Grammar Police

[sundog]

QUOTE (HowItIs @ Mar 10 2012, 05:22 AM)

QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 9 2012, 04:36 AM) I received an email at work with this as the header: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sundog918/Grammarnightmare.jpg Too good not to share ~ I laughed OUT LOUD! http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/laserspray/internet%20stuff/smilies/smiley-shocked028.gif I know, Right?

[sundog]

QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM)

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg

Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're"

[1 of the 7]

QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 06:03 AM)

QUOTE (HowItIs @ Mar 10 2012, 05:22 AM) QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 9 2012, 04:36 AM) I received an email at work with this as the header: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sundog918/Grammarnightmare.jpg Too good not to share ~ I laughed OUT LOUD! http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/laserspray/internet%20stuff/smilies/smiley-shocked028.gif I know, Right? I'm still trying to figure out what they're telling you to do!

[Show Don't Tell]

IRREGARDLESS

[An Enemy Without]

[Khan]

QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 07:05 AM)

QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" No kidding!   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/I_ANGR18.gif

[goose]

QUOTE (Gompers @ Mar 7 2012, 09:20 AM)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xlJEHePs-Rc/Sz4JmiUvpPI/AAAAAAAAADQ/nSOrvShJEEg/s400/your+the+dog.jpg

Good example of the message being clear, despite the error.

 

 

[Babycat]

QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 06:27 PM)

QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 07:05 AM) QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" No kidding!   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/I_ANGR18.gif Aw, gawd..!

[Khan]

QUOTE (Babycat @ Aug 1 2012, 01:42 PM)

QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 06:27 PM) QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 07:05 AM) QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" No kidding!   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/I_ANGR18.gif Aw, gawd..! And "Their", "There" & "They're"!   Aaaaarrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Babycat]

QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 06:47 PM)

QUOTE (Babycat @ Aug 1 2012, 01:42 PM) QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 06:27 PM) QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 07:05 AM) QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" No kidding!   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/I_ANGR18.gif Aw, gawd..! And "Their", "There" & "They're"!   Aaaaarrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me about it! That drives me *cuckoo!*

[snowdogged]

QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 06:05 AM)

QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" Actually, there is nothing wrong with that as they all should be "You're".

[Khan]

QUOTE (snowdogged @ Aug 1 2012, 03:19 PM)

QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 06:05 AM) QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" Actually, there is nothing wrong with that as they all should be "You're". Unless they are activity reports of the person actually POSTING "You're", as if to correct an incorrectly used "Your".

[snowdogged]

Not sure that I am catching exactly what you are saying.

 

The way I see it is:

 

You are(You're) on so and so's status.

 

 

Okay, I looked at it again. You are saying that the word "Your" was originally there and someone corrected all of them?

Edited August 1, 2012 by snowdogged

[Babycat]

QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 08:44 PM)

QUOTE (snowdogged @ Aug 1 2012, 03:19 PM) QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 06:05 AM) QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" Actually, there is nothing wrong with that as they all should be "You're". Unless they are activity reports of the person actually POSTING "You're", as if to correct an incorrectly used "Your". Point taken.

[SchemingDemon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/Flamsterette_X/AttractionDiminishedHideousGrammar.jpg

 

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrkgtuzNW1qz541no1_500.png

 

I am a total grammar nazi, I won't even lie. I correct people all the time. Your/you're, there/their/they're, its/it's, to/too/two, etc. Not to mention overzealous comma usage, as well as those who cannot figure out how to use a semicolon.

 

I ESPECIALLY get irritated by affect/effect. Come on people, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. Is it really that hard to remember?? Many people cannot grasp the concept of adverbs either. Also, you don't do something 'good,' you do it 'well.' Various little rules like that

 

I can go on and on..

[Jack Aubrey]

Just ask this guy, he'll set you straight: Click. Don't believe me? Just check out his member title!

 

[Chronos]

QUOTE (SchemingDemon @ Aug 1 2012, 05:23 PM)

I ESPECIALLY get irritated by affect/effect. Come on people, affect is a verb, effect is a noun.

EXCEPT for when you're effecting change!

 

I'm a total Grammar Nazi too! So much so that I earn my keep by, among other things, editing Latin textbooks and copyediting newspapers and magazines. Wow, that was a nerdy sentence. (A sentence fragment, that is; but it's not like I'm going to adhere to Chicago Manual of Style in discussion forums...)

