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Are you annoyed by all the people finding "original" ways to spell? Are you eyes bleeding if you see the "grammer" some posters are using? Is your heart weeping when you witness the English language being butchered?

If you fulfill al the requirements above, then this is the right place for you. Please post quotes with the worst mistakes you have stumbled upon on this forum. Hopefully the 'guilty party' will change his/her wicked ways (although I'm not very optimistic about that). :)

And since I want to be fair and square, I'll begin by quoting myself:The mosquito. It uses the humans for his own needs.

Are you annoyed by all the people finding "original" ways to spell? Are you eyes bleeding if you see the "grammer" some posters are using? Is your heart weeping when you witness the English language being butchered?

If you fulfill al the requirements above, then this is the right place for you. Please post quotes with the worst mistakes you have stumbled upon on this forum. Hopefully the 'guilty party' will change his/her wicked ways (although I'm not very optimistic about that). :)

And since I want to be fair and square, I'll begin by quoting myself:
I'm not going to find a quote on here to support me, but I know that some people say 'would of' instead of 'would have'. Seriously pisses me off.

*Cough cough*

Are you eyes bleeding if you see the "grammer" some posters are using?

Aside from the fact that "Are your eyes bleeding if you see" makes no sense.

I'd go into greater detail about the rest of your post, and the title of the thread, but that one phrase pretty much sums it up.

*Grabs another tissue to mop up the blood*

Is your heart weeping when you witness the English language being butchered?
Yes. Bloody Americans. :-)

*Grabs another tissue to mop up the blood*
please, let me... <licks up the blood> :p
on another note: i'll be sane for the next 20 seconds (not that it's hard when you're on dialup and it takes 10 seconds to load a thread)

I personally can't stand the seemingly endless sentences that some people post... There's a reason we have punctuation marks. :p

*Cough cough*



Aside from the fact that "Are your eyes bleeding if you see" makes no sense.

I'd go into greater detail about the rest of your post, and the title of the thread, but that one phrase pretty much sums it up.

*Grabs another tissue to mop up the blood*
Riiight... :rolleyes: I mean, aren't you also amazed a heart can weep? They don't have tear glands, you know?

Edit: I just wanted to be sure. You do know what a figure of speech is, don't you?

My pet peeve is the misuse of at, e.g.:

"Where are you at?"

On a related note, the annual LSSU Banished Words List (http://www.lssu.edu/banished/) is always good for a chuckle or two. :D

I'm not going to find a quote on here to support me, but I know that some people say 'would of' instead of 'would have'. Seriously pisses me off.

ha ha.

Me and my sisters* used to drive my mum insane by using "would of" rather then the correct "would have."

Also, the dropping of letters in front of "x." Xcess, Xtra, Xtreme etc. Marketing people seem to love this (and the word "Xtreme" in general).


*this actually brings up another thing

Riiight... :rolleyes: I mean, aren't you also amazed a heart can weep? They don't have tear glands, you know?
Yeah, well, if it was punctured, it could weep blood, so it's not that surprising. Y'know, stab to the heart if you love the English language. Yeah.

I personally can't stand the seemingly endless sentences that some people post... There's a reason we have punctuation marks. :p

And related to that, not using paragraphs is annoying for large chunks of text.

I guess the worst are those people who compose run-on sentences without punctuation. Punctuation gives the sentence part of its meaning, and lack of it can change what they meant to say.

ha ha.

Me and my sisters* used to drive my mum insane by using "would of" rather then the correct "would have."

Also, the dropping of letters in front of "x." Xcess, Xtra, Xtreme etc. Marketing people seem to love this (and the word "Xtreme" in general).


*this actually brings up another thing

My sisters and I.... surely?

Are you annoyed by all the people finding "original" ways to spell? Are you eyes bleeding if you see the "grammer" some posters are using?
Priceless.

Amazing how many mistakes are made in a thread about pointing out mistakes, eh?

My sisters and I.... surely?

Sorry, meant to put that in the footnote (*this actually brings up another thing, people saying me and x). But then thought of the "X" thing and forgot to finish it off.

My pet peeve is the misuse of at, e.g.:

"Where are you at?"

On a related note, the annual LSSU Banished Words List (http://www.lssu.edu/banished/) is always good for a chuckle or two. :D

I went to LSSU for a year. The Banished Word List is probably the only worthwhile thing that school does.

Priceless.
It was intentional. That's what these odd signs show: "".

As ai jav olredi menshond, get yurselvs a ril espelin sistem, guan that is consistent, insted of meikin up estiupid gramar ruls.

It was intentional. That's what these odd signs show: "".
Then you should have followed it with "[sic]".

Priceless.
Was 'grammar' not misspelt on purpose? I can't see why he would put it in quote marks otherwise.

Edit: beaten to it...

As ai jav olredi menshond, get yurselvs a ril espelin sistem, guan that is consistent, insted of meikin up estiupid gramar ruls.
It is consistent. Consistently inconsistent.

Yeah, well, if it was punctured, it could weep blood, so it's not that surprising. Y'know, stab to the heart if you love the English language. Yeah.
Yeah, my guess is confirmed. You don't know what a figure of speech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech) is.

Then you should have followed it with "[sic]".
[sic] is only used when quoting, mostly in formal work. It'd be kind of silly to use it here. The quotation marks get the point across pretty well.

Was 'grammar' not misspelt on purpose? I can't see why he would put it in quote marks otherwise.

