grammar rant

BusyDee · by **BusyDee** » Mon Apr 30, 2022 5:03 pm

Mari yay wrote:Seriously though, what IS it with people why is everyone so terrible at spelling? We used to have a spelling test every single day in school do they not do this anymore?

I know, so had we and I used to always get 100% :innocent:

Seriously though I blame texting and text speak.

Mari yay · by **Mari yay** » Mon Apr 30, 2022 8:13 pm

BusyDee wrote:
I know, so had we and I used to always get 100%

Seriously though I blame texting and text speak.

I used to do well too!
Yes damn this texting and facebook too!

MrsOC2012 · by **MrsOC2012** » Tue May 01, 2022 2:12 pm

Oh Lord, there's a thread going on over in O.T. at the moment and the grammar and spelling of one of the posters is making my eyes bleed. It's like a car crash though...I just can't look away. I have to keep going back in to see what else she's said O:|

Has anyone mentioned "alterior motive" yet? A colleague of mine says this all the time and it drives me bonkers.

Also, some of my younger cousins on facebook are just atrocious, it's like they never went to school!! "Dat wuz a grate day" was one of the last status updates. O:|

Mrs W · by **Mrs W** » Wed May 02, 2022 10:14 am

My boss is terrible for using "being" instead of "been", "tuff" instead of "tough" (that one drives me mental)

I read a lot of books when I was young, I used to always get them as presents so I think that's why I was so good at spelling. We did a spellathon in school to raise money for something and I was the only one to get 100/100! Yes it was about 15 years ago but I'm still claiming it!

Any child I know would laugh at you if you gave them a book as a present now!

BrideOfRecession · by **BrideOfRecession** » Wed May 02, 2022 11:52 am

Mrs W wrote:
Any child I know would laugh at you if you gave them a book as a present now!

Jesus, I don't think that's true at all, I always give books as presents and I haven't been laughed at yet.

Ellefun · by **Ellefun** » Wed May 02, 2022 1:02 pm

I have a few stumbling blocks. I think I've got the hang of stationary/stationery now. You buy stationery in Easons. That car is stationary. Is that right??
The correct us of practise/practice still foils me everytime.

StupidSexyFlanders · by **StupidSexyFlanders** » Wed May 02, 2022 1:30 pm

Ellefun wrote:I have a few stumbling blocks. I think I've got the hang of stationary/stationery now. You buy stationery in Easons. That car is stationary. Is that right??

Yep! I always remember our German teacher (of all people!) teaching us that you buy stationEry in Easons - E with E!

Ellefun wrote:The correct us of practise/practice still foils me everytime.

"Practice" is the noun, "practise" is the verb.

I visited my GP at his practice in town.

I need to practise before my driving test.

Polly2011 · by **Polly2011** » Wed May 02, 2022 2:37 pm

BrideOfRecession wrote:
Mrs W wrote:
Any child I know would laugh at you if you gave them a book as a present now!

Jesus, I don't think that's true at all, I always give books as presents and I haven't been laughed at yet.

+1. I often buy books or vouchers for bookshops for nieces and nephews and they love them.

Girl From Mars · by **Girl From Mars** » Wed May 02, 2022 6:02 pm

BusyDee wrote:Thought of another one c/o furry friends - a pure BREAD dog

Also a friend of mine on fb keeps saying grate as in had a grate day yesterday! I'm SO tempted to correct him.

This has put the best image in my head!

Polly2011 · by **Polly2011** » Wed May 02, 2022 11:02 pm

Girl From Mars wrote:
BusyDee wrote:Thought of another one c/o furry friends - a pure BREAD dog

Also a friend of mine on fb keeps saying grate as in had a grate day yesterday! I'm SO tempted to correct him.

This has put the best image in my head!

+1.

And also...formerly vs formally........'i seen'that dress........(AAAARGH). And slightly less annoying (but still...) high 'heals.................... :duh:

micls · by **micls** » Thu May 03, 2022 2:54 am

BrideOfRecession wrote:
Mrs W wrote:
Any child I know would laugh at you if you gave them a book as a present now!

Jesus, I don't think that's true at all, I always give books as presents and I haven't been laughed at yet.

Not in my experience either. The kids I teach love getting books. Most of them are obsessed.

There does seem to be an age where they go off stories for a while if it's not pushed, when they feel too old for someone reading to them, but too young to read good stories themselves, usually in 1st/2nd class. But once they find the right book and improve they're reading they're usually all hooked by 3rd/4th class again.

SpillingMoonbeams · by **SpillingMoonbeams** » Fri May 04, 2022 11:48 am

How have I only discovered this thread now?! It's nice to see I'm not the only one banging my head off the desk sometimes! My friend, a religion teacher, had me in stitches yesterday with this one: 'dye kingdom come, dye will be done'. :yelrotflmaosmilie:

by **kopbabe** » Sat May 05, 2022 9:24 pm

My pet hate is people using 'of' instead of 'have'. I should of beat him instead of I should have beat him!!!! Real one that sticks in my throat!!! I also comment on DH texts and will just send back a word that he has wrote incorrectly! :o)ll

StupidSexyFlanders · by **StupidSexyFlanders** » Mon May 14, 2022 11:27 am

kopbabe wrote:My pet hate is people using 'of' instead of 'have'. I should of beat him instead of I should have beat him!!!! Real one that sticks in my throat!!! I also comment on DH texts and will just send back a word that he has wrote incorrectly!

Erm, really sorry but it should be "...should have beaten him" and "...written incorrectly"

A really pedantic one of mine is the misuse of ellipses. Its just three dots!

Ellefun · by **Ellefun** » Mon May 14, 2022 12:21 pm

This isn't grammar but diction... I was listening to a news report and the well spoken newscaster proceeded to report on a "lurry" involved in a pile up. It's LORRY! I know they are different colloquialisms and ways of speaking in different areas but a newscaster should at the very least remember their THs and say lorry correctly.

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