It's "You're" not Your

[larss]

I know that this should not get to me as much as it does, but for Pete's sake, if you want to say "You are", then it may be written as "you're" NOT "Your".

If you're one of those people that do not know your your from your you're, please think twice before you type your message and work out whether you mean "you are" or mean belonging to.

Their, there and they're is the other one that gets my goat.

They're over there waving their arms.

 

[zdenka]

Larss, I absolutely agree with you're frustration It gets to me too, whenever people use your in place of you're.. pisses me right off! English will be the most important language and they be laughing stock if they're don't learn it properly.

 

[feller469]

Eye no wut ewe mean

 

[wigster]

Your right of course

 

[gunslingingbird]

Since we're on the subject, it drives me fucking apeshit when I see someone trying to make the contraction of "should have"and they write "should of"instead of "should've". For fuck's fucking sake, think about what you're saying, dickweed! :crash:

 

[xfire]

There's no such word as "alot". It's a lot, and you see a lot of it.

 

[L3ggy]

You're not alone , Larss.

 

[gunslingingbird]

"Were" is not the same as "we're". Period. It's not even pronounced the same. One is a second person participle, the other is a contraction of we are. Learn what the difference between those is, and what the meaning of any "similar" word is: weir, where, wear, ware, and, just for good measure, wire.

 

[PirateKing]

I can live with it. I know what word the person is really trying to say, and I don't emphasize grammar like it's some serious matter that determines life or death.

 

[DP_LOVER]

You're - your
There - their - they're
We're - were - where

All these mistakes really get on my nerves too!

P.s. did everyone else check on their grammar and spelling before posting their replies?

 

[Vanilla Bear]

ARY :scream:

 

[Harley Spencer]

These grammar and spelling issues bug me as well. You can tell when it's a typo as opposed to someone not knowing the difference between the words. A typo will be a one time mistake, whereas a serious misunderstanding of the meanings of the words will be repeated mistakes.

Something that bugs me like crazy is when I see people writing "women" when they mean to say "woman." I'll see, "Why does this women do this?" And when I read on, they keep typing "women" instead of "woman" throughout the entire post.

Then there is then vs. than. Than is to be used when you're comparing or contrasting something, such as, "My cat is fluffier than your cat." Then is to be used in regard to time, such as, "Then we will go to the bank."

I can be such a spelling nazi!

 

[Mr. Hyde]

These grammar and spelling issues bug me as well. You can tell when it's a typo as opposed to someone not knowing the difference between the words. A typo will be a one time mistake, whereas a serious misunderstanding of the meanings of the words will be repeated mistakes.

Something that bugs me like crazy is when I see people writing "women" when they mean to say "woman." I'll see, "Why does this women do this?" And when I read on, they keep typing "women" instead of "woman" throughout the entire post.

Then there is then vs. than. Than is to be used when you're comparing or contrasting something, such as, "My cat is fluffier than your cat." Then is to be used in regard to time, such as, "Then we will go to the bank."

I can be such a spelling nazi!

I don't mind typos, like you say....we all make them....but you're right, you can tell when someone simply doesn't know what the fuck they're doing.

My current HATE HATE HATE mistake is "could of" "would of," "should of," "might of," et.al. That is WRONG you ignoramouses. It's a contraction of the first word, and then "have." "Would've," "could've." and so on. FUCK, GET THIS RIGHT YOU ASSCLOWNS.

I also hate when people say things like "who cares, I know what they're saying." Yeah, so do I, but it's like watching a movie where the characters act badly. I know what they're doing, but the style is so distracting, that I think the whole point sucks. I think less of the intelligence of the person when they have to spell things phonetically. What if we all wrote like this....

"I dont cair wut u say, I kin unnerstand wut they say. If I wanted a grammer lesson, Id go back to skool."

 

[andy42s]

figure out the difference between their, they're and there too please!

 

[andy42s]

If you make sure of something, you ENSURE. Insure is to provide coverage on your car, house, etc.

If you don't care about something, it's "I COULDN'T care less." Why the hell do people say "I could care less." If you could care less, it means you care to some extent.

 

[seeprice]

This thread is crazy, your making something out of nothing...whats next...your going to make a big deal about people not using apostrophe's correctly? Its you're problem if you have a problem with other peoples grammar. They're now im self consious about my grammar, I hope your happy.

 

[gunslingingbird]

"I'll" is a contraction of "I" and "will". "Ill" means sick.

This thread is crazy, your making something out of nothing...whats next...your going to make a big deal about people not using apostrophe's correctly? Its you're problem if you have a problem with other peoples grammar. They're now im self consious about my grammar, I hope your happy.

:sarcasm: :goodpost:

 

[Mayhem]

One thing that comes up rarely, but it does come up and makes me want to burn things: Voila'. You know, when you are revealing something or mildly surprising someone, you say Voila'. Not wa-la, wala, wa la.

—used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic

Students would take notes on their laptops in class, then take their laptops home and do their homework on them. To turn in an assignment, they would simply drag and drop it into the appropriate folder, where the teacher could wirelessly retrieve it. Voilà: the paperless classroom. —Lev Grossman, Time, 3 Nov. 2003

 

[GodsEmbryo]

What bothers me are grammar nazis who complain about the English of people who's main language is NOT English. I'm Belgian, I speak Dutch, and I SURE DO MAKE mistakes when I speak or write English. Or any other language for that matter. Are you guys fluent in any other language? With no mistakes at all?

I don't get it. People all over the world are learning English because it's an important language, but you don't learn a language overnight. Things may seem very evident to you like the difference between "than" and "then", but when learning the language you sure do screw up sometimes when words sound similar. Even if you know the difference in meaning.
What bothers me is the complaining and bitching. What bothers me is that people who's main language is English, take it for granted that their language is an important one in the world and that everyone should be as fluent in it as they themselves. You get irritated by mistakes... Why? In all my time posting on forums (or on the web in general) I never had a message from someone telling me something like "Good job man, but I see you're always mixing up the words then and than. You should...". It's always bitching. It's always "I'm holier than thou" and you make mistakes and I am so fucking good. I don't think it's a coincidence people all over the world know two English words even if they don't speak the language at all:

Fuck you

 

[STDiva]

I can live with it. I know what word the person is really trying to say, and I don't emphasize grammar like it's some serious matter that determines life or death.

Real talk. its the web your all actin like every1 should of gone to english school lol

Also, how many people on this board use English as their second language? Might explain a lot.