Grammar Nazi thread -- What's your internet grammatical pet peeve?

[DaTT]

Mine is when someone uses "a" instead of "an". I fucking hate it and it makes you sound like a moron.

That is all, carry on.

 

[Phoenix86]

ur

 

[DesiPower]

Nothing bothers me at all. I am like the Grammar Allied forces...

 

[terry107]

Typically the low hanging fruit:

their, there, they're
irregardless
could care less

 

[Arcadio]

Should of.

 

[DaTT]

Should of.

I have never seen that one.

 

[Gibsons]

I have never seen that one.

It's pretty common. "Would of" as well.

Then/than drives me up the wall.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

People using apostrophes to make nouns plural. It look's ridiculou's to put apostrophe's after all your word's that end in esse's. Pro-tip: Never use apostrophes to make anything plural. Yes, there is a single exception regarding individual letters or numbers, but that doesn't come up frequently enough to warrant putting apostrophes after every plural just in case. Just don't do it.

Inconsistent capitalization is a minor pet peeve. I don't mind if you call it america or America, or north versus North, but pick one and stick with it. I know there are rules about when you should use capitals and when you shouldn't, but it bugs me more when people just arbitrarily use either without any consistency.

There, their, they're. To, too, two. Then, than. Should've, could've, would've (as opposed to the "should of" varieties). This is shit they teach 5-year-olds. It's really not that complicated. I can understand not remembering the quadratic formula or the periodic table, but not knowing how to communicate effectively in a language you claim to be fluent in is inexcusable.

Honestly, I don't understand spelling mistakes at all at this point. Most browsers offer a basic spell-check, and even if you're a lousy speller or you're dealing with a complicated word, you can Google that shit in a couple seconds. For example, I thought the word was spelled "mituration," but I wasn't sure, so I Googled it and realized it was "micturition." I learned something and I got to avoid setting myself up for looking foolish for using obscure vocabulary incorrectly.

 

[Krazy4Real]

My grammer is good.

 

[sixone]

My grammer is good.

My grammer is Kelsey. :wub:

 

[JEDIYoda]

Most grammar Nazi`s are ignorant. Hell they can`t even carry on a descent conversation. But you misspell a word and their ignorance comes out into the forefront.

Get a life! This is the Internet. We do not write doctoral thesis on the Internet!

 

[blackdogdeek]

then/than

 

[BoomerD]

My grammer is good.

Mine grammer be's gooder'n yurs.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Most grammar Nazi`s are ignorant. Hell they can`t even carry on a descent conversation. But you miss spell a word and their ignorance comes out into the forefront.

Get a life! This is the Internet. We do not write doctoral thesis on the Internet!

theses

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Most grammar Nazis are ignorant. Hell, they can't even carry on a decent conversation. But you misspell a word and their ignorance comes to the forefront.

Get a life! This is the Internet. We do not write doctoral theses on the Internet!

Fixed that for you.

 

[rdb4133]

I know this isn't necessarily grammar but how about: rediculous

I've seen so many people spell it incorrectly like that!

 

[Aikouka]

People using apostrophes to make nouns plural.

I find this is the most common with acronyms. People write things like "PC's" instead of just using "PCs".

Inconsistent capitalization is a minor pet peeve.

Sometimes, I tend to "debate" with myself over whether or not I should be capitalizing a certain word. Typically, it happens when I'm writing game-related posts. For example, I like capitalizing class names in a WoW or D3 post. I can't think of a reason why they should be, but I do anyway.

if you're a lousy speller or you're dealing with a complicated word, you can Google that shit in a couple seconds.

Heh... sometimes with complicated words, I have a bad tendency to remember the wrong word or confuse it with another similar word, and I'll use the word in a completely wrong context. I've been caught doing that here a time or two. I've become a bit more aware of my bad tendency to do that, and if you type "dict" in my Firefox address bar, you'll see a few entries pop up.

 

[BoomerD]

I know this isn't necessarily grammar but how about: rediculous

I've seen so many people spell in incorrectly like that!

Why you makin fun of peeples speleng?

I'm constantly surprised that so many people with KOLLEDGE degrees spel so pourly.

How the fuck do you grajewayte if you kent spel? Dont kolledges have eny stanards? Intilegent peeple shud spel beter.

(dammit...spelling counts!)

 

[dighn]

Most grammar Nazi`s are ignorant. Hell they can`t even carry on a descent conversation. But you miss spell a word and their ignorance comes out into the forefront.

Get a life! This is the Internet. We do not write doctoral thesis on the Internet!

learn to spell, fool.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I hate it when people use "loose" in place of "lose".

 

[sdifox]

I hate it when people use "loose" in place of "lose".

you mean like loose virginity? :whiste:

 

[Daverino]

it's - its

I also hate it when people 'beg the question' when they mean 'raises the question'

In real life, I hate when people pronounce 'forte' as 'fort-ay' when they mean specialty or strong-suit. That word should be pronounced 'fort' When you use the word 'forte' to mean loud it is pronounced 'fort-ay.' They are two different words with the same spelling and different pronunciations, like 'present' (to show) and 'present' (now). Sadly, this mispronunciation has become so common that it is almost accepted practice.

 

[dank69]

My grammer is Kelsey. :wub:

My Kelsey is Nixon. :wub:

 

[Aikouka]

In real life, I hate when people pronounce 'forte' as 'fort-ay' when they mean specialty or strong-suit. That word should be pronounced 'fort' When you use the word 'forte' to mean loud it is pronounced 'fort-ay.' They are two different words with the same spelling and different pronunciations, like 'present' (to show) and 'present' (now). Sadly, this mispronunciation has become so common that it is almost accepted practice.

That's what happens when you bring foreign words into your language. The "fort" pronunciation is French, where "fortay" is Italian. I don't think most Americans are used to the fact that vowels are (at least in my experience) not pronounced at the end of the words in French. In fact, vowels at the end actually cause you to pronounce the preceding consonant.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I also dislike it when people misspell "atheism" as "athiesm" or "atheist" as "athiest." It's not that hard to figure out; Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Mormonism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Sikhism. Are we seeing a trend? The suffix is "ism." Athiest sounds like someone who is the most athy.