FabSwingers.com forum: Grammar, punctuation and other irksome failings

By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

This is a thread JUST for those with the urge to correct profiles and posts. Those who CAN'T resist pointing out the spelling errors.

Nothing malicious, nothing personal. And no correcting this post!

Go on, get out of your system.

I will start with one spoken and one written personal irk:

1. It's etc. It stands for et cetera - and so forth. It is not ect - electroconvulsive therapy.

2. The letter is aitch. I know it is saying the letter H but it is not pronounced with an aitch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

people just cant speak proper england like i used to could

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I couldn't give a fuck if its legible the content is more important. If it looks like bollox, reads like bollox 9/10 times it is bollox

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"people just cant speak proper england like i used to could

your jest slaying dat cooz u r a snoob

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

110% ... bugs me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"people just cant speak proper england like i used to could

your jest slaying dat cooz u r a snoob "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete.

Another word is professional. It seems that most people spell it with 2 f's. It's ironic that some claim to be a professional person and cannot even spell the word.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"110% ... bugs me

I couldn't agree more, especially when it's the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the time and effort he is giving to his role.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

"How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete."

If you are hoping for discretion then the usual is discreet.

If you keep things discrete you are keeping them separate not confidential and quiet.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete.

Another word is professional. It seems that most people spell it with 2 f's. It's ironic that some claim to be a professional person and cannot even spell the word."

It is a lack of understanding that the two spellings have different meanings (discreet and discrete). I have also had messages with discreate.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I couldn't agree. More, especially when it's the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the time and effort. He is giving to his role.

People who punctuate. In the wrong. Places.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This is a thread JUST for those with the urge to correct profiles and posts. Those who CAN'T resist pointing out the spelling errors.

Nothing malicious, nothing personal. And no correcting this post!

Go on, get out of your system.

I may start a religion in your honour!

I will start with one spoken and one written personal irk:

1. It's etc. It stands for et cetera - and so forth. It is not ect - electroconvulsive therapy.

2. The letter is aitch. I know it is saying the letter H but it is not pronounced with an aitch.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

People who write in the middle of other peoples posts .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete.

Another word is professional. It seems that most people spell it with 2 f's. It's ironic that some claim to be a professional person and cannot even spell the word."

Haha.

Can someone define what a professional is? I believe my definition is much more restrictive than the use on this site.

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Long may people spell incorrectly, use the wrong punctuation and all the other errors that crop up daily in publications.

As a Trained Proofreader, it is money in my pocket.

Put it this way, even the big names get it wrong. A few years ago, M&S had to withdraw a complete range of kids clothing from the shelves, a day after it went on sale, as the apostrophe in the name of the clothing range slogan was misplaced. It cost them £millions to put it right!

Plus, only two years ago, I corrected that well known bakery chain store that the spelling of one of their breads on display boards should actually havbe been GRANARY not GRANERY !

They'd only put out those boards in every one of their UK shops and no-one noticed!

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I couldn't agree. More, especially when it's the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the time and effort. He is giving to his role.

People who punctuate. In the wrong. Places."

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

[Removed by poster at 29/08/12 00:29:43]

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Tonge, instead of Tongue

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Kok instead of Cock....unless it's from a Korean member...

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Defiantly when definitely is meant.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loads of chaps reckon they're good with their tounge!

Really? Hope they can use it better than they can spell it!

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"Loads of chaps reckon they're good with their tounge!

Really? Hope they can use it better than they can spell it!

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Loads of chaps reckon they're good with their tounge!

Really? Hope they can use it better than they can spell it!

Many can also breath through their ears. I did tell one to see an ENT specialist for that but he didn't understand.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It annoys me when people say varification and varify, don't know why this seems to irritate me.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"It annoys me when people say varification and varify, don't know why this seems to irritate me.

Could it be because it is wrong?

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

On this site, whether it is in the Forum pages, or as people compose their Profiles, Meet Today and other sections, quite a number of errors are quite simple.

They occur when the letter next to the one they think they've typed is keyed in accidentally.

