The Law (of grammar) :)

[supermono]

How many of you realise that your, as in your car, your English, etc is "your" and you're, as in you're nicked, you're bang out of order, being a contraction of "you are" is "you're"?

I see people getting this wrong all the time on chatrooms. Be interesting to take a straw poll here...

SM

[Richard C]

This could be a big big thread - "brakes" and "breaks", "reckless" and "wreckless" are just a few !

[supermono]

"heal" and toe, perhaps

SM

[mmm-five]

supermono said:

Be interesting to take a straw poll here...SM

To pull someone up on grammar, you need to be able to form complete sentences yourself!

[puggit]

You've got an interesting point their

[purpleheadedcerb]

I think we understood the gist of your message SM. That in itself demonstrates that getting hung up on the grammar and spelling is really a side issue. I draw the line at text speak though. My wife was marking some A-lavel Biology papers online last night and I was amazed at the level of text speak that has infiltrated its way into exam papers. They don't get marked down for it though which is a travesty.



>> Edited by purpleheadedcerb on Thursday 2nd February 17:47

[gilbertd]

Brakes and breaks is the one that really gets to me. I've even seen it used incorrectly in newpapers. I thought journalists would at least be able to get something like that right. Mind you, I get told off by my daughter for wasting characters because I use proper spelling, punctuation and capitalisation in text messages too.

[eccles]

i find you can often tell someones age by how they spell. usually the worse the spelling, the younger they are.

[cinderella]

here hear!!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

We might need some advise on this.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

..or take a warrenty out

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

..once we've checked our license

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

los angeles said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said: ..or take a warrenty out Hello: Warrenty Beatty is a movie actor. Macaroni Marconi Macaroon Mickey Rooney

She nearly swooned at his macaroons...........

[slippydiff]

I don't think any of you are being very fare about this spelling lark.

[Alex]

"Loose" instead of "lose" really annoys me, and seems to be widespread.

[Alex]

Last week I saw a parked van that had: "HONK IF YOUR HORNY" written in the grime on the back. I couldn't resist adding the required apostrophe and 'E'.

[Holst]

I saw some graffiti that I assumed was written by a jilted girlfriend.

It said "Kaz is a lier" in big red letters over a road sign.

I was very tempted to get some paint and correct the spelling.

As for your and you're I never bother with exact punctuation on forums, the same as Im and I'm. As long as people understand what I mean then I dont worry.
Making propper sentences and stuff is more important, nothing worse than a half page post with no full stops or capitals as you cant understand it.

[lightstepper]

supermono said:

How many of you realise that your, as in your car, your English, etc is "your" and you're, as in you're nicked, you're bang out of order, being a contraction of "you are" is "you're"? I see people getting this wrong all the time on chatrooms. Be interesting to take a straw poll here... SM

Dear god...

Never let a good post get in the way of a much more important spelling or grammatical error... sheeesh!

[njwc]

Using 'should of' instead of 'should have' is one of my pet hates

Still, if evryone wrote proper like what I do then itd' be good woodnit ?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Running Bear loved little White Dove.