I'm about to chew my arm off

SRSLY?
Y0u g0t to g3t with th3 time5.
Your just interpretating it all wrong.
It could be more worse.

TTFN

In forum posts I don't give a crap if someone uses an improper form of that word.

However if I was reading a sales page or a professional email then I would be turned off. I wouldn't buy something from someone who didn't at least do ONE proof read of their product. Tells me that they were more interested in $$$ than quality.

THIS

When most people are struggling to keep ends meet, fighting wars and the plethora of cancers and new diseases out there, what's a few grammatical errors matter.

Wow...I'd hate to come across you during a real crisis if thats all it takes...lol

Your so correct that I really hve become you're fan .... lol !!!!!

If in a salespage there is some thing which annoys me or drives me crazy like you said, I will never continue looking or buy that product. Ofcourse if you are selling something online, first you should never use short forms, that should be the first rule.

Mel, it's time for a chill pill.

Spelling is one of my pet peeves also, but even so I've caught myself making the same mistakes when I'm in a hurry - my fingers have minds of their own, it seems.

That said, I agree that sometimes there is no excuse. A couple of years ago, on the readerboard of a major Chevrolet dealership in a major city, I read this:


For crying out loud - all the guy had to do was look at the base of the sign at the Camaro. Not to mention the apostrophe. <sigh> I ran out of chill pills that day and called the General Manager :rolleyes:

Don't chew your arm off, you might need it.

Don't get me started on they're and their.

Or people calling me "Rob" instead of "Rod" lol

RoD

Yer just a nervous nellie about this. I'd pay to see
ya chew you're own arm off tho'.

I don't mind.

You're is short for You Are but Your is shorter than You're so why not. :p

As someone that makes my living putting words on paper (or at least on a computer screen), I feel your pain. Not only is there the your vs, you're issue, but many, many other common errors.

effect vs. affect
its vs. it's
can vs. could
their vs. there vs. they're

But without a doubt, the most infuriating thing I've seen lately is the use of the word "prolly" as a substitute for "probably."

I can't get much worse than that . . . I hope.

NOOO

Don't chew your arm off!!! You won't be able to post on Warrior Forum!

I think you should start a typo police squad and take on the problem with all your might. I'll be watching from the sidelines rooting you on.

Wooooo! Cool it! Everybody aint as smart as you. Dont make a fuss abowt it. Your loosin' it. Dont bit you're arm off abowt this... it aint wurth it!

P.S. Please forgive me for any mispelled words above...LOL

How about advise and advice? I am seeing more and more people CONSISTANTLY switch them! I would like your advise.(About 15% use the incorrect form, according to google. ) What would you advice?(The correct form is only 2% more popular, according to google.) Of course, this is a simple check, the real numbers are higher.

Steve

I don't know why anyone would get their knickers in a twist over such things. I'm still undecided if people are actually becoming more illiterate or if technology is just causing a shift in what literacy entails. It doesn't look professional, granted, so I would understand if such grammatical errors were included in something you paid for. That said, I've read original manuscripts written by highly paid professional writers before they were fixed up by editors, and they were full of grammatical errors enough to cause old school grammarian to have a breakdown [screenplays are especially full of such mistakes -- the more professional, the worse (higher-ups don't have to obey as many rules and probably aren't even aware of them) -- since they're blueprints, not actually intended for the general public to read].

YOU ARE right. I must admit this did not even occur to me to be a mistake. I just cant imagine chewing my arm off over a grammar error.

Mal's a drama queen. He wouldn't actually chew off his arm; maybe slice off
a finger to soothe the savage beast, though.

Here are a few I don't think have been mentioned, yet.

Loose vs. lose

Wary vs. weary

I haven't seen the confusion with the latter as much as others. It
seems the confusion is using "weary" to express feeling cautious.

"I'm weary of offending Mal with my poor grammar and spelling."

On the other hand, I'm sure Mal's pretty tired of being offended with
poor grammar and spelling.


Ken

Quite right, Bill...

I've noticed a coupla things in your latest MM-IG report.

We're gonna have to talk...


Ken

The grammatical errors quite honestly don't bother me at all. I realize that the internet is not completely inhabited by English only speaking people. If I were to get hung up on grammatical errors, I'd lose out on not only a lot of good business, but also plenty of great products. Plus I'm no English Major myself.

But what kind of employee is she when she is not modeling?

Anyways, here is one culled from a recent thread upstairs,and it's another one I see frequently.
It's definitely not spelled "defiantly".

Oh, and let us not forget want and wont.

What really annoys me is when I'm typing an article in Word and I type Your and Word puts the little green line under it telling me I have spelled it wrong and in spell checker it tells me it should be You're. But it shouldn't, I am not trying to shorten 'you are' into 'you're' but stupid Word tells me I am!

All our bases are belong to us.

I think it actually depends on who you are marketing to.

Kids/teens will accept typos, shortcuts, misspellings and slang.

If you're trying to the attention of anyone with a college degree you'll lose them at the first typo.

Which brings me to my pet peeve - "loose" instead of "lose", as in "You might loose your keys". I see that everywhere and it pi**es me off to no end.

"Kids/teens will accept typos, shortcuts, misspellings and slang."
Well duh.
The thread didn't seem to me to be about what is "accepted",but what is correct.


Of course,another one is accept and except.

There should be well systems from school level from it , so that we don't have to face such problems further.

Metronicity,

Nobody else will ask, so I will. How did it taste?

Steve

Your absolutely right! haha

Blame it on the schools, and the spell checkers, people are too focused on proper spelling they forget the grammar is equally important

it's like machines...they don't make 'em like they used to...everything is about shortcuts...people are getting more and more lazy...me included...lol

Something I wrote a while back. I was going to put it on the web but never got around to it

Attention Bloggers - You need to learn this stuff. Really, you NEED to learn this stuff.

I read lots of blogs and forum posts every day, and I see these mistakes made again and again.

I'm talking about three little words -

THEY'RE, THEIR, and THERE

Learn to use these words correctly and your credibility and respect goes up dramatically.
Don't be an internet dummy. LEARN to use these words correctly!
They are three very different words, and they have very different meanings, as you'll see.

THEY'RE is a combination of the words THEY and ARE. It's also called a contraction, but that's not really important here.

Here are some examples of the correct usage of THEY'RE

THEY'RE going to the beach. (Same as THEY ARE going to the beach).

THEY'RE outside. (Same as THEY ARE outside).

THEY'RE on their way home. (THEY ARE on their way home).

Now you think of some more. Remember, anytime the word you're using means THEY ARE then THEY'RE is the right word to use.

..............................

Now let's talk about THEIR.

THEIR is possesive. It's used when you're talking about stuff that belongs to THEM.

THEIR stuff.
THEIR car.
THEIR apartment.
THEIR website.
THEIR opinion.

Got it?

THEY'RE on THEIR way home.

.................................

Last one: THERE

THERE refers to a place.

Over THERE.
Up THERE.
Down THERE.

We're going over THERE where the light's better.
I live up THERE in Oregon.
The car's over THERE in the garage.

......................

OK, now all three:

THEY'RE out THERE in THEIR new boat.

THEY'RE (they are) out THERE (a place) in THEIR (it belongs to them) new boat.