Grammar Nazi's Unite

[ExtraSlow]

One my momma always emphasied was
"I feel good" which should be "I feel well"
Good is the antonym of Evil.
Well is the antonym of Sick.

[HyperZell]

mister meiner

[jwslam]

"dose" this thread ever end?

[Mar]

Fewer and less.
Less is used in a volumetric sense when talking about something that can't be quantified* like water or some other liquid. Fewer means you had a certain amount and now have a lower amount, still quantifiable.

This means the sign at Safeway which reads (not SAYS), "8 items or less" should actually read, "8 items or fewer."

This is what makes me so upset with spelling mistakes, this is where it starts, we let it go, these people grow up to get jobs that I am required to interact with in my daily travels and it continues to get worse.





*quantifiable - the ability to specify a numeric quantity of something.

[thecitizen]

[Godfuader]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE
Please find enclosed - Really? Where should I look? What is an enclosed? Is it coming in a separate package? Find it where????

I always wondered about that. What is a better way to say that something is attached? Doesn't enclosed imply that the main page is not the complete document, or that there are additional attachments.

[Ashkente]

"Grammar and spelling don't matter on the internet."

[maxomilll]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
One my momma always emphasied was
"I feel good" which should be "I feel well"
Good is the antonym of Evil.
Well is the antonym of Sick.

What if you are referring to not feeling evil?
''I feel good, like real nice maaan. Like I wanna buy you some flowers...but earlier, Oh man did I feel EVIL BRO! DID YOU SEE ME PUNCH THE GRANNY IN THE FACE? LEVELED HER BITCH ASS!''


Does that work grammar Nazi's?

[CUG]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
One my momma always emphasied was
"I feel good" which should be "I feel well"
Good is the antonym of Evil.
Well is the antonym of Sick.

Only if you're creating an antipodal statement to actually being sick.

Saying "I feel good" is completely fine.

[A790]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
I'm on another forum whose demographics are guys in their 40's and 50's....whenever I bring up the horrible spelling and grammar errors they do..they jump on me worse than a teenager. Jesus, I even backspace and correct my spelling and grammar on my goddamn blackberry, I'm so anal about it.

If you really want to get irritated..ask a young person to compose something with pen and paper. Good god, I swear the next generation will only be able to communicate in emoticons.

Since you correct their grammar and spelling I can assume you won't mind if I point out the flaws in your own?

For example, there is no grammatical rule for "....". Nor is there one for "..". In fact, using "..." (or any variation) doesn't really make any sense at all.

As such, I have taken the liberty to rewrite that bastardized paragraph with correct grammar:

I'm on another forum where the demographics are guys in their fourties and fifties. Whenever I bring up the horrible spelling and grammar errors they commit they jump on me worse than a teenager. Jesus, I'm so anal about my grammar and spelling that I even backspace and correct my spelling and grammar on my god damn BlackBerry.

If you really want to get irritated I suggest that you ask a young person to compose something with pen and paper. Good God, I swear that the next generation will only be able to communicate in emoticons.

(just buggin' ya)

[syritis]

"We cannot except old 100$ bills"

[Ruggzy_McTuggz]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE
Irregardless - It's regardless you fucking idiot.

This one really gets me lol. I was at a party and was talking to a girl who seemed quite intelligent. We were both a lil sauced but we were having some good conversation. The only problem is that she kept saying irregardless.... this is my biggest pet peeve as it is not even a fucking word lol. The sad thing about irregardless is the fact that 50%+ of the population use this non word and think they sound intelligent.

The only thing more sad than that is the fact that spell check decided to cater to the retards and add irregardless to their list of words :P ... go ahead, spell this non-word incorrectly, you will get a squiggly red line under it, and a recommendation on how to spell it "right"

[Disoblige]

"Hey, I'm looking for a UBS stick."

[[GaGe]]

Tonight vs. tonite - I don't understand how people can make that mistake. It's grade 1 spelling lol.

Desert vs. dessert - not as common, but no one seems to get it right.

[Ruggzy_McTuggz]

I am also annoyed by people who do not know what an acronym is :P

Acronym vs. initialism.... probably 90% of the people out there need to figure it out

[thecitizen]

"COMPRISED OF"

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by [GaGe]
Tonight vs. tonite - I don't understand how people can make that mistake. It's grade 1 spelling lol.

Desert vs. dessert - not as common, but no one seems to get it right.

I think a lot of people say "tonite" but know how it's really spelt.

[Gibson]

Originally posted by mycroftxxx
Somewhat hilarious poster yelling at idiots

Did anyone else notice there was a few missing words?

[Spoons]

Originally posted by jwslam
"dose" this thread ever end?

i dont know but it seems its going no wear people just need to feel good about themselves i guess

so do grammar nazis burn poor grammar jews? they must be the reason grammar has been held back so many years one day mighty grammar will rise like a phoenix from its ashs

[syritis]