Grammar mistakes your friends make

[KentaRawr!]

One friend of mine never adds the plural to the word "chest". Like, "Boy, those are some big treasure chest!" It's the same thing with other words ending with t. "I'm trying to finish these quest." Then, one common between this friend and a few others is adding an extra "ed" to "Equiped". So, RPG sentences generally go like this:

"I'm trying to finish these quest. After beating one, I opened some treasure chest that had an item that I equipeded."

Grrr!

So, what are your friend's talking-quirks?

[Bastian]

My friend Sarah has some of the worst grammar (thank god she'll never read this). She says things like "her and me were going to go to.." and also she says "conversate" ALL THE TIME instead of "converse." Now, I know that "conversate" is now considered a word (slang) but she doesn't really use any other slang. She actually thinks it's a legitimate word.

Almost all of my friends save one uses "I" when they should be using "me." Actually, almost everyone I have ever heard speak including writing and literature teachers uses it incorrectly. Example: "Would you like to come to the park with Lance and I?" UGH! NO! It's "Lance and me" ME ME MEMEMEME!

That's one of my pet peeves.

Also, I cannot abide the trend of inappropriate apostrophes. But that's not grammar exactly. I've corrected three of my most recent bosses on their use of 's.

[Raistlin]

I wouldn't call them friends, but some of the local basketball officials I work with say "axe" instead of "ask." I guess there's a reason it's a black stereotype. It's not really a grammar mistake, but something I always notice.

Some of my friends, though also tons of other people, say "I could care less," when they really mean "I couldn't care less."

[NorthernChaosGod]

Some of my friends, though also tons of other people, say "I could care less," when they really mean "I couldn't care less."

That one.

And when people say they are doing good. No you're not, you're doing well.

And "same difference". That doesn't mean anything!

[Rye]

There's a few things I can't pronounce, for whatever reason, because of my accent.

Ask = ass. I can never put the k on the end. To do so involves and over-emphasis that feels entirely unnatural to me.

I can't remember the rest though.

[Cuchulainn]

One friend of mine never adds the plural to the word "chest". Like, "Boy, those are some big treasure chest!" It's the same thing with other words ending with t. "I'm trying to finish these quest." Then, one common between this friend and a few others is adding an extra "ed" to "Equiped". So, RPG sentences generally go like this:

"I'm trying to finish these quest. After beating one, I opened some treasure chest that had an item that I equipeded."

Grrr!

So, what are your friend's talking-quirks?

The bigger question is why on earth do you give a :bou::bou::bou::bou:?

[rubah]

A girl I've known for a long time used to say 'ideal' in lieu of 'idea'. She still does.

[LowCaloriePie]

This isn't so much of a grammar mistake more as a lisp, I guess you could say. My friend Erik cannot, for the life of him, say "mouth." It's always "moth" or "mouff." He insists he's pronouncing it right but... he just isn't. Heh heh!

[Levian]

I can't say I've noticed any of my friends speaking wrong in any way. Whether that's because I don't pay attention or because I really don't give a damn, I don't know. Probably both!

[Bunny]

What friends?

[Bastian]

When he was a kid, my best friend used to say "cousant" instead of "cousin."

Also, my ex caught me saying "foil-age" instead of "foliage." AND made fun of me for saying "orangatang" instead of "orangutan." Jerk. :P

[Moon Rabbits]

i don't care about grammar unless it's something atrocious like "equippeded" or "brang" or "dranken" or something being used in a serious conversation. or if it's a paper for school or something.

otherwise i could give two :bou::bou::bou::bou:s about grammar. i can be exceptionally eloquent when i'm speaking (imo imo ;)) but nine times out of ten i'll be saying something like "mother fuck my foot fangles are frozen"

[Rye]

This isn't so much of a grammar mistake more as a lisp, I guess you could say. My friend Erik cannot, for the life of him, say "mouth." It's always "moth" or "mouff." He insists he's pronouncing it right but... he just isn't. Heh heh!

Hahahha, I say "mouff" too.

I have a bit of a lisp.

[Rodarian]

I can't recall what grammatic mistakes two of my friends make but as soon as I hear them I will post back!

[KentaRawr!]

