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Something that drives me nuts...
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Ok, everyday I read through different threads in the forums and everyday I see the same pathetic mistakes and it makes me cringe every fucking time. It has become quite apparent to me that a good portion of NS does not have a clue when to use the proper choice of the words there/their/they're and the words to/too. Come on people, this is basic english! To those of you from other countries, I understand if english is your second language, but this will be helpful "to" you "too."
Correct use of there/their/they're:
there: there are many uses of this word, but the most widely used is when discussing is as a place; examples: John sat over there. Let's go there to ski.
their: used as a modifier before a noun; examples: They brought their skis. I went over to their house.
they're: contraction of they are; examples: instead of saying "they are going to the movies" say "they're going to the movies"
Correct use of to/too:
too: in addition, also; more than enough; very; examples: Joe is coming along too. You can never ski too much.
to: use this pretty much anytime you wouldn't use "too"
I'm sure I'll get a few rude remarks about who cares, but the truth is, if you don't know the difference between these, somewhere along the line you will make yourself look like an idiot in front of someone other than NSers.
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ya i have a friend who goes nuts over this too. but he's also insane.
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u and ur are not words, so stop using them in place of you and you're/your.
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i'm not insane, at least i don't think i am, but this is just one of those things that everytime i see it, it makes me want to punch someone
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good point
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I was on this same warpath about a year ago. Eventually I gave up. It's pretty hopeless.
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i have a friend that will cut you off mid sentence to correct you no matter what you are talking about if you say "me and him" instead of "he and I"
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^haha thats rediculous. if he does that to someone else theyre just gonna smack him
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spelling correctly is for scool
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wat ever im jus as tired of ppl lik u gettin pised bout ppl spellin shit rong
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proper grammar is really not that much to ask.
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thats aight ill keep proper grammer in school and spell how ever i want on here
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Don't worry, it drives me crazy too. And another thing (I really don't know why but anyways) is when people spell awesome wrong.
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and it's fools like you that will never amount to anything
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I think the post is directed partly towards me. I know when to use all that stuff, but when I'm typing fast I don't really think about it.
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nope, this wasn't directed at anyone in particular. just anyone who is guilty of using the improper words
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i bet if i came to your house and moved all your shit you would be pissed
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Yeah man, you know what I cant stand on this site? Having to read these threads every week then wasting my time replying.
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Holy shit, it pisses me right off as well. That's one of my biggest pet peeves.
I feel bad sometimes because I know some people simply aren't very strong in english, but fuck, it just drives me crazy.
And people who say "I'll spell right in school but nowhere else" my god... how ridiculous. I want to punch them in the face, too.
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^ actually i think i'm her biggest pet peeve :o)
stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
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for sure I get bugged out about this too! especially when people say stuff like ppl and lol and jk... what is that madness? cant you type out the words just kidding? i cant type or spell so i feel like a total hypocrite, but my god!
maybe it's cause my parents are authors...
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^ having trouble spelling and being way too lazy to type words are two different things. I hate internet jargon with a passion.
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fuck this thread
fucking grammar police
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THANK FUCKING GOD SOMEONE ADRESSED THIS PROBLEM.
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well sometimes im just typing fast and ill realize the mistake and i'll just be like whatev's but now ill change it since iam going to buy those pollards off you.
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^ya thier reall isnt nothing bout bad grammer, they're should'nt be a big argument. Their is to much angry people out they're
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and let us kill lol. please, you can just type haha. one more letter, but makes you look much less like an 8 year old girl.
does any1 no the name of the song that goes WHOOHO! dunananna WHOOHO!skierdude11
please... that is not a question... it is a quote. i know the song. and no, most of you have it wrong anyway.
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hey they're buddy you should take it easy. ur being to critical of people and there english. for those who speak too languages, i can see how there english might be bad but people in the united states have bad english to. take it easy
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^ hey, maybe people shouldn't be fucking morons?