 

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj488/catanstrophe/grammarallergies.jpg

[snowdogged]

QUOTE (Chronos @ Aug 1 2012, 07:46 PM)

QUOTE (SchemingDemon @ Aug 1 2012, 05:23 PM) I ESPECIALLY get irritated by affect/effect. Come on people, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. EXCEPT for when you're effecting change!   I'm a total Grammar Nazi too! So much so that I earn my keep by, among other things, editing Latin textbooks and copyediting newspapers and magazines. Wow, that was a nerdy sentence. (A sentence fragment, that is; but it's not like I'm going to adhere to Chicago Manual of Style in discussion forums...)   http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj488/catanstrophe/grammarallergies.jpg Yeah, I use fragmented sentences quite often in the forum just because it can be much quicker than editing.

[SchemingDemon]

QUOTE (Chronos @ Aug 1 2012, 07:46 PM)

QUOTE (SchemingDemon @ Aug 1 2012, 05:23 PM) I ESPECIALLY get irritated by affect/effect. Come on people, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. EXCEPT for when you're effecting change!   I'm a total Grammar Nazi too! So much so that I earn my keep by, among other things, editing Latin textbooks and copyediting newspapers and magazines. Wow, that was a nerdy sentence. (A sentence fragment, that is; but it's not like I'm going to adhere to Chicago Manual of Style in discussion forums...)   http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj488/catanstrophe/grammarallergies.jpg Heh yeah there's that exception. I do something similar, but I like to translate stuff from German into English. Luckily for me, the grammar is very similar in both languages.   I forgot to mention apostrophes! People have been screwing this up a lot lately. An apostrophe never denotes pluralization, dammit! When I see people advertising their businesses and in their ads an apostrophe is used wrong, I cannot take it seriously. The way I see it, if you are too lazy to check your ads for spelling and grammar, you're basically telling me you don't pay attention to details, so I avoid you.

[Show Don't Tell]

QUOTE (SchemingDemon @ Aug 2 2012, 12:43 AM)

I forgot to mention apostrophes! People have been screwing this up a lot lately. An apostrophe never denotes pluralization, dammit! When I see people advertising their businesses and in their ads an apostrophe is used wrong, I cannot take it seriously. The way I see it, if you are too lazy to check your ads for spelling and grammar, you're basically telling me you don't pay attention to details, so I avoid you.

Exactly. That kind of stuff, to me, gives them an automatic bad reputation.

[Tombstone Mountain]

I have been arrested so much by the grammer Po-Po that I have my own keys and cell.

 

 

[BeOhBe Bob]

What do you guys think of THIS response?

 

 

 

 

The question is, "Free Sunday paper?"

 

 

A: Actually I already get it already.

Edited August 2, 2012 by BeOhBe Bob

[goose]

QUOTE (BeOhBe Bob @ Aug 2 2012, 11:07 AM)

What do you guys think of THIS response? The question is, "Free Sunday paper?" A: Actually I already get it already.

Perfect English, if living in Brooklyn. To be grammatically perfect, it must be proceeded with "Get the f#ck outta here!".

 

 

[BeOhBe Bob]

QUOTE (goose @ Aug 2 2012, 12:59 PM)

QUOTE (BeOhBe Bob @ Aug 2 2012, 11:07 AM) What do you guys think of THIS response? The question is, "Free Sunday paper?" A:  Actually I already get it already. Perfect English, if living in Brooklyn. To be grammatically perfect, it must be proceeded with "Get the f#ck outta here!". No sorry that's a whole nother answer, yet valid

[BeOhBe Bob]

QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 01:47 PM)

QUOTE (Babycat @ Aug 1 2012, 01:42 PM) QUOTE (Khan @ Aug 1 2012, 06:27 PM) QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 13 2012, 07:05 AM) QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Mar 10 2012, 08:33 AM) http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-facebook-fails-failbook-the-sad-life-of-a-grammar-nazi.jpeg Come on people, learn the difference between "Your" and "You're" No kidding!   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/I_ANGR18.gif Aw, gawd..! And "Their", "There" & "They're"!   Aaaaarrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "They're going there with their friends" is an actual Facebook group dealing with grammatical errors and corrections.