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Post by Big DSR Energy on May 14, 2024 16:07:14 GMT -5
Being that there are wrestling sections on this forum, one that I see quite a bit on here, is "resigned" instead of "re-signed", when a wrestler stays with a company. Oh yeah! Those two words mean the exact opposite of one another. Gotta have that hyphen!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 14, 2024 19:08:23 GMT -5
As a non-native speaker, all of them. I try my damndest to be correct, and I probably get it wrong many times, so when I see easy ones as there/their/they're or your/you're or of/'ve, it just rives me bonkers. Makes me wish I could punch people through the monitor.. You gotta remind me to tell you a story later. Easier to type once hockey is over and I’m on my laptop rather than my phone.
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Post by Paco S. Loco on May 15, 2024 8:52:46 GMT -5
People saying "dominate" when they mean "dominant" or "bias" when they mean "biased".
Practically never see them used correctly online now.
The previously mentioned using "of" instead of "have"
And finally, the still reigning champion of errors, "prolly" instead of "probably"
How bad does your pronunciation have to be for a three syllable word with two b's to become a two syllable word with no b sound whatsoever?
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Post by Soultastic on May 15, 2024 8:57:26 GMT -5
People saying "dominate" when they mean "dominant" or "bias" when they mean "biased". Practically never see them used correctly online now. The previously mentioned using "of" instead of "have" And finally, the still reigning champion of errors, "prolly" instead of "probably"How bad does your pronunciation have to be for a three syllable word with two b's to become a two syllable word with no b sound whatsoever? That being an error is new to me. I know it's not grammatically correct but I always assumed it was just internet speak, not an error that happened in the wild.
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Post by agent817 on May 15, 2024 10:57:24 GMT -5
Came in here to say the "would of, could of" thing. Drives me up a wall. In addition to those examples, I'm inclined to add "should of." Like I said before, when I have corrected people of that error, they got all defensive with me for it. They would be all calling me the grammar police and getting mad at me for correcting them. I may have said that no one likes to be corrected, but it makes me wonder how they passed English.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 15, 2024 12:36:18 GMT -5
As I watch a lot of cooking videos online, I see the words "marinade" and "marinate" get mixed up a lot.
A marinade is a sauce in which you marinate food. When one does that it is not called marinading, it is marinating.
What really bugs me is it is such a common error now some dictionaries have started including "marinading" as an acceptable substitute for "marinating".
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 15, 2024 12:38:03 GMT -5
As I watch a lot of cooking videos online, I see the words "marinade" and "marinate" get mixed up a lot. A marinade is a sauce in which you marinate food. When one does that it is not called marinading, it is marinating.
What really bugs me is it is such a common error now some dictionaries have started including "marinading" as an acceptable substitute for "marinating". Those two words are 100% sounding the same in the US midwest. T's get turned to D's here REAL quick.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 15, 2024 12:44:41 GMT -5
As a non-native speaker, all of them. I try my damndest to be correct, and I probably get it wrong many times, so when I see easy ones as there/their/they're or your/you're or of/'ve, it just rives me bonkers. Makes me wish I could punch people through the monitor.. I love this I Love Lucy bit on english pronunciation
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 22, 2024 22:44:59 GMT -5
The use of "casted" as the past tense of "cast."
"Casted" is not a word.
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Post by Stu on May 22, 2024 23:02:42 GMT -5
"Her and her friend are doing this." "Me and my friend are doing that." For the love of Bob, the correct way to say those are "She and her friend are doing this" and "My friend and I are doing that."
And it's been mentioned, but "resign" and "re-sign" are two different things.
Also mentioned, I'll repeat it's incorrect to say "I should have went there." No, it's "I should have gone there."
Similarly, it's not "Could have saw." It's "Could have seen."
There's a difference between "Less" and "Fewer."
Not to mention "Father" and "Further."
Plus "Effect" and "Affect."
