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Does bad grammar get under your skin?  

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  1. 1. Does bad grammar get under your skin?

    • Yes
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    • Only if it is really bad
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    • No iz kewl
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    • I don't care...
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You have no idea how much I love you for posting that.

 

Now the next person who says "your stupid" or "you're mom" will be skull-crushed by my hammer.

 

Also' date=' its vs. it's.

 

It's means "it is". [b']It's[/b] quite annoying when people mix up words.

 

Its is the possessive (sorry, but sp?) form of it. For example, the dog was on fire. Its mouth was SO HOT.

 

And if people use (sp?), (word?) or (grm?) indicators, I tend to ignore mistakes because they already stated that they were unsure of something. Respectively, those tags mean:

 

"I'm not entirely sure how this word is spelt."

"I'm not entire sure if this is even a word."

"I'm not sure if the grammar of the preceding sentence is correct."

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I sometimes use "your" instead of "you're", but it only ends up that way when I'm going too fast to correct myself and enter the post without a chance to look it over. But I'll usually catch it afterward and correct it if allowed. People should always try to look over what they type/write before submitting it. That's one of the advantages printed media has over spoken words; you're able to give the impression of knowing what the hell you're saying before anyone else hears it.

 

One thing I'm never sure about is plural possessives. Where does the apostrophe go in which situation? One of life's greatest mysteries...

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I only saw the correct spelling of "definitely" on this forum once' date=' and about 24 other tries all ending like "defenetely", "definetely", "defenitely", "defanitely" or "definetly".

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You forgot "definitly". That's how I spell it TBH. And I too hate bad grammar. But then again, English isn't my native language, so maybe a few errors are allowed =P

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I only saw the correct spelling of "definitely" on this forum once' date=' and about 24 other tries all ending like "defenetely", "definetely", "defenitely", "defanitely" or "definetly".

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You forgot "definitly". That's how I spell it TBH. And I too hate bad grammar. But then again, English isn't my native language, so maybe a few errors are allowed =P

 

Like that " . " you missed?

xD

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I only saw the correct spelling of "definitely" on this forum once' date=' and about 24 other tries all ending like "defenetely", "definetely", "defenitely", "defanitely" or "definetly".

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You forgot "definitly". That's how I spell it TBH. And I too hate bad grammar. But then again, English isn't my native language, so maybe a few errors are allowed =P

 

Like that " . " you missed?

xD

 

You mean after the "=P"? I use smileys as a replacment for periods =P

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I only saw the correct spelling of "definitely" on this forum once' date=' and about 24 other tries all ending like "defenetely", "definetely", "defenitely", "defanitely" or "definetly".

[/quote']

 

You forgot "definitly". That's how I spell it TBH. And I too hate bad grammar. But then again, English isn't my native language, so maybe a few errors are allowed =P

 

Like that " . " you missed?

xD

 

You mean after the "=P"? I use smileys as a replacment for periods =P

 

 

Like that " e " you missed?

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I only saw the correct spelling of "definitely" on this forum once' date=' and about 24 other tries all ending like "defenetely", "definetely", "defenitely", "defanitely" or "definetly".

[/quote']

 

You forgot "definitly". That's how I spell it TBH. And I too hate bad grammar. But then again, English isn't my native language, so maybe a few errors are allowed =P

 

Like that " . " you missed?

xD

 

You mean after the "=P"? I use smileys as a replacment for periods =P

 

 

Like that " e " you missed?

He uses retaliations as his replacement for "e"s.

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I sometimes use "your" instead of "you're"' date=' but it only ends up that way when I'm going too fast to correct myself and enter the post without a chance to look it over. But I'll usually catch it afterward and correct it if allowed. People should always try to look over what they type/write before submitting it. That's one of the advantages printed media has over spoken words; you're able to give the impression of knowing what the hell you're saying before anyone else hears it.

 

One thing I'm never sure about is plural possessives. Where does the apostrophe go in which situation? One of life's greatest mysteries...

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Plural possesive?

 

books'

 

It's more than one book, and it is belonging to the books.

 

The books' total weight was OVER 9000 pounds.

 

I have no idea how to pronounce something that is a plural possesive. Is it just "books" or "booksis"?

 

I only saw the correct spelling of "definitely" on this forum once' date=' and about 24 other tries all ending like "defenetely", "definetely", "defenitely", "defanitely" or "definetly".

[/quote']

 

I used to spell it "definately", but after some hypnosis and harsh correction, I know spell it correctly. I definitely know how to spell it, now!

 

I couldn't care less about it.

 

...dubble nagateve

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