It only takes a minute to recheck what they have typed out before clicking on the Post Message button.

In another angle, a lot of people rely on their Spell Checker unit. But these are invariably of USA manufacture, so in turn biased towards their version of the English Language, and are almost all a year behind the times.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

But some like me are deslix and i know that's spelt wrong i can never remember how to spell it right

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

When I lived in a mining village in South Yorkshire, there was a remembrance garden set up for miners who had perished in an underground accident.

The beautifully crafted sign went up - immaculate gold lettering on a black background but it said 'Rememberance Garden'and every single time I passed it I just wanted to tippex that extra 'e' out. Irritated the hell out of me.

You'd have thought a professional sign writer would have checked the spelling!

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"But some like me are deslix and i know that's spelt wrong i can never remember how to spell it right"

dyslexic, if you wish the correct spelling!

This problem is more widespread than a lot of people think. I knew someone who was dyslexic and it frustrated the hell out of her as she was so interested in literature.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Uhbvf hmjui cdewshi jjjk

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"Uhbvf hmjui cdewshi jjjk

Beautifully said!!

Couldn't agree more!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Loads of chaps reckon they're good with their tounge!

Really? Hope they can use it better than they can spell it!

indeed!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No punctuation at all also gets me. We don't speak in one long breath, so why write in one?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People who don't drop the "e" from a word when adding "ing", for example "haveing" Gahhhhhh!!!

Oh, and there, they're and their. Don't get me started on that one!

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"No punctuation at all also gets me. We don't speak in one long breath, so why write in one?"

You sound like my first Secondary School English Teacher said, in my days at school in East Kilbride. The problem was that having just moved North from south London, after 8 years away from Scotland, she spoke in such a broad Glaswegian accent, I couldn't understand a ruddy word she said, and had to get someone to "translate" it for me!

Howver, once I watched Stanley Baxter's "Parliamo Glesca" all became clear!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Life is too short to be picky over small things. Surely its the content of the text rather than how its written?

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By *ifferentClassMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Ah, intellectual snobbery. Cannot beat it. I have yet to notice a link between how much I have enjoyed a meet and their literacy skills. Some of the biggest wankers I know never split infinitives.

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By *ifferentClassMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Life is too short to be picky over small things. Surely its the content of the text rather than how its written? "

'it's' - sorry, just being cheeky.

I totally agree!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I apologise for digressing slightly but this topic has reminded me of my days at school and the teachers who drummed into us that spelling and grammar were all-important – the cornerstones of a good education.

As a parent, I have been subjected to several years of infuriating meetings with teachers at Parents' Evenings, where I have been constantly saying to them that my child's spelling leaves a lot to be desired and them simply telling me that it is not high on the academic agenda these days. As long as the reader can understand the writer's meaning, then spelling doesn't matter, apparently.

There will always be people who suffer with dyslexia and they should be given additional support to help them with this problem, although with the advent of spell-checkers and voice-recognition computer software, many of the issues faced, can be alleviated.

I appreciate that in these days of texting, there are very few of us who actually spell out our words in full and even less who use proper punctuation, but in the business world, where email has been fast replacing letters on paper, any self-respecting professional should NEVER let an email leave their computer with incorrect spelling or grammar if they hope to make a good impression on the intended recipient.

I believe that good spelling plus good grammar equal good manners.

Why has our education system gone down the toilet?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sentences starting with the word “And”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A few of our pet hates:

"Sence"

"I am going to be their"

"Your" Not "You're"

"Were are you?"

Actually best stop, could be "hear" all day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whether the weather be fine,

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold,

Or whether the weather be hot,

We'll weather the weather,

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not.

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you

its a forum for fun,when i start writing something and im not sure of the spelling i wipe it clean and dont bother,surely if you dont write in txt speak you can overlook a tiny spelling mistake,i feel like im back at school,cant remember the amount of posts iv deleted because of this!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Long may people spell incorrectly, use the wrong punctuation and all the other errors that crop up daily in publications.

As a Trained Proofreader, it is money in my pocket.

