Your You're There Their They're

[knary]

It's not that hard, but you'll just seem so darn smart. :stick

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[PAULBACH]

to two too

principal principle

desert dessert

were where

All ways use spelling chequer

Spelling Poem

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[StevieWonder]

A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to teach two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it easier to toot,
or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

[kbasa]

rode road
riding ridding
brake break

[SheRidesABeemer]

rode road
riding ridding
brake break

:doh There are just some words I know I spell wrong...those are them. ;)

add whether, weather & capital, capitol

[bubbagazoo]

If I cannot spell it, I don't use it. :nyah

[RandyB]

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

~ Andrew Jackson ~

I know that doesn't cover misuse of established words, but it's close enough.

[OfficerImpersonator]

"CAPITAL" vs. "CAPITOL" is one of my pet peeves.

"CAPITAL" is what you do to letters at the start of sentences, or is money available for investing.

"CAPITOL" is the seat of a state or federal government.

Here in Seattle, we have a neighborhood called "Capital Hill". Over in Washington, D.C., they have "Capitol Hill". Lots of confused Seattlites as a result of that little gem of nomenclature!

[username]

you guys are a bunch of grammatical elitists!

;)



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[aerialfilm1]

I make a living in television, yet I still can't spell TV.

[Rapid_Roy]

Then than

[Oldhway]

Me be smart, I goed to collage. u be smarter, you payed attenshun.

[SIBUD]

It's not that hard, but you'll just seem so darn smart. :stick

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Let me give you some advice. I advise you to use the correct word when asking for advice.

[Muriel]

were where

Do you mean wear where?

How about its it's Guess that one confuses because the ' looks possesive rather than meaning it is . . .

Muriel

[Rapid_Roy]

I am really hating grammar right now.:hungover :banghead

[GregFeeler]

It's not that hard, but you'll just seem so darn smart. :stick

:hide

Slow day in the creative department, 'eh? :bolt

[screwtop]

How 'bout the old "irregardless" (not a word) or when people say "As per the memo" ("As per" is actually redundant, it's either "As" or "Per").

[AllanCook]

Maniacal motorcyclists who.
Distracted drivers who.
Tone-deaf musicians who.
Naked kayakers who.
Petulant adolescents who.
Clumsy comedians who.
Left-handed doctors who.
Shy vampires who.
Mad mothers who.
Crafty carpenters who.
Blind bus drivers who.
Knuckle-dragging troglodytes who.
Suicidal clowns who.
Frumpy flight attendants who.
Humming train conductors who.
Prickly pianists who.

GET IT?

[iRene]

And the toughie soundalikes such as these that spell check won't catch:

reign (not rain) of terror
bridle (not bridal) path
wide wale (not whale) corduroy

[Slablog]

Whose the deuce bag that started this thread?:dance

Oh! I see. Its that guy who can't even spell kanarry

[SIBUD]

Maniacal motorcyclists who.
Distracted drivers who.
Tone-deaf musicians who.
Naked kayakers who.
Petulant adolescents who.
Clumsy comedians who.
Left-handed doctors who.
Shy vampires who.
Mad mothers who.
Crafty carpenters who.
Blind bus drivers who.
Knuckle-dragging troglodytes who.
Suicidal clowns who.
Frumpy flight attendants who.
Humming train conductors who.
Prickly pianists who.

GET IT?

Get What?:laugh

Texas MOA members that have a pet peeve? :bolt































Just messing with ya. :laugh

[pcsof8]

Hey, Hay,
:laugh

[Crow18]

less/fewer

I have fewer bikes than Jay Leno;
Jay Leno has less sense than most Golden Retrievers.


...not like I'm implying any sort of causality here or anything.

[knary]

"CAPITAL" vs. "CAPITOL" is one of my pet peeves.

"CAPITAL" is what you do to letters at the start of sentences, or is money available for investing.

"CAPITOL" is the seat of a state or federal government.

Here in Seattle, we have a neighborhood called "Capital Hill". Over in Washington, D.C., they have "Capitol Hill". Lots of confused Seattlites as a result of that little gem of nomenclature!



"Capital" is a perfectly legit spelling for a the capital of a state or country. :deal

[Dbear]

Lose - As when you come in last in an event.

Loose - As in not tight.