One friend of mine never adds the plural to the word "chest". Like, "Boy, those are some big treasure chest!" It's the same thing with other words ending with t. "I'm trying to finish these quest." Then, one common between this friend and a few others is adding an extra "ed" to "Equiped". So, RPG sentences generally go like this:

"I'm trying to finish these quest. After beating one, I opened some treasure chest that had an item that I equipeded."

Grrr!

So, what are your friend's talking-quirks?

The bigger question is why on earth do you give a :bou::bou::bou::bou:?

That same question can be asked for loads of threads here on EoFF. As to why I give a collection of bous, it's because it stands out. :tongue:

[nik0tine]

My best friend has always referred to spaghetti as 'bascetti'. Also, when he was a touch younger 'Muhammad Ali' was 'Bahamat Ali' :p.

[KentaRawr!]

You know what's hilarious?

I just realized I made a ton of grammar mistakes in the title.

[Raistlin]

And here I had given you credit for being ironic. It appears I overestimated you.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I could've sworn everything was right in the title when you first made it

evil forces at work here brah, changing titles and whatnot

[Raistlin]

Hmm... it's possible a staffer messed with it. I saw the mistakes just before I clicked on the thread the last time; I don't remember noticing anything when I originally replied.

My guess is either Del or Rantzien.

[NorthernChaosGod]

And here I had given you credit for being ironic. It appears I overestimated you.

This. You shouldn't have said anything.

[rubah]

I assumed it had been edited as well

[KentaRawr!]

Perhaps it was altered. That would make me feel better. :p

[Madame Adequate]

I and I breda, 'ot box seen? Star.

[Rantz]

Hmm... it's possible a staffer messed with it. I saw the mistakes just before I clicked on the thread the last time; I don't remember noticing anything when I originally replied.

My guess is either Del or Rantzien.

:shifty:

[Jessweeee♪]

You all need to use a little more slang.

[blackmage_nuke]

Apparently I pronounce TH as f or v but i honestly dont hear the difference and when i try to move my tounge the way they describe it just takes more effort and makes me spit.


You all Y'all need to gotta use a littleli'l more mo slang.

fix'd

[KentaRawr!]

Hmm... it's possible a staffer messed with it. I saw the mistakes just before I clicked on the thread the last time; I don't remember noticing anything when I originally replied.

My guess is either Del or Rantzien.

:shifty:

That's an incomplete sentence, Rantzien.

[rubah]

Apparently I pronounce TH as f or v but i honestly dont hear the difference and when i try to move my tounge the way they describe it just takes more effort and makes me spit.

I remember sitting on the bus in early elementary school, looking out the window and saying the words 'three' and 'free' over and over, trying to discern a difference.

You should practice though-- good and precise speaking is useful in a lot of ways

[Psychotic]

I always like to think that people who spell it "grammer" are trying to be ironic.

[KentaRawr!]

I swear, I spelled grammar correctly when I made this topic.

[Raistlin]

:shifty:

That's an incomplete sentence, Rantzien.

It's not so much incomplete as nonexistent.

[Mercen-X]

I notice thousands of mistakes made by nearly everyone on this forum.






Also: Myspace, Otakuboards, AnimationInsider, "ooh! At my college, I notice most students write as if they're preschoolers enrolled in a special kids program."

What the hell is wrong with US kids?

[Vermachtnis]

I don't really care about real life, cause I tend to get over excited and talk like a three year old myself. But online, I keep complaining about my friends who never use the shift key. I mean come on, it's right there! SHIFT! CHRIS, SHIIIIIIIFT!

[rubah]

I notice thousands of mistakes made by nearly everyone on this forum.






Also: Myspace, Otakuboards, AnimationInsider, "ooh! At my college, I notice most students write as if they're preschoolers enrolled in a special kids program."

What the hell is wrong with US kids?

the same thing that is wrong with a lot of our parents, judging from the grown-ups on my facebook.

[BarelySeeAtAll]

Quite literally just now:

About their version of American Idol -

the begining is awesome!!
when people >>>>whore<<<< overly...
self confident face the judges
now thats what singing idol is about
then i just lose interest.
like i saw it a year ago

:eek: They haven't even noticed!

[LowCaloriePie]

What the hell is wrong with US kids?