Plus, only two years ago, I corrected that well known bakery chain store that the spelling of one of their breads on display boards should actually havbe been GRANARY not GRANERY !

They'd only put out those boards in every one of their UK shops and no-one noticed!

Ah, a fellow exponent of the art of 'mark-up'...

My favourite bug-bear is the incorrect use of these two: Stationary and Stationery, the correct use of which was hammered home to me by the Controller of Her Majestys' Stationery Office - no less - when I worked there some years ago...

And, as an aside, the three dots at the end of the above sentence. It should be three dots; no more, no less. and no letterspaces between them - should one wish to be really picky.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Surely it's Her Majesty's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ah, intellectual snobbery. Cannot beat it. I have yet to notice a link between how much I have enjoyed a meet and their literacy skills. Some of the biggest wankers I know never split infinitives."

I freely admit to being an intellectual snob when it comes to grammar, spelling and punctuation.

I also enjoy a damned good wank.

Well, you do get to meet a better class of person that way...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Using of instead of have - drives me nuts!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely it's Her Majesty's"

The apostrophe in the above would be there to replace a missing letter i.e. 'i', as the full sentence would be 'Her Majesty is Stationery Office;.

Now, 'her Maj.' may be a lot of things, but 3000sq. ft. of open plan, tackily decorated commercial enterprise, she is most definitely not...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely it's Her Majesty's"

In actual fact, HMSO dropped the apostrophe many years ago as it was thought it made the full title a little 'untidy'..! Last item I saw with it included was printed in the 1960's.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I can't be arsed explaining why what you say is incorrect.

I'll leave it to you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The rules concerning the use of apostrophes in written English are very simple:

1. They are used to denote a missing letter or letters, for example:

I can't instead of I cannot

I don't instead of I do not

it's instead of it is

2. They are used to denote possession, for example:

the dog's bone

the company's logo

Jones's bakery (but Joneses' bakery if owned by more than one Jones)

This applies to all nouns, so the correct versions are Jesus's disciples, Keats's poems and so on.

Please note that “Its”, which is usually used as a possessive adjective (like “our”, “his” etc), does not take an apostrophe:

the dog ate its bone and we ate our dinner

... however, if there are two or more dogs, companies or Joneses in our example, the apostrophe comes after the 's':

the dogs' bones

the companies' logos

Joneses' bakeries

3. Apostrophes are NEVER ever used to denote plurals! Common examples of such abuse (all seen in real life!) are:

Banana's for sale which of course should read Bananas for sale

Menu's printed to order which should read Menus printed to order

MOT's at this garage which should read MOTs at this garage

1000's of bargains here! which should read 1000s of bargains here!

New CD's just in! which should read New CDs just in!

Buy your Xmas tree's here! which should read Buy your Xmas trees here!

Note: Special care must be taken over the use of “your” and “you're” as they sound the same but are used quite differently:

your is possessive as in this is your pen

you're is short for “you are” as in you're coming over to my house

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely it's Her Majesty's"

Yes it is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely it's Her Majesty's

Yes it is

Possessive.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I Bloody KNOW it is

Snobbery always backfires eventually

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely it's Her Majesty's

Yes it is

Possessive."

Exactly .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Please may you...."

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

As long as i can understand what they are saying. Hwever i struggle when there is no punctiation just one long long long sentence. I dont use a spell checker for the forums, although my spelling is crap its just fun on here, imm not trying to impress anyone. Yet i took time over my profile and i dont think there is one spelling mistake in it as that to me is what people judge me on. I do hate the word gawjuss though

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

what about gorrrrrrrjusssssssss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as i can understand what they are saying. Hwever i struggle when there is no punctiation just one long long long sentence. I dont use a spell checker for the forums, although my spelling is crap its just fun on here, imm not trying to impress anyone. Yet i took time over my profile and i dont think there is one spelling mistake in it as that to me is what people judge me on. I do hate the word gawjuss though"

You've just forgotten a few capitals

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield

We totally agree with the OP... Some posts are totally cumbersome and somewhat inelegant.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"what about gorrrrrrrjusssssssss"
or even...gawgus ?