Edit: beaten to it...
Then you should have followed it with "[sic]".
;)

Using the quotation marks in the way he did simply gives the impression he is mocking the fact people might consider their grammar to be correct, using them sardonically.

As in:
"I like your 'spelling'." when somebody has just made a number of spelling mistakes.

Yeah, my guess is confirmed. You don't know what a figure of speech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech) is.
Well, pardon me for trying to be a little funny. I know perfectly well what a figure of speech is.

Some of you need a good stab to the heart.

[sic] is only used when quoting, mostly in formal work. It'd be kind of silly to use it here. The quotation marks get the point across pretty well.
[sic] is only used in formal work, except when a Daily Mail journalist wants to try and appear superior, and inevitably fails.

Was 'grammar' not misspelt on purpose? I can't see why he would put it in quote marks otherwise.

Edit: beaten to it...
Thank you for your kind words, my good sir. *bows* I see I'm attacked with many unfounded accusations. :( :D

[sic] is only used in formal work, except when a Daily Mail journalist wants to try and appear superior, and inevitably fails.
To be fair, the fact that he can actually write an article, however poorly or misguided, would make him superior to most of his readership.

Thank you for your kind words, my good sir. *bows* I see I'm attacked with many unfounded accusations. :( :D
And many more well-founded accusations. ;)

Thank you for your kind words, my good sir. *bows* I see I'm attacked with many unfounded accusations. :( :D
would you rather it was with my silver-tipped rocket launcher? :D
nah i wouldn't do that, but only because i'm going to bed now, it being 3:30 in the morning

To be fair, the fact that he can actually write an article, however poorly or misguided, would make him superior to most of his readership.
True, but I didn't mean superior to the readership, I meant superior to whoever he/she is quoting.

And many more well-founded accusations. ;)
Such as... :confused:

Such as... :confused:

Last ditched (Should be last-ditch, and is usually used with "attempt" not "defence")

Are you eyes bleeding if you see...(No grammatical sense)

Is your heart weeping when you witness...Again, no grammatical sense)

al the requirements above...

I rest my case.

English is pretty much as messed up as it can get. It is basically a creole of French/Latin and some long lost Germanic language.

English is pretty much as messed up as it can get. It is basically a creole of French/Latin and some long lost Germanic language.You forgot to add ancient Greek...

Yeah, my guess is confirmed. You don't know what a figure of speech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech) is.
Sarcasm. Heard of it?

You forgot to add ancient Greek...

Good point, and in some circles, it gets worse. Anime fans have brought in a myriad of Japanese loanwords (then again, Japanese has a truly astonishing number of English borrowings).

I rest my case.
1) I don't know... I goggled for "last ditched defence" and I found 137 000 results: http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=last+ditched+defense&meta=. But if I was wrong, I'm sorry.

2+3)You really don't know what a figure of speach is, don't you?

4) It was a typo. The only 'al' I know is in 'Al Pacino'. :)

I don't mind being proven wrong, but please, people, don't try to find mistakes where there aren't any (no. 2 and no.3 are especially targeted by this comment).

Good point, and in some circles, it gets worse. Anime fans have brought in a myriad of Japanese loanwords (then again, Japanese has a truly astonishing number of English borrowings).
My all time favourite example of poor grammar. It is not 'a myriad of', it is just 'myriad'. The sentence should be:
Anime fans have brought in myriad Japanese loanwords

1) I don't know... I goggled for "last ditched defence" and I found 137 000 results: http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=last+ditched+defense&meta=. But if I was wrong, I'm sorry.

2+3)You really don't know what a figure of speach is, don't you?

4) It was a typo. The only 'al' I know is in 'Al Pacino'. :)

I don't mind being proven wrong, but please, people, don't try to find mistakes where there aren't any (no. 2 and no.3 are especially targeted by this comment).
If you're going to use them as figures of speech, then say "Does your heart weep when you see" or "Do your eyes bleed when you see", not "Is your heart weeping when[...]" and "Are your eyes bleeding when[...]".

And also, number 2 had "Are you eyes", which should be "Are your eyes", if you really disagree with the ways in which I find it wrong.

[EDIT] And it's Googled, not goggled, since you're being so asinine about all this. :)

Sarcasm. Heard of it?
Of course. Check the post you've quoted and see if that's not sarcasm. :)

If you're going to use them as figures of speech, then say "Does your heart weep when you see" or "Do your eyes bleed when you see", not "Is your heart weeping when[...]" and "Are your eyes bleeding when[...]".
Finally, I understand what you were trying to say!

And also, number 2 had "Are you eyes", which should be "Are your eyes", if you really disagree with the ways in which I find it wrong.

[EDIT] And it's Googled, not goggled, since you're being so asinine about all this. :)
Typos. :)

Finally, I understand what you were trying to say!


Typos. :)
Oh, and since you've already replied, just because a number of people use it doesn't make it right. And GoogleFight says it's last-ditch.

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22Last+ditched%22&word2=%22last+ditch%22

I left out the hyphens, since Google doesn't count punctuation when searching as far as I can tell.

Of course. Check the post you've quoted and see if that's not sarcasm. :)
I know, I was just reprimanding you for jumping to conclusions like that and not taking other things into account.

I will now go and brutally torture the other poster involved for not understanding one of the sarcasms (yours or his/her, I'm not all too sure which). ;)

WTF (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22wtf%22&word2=%22what+the+fuck%22)

hehe