[bullit7801]

Mama taught me well. None of the above seem to bother me, but I still have trouble with affect VS effect. :dunno
I respect those for whom English is a second language since so many of us who were raised with English write it so poorly. Frequently, my students from China do better with written English on papers than the natives from South Dakota.

tb

[rinty]

Slow day in the creative department, eh? Greg Feeler

I think it was raining in the northwest yesterday.

My grammer's dead. :)

Rinty

[SIBUD]

I think it was raining in the northwest yesterday.

My grammer's dead. :)

Rinty

Sorry to hear about the loss of your garmmer. How did she die?:dance

[lamble]

[QUOTE=AllanCook;210026]Maniacal motorcyclists who.
Distracted drivers who.
Tone-deaf musicians who.
Naked kayakers who.
Petulant adolescents who.
Clumsy comedians who.
Left-handed doctors who.
Shy vampires who.
Mad mothers who.
Crafty carpenters who.
Blind bus drivers who.
Knuckle-dragging troglodytes who.
Suicidal clowns who.
Frumpy flight attendants who.
Humming train conductors who.
Prickly pianists who.
QUOTE]

If any of the above went on to become the subject of the preposition, and were first person rather than plural nouns Whom, rather than Who is applied. Although, I see you have carefully selected examples that are group nouns, so who is correct here.
Whom does seem to have been dropped, as it doesn't really add any clarity to understanding, however, whom still stands tall and proud when it comes to , 'to whom it may concern'.

Now, punctuation; that's a whole new can of worms!
Plus, American English and English English are two forms of the same entity that have become too far apart to be easily reconciled, when I write. What have you done with all the Us fo instance. Color, flavor, spring to mind. If you keep shortening everything, we will end with TLAs instead of proper words.

[Pat Carol]

Color or colour???? Whats up wit dat.

PC

[lamble]

Color or colour???? Whats up wit dat.

PC
I think you are collecting all the Us and selling them abroad.
If you keep this up, you'll all have irritable vowel syndrome and be consonantipated.

[jgr451]

I think you are collecting all the Us and selling them abroad.
If you keep this up, you'll all have irritable vowel syndrome and be consonantipated.


Best one yet!!

Its it's

Council Counsel

And the related Councillor counsellor.

Also,principal principle!

Death to grammer massacrers!!!

[KGT1200]

Spell check is a wonderfull thing..

Who designed this forume, and if so ware is the speling checker?

webmaster he/she aint!:brad

[lamble]

Death to grammer massacrers!!!'Is this grammatical suicide?

[username]

discreet

discrete


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[KGT1200]

discreet

discrete


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To shed some light/lite on it

[RandyB]

Sight
Site
Cite

[tonkandy]

In this contrived example regarding a grammar test there are eleven consecutive repetitions of the same word in the same sentence.

"Smith, where Jones had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the examiner's approval."

Actually it's two sentences, the semi-colon should be a full stop. However, this is a motorcycle forum, and I've noticed that nobody comes to a full stop anymore.

[KGT1200]

In this contrived example regarding a grammar test there are eleven consecutive repetitions of the same word in the same sentence.

"Smith, where Jones had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the examiner's approval."

Actually it's two sentences, the semi-colon should be a full stop. However, this is a motorcycle forum, and I've noticed that nobody comes to a full stop anymore.

ee cummings would tell us all to go to hell and our semi colon too

[FredRydr]

...the semi-colon should be a full stop. However, this is a motorcycle forum, and I've noticed that nobody comes to a full stop anymore.Oh brother! :p

Fred

[Mar]

less/fewer

I have fewer bikes than Jay Leno;
Jay Leno has less sense than most Golden Retrievers.

The incorrect usage of these two words is one of my pet peeves.

[GlobalRider]

Reed (a clarinet is a reed instrument), read (here, read this now).

Read (have you read this yet?), red (my GS is red).

And there are countless more like those examples above.

Ahhh, that effed up English language, but then who else would come up with feet and inches. :laugh

[Mar]

And then there's marque and marquee.

A marque is a brand, a marquee shows what's playing at the movie theater.

[SNC1923]

you guys are a bunch of grammatical elitists!

;)

:hide

I think of myself as more of a comma-hawk.