A personal pet peeve is when people say "The object is located at a place." You don't need to use "located." Just say "The object is at a place."
Everyone needs to know when to use a hyphen.
Use commas appropriately. It's better to have several short sentences instead of one long one with several commas.
Also, never call something an "accident" unless you know it's an accident. If something happens on the road, just call it a "crash" or collision."
And "murder" is a specific charge prosecutors file against you. You can kill someone and technically not be a murderer. "Murder" is very specific and requires specific circumstances.
I'm on the fence with "Is" and "Are" in reference to entities. I want to say WWE is a singular entity and, therefore, it's proper to say "WWE is coming to town." But I'll hear people say "WWE are coming to town." I'll also read "The crowd are going home happy" but want to scream "The crowd is going home happy." I notice "are" is being used by people overseas, including England. So I have no clue what's up.
Lastly, I hate when people get criticized for poor grammer and respond with "I write the way I speak. If you have a problem, then f*** you." No, dumbass, you need to learn how to read and write.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on May 22, 2024 23:51:11 GMT -5
Have seen famous academics and well-regarded physicians not being able to tell difference between its and it's. In fairness, it appears there's a whole generation of folk that just freestyle when it comes to possessive apostrophes.
Mind, the misuse is so rampant that it's just going to become one of those things the get corrupted and become the norm, so I'll just save myself the bother and go hang out with pelicans or something.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 23, 2024 4:13:13 GMT -5
How many of these grammar issues and how many of these are just issues with pronunciation and autocorrect?
I say would/could/should’ve and it sounds like of, but I know to write it correctly.
I know the difference between you’re/your and their/there and it’s/it’s but sometimes autocorrects screw me over and I’m too lazy or in hurry to fix it
Especially since Instagram doesn’t let you edit comments, and it would add unnecessary text messages to correct myself when the reader can understand what I’m saying
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 23, 2024 8:03:15 GMT -5
I highly recommend the Youtube channel Robwords for language and grammar stuff.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 23, 2024 11:15:55 GMT -5
I had a Traveling & Tourism/Small Business teacher in high school, who was from New York, which is further up north from the state I live in, and she used "more better" when talking. That surprised me.
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Post by J is Justice on May 23, 2024 12:55:58 GMT -5
People using "literally" wrong is the big one for me.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 23, 2024 15:03:23 GMT -5
People using "literally" wrong is the big one for me.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on May 25, 2024 6:03:30 GMT -5
"Should/could/would of" is definitely the worst for me as it shows tht the person isn't even thinking about what they're writing. I really need these people to explain what they think it's supposed to mean.
It gets even better when people try to excuse it by saying it sounds similar to "Should/could/would've" because... no, it doesn't. So not only can these people not spell, they can't even f'n speak.
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Post by schma on May 25, 2024 6:16:57 GMT -5
"Should/could/would of" is definitely the worst for me as it shows tht the person isn't even thinking about what they're writing. I really need these people to explain what they think it's supposed to mean. It gets even better when people try to excuse it by saying it sounds similar to "Should/could/would've" because... no, it doesn't. So not only can these people not spell, they can't even f'n speak. It does sound similar, the main difference would be the speed of how it's said. However, I am not defending the misspelling/mistaking of "of" vs "'ve".
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Post by agent817 on May 25, 2024 16:08:15 GMT -5
"Should/could/would of" is definitely the worst for me as it shows tht the person isn't even thinking about what they're writing. I really need these people to explain what they think it's supposed to mean. It gets even better when people try to excuse it by saying it sounds similar to "Should/could/would've" because... no, it doesn't. So not only can these people not spell, they can't even f'n speak. It does sound similar, the main difference would be the speed of how it's said. However, I am not defending the misspelling/mistaking of "of" vs "'ve". As I noted in the OP, I actually say "have."
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 25, 2024 20:44:34 GMT -5
When people write "Am" instead of "I am" or "I'm"
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