cartman]

an ellipsis containing way more than three dots

[claphamsa]

misspelling of Trout

[Simbo Klice]

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

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

http://fansedge.frgimages.com/FFImage/thumb.aspx?i=/productImages/_143000/FF_143257_xl.jpg&w=245

[cartman]

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]

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]

As an Orioles fan, this hurts me.

http://fansedge.frgimages.com/FFImage/thumb.aspx?i=/productImages/_143000/FF_143257_xl.jpg&w=245

This seems correct, though.

[CraigSca]

This seems correct, though.

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

[stevew]

Is "could've" a word? Or is it "could of"? (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110419191005AAP4Rhs)


Best Answer-
Either way is right

[Solecismic]

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]

Is "could've" a word? Or is it "could of"? (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110419191005AAP4Rhs)


Best Answer-
Either way is right

I must of gotten a different take from that article.

[CraigSca]

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]

ensure/insure is also fun

[CraigSca]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

[korme]

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]

weary/wary

They're two entirely different words, people.

[Chief Rum]

Obviously, I picked "Other"

[corbes]

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

[Coffee Warlord]

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

[ColtCrazy]

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]

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

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

[Dutch]

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]

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]

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

[Warhammer]

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

[cartman]

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]

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]

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]

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

[BishopMVP]

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

[Shkspr]

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.

[Solecismic]

In that vein, also "wa la" or "wah lah" for the french word voila.

[BYU 14]

Without a doubt your/you're

[nol]

A part/apart.

Glad I could be apart of you're special day!

[TCY Junkie]

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?

[Butter]

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?

[Ben E Lou]

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."And as if on cue...Hello all
Just a reminder. The Lewis's are bringing snacks and our game is at 11am, field 3D.

Also I was sent the below info on parking at Proehlific park and wanted to make sure we all got this. There is a link to a map that shows where to park.

Thanks,

Coach Mike.

[sterlingice]

My wife, the editor, would silently (or possibly louder) yell "The Lewis's what?!?"

SI

[Draft Dodger]

http://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pegulas1.jpg?w=250

[DanGarion]

free throw's.

???? :banghead:

[DanGarion]

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

I have NEVER heard this. WTF is might could??

[Matthean]

Alot.

Browsers come with spell checkers.

[Oilers9911]

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.

[Solecismic]

???? :banghead:

In its context, it was supposed to be a joke. Outside of its context, not so much.

[corbes]

Alot.

Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html)

[Matthean]

Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html)

I link to that once in a while as needed.

[britrock88]

I have NEVER heard this. WTF is might could??

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.

[Ben E Lou]

PLEASE tell me that the secretary writes his e-mails for him...
...We are looking forward to a great week celebrating our Dad’s here at school with many special events planned from October 20-October 26th...

[larrymcg421]

Saw this on a university restaurant menu:

"Are delicious burger paired with are amazing fries."