Forget all these homonyms (though Knary is right: learn it, know it, live it). What is the freakin' deal with apostrophes? Are they really that hard? People seem to just sprinkle them around any words ending in S. I rarely see them used correctly anywhere, in print, on signs. . . . Sheesh!

[henzilla]

"Capital" is a perfectly legit spelling for a the capital of a state or country. :deal

isn't the capitol buiding in the capital city?

[Belquar]

Whose the deuce bag that started this thread?:dance

Oh! I see. Its that guy who can't even spell kanarry

douche

[Belquar]

How 'bout the old "irregardless" (not a word) or when people say "As per the memo" ("As per" is actually redundant, it's either "As" or "Per").

characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (from the free online dictionary)

So I guess when you say "irregardless" you are dumb and a poser that other posers will think is smart.

[bmdubyou]

Now this is one thread that has really PEEKED my interest!

[rinty]

How did she die? Sibud

From hyperloquacity. :blah

Rinty

[screwtop]

characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (from the free online dictionary)

So I guess when you say "irregardless" you are dumb and a poser that other posers will think is smart.

Don't know about posing and any effects on speech inhibition, but your reply prompted me to grab the Websters next to my desk, and to my surprise "irregardless" is listed, and it says:

....."The most frequently repeated remark about the word is that "there is no such word". There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead."

[Holly]

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the
olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit
pclae The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a
pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt!

[henzilla]

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the
olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit
pclae The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a
pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt!
:laugh :laugh :laugh
between this and the text messaging jargon. I had to use this site when my daughers sent me a TXT MSG...I asked them to just call!:dunno

http://www.lingo2word.com/index.php

[henzilla]

How about " un-loosen" I had a coworker tell me to un-loosen some bolts...I tightened them up!:brow

[Voni]

Kansas are great at forgetting "to be"

as in this needs vacuumed.

Voni

[snoone]

Can someone explain "my bad". It must mean something..I see it here on the forum and in other places.. Is it just a misspelled phrase or is it pop culture of some twisted sort..

Also when someone says the line "no offense" the next words that always come out of their mouths are usually always offensive. :doh

[lamble]

Kansas are great at forgetting "to be"

as in this needs vacuumed.

Voni

It's because the pirates use all the present tense words.
It be a storm a blowin' up cap'n
AHHHRRR, that it be...
so there be none left for Kansas, so there be.

[KGT1200]

Can someone explain "my bad". It must mean something..I see it here on the forum and in other places.. Is it just a misspelled phrase or is it pop culture of some twisted sort..

Also when someone says the line "no offense" the next words that always come out of their mouths are usually always offensive. :doh

No offense but I'm about to say somthing any mortal man should be offended by, but since I am warning you I am about to say somthing, it's ok

Sort of like saying "ollie ollie in free" when you eleven years old me thinks!

As far as "my bad"? No clue there!

[Muriel]

Actually it's two sentences, the semi-colon should be a full stop. However, this is a motorcycle forum, and I've noticed that nobody comes to a full stop anymore.

You must put your foot down:D

Muriel

[henzilla]

Can someone explain "my bad". It must mean something..I see it here on the forum and in other places.. Is it just a misspelled phrase or is it pop culture of some twisted sort..

Also when someone says the line "no offense" the next words that always come out of their mouths are usually always offensive. :doh

some of the young'ins might step in here...

I thought it came from some movie a few years back and is slang for "excuse me, that was my fault..."but so what?"

The Urban Dictionary:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=my+badonary definition...

[henzilla]

this is the better link...sorry for any offensive jargon on the previous post...I just use the site for amusement

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=my+bad

[henzilla]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

should have said....My Bad!:laugh

[Rapid_Roy]

It was a very helpful link. I found out that.......my biznitch iz da shiznit.

After reading this whole thread, I am afraid to post anything anymore.

[henzilla]

It was a very helpful link. I found out that.......my biznitch iz da shiznit.

After reading this whole thread, I am afraid to post anything anymore.

I have wasted many a minute on that site...and my spelling,punctuation,grammar, and wordsmithing are all up for interpretation..so I will stop also:rofl

[Rapid_Roy]

I'm going to keep it terse.:laugh

[Slablog]

Originally Posted by Boxer
Whose the deuce bag that started this thread?

Oh! I see. Its that guy who can't even spell kanarry

douche

__---WHOOSH!