[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sondra S2K
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Hay, come on guys, bring it on

 

"For all intents and purposes," not "For all intensive purposes."

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by charlie
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Hay is for a horse

 

Boxster, not Boxter
Porsche, not Poorsh or any other mispelling
At least learn to correctly spell the name of the competition.

 

How about "should of" instead of "should have"? Bad grammar makes me crazy, too, but I have realized that a lot of people who can't spell or use decent grammar (specifically those for whom English is their first and/or only language) are really smart in a lot of other areas like math & science. So maybe you just can't get everything. I would HATE to have to learn English, it's so screwed up!

But I tell ya, there are some Englishes that are pretty weird ... "tyre?" "realise?" (sorry Brits and Aussies!!)

 

Ooh, another favorite: "must of", as in, "I must of mis-shifted back there, because my tranny is all over the tarmac."

 

I think the problem there is that people write things exactly the way they HEAR them. I can't tell you how many times I've had to go back and read a thread aloud to understand what the poster meant. For instance, "should've" (not a proper contraction, but Americans are getting lazy even in speech patterns) sounds like "should of," hence the misspelling. Same goes for "must have."

 

The one I hate :
when people say "Pakis" instead of "Pakistanis"

 

nite - night
tonite - tonight
tire - tyre
authorize - authorise
Xmas - Christmas


hehehe....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cedric Tomkinson
[B]Given that the youngest posters on this board have probably completed 10 years of formal education, what difference do you think this thread is going to make? These threads are condescending and probably intimidating to some posters who are are no doubt