What is taught in schools?

[Barry Erick]

Please learn how to use words correctly, such as these examples:

"They're taking their stuff over there."

They're is used for They Are.

Their shows posession.

there is a place.


"You're taking your package."

You're is used for You Are.

your is possesive. It belongs to you.


"Then I would rather have this than that."

Then is when.

Than shows comparision

"It's too late.
not
"It's to late.
"There are two ways to look at this, too."
Two is a number
too can be substituted with ALSO
to works otherwise.

And it's is It IS.

These are just a few pet peeves. I see these mistakes often on this board and others.

I am not a expert on grammer, but I know these and it bugs me to see educated people use them wrong.

 

[vurbano]

You need to get over it. OR you will spend all of your time bugged. Because no gives a rats ass about it on these forums.

 

[CPanther95]

You need to get over it. OR you will spend all of your time bugged. Because no gives a rats ass about it on these forums.

You mean rat's ass?

 

[TuxCoder]

I am not a expert on grammer

or on spelling, either.

 

[vurbano]

I don't know about you guys but this is a place for unwinding and thinking about issues for me. I don't want to spend my time thinking about spelling when I am here. IMO throwing spelling errors in someones face is the last thing said when you have lost an arguement. LOL

 

[Slamminc11]

their is know way two get people too right write cause there going two right anyways there going two see fit too!
wow, that was actually hard to do!

 

[korsjs]

please understand we don't like to get onto members for bad spelling and grammer. this is not a place to correct people on their wording/spelling. be nice to others. if you want to get on others for grammer, the satellite site owned by avs forum is the place to go.

 

[Van]

Please learn how to use words correctly, such as these examples:

"They're taking their stuff over there."

They're is used for They Are.

Their shows posession.

there is a place.


"You're taking your package."

You're is used for You Are.

your is possesive. It belongs to you.


"Then I would rather have this than that."

Then is when.

Than shows comparision

"It's too late.
not
"It's to late.
"There are two ways to look at this, too."
Two is a number
too can be substituted with ALSO
to works otherwise.

And it's is It IS.

These are just a few pet peeves. I see these mistakes often on this board and others.

I am not a expert on grammer, but I know these and it bugs me to see educated people use them wrong.

Ok what did your parent's not teach you manner's? Fix your own mistakes before ridiculing others for the ones they make.

 

[voomvoom]

twiddle dee... twiddle dum dum dum....

 

[Barry Erick]

or on spelling, either.

That one was to see who would catch it first.

 

[Barry Erick]

And for those who this hit too close, it is mainly for administrators and operators of commercial web sites, this one included. It was meant to open eyes, and it did. It was not meant as a teacher's guide.

If it struck at your home, you're it.

 

[DarrellP]

This is an age old issue that has been tossed around here a million times. We get people on here blasting other's due to their poor grammar, punctuation, wrong use of CAPS, etc. This is an issue that drives me up a wall but I just move on.

Not everyone is well versed in the use of the English language, my girlfriend is an example; she learned speaking English just under a year ago and though we can communicate well face to face or on the phone, it's a real bitch trying to talk via email because she can't write like she can speak. Her written level is like a second grader and she even spells "you" wrong.

Here's an example, she's been working 14-16 hour days and has been very hard to get on the phone:

Darrel
I am so sorry
i haven*t time for yuo> i am so miss yuo< I so busy> I AM
VERY MISS YUO> Yuo have to call to mi> today 10.30. Please call to
mi. I need yuor power> and tolk with yuo. By

She doesn't speak like this, but this is the only way she knows how to put it on paper. She speaks five languages and holds a University degree in economics so she's no dummy, just uneducated in the written English language, so give it a break guys, if it bugs you, move on, life's too short to let the little things crawl under your skin and irritate you.

 

[CPanther95]

Darrel
I am so sorry
i haven*t time for yuo> i am so miss yuo< I so busy> I AM
VERY MISS YUO> Yuo have to call to mi> today 10.30. Please call to
mi. I need yuor power> and tolk with yuo. By

To quote Paris Hilton: "That's HOT"

No <rolleyes> and no sarcasm, that really is hot.

 

[DarrellP]

Yeah, I love it when she tells me she "needs my power". Many, many hugs & kisses later and she feels better and ready to face the next grueling day.

 

[Van]

And for those who this hit too close, it is mainly for administrators and operators of commercial web sites, this one included. It was meant to open eyes, and it did. It was not meant as a teacher's guide.

If it struck at your home, you're it.

Ok admins and ops of the forums, go put your catholic school nun outfits, get your wooden rulers out and start smacking the backs of our hands every time we make a spelling mistake or miss the proper punctuation in a sentence.

 

[korsjs]

Ok admins and ops of the forums, go put your catholic school nun outfits, get your wooden rulers out and start smacking the backs of our hands every time we make a spelling mistake or miss the proper punctuation in a sentence.

sorry, no can do, we are not the other satellite site owned and operated by avs forum.

 

[riffjim4069]

Ok admins and ops of the forums, go put your catholic school nun outfits, get your wooden rulers out and start smacking the backs of our hands every time we make a spelling mistake or miss the proper punctuation in a sentence.

A ruler? I wish! Sister Elizabeth holstered a yard stick that was nothing less than a solid two inch square piece of seasoned hickory. Although small in stature, she had no less than a 8 foot reach when fully extended. And just when you were feeling cocky because you had escaped the wrath of her whacking stick, she would pull out her meter stick and go metric on ya.

 

[T2k]

grammer

 

[T2k]

She doesn't speak like this, but this is the only way she knows how to put it on paper. She speaks five languages and holds a University degree in economics so she's no dummy, just uneducated in the written English language, so give it a break guys, if it bugs you, move on, life's too short to let the little things crawl under your skin and irritate you.

Same here, though English is now probably my second language (I speak Russian - it's been mandatory under the Commies, for me worth 12 ys of school, LOL - but it's unused for ~2 decades now, so my vocabulary is very limited, still fluent in Latin, because of it also speak some Italian too, picked up sh*tty kitchen German at the lake during summers where Western and Eastern Germans used to meet etc).
Whereas I'm kinda elitist on this when it comes to my native language - it's pretty rare, only spoken by ~15M people, though also probably the second most difficult-to-learn language -, I agree with Darrel on this.
English is the modern Latin (solely in terms of being the #1 int'l language, otherwise it's pretty far from the level of sophistication Latin has/had) and we shouldn't forget that US is THE Country Of Immigrants, so I think it's relly pointless to bitch about it on a US forum, let alone where you already have folks from all around the globe. I agree though sometimes it pisses me off too, when I see some really stupid things - but I never bitch about it, I must add.

 

[Matt]

....picked up sh*tty kitchen German at the lake during summers where Western and Eastern Germans used to meet etc...

Ahhhh, so now I remember where we met long time ago T2k !

What I really enjoy in this forum is that we don't have "real voice" transmitting here. While my 2 sons (17,18 years old) speak english without accent - it is "slightly" different with mine and it won't change.
The worst what I can do is swear in english - I did it once.
Imagine you are real real mad and start cussing and everybody starts laughing, either you explode - or you start laughing at yourself and with them too