Constantly misspelled and misused words

[marx2k]

I'm one of those people that actually look through everything I type before I post to check for grammatical errors as well as misspellings. When I see the butchering of our common language, it drives me up a wall. So I will start this thread off with a couple of words that I constantly see misspelled. I would like to see some of the words that you folks always see misspelled/misused.

The use of woman vs women. Typically, people use the plural form to stand in place for the singular. "I met a women on the street today, she was pretty".

The use of their vs they're (and constantly used without the apostrophe). "They would've accepted me as a member, but I didn't want to join theyre club."

Sometimes I see things like "Do you think their going to be there?"

Now, I know a lot of the time, this is due to the fact that these words, although misused, are not misspelled so they have no red line under them, but don't people, after getting out of grammar school have a mental grammar check in their head? Shouldn't mental red lines be "seen" under words and phrases automatically?

I would also be curious to see butchered expressions you people come across. "Should have/Should of"... things like that.

 

[Ohh.Word]

"loose" for "lose"


has to be the number one misspelled word of all time...

 

[Kizzattack]

People saying 'alot' instead of 'a lot'. 'Alot' just looks like 'allot' but misspelled. It's really annoying. I'd have to disagee with the above poster and say that is the single most common error people make whilst writing, apart from using the wrong 'you're' or 'their'.

 

[marx2k]

OOH I hate that one. Here's a few more...

Capital/Capitol - [City] is the capital of [State], the Capitol building is where my congressman works.

Accept/Except - I accept your offer. Well, everything except the rubber chicken.

Principal/Principle - The principal of my high school certainly sticks to certain principles.

Than/Then - Comparatively, we do not live better lives now than they did then.

To/Too/Two - The Two of us went to my mother's house to buy a bag. I did, and my syster did too.

 

[Kizzattack]

Effect/affect. Too common, although I miust admit it can be hard to differentiate between the two sometimes.

 

[dreamdancer]

missle

 

[master shake]

ok, go teech thurd graid grammer than so not no more of us rape englush

 

[FRIENDinDEED]

i know what you guys mean, my pop/mom are retired college professors, they would always correct our grammar around the house if they heard something out of line, or a pet peeve of theirs. i do use a the spell checker most of the time b4 i post i must admit, and have a very bad habit of misspelling the word "the" as "teh" and "just" as "jsut" from rushed typing.

i must admit i am torn though, between the thought of: i do understand what they are all referring; but there are too many people from all over on this site for it all to really have any relevance.

sorry, it just seems like a nerds paradise waiting for the barrage of insults, slurs, and god only knows what else will be uttered. i will subscribe for the banter and the disparaging remarks. cant pass up a good opportunity to see comedy come to life.

 

[simpleword]

I hate when people put apostrophes on plural word's. ARrgghghgh it makes me angry. Apostrophes are meant for contractions and possessives.

 

[bingobongo]

Misused - Then/than.

 

[Guest]

"loose" for "lose"


has to be the number one misspelled word of all time...

are you serious? I saw that once in a recent thread but i think that's the only time i've ever seen that misspelled before. it's definitely not the number one misspelled word of all time.... i can understand why their/there or to/too are common misspellings, but seriously you gotta be pretty stupid to think lose is spelled loos.

 

[Guest]

a lot of the bad grammer comes from the fact that english is NOT everyone's first language

 

[Guest]

and the fact that english is so terribly intricate and complicated when you actually get down to it.

look below:

though
trough
dough
tough

 

[PoppinFresh]

i could care less to be honest. i know english good enough... **** well enough.. i said GOOD ENOUGH. why? because i can and i want to. lol. i think i've been blessed with an ability to communicate with people on their level so it doesn't bother me to see misspellings or SHiT LiKE THiS or maybe even some 1337 speak lol.

i'm with master shake. go teach if you can't stand the way other people write or speak. complaining isn't going to change anything. ignoring people just limits your own personal growth. personally, i am the go with the flow type. i can do it in the street, on the internet, and in the board room. i like being able to communicate with different types of people.

 

[motaco]

OMG I hate people like yall. ALOT

They say when you get an english degree you can't do anything but teach. It's not true. You can come to pot forums and aggravate people for bullshit.

I can type at the rate of thought and I ain't goin to spell check whats goin on a pot forums for chists sake.

talk about letting the little stuff bother you god damn

 

[Kizzattack]

OMG I hate people like yall. ALOT

They say when you get an english degree you can't do anything but teach. It's not true. You can come to pot forums and aggravate people for bullshit.

I can type at the rate of thought and I ain't goin to spell check whats goin on a pot forums for chists sake.

talk about letting the little stuff bother you god damn

IRONY!

 

[Guest]

please don't say yall. it's not a word, and it's annoying, and it makes you sound like a stupid moron hillbilly


other than yall, i really don't give a **** about peoples' grammar. im like poppinfresh, i usually don't get bothered by bad grammar, i like to communicate with people on their level without trying to correct them. the word yall is another story, though. i hate that word with a passion. that and southern accents. southern people that say yall are so damn annoying, i wish they knew how ****in stupid they sound

 

[nycdfan042]

GUILTY!! totally agree! I will try to read more and check my grammar instead of just hitting post quick reply

 

[Kizzattack]

People using different words or abbreviating words isn't what annoys me, it's when people use the wrong words.

Abbreviations can be annoying when it's just the person writing being completely lazy and not taking the time to write a readable piece of text. Obviously, if the person is dyslexic or is from another country then they are excluded from this, but when it's just pure laziness that's when it annoys me.

 

[Stay Puft]

I reckon y'all must be leading a charmed life if you have the time to let things like that bother "Yuse guys".... Either that or just an over-edumacated jackarse.