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

That'll teach me! Have fun. It's just a rant for those that can't resist putting their complaints into other threads.

We all make errors on here - I do because I don't proofread what I have typed, I type quickly and, oftn, I am writing as I would speak rather than choosing to write the sentence correctly.

A day of writing and proofreading awaits me.

Enjoy the day.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We totally agree with the OP... Some posts are totally cumbersome and somewhat inelegant.....

Absolutely old boy!

If one may take the liberty of expressing the view that your ellipse is mayhap two points in length beyond that which is agreed as standard in the most polite circles.

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield

"We totally agree with the OP... Some posts are totally cumbersome and somewhat inelegant.....

Absolutely old boy!

If one may take the liberty of expressing the view that your ellipse is mayhap two points in length beyond that which is agreed as standard in the most polite circles."

I laughed out loud at that one...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We totally agree with the OP... Some posts are totally cumbersome and somewhat inelegant.....

Absolutely old boy!

If one may take the liberty of expressing the view that your ellipse is mayhap two points in length beyond that which is agreed as standard in the most polite circles."

I rather admire the eccentricity of their ellipse.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

You've always been devil may care Laine.... it'll get you questioned she exclaimed before stopping.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Your instead of you're.

Loose instead of lose.

Proffesional.

Accommodate spelt incorrectly.

Sammich for sandwich.

Brought instead of bought.

Text speak on profiles and in messages.

Poor spelling, (more than just one typo, I mean), on a profile can contribute to my saying "no thanks". It indicates to me a lack of effort and poor attention to detail.

I don't care if it makes me a snob. It's one of those things that matters to me.

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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago

South Gloucestershire

"How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete.

Another word is professional. It seems that most people spell it with 2 f's. It's ironic that some claim to be a professional person and cannot even spell the word."

dont dis Crete its a lovely place

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete.

Another word is professional. It seems that most people spell it with 2 f's. It's ironic that some claim to be a professional person and cannot even spell the word.

dont dis Crete its a lovely place

I prefer Cod

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"How many people claim to be discreet and cannot even spell it correctly. The usual is discrete.

Another word is professional. It seems that most people spell it with 2 f's. It's ironic that some claim to be a professional person and cannot even spell the word."

Absolutely right! Mind you, even worse than this is 'descreet"!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"Your instead of you're.

Loose instead of lose.

Proffesional.

Accommodate spelt incorrectly.

Sammich for sandwich.

Brought instead of bought.

Text speak on profiles and in messages.

Poor spelling, (more than just one typo, I mean), on a profile can contribute to my saying "no thanks". It indicates to me a lack of effort and poor attention to detail.

I don't care if it makes me a snob. It's one of those things that matters to me."

What about those who type form instead of from?

But the worst sin of all?

Composing their Profile entirely in BLOCK CAPITALS!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not a grammar or spelling mistake but I saw a sign on a car park exit that said out , all well and good but it was screwed to the wall upside down.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

On a forum where banter and quick wit often make the threads entertaining perhaps people do not worry as much about spelling and punctuation as they would when writing a letter/ email to an authority; in other words the forums are informal. As much as I am fond of correct spelling and punctuation, on the forums they do not matter to me as long as I can make sense of the content. I find it difficult to read "text speak" and messages that are in capitals and/ or without punctuation so I guess I would draw the line where the message no longer makes sense.

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Loose instead of lose

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"Loose instead of lose"
Oh heck I struggle with that one... and with commitment....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I really can't get my head around the difficulty so many have with spelling lose.

Most can manage "lost" without a problem, especially after the tv series!

Lost. Lose. Easy.

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Or if they don't mean lost they can always lose loose and use slack instead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Or if they don't mean lost they can always lose loose and use slack instead"

Except when they mean free.

Loose the hounds! That'll teach them!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bare with me is a fairly common one which makes me laugh.

Here? Now? I'd get arrested!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"But some like me are deslix and i know that's spelt wrong i can never remember how to spell it right"

Would help if the spell check could spell.

