Spelling & Grammar

Using the plural of y’all, which is all y’all, as a precedent: All youse.

I want to hurt people that don’t use punctuation.
It slows down every person that reads the post (unless you can barely read in the first place). It has some use as a filter because I rarely see anything worth digesting when it looks like somebody shit it out during a chroming session.

Poor spelling and homonym misuse makes you look dumb. Sorry, being dumb isn’t cool in grownup land.

I’m 27 and a bit of a stereotypical engineer when it comes to language.

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Reading the term “sort after” in ebay auction descriptions makes me mad just like Mungo (the Cook) from the Restaurant Sketch by Monty Python.

ha! Yeh, I’ve noticed that a lot. Also pops up in real estate ads.

And people writing and saying “could of” instead of could’ve or could have.

I’ve found lose and loose often get mixed up on this forum.

…oh well, time for brakefast*.

*Having to stop in a really short distance just aftrer waking up.

Sounds like a bunch of people volunteering to be spelling mods :slight_smile:

Careful what you wish for.

The most frustrating spelling error for me is definitely “definately”.

seriusly, this thread is getting rediculous.

It all depends on your audience. This is an internet forum, write appropriately for the medium.

That being said, if you’re asking for help, trying to sell something or if you want to be taken seriously, it is worth putting a little bit of effort into your posts.

It is not about having perfect spelling or grammar, it is about having a bit of respect for the people who you want to have reading your words.

I’m fairly laisez faire about the whole thing. That being said, I’m interested to hear what a certain XBBX can bring to the proverbial table. Teach us Teach!

Oh yes! That one shits me to tears. To me it indicates such an incredible lack of brain activity that I want to facepalm myself.

Surely it should read: “couldn’t give a rat’s”.

I am assuming this is short for ‘rat’s arse’, therefore you need the apostrophe for the possessive.

Righto, am off to look at more bike porn.

Laissez-faire, my non-interventionist, young friend.

was wondering how long it would take for someone to grab ahold of my intentionally bad sentence…all part of the wider plan y’see…

haha right you are…dammit

I’m sort of used to shocking spelling and grammar online as I’ve been in various forums since about 2002 (game forums are the worst as you get all the 12-yr olds in there throwing txt-spk at you). Half the time, even when you do rip on someone about it, they don’t know what the hell you’re on about anyway. Perhaps because they have trouble comprehending the written word …

My biggest problem is when I see poor spelling/grammar from people who should know better (like journos, pollies or signwriters - FFS it’s cappuccinos not cappacino’s) or people who are in positions of authority. My boss, for example, has NO effing idea what to do with apostrophes, ends sentences with commas, always mixes up “of” and “off” and, what craps me off the most, doesn’t spellcheck or proofread his emails before he sends them to the entire department (not that it would do any good because he wouldn’t know what to look for). Drives me bugshit that this guy earns twice what I do and can’t even spell.

10 words you need to stop misspelling (not including all the bike-related words people stuff up here, except:)

How to use an apostrophe

i’ll teach you schmucks about english when i start getting paid to do so.

my only beef is when people use nonplussed incorrectly or drop a “really” before unique.