"Dispatch, this is 504. We're in pursuit, over." - The Grammar Police thread

[Triple H]

I have seen some comments on other threads about how some wording has become commonly used in sentences.
It seems to get some peoples goat up and so now we can all vent away in here without hijacking other threads.

I don't mean every spelling mistake as they will always happen.
I am referencing how some words are being used instead of the correct ones and it appears to have become the accepted norm.

"Okay buddy, Pull over!"

 

[johnh]

Expresso

 

[Fubar]

Sort after

 

[Arv]

Mute point, moot point
Loose, lose
Aloud, allowed
There, their, they're
Your, you're
To,too

 

[Pop Bumper Pete]

Grammer policeing is stupid.
Most people on this forum are over the age of 15yo. How we spell, how we word things, is not going to change.

The policers just make themselves look like uptight (are we allowed to say 'assholes' on this forum?)

 

[Triple H]

I could of replied to that.
Oops! sorry, I meant to say that I could have replied to that.

 

[Paul R Owen]

Literally. When it's not.

 

[Lickashot]

And stop bloody shortening words:

Definitely - DEFFO
Congratulations - CONGRATS
Tournament - TOURNEY
Competition - COMP
Lazarus - LAZZY
Jackpots - JACKS

And finally this prime example:

Cockell - COCK !!!

 

[Pop Bumper Pete]

And stop bloody shortening words:

Definitely - DEFFO
Congratulations - CONGRATS
Tournament - TOURNEY
Competition - COMP
Lazarus - LAZZY
Jackpots - JACKS

And finally this prime example:

Cockell - COCK !!!

FS HUO NIB TOTAN LE
GLWTS
WIWC

 

[Triple H]

FS HUO NIB TOTAN LE
GLWTS
WIWC

That's the spirit
Thanks for participating.

 

[Paul R Owen]

"very unique".
Impossible.

 

[Spandangler]

And stop bloody shortening words:

Definitely - DEFFO
Congratulations - CONGRATS
Tournament - TOURNEY
Competition - COMP
Lazarus - LAZZY
Jackpots - JACKS

And finally this prime example:

Cockell - COCK !!!

I love shortening words. Soz

 

[Calimori]

wht r peeps gttng mad 4?

 

[windoesnot]

And stop bloody shortening words:

Definitely - DEFFO
Congratulations - CONGRATS
Tournament - TOURNEY
Competition - COMP
Lazarus - LAZZY
Jackpots - JACKS

And finally this prime example:

Cockell - COCK !!!

K

 

[Pop Bumper Pete]

50 69 6E 62 61 6C 6C 20 69 6E 66 6F 20 72 6F 63 6B 73 0A

 

[Arv]

50 69 6E 62 61 6C 6C 20 69 6E 66 6F 20 72 6F 63 6B 73 0A

01001111 00100000 01010010 01001100 01011001 00100001

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Anything described as GOAT . I don’t know why but that really gets my goat

I once ran into a bunch of feral goats in Snowdonia - the smell was unreal, stank likes Satan’s pants .

 

[Mfresh]

Using capital letters incorrectly. As someone smarter than me once pointed out:

It's the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Snigger

 

[Pop Bumper Pete]

7|-|!5 !5 9377!|\\|9 5!|_|_`/

 

[mark9]

I miss my Grammar she used to give me sweets.

 

[Triple H]

7|-|!5 !5 9377!|\\|9 5!|_|_`/

Not really.

 

[Gonzo]

I could of replied to that.
Oops! sorry, I meant to say that I could have replied to that.

You definitely should've.

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Anything described as GOAT . I don’t know why but that really gets my goat

I once ran into a bunch of feral goats in Snowdonia - the smell was unreal, stank likes Satan’s pants .

I genuinely read that as Santa’s pants the first time round.

 

[Marvello]

Grammer policeing is stupid.
Most people on this forum are over the age of 15yo. How we spell, how we word things, is not going to change.

The policers just make themselves look like uptight (are we allowed to say 'assholes' on this forum?)

What's wrong with learning how to spell something correctly? Every day is a school day.

*It's grammar policing, not grammer policeing .

 

[Marvello]

'Fewer' and 'less' catches a lot of people out.

'10 items or less' was always wrong.

 

[mark9]

 

[kev a]

If years of dedicated teachers working tirelessly never made me learn this stuff, you guys got no chance

 

[Highlnder00]

I could care less!
When they mean "I Couldn't"

 

[Epotech]

Lighted
Gotten
Loose/lose
Adding an apostrophe to any word ending with a s.

 

[Arv]

I remember in primary school it was drilled into us never to use the word 'got'.