As much as I love to insult the US, I'm pretty sure a majority of people, regardless of country, rape their language over teh interwebs.

[Zeldy]

My Dad says "buzes" instead of "busses". It's a buz and not a bus. It gets me every time.

[Levian]

It's more spelling than grammar, but it's a bit annoying when my norwegian friends butcher english. I know I'm no english wizard myself, but I think my spelling is pretty good when I see them trying to write. :D

Angle-of_death
SweatGirl17

:/

[Rantz]

Lev, my friend. Could you give me SweatGirl17's MSN, please? :jokey:

[Levian]

Xboard2dethX@hotmail.com

[Mercen-X]

I've read something odd on Eyes On. I've decided to address the issue here. (clears throat with a loud irritating cough that causes everyone around me to turn and shush me)

There is no such phrase as "it is such etc. true and true"; the phrase is THROUGH and THROUGH which basically means "it is what it is and nothing more/will not change."

Also there's no such thing as a "tall-tale sign"; the term is "TELL-tale sign" expressing the fact that the SIGN TELLs the tale to follow. A talltale is a myth.

[I Took the Red Pill]

There is no such phrase as "it is such etc. true and true"; the phrase is THROUGH and THROUGH which basically means "it is what it is and nothing more/will not change.huh, can't say I've ever heard anyone misuse the phrase like that. oh, you mean you read it on eoff?

[Levian]

It used to annoy me when Ackamoo would spell it like Masterbate. When you do something 4 times a day, the least thing you can do is spell it right.

[Shlup]

Not a single one of my fourteen-year-old sister's friends know what the hell this crazy word "you're" is. Almost every comment on her MySpace pictures if "omg your so pretty!"

It drives me to madness.

[Raistlin]

I'm reminded of some people who say "for all intensive purposes," which makes no sense. The phrase is "for all intents and purposes."

[Mo-Nercy]

And also people who say "one foul swoop" as opposed to "one fell swoop"

[NorthernChaosGod]

Basically any misuse of some word or phrase that people generally seem to miss, "supposebly" is one example that comes to mind. I'm not sure what else there is that hasn't been mentioned already.


Not a single one of my fourteen-year-old sister's friends know what the hell this crazy word "you're" is. Almost every comment on her MySpace pictures if "omg your so pretty!"

It drives me to madness.

Why are you on Myspace anyway? o_O

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

My English teacher in grade 11 once told our class about a time when she was correcting the provincial English assessments and one student instead of writing "make belief" wrote "maple leaf". lol.

[Imperfectionist]

For some reason my driving instructor always used to say 'patently' instead of 'blatently' which, even though I don't usually care about other people's grammar unless it's for something important, REALLY starts to grate when you're stuck in a car for hours on end with someone endlessly saying 'now he could PATENTLY see you there and he still pulled out...'

[rubah]

That's patently ridiculous, Imperfectionist!

[~*~Celes~*~]

spelling mistakes:

definately, definetely (which I can understand, a lot of people don't know it's "definitely". I even used to spell it that way up until ~3 years ago when I looked it up.)

Odviously.

Supposedbly.

etc.. :(

[Meat Puppet]

Some of my friends, though also tons of other people, say "I could care less," when they really mean "I couldn't care less."


I'm reminded of some people who say "for all intensive purposes," which makes no sense. The phrase is "for all intents and purposes."

i see you have visited Paul Brians’ website recently

also I hope you enslaved those basketball people

[Laddy]

I do not befriend people who make grammar mistakes!

I do not have many friends. :(

[Raistlin]

Some of my friends, though also tons of other people, say "I could care less," when they really mean "I couldn't care less."


I'm reminded of some people who say "for all intensive purposes," which makes no sense. The phrase is "for all intents and purposes."

i see you have visited Paul Brians’ website recently

also I hope you enslaved those basketball people

Huh? I figured the former out on my own, and the latter mistake I didn't think anyone made until my college roommate did so on a paper he asked me to proofread (I proceeded to laugh at him).

[Mercen-X]

I'm reminded of some people who say "for all intensive purposes," which makes no sense. The phrase is "for all intents and purposes."
Oh, my GOD, I love that!

I do not befriend people who make grammar mistakes!

I do not have many friends. :(Ditto'ed.