The Grammar Whore Thread

[Rampala]

Or, "Teh Grammer Ho Tead"
...Yeah.
Just, going insane with the "im gr8 how r u?" type of typing. Is it really that must faster?

So, here's a thread to be a total grammar whore if the way things are typically spelled on the internet is getting to you, yet again. Just, rant, critique grammar, tell us what pisses you off! Or be a total whore and go and head and critique other people's grammar with in the thread. (In other words, be as annoying and stuck up as humanly possible!) Fun? Good.

Time to be Whorish:

It's - Conjunction meaning "It is"
Its - Possesive, belonging to it

You're - Conjunction meaning "You are"
Your - Possesive, belonging to you

They're - Conjunction meaning "They are"
Their - Possesive, belonging to them
There - Describing a location, "Over there!"

Yessssss. Grammar Whores unite! (Or Untie, whatever.)

[ljkkjlcm9]

the only quick typing thing that annoys me is:
ne thing
anything

it's only one more letter, sheesh

THE JACKEL

[Sacred Phoenix]

Here = a location ( I'm here)
Hear = somthing you do, like listen (I don't hear you)

oh and "your" or "you're" I'm never sure which it actually is, that people type "ur"

[MoonsEcho]

lyke omg u r SOOOO rite!!!!111 idk y peeps haf 2......

Okay that was about as far as I can go with it before I start losing my mind. Seriously, I think it looks extremely ugly and unintelligible when people type that way. When I visit someone's website and the whole thing is typed in this fashion, I often wonder if they are so into the habit of typing that way that they write it down on paper as well. Perhaps even on exams or essays? Most of them are pretty young, anyway.

But jeez, "u, r, b..." are all just letters. They are NOT words.

[Agent Proto]

Liek siriusly.

Only on the Internet where you'll see "hi, wuts u ^ 2" and "liek omg, ur soooo stoopid! lolol u need sum fun!"

Of course it bothers me, but It's fun to use to make fun of people. ^_^

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

The fact that people don't know what to do with the apostrophe in you're and your and the 's' after words(We have balloon's!) irritates me a bit.

[Loony BoB]

Also, use capital letters. They are very, very important. Anyone who reads bash will know that you don't want to mess up on capital letters when helping your uncle Jack off a horse.

EDIT: For a good site on when to and when not to use an apostrophe, click here.

[Naughty Tifa]

UR SO GHEY LYK u need a life becuz obviusly u need 1

I despise that with all my being. Most of it anyway. When someone types that way I automatically assume they are mentally retarded in real life. (sorry) I can't help it. >< I think that people seriously need to take the time when typing posts, or entries into their web journal. If I come acrossed a site that is written like that I don't even bother to read because it makes my eyes bleed. Honestly, people. Oh, and there's another thing. Run-on sentences. ing STOP IT ALREADY. Going," um lesse ummm umm well ya um i guess thats it thats wot i did today um yeah ok bye" Is just as equally if not more so annoying that typing in "leet" or "n00bish" language. Goddammit.

Someone shoot me.

[Leeza]

Someone using profinity bothers me a lot more than someone using incorrect grammar.

[Citizen Bleys]

FFXI is making me talk like a n00b sometimes ><

i.e., I always say "whm" instead of White Mage, and there are other abbreviations that are so common ingame that you pick them up. (afk, w/e, AFAIK, etc.)

[DMKA]

you = u



I mean really...is YOU that long a word that you can't type it out?

Other than that, I love the rest of it.

[Mindflare]

FFXI is making me talk like a n00b sometimes ><

i.e., I always say "whm" instead of White Mage, and there are other abbreviations that are so common ingame that you pick them up. (afk, w/e, AFAIK, etc.)

Don't stoop to their level. The urge to resist isn't impossible. >.<

Typing everything intellegably, and completely makes everyone's life easier. Recently, it's been so common to make fun of people who type improperly that it's common even among people who know better. It's sick.

I, too, am a grammar whore.

[Tanwen Strife]

I'd just like to stand up for some people for a moment.
I am partically dyslexic and so I have trouble distinguishing between they're, there and their. I have to stop what I'm typing, look back and check it's the right one. This is rather annoying, and I tend not to do it until the very end. However sometimes I still don't notice it or do not have time to thoroughly check through. I appologise, but it is not always people being lazy or stupid.

But all the other stuff, big yeah. Needless abrv., Stupid spelling, OMGWTFLOL!!! and over use of the smiley...

[Rampala]

Lack of punctuation is also quite frustrating. It takes me some 15 minutes to decode what you might've meant. *sigh* Although, was really annoys me is people who are terrible spellers and don't care. I have this one friend who I had to stop talking to online because I couldn't understand what he was saying (yes, extreme case of bad spelling). But he knew he was a bad speller and did he care? No. He spelled things wrong on his college applications and didn't care. It drove me NUTS. I carry around a pocket spell check (maybe because I'm a nerd) but I think I spell fairly well. Not to mention when you're using a program that OFFERS a spell check (Like MS Word or LiveJournal) why still refuse to check your spelling?!

I mean, he spelled "know" "knew"-- which is the completely wrong tense! I mean, more examples:

"Memorize" - memerize
"Definitely" - deffinitly
"Comfortable" - confertible
"Honor" - honer
"Scholarships" - scolerships
"Saturday" - Saterday
"Mention" - menchun

Just... ARG!!! Sorry... hence why I stopped reading his journal.

[omnitarian]

WhatIdon'tgetis,whystopatusing"ne1"for"anyone"or"2"for"too"or"b/c"for"because"?

Thoseexamplesonlysaveapaltrynumberofcharacters.

Ithinkit'smuchmoreproductivetogetridofthespacesinbetweenwords.

Andifanybodycomplainsthatthemessageisincomprehensible,they'rejustgrammarnazis. Getoffmyback!