I get offered words that are nothing like the word i'm trying to spell

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By *abloBackMan
over a year ago

London

While reading joey Bartons 15 tweet rant at the weekend, he annoyed the tits off of me by saying could of instead of could have or could've

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Memo to the world... it's 'could have', not 'could of'.

For example, 'He could HAVE gone' not 'He could OF gone'.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"While reading joey Bartons 15 tweet rant at the weekend, he annoyed the tits off of me by saying could of instead of could have or could've"

Whoops, didn't see this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

vee hav vayz of makin youz schpell correctzly

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

Off of...it's from that annoying twat that does the drive time on Radio 1 that my car school colleagues subject me to (Radio 2 girl all the way me)...Scott Mills, that's his name, may he burn forever in hell...I do occasionally use it myself in a sarcastic way...much of the above and misplaced apostrophes do my bloody head in. I once got 2 free adverts in my local paper when they missed an apostrophe out of my advert - £400 of free advertising, not bad for a pedantic twat eh?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"But the worst sin of all?

Composing their Profile entirely in BLOCK CAPITALS!"

Oh, how I agree..! Being serious for one moment though, one thing I wish we did have on Fabs in general is the ability to use italics and emboldening. So much better than having to resort to block caps.

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By *gentprovocateurWoman
over a year ago

leeds

academic snobbery?

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"she exclaimed before stopping."

I always do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This is a thread JUST for those with the urge to correct profiles and posts. Those who CAN'T resist pointing out the spelling errors.

Nothing malicious, nothing personal. And no correcting this post!

Go on, get"

" out of your system.

I will start with one spoken and one written personal irk:

1. It's etc. It stands for et cetera - and so forth. It is not ect - electroconvulsive therapy.

2. The letter is aitch. I know it is saying the letter H but it is not pronounced with an aitch.

The OP was missing a dummy pronoun.

Wolf

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I found one

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By *acandJulesCouple
over a year ago

Stockton on Tees

Wish I could forget, what I have never been told!

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By *amschwingerzCouple
over a year ago

West

People who feel obliged to put an exclamation mark when leaving a note or a message for you, so annoying, dont they know what it means?

Dave is going to call you at 12!

Your wife rang!!

The manager wants to see you!

Jesus Christ...

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over a year ago

Never feel the need to correct anyone's Grammar as I don't know their personal circumstances (dyslexia etc) and as long as I get the gist of what they are saying it is fine by me.

However I DO fire back when people feel the need to correct my Grammar and they make basic errors in their correction! That is something 'up with which I will not put'....

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"People who feel obliged to put an exclamation mark when leaving a note or a message for you, so annoying, dont they know what it means?

Dave is going to call you at 12!

Your wife rang!!

The manager wants to see you!

Jesus Christ...

All of those might very well be exclamations and/or a cause for alarm. What has the wife found out? Has Dave managed to get you that thing? The manager calling could mean you are the next for the chop. I will concede it is a little excessive for a simple telephone message.

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By *astpoetMan
over a year ago

where the world takes me

Funny isn't it how often the first to correct spelling are those that have the least to say themselves?

If even the author Gabriel Garcia Marquez doesn't care why should you?

His quote from a language conference was interesting,

"Spelling, that terror visited on human beings from the cradle onwards, should be pensioned off,"

since he said that it's a way of controlling who can talk and is ultimately a power thing for those that can afford better education.

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By *xscotMan
over a year ago

Kingston

I had English grammar hammered into me - in a Scottish School a long time ago. I was always punished for spelling errors. It has never stopped me reading though and perhaps because of this I always try to write grammatically correct sentences. Of course I am a professional as well - and sometimes I regurgitate the dictionaries I must have swallowed as a child - lol

Yes reading a post that is composed without care and attention tends to turn me off - unless it is very funny

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you

to make someone feel small or silly because of a simple spelling mistake on a forum is a form of bullying,how do you know that the person isnt dyslexic.

is it any wonder that we dont have many newbies posting on here,they probably feel intimidated by the spelling police

not everybody has had the advantage of a good education,or has had an advantaged life, we are swinging not applying for a university course

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By *amschwingerzCouple
over a year ago

West

"People who feel obliged to put an exclamation mark when leaving a note or a message for you, so annoying, dont they know what it means?

