Spelling/grammar mistakes that are annoying...

by **Bang** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:10 am

1. A lot, allot, alot.
The correct spelling is a lot, unless you mean allot as in a verb. My 10th grade English teacher would give 0s to all assignments that mispelled "a lot". BTW, alot doesn't exist!

2. They're, their, there. Abbreviations usually lead into bad spelling, so maybe you should not use abbreviations at all! Charles Barkley has tons of trouble with this one.

They're = They are as in...They are retarded.
and
Their as in "It is their problem."
and
There as in "Let us go there you and I, with the evening stretched out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table." (from "The Love Song of Prufrock" by TS Eliot)

3. Its, it's. Another damn abbreviation induced error. Maybe you just shouldn't use it's and use it is.

Examples:
It is stupid.
Its stupidity is overwhelming.

4. Think different. It's "think differentLY!" Apple! Different is an adjective! Maybe you should put in quotes or something, so it becomes Think "Different"?

There must be a whole shitload more, but this is what I can think of at the moment.

by **kevC** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:27 am

"Anny" instead of "any".

by **J@3** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:08 pm

I use "alot" alot. I'm not a fan of the space bar.

by **Laxation** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:12 pm

i say theyre... if you cant figure out i mean they're then its your problem

by **Amphatoast** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:36 pm

receive is a word i use to mess up with till i just notice the i before e except after c rule came in effect

by **Riot** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:46 pm

I hate people who have to type "ghetto" because it's the way they grew up. It's the fucking internet people, you don't have to type the way you talk.

by **Laxation** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:28 pm

Riot wrote:I hate people who have to type "ghetto" because it's the way they grew up. It's the fucking internet people, you don't have to type the way you talk.

word up, aight

by **cyanide** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:59 pm

Laxation wrote:i say theyre... if you cant figure out i mean they're then its your problem

Even adding a ' to they're or it's makes a big difference. It makes you either sound like a genius or a retard. That becomes your problem

by **Anthony15** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:16 pm

i like to write u, instead of you. It sounds the same, but u don't have to write YO in front of it. Same thing with Are (using r).

by **Bang** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:13 pm

Some abbreviations are ok: u, r or stuff like that but sometimes it's illegible.

I lyk 2 go 2 da partay cuz I jus kewl lyk dat ther a prob wit dat?
Shit like that. (notice the no commas!)
Oh yea, that reminds me of another one.

5. Write friggin' commas, dammit!

by **COOLmac©** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:23 pm

i used to talk like this here

:arrow:

f u cn rd ny of dis sht dn u r d man, but f nt u r d mst dumb ncoherent mnopos of monalisa n d rencarntion of d grt pro dictionary 2L eva. so plz stp yer naging n be cul wd me cuz im d epitome of cul hr. ya dig?

by **Fresh8** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:54 pm

receive is a word i use to mess up with till i just notice the i before e except after c rule came in effect

Wat about Science???

by **Null17** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:42 pm

teh? especially if done on purpose...hint hint :lol:

kidding...

I find myself doing the their they're there mistake occassionally. but it's usually if I'm in a hurry or sleepy. I know how to use them properly though

by **Jugs** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:17 pm

Sit wrote:
receive is a word i use to mess up with till i just notice the i before e except after c rule came in effect

Wat about Science???

The rule is i before e except after c to make the sound ee

Science makes an ai en sound

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:53 pm

One of my pet peeves is "lolololololol". I fail to see how abbreviating "Laughing Out Loud Out Loud Out Loud Out Loud Out Loud Out Loud..." is a coherent way of saying you find something really funny. Internet lingo is fine every now and then and I have to admit I use it myself sometimes, but using "LOL" like that doesn't make much sense.

by **Its_asdf** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:06 pm

Riot wrote:I hate people who have to type "ghetto" because it's the way they grew up. It's the fucking internet people, you don't have to type the way you talk.

Pretty much sums up what I hate. I don't like to type with the "u"s and "r"s, but I guess I'm alright with them because it usually just means you're a lazyass and don't want to type that many letters.

by **J@3** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:07 pm

That's a good point, also when it's capatalised "LOLOLOLOLOLOL" I hate it.

by **Maaarf** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:26 pm

Yeah, I mean can't you just write "I am laughing right now" ? :roll:

by **Cloudy** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:46 pm

Mazzlow's Double N habit is driving me nuts sometimes..
Also I don't get the ROFLCopter thing... :?:

by **Jugs** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:56 pm

roflcopter

by **cyanide** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:15 pm

I hate the roflcopter.

I hate the "lmfaoooooooooo" Who the hell says, "Laugh my fucking ass off off off off off off off off off off off off off off"?

Legend wrote:LMFAOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **Fresh8** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:17 pm

Ahhh Doodle... u got me there!

by **J@3** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:29 pm

cyanide wrote:I hate the roflcopter.

I hate the "lmfaoooooooooo" Who the hell says, "Laugh my fucking ass off off off off off off off off off off off off off off"?

Legend wrote:LMFAOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

small confession to make, I too dislike "lmfaoooooo" :oops:

by **Null17** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:35 pm

I don't think anyone who's older than 12 likes any of those. wtf is that supposed to mean anyway. your laughing so hard that it's echoing already

by **Cloudy** on Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:41 pm

so what does rollin' on the floor laughing gotta do with a damn helicopter?
or is it some native english joke that us, asians, won't get?! :lol:

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