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i think some people are just bad spellers. i get super annoyed when i'm reading all the spelling mistakes on this site also. some of it is so simple
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you must have done well in english class lol
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I'm with you. What pisses me off the most is when I catch myself doing it because I got in a hurry and didn't pay attention.
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know what drives me nuts? when you keep explaining something to somebody and they just don't get it. ulimate frustration right there. silly bastards..
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dude this is a forum who the fuck cares if u dont use correct grammer. as long as ur message gets across its all good. save the thinking for school
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word corrects all that shit, see in todays society we need machines to do everything... so why think just type and have the machine correct it.
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Worst reply ever.
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to the maker of the thread. you should of put an s after "use" when you said "correct use for there/their/they're because there is more than one uses for so it should be uses
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You could do it that way, but it's actually fine the way it is if you read it in the context that the verb 'use' is only referring to their/they're/there individually as opposed to collectively, which makes sense when using slashes (/) instead of commas, in which case 'uses' would be the correct choice.
Thanks for keeping me on my toes though Lat!
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oh boy we have a douch among us... first off we are on a forum that has nothing to do with school, grammer, or english. you obviously understand the word so why the fuck does it matter on an internet forum? when i need to write correctly I will but english is all done for me so no more of that bullshit in my lifetime.
and trust me dude once you get a career, NOONE knows how to spell. i get e-mails from 40 year olds and they dont even use the correct "know/no" "too/to" "knot/not"
people dont care and never will, get used to it, adapt
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i could care less either way. i admit im a terrible speller and i dont like to take the time to correctly punctuate and capitalize some words/letters and stuff. so whatever, its never gonna be fixed no matter how much you hate it.
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meh, whatever....i can always understand what people are trying to say, i kind of take it as a challenge to correctly interpret someone's miserable grammar. it's like solving a puzzle with some of these kids.
but on the same note, *lyk net speek omg pissz mee offzorz*
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It usually doesnt piss me off, but some people take the privilage of a keyboard to the extreme. Like this girl, who left a message on my nexopia profile ( for people who don't know what nexopia is, it's a stupid website where you post pictures and make a little profile about yourself and then random people who you don't know and will probially never meet tell you omfg ur so effin cute lololz tmb !!!) I think making one of these profiles was a mistake because my people leave things like this...
By: playboihunay Date: May 22, 2005 6:10:13 am
u kno wut matt..... oompaloompas will be out in a movie on july 15th oh yes charlie an the choclit factory lol agen....CARNIES ARE DEFINETLEE A DISLIKE THEY SUCK them an they're bein asses an vandalizing things an getting drunk an vandalizing things sum more why they oughtta be ashamed of themselves i tell ya :cussing: :cussing: to all the carnies an on top of that they smell like cabbage ahahaha but yes grrr they suck :jawdrop: :omfg: :evil: :iik: :headbang: :show: :typing: :foie: :cry: sure y dont they always jus vandalize,drink,vandalize sum more then get kickd outta town an go to w fricken rodeo an ruin the fun that is carniiivalllllsss lol but yes i am fine......
ttyl luv ya bye *$#HeAtHER#$*
yeah wow,
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Strode, if you manage to decode that for me i will be forever amazed by your douche decoding abilities
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I make mistakes because i type "too" fast. I don't check it because there's no point. It's an internet forum, but it's no big deal.
i cant take him[liam downey] seriously cuz his name reminds me of that downy bear from back when i was a kid -d loc
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If you didn't pick up on it, my post just above yours was filled with sarcasm as well as a bit of info for those who are less informed. I could care less if this is an internet forum...people (kids especially) need to know how to speak, spell, write, etc. I realize that a large group of people on here make these mistakes accidentally, but there are plenty who don't.
You mention having a career and dealing with people who can't spell on a regular basis. Of course people are going to misspell a word here and there, but my original intention of this post had nothing to do with spelling. Not sure what kind of work you are in, but if I turned in certain documents or sent certain emails in my position, I'd be ridiculed and probably not where I am today.
If any of you out there agree with d-loc and think who cares about grammar and spelling, good for you...I bet you'll amount to alot in life haha.
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