Dave is going to call you at 12!

Your wife rang!!

The manager wants to see you!

Jesus Christ...

I know what you mean and if it was a situation where someone had rang you four times and you had failed to return the calls then

Mr Smith has rung again!!!

Would be fair enough..but slinging them on the end of perfectly innocent and ordinary statements is just ridiculous and looks very abrupt..

My sister sent me a text a couple of weeks ago saying 'thanks for the card!'

I immediately rang her as was concerned she didnt get it..but she did and had simply sent me a text to say thanks...

Wrong

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over a year ago

"Spelling, that terror visited on human beings from the cradle onwards, should be pensioned off,"

since he said that it's a way of controlling who can talk and is ultimately a power thing for those that can afford better education."

I can't agree with you sorry.

Where is there any control on anyone or the 'power thing' in regards to use of language? Setting high standards is a laudable thing and it is a shame that schools have let those high standards slip. And now they have been rumbled by the exam boards instead of owning up and improving they cry 'foul'!

You don't have to 'afford better education' to be able to write English correctly. It takes effort, good teaching skills and enthusiastic parents not money.

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By *astpoetMan
over a year ago

where the world takes me

"Spelling, that terror visited on human beings from the cradle onwards, should be pensioned off,"

since he said that it's a way of controlling who can talk and is ultimately a power thing for those that can afford better education.

I can't agree with you sorry.

You don't have to 'afford better education' to be able to write English correctly. It takes effort, good teaching skills and enthusiastic parents not money."

you're not disagreeing with me there, you're disagree with one of the greatest living authors of the spanish speaking world.

Of course in this country education is free but for much of the rest of the world that isn't true (and without getting too deep, time to teach and encourage reading in this country is often the preserve of those with a decent background)

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over a year ago

you're not disagreeing with me there, you're disagree with one of the greatest living authors of the spanish speaking world.

Ah OK sorry I misunderstood that when you quoted this author you shared his views....

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By *astpoetMan
over a year ago

where the world takes me

you're not disagreeing with me there, you're disagree with one of the greatest living authors of the spanish speaking world.

Ah OK sorry I misunderstood that when you quoted this author you shared his views...."

I agree that the meaning is more important than the spelling. Personally i find pedants a bit boring as they stifle creativity & thought.

The second part was merely putting the quote into context of what he said as i don't like to quote out of context if i can help it.

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By *gentprovocateurWoman
over a year ago

leeds

you're not disagreeing with me there, you're disagree with one of the greatest living authors of the spanish speaking world.

Ah OK sorry I misunderstood that when you quoted this author you shared his views....

I agree that the meaning is more important than the spelling. Personally i find pedants a bit boring as they stifle creativity & thought.

The second part was merely putting the quote into context of what he said as i don't like to quote out of context if i can help it."

I'm glad you're clever enough to defend those of us who didn't pass our english language c.s.e exam owing to us shagging behind the bike sheds instead of attending class x

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over a year ago

Apologies if this has been mentioned already, but the use of 'wiv' instead of 'with' drives me nuts. possibly acceptable if used by a teenager, but when used by someone over the age of 30......!!!!

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over a year ago

I can't agree with you sorry.

You don't have to 'afford better education' to be able to write English correctly. It takes effort, good teaching skills and enthusiastic parents not money."

I agree, we were never well off. My dad was the only one who worked and didn't earn a lot either. My mum always used to help with my homework, and pushed me to try hard. That aside, I've always WANTED to learn, I wanted to get things right. My son gets incredibly frustrated when he doesn't get his spellings right on a Thursday but I try to come up with ways of making it easier for him to understand. I agree that it tastes commitment from parents as well as teachers.

P.S I cannot be bothered to read this back and check for mistakes!

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