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rune
rune
WA
193 posts
WA, 193 posts
19 Dec 2018 5:40pm
your and you're

"The difference between knowing your sh** and knowing you're sh**"

CAPITALS

"Helping your uncle Jack off a horse. or. Helping your uncle jack off a horse."

Any others?
mclovin
mclovin
SA
724 posts
SA, 724 posts
19 Dec 2018 8:16pm
To and too
There, their and they're.

Makes anyones argument useless if they've used the wrong word. So many people just don't know the differences.
Crusoe
Crusoe
QLD
1197 posts
QLD, 1197 posts
19 Dec 2018 7:55pm
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
19 Dec 2018 7:01pm
Let's eat Grandpa

Let's eat, Grandpa


Grammar can save a life.



The one that ****s me badly is "you should of....."

No, it is "should have". When shortened it is "should've" which does sound like "should of" but it isn't written like that. It is "should've"
To hear very intelligent people say "should of" or even worse write "should of" is a bit annoying.
Many teachers don't get it.


Don't get me started on Americans.......
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
19 Dec 2018 7:02pm
mclovin said..
To and too
There, their and they're.

Makes anyones argument useless if they've used the wrong word. So many people just don't know the differences.


You missed an apostrophe their.

mclovin
mclovin
SA
724 posts
SA, 724 posts
19 Dec 2018 9:42pm
Some things are done on purpose.
stamp
stamp
QLD
2797 posts
QLD, 2797 posts
19 Dec 2018 9:23pm
'nother' is not a ****ing word! i hate hearing 'it's a whole nother....'

and 'wellness' ****s me, too. it's wellbeing.
Kamikuza
Kamikuza
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6493 posts
QLD, 6493 posts
19 Dec 2018 9:24pm
Oxford comma.

rune
rune
WA
193 posts
WA, 193 posts
19 Dec 2018 7:28pm
How about "whether the wether can withstand the weather"

bit obscure I know, maybe I should just say wanker
rod_bunny
rod_bunny
WA
1089 posts
WA, 1089 posts
19 Dec 2018 8:00pm
rune said..
your and you're


me and mine... Gramma, died in 2000.
(English and German)
Mr Milk
Mr Milk
NSW
3137 posts
NSW, 3137 posts
19 Dec 2018 11:52pm
rune said..
How about "whether the wether can withstand the weather"

bit obscure I know, maybe I should just say wanker


I thought wethers and wankers came from different planets.
musorianin
musorianin
QLD
597 posts
QLD, 597 posts
19 Dec 2018 11:14pm
Who can resist a grammar-nazi thread? Here's a couple that sh** me, more to do with meaning than grammar.
"Fulsome" means insincere, not "full"; "enormity" is not just something large, but means an outage, like genocide. I here ?? politicians and news/sports announcers getting these too ??wrong all the time ??.
gs12
gs12
WA
426 posts
WA, 426 posts
19 Dec 2018 9:24pm
Eats, shoots & leaves.
Kamikuza
Kamikuza
QLD
6493 posts
QLD, 6493 posts
19 Dec 2018 11:29pm
musorianin said..
outage


Poodle
Poodle
WA
868 posts
WA, 868 posts
19 Dec 2018 9:35pm
My grammar said if you cant say something nice, don't say anything....
James
James
WA
549 posts
WA, 549 posts
19 Dec 2018 9:59pm
This thread is " so fun "
cisco
cisco
QLD
12365 posts
QLD, 12365 posts
20 Dec 2018 2:16am
One One was a racehorse.
Two Two was one too,
One One won one race.
Two Two won one too.
robbo1111
robbo1111
NSW
654 posts
NSW, 654 posts
20 Dec 2018 7:18am
I bought a new sail then brought it to the beach
DunkO
DunkO
NSW
1150 posts
NSW, 1150 posts
20 Dec 2018 7:41am
robbo1111 said..
I bought a new sail then brought it to the beach


Then stepped through it.
japie
japie
NSW
7146 posts
NSW, 7146 posts
20 Dec 2018 7:41am
Should of is an interesting one Mark.

Should have, or should've, whilst correct grammar is utterly meaningless.

Should implies that it ought to be done in the future. Have implies the past. So telling someone that they ought to do something in the future in the past is, well, meaningless.

Thats why young children, when berated with this logic, look at you as though you're gormless.
japie
japie
NSW
7146 posts
NSW, 7146 posts
20 Dec 2018 7:46am
And the erosion of language is deliberate according to many:

www.goodreads.com/book/show/225849.The_Deliberate_Dumbing_Down_of_America
musorianin
musorianin
QLD
597 posts
QLD, 597 posts
20 Dec 2018 7:42am
Kamikuza said..

musorianin said..
outage





And I proof red that so carefully
jonnulla
jonnulla
NSW
74 posts
NSW, 74 posts
20 Dec 2018 8:52am
rune said..
How about "whether the wether can withstand the weather"

bit obscure I know, maybe I should just say wanker




My recent favourite, 'a shipping ship shipping ship shipping shipping ships'

Marsbars
Marsbars
546 posts
546 posts
20 Dec 2018 7:39am
I always thought dept was a contraction of department but now it seems it is something the liberals have got us into.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
20 Dec 2018 8:27am
japie said.. And the erosion of language is deliberate according to many: ttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225849.The_Deliberate_Dumbing_Down_of_America



would one ever need to deliberately dumb down America?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
20 Dec 2018 8:29am
Upcoming - not a word. It is forthcoming.

TripleJ - every fkn thing was "dropped" not released.
I understand the reference but it gets really annoying to hear "dropped" every 2mins like they are trying so hard to sound cool.



robbo1111
robbo1111
NSW
654 posts
NSW, 654 posts
20 Dec 2018 12:37pm
DunkO said..

robbo1111 said..
I bought a new sail then brought it to the beach



Then stepped through it.


No that was the old sail
rockmagnet
rockmagnet
QLD
1458 posts
QLD, 1458 posts
20 Dec 2018 11:43am
"Stationary" as I once saw in a shop directing me to the stationery isle.


I have some trouble with " to". Or is that "too"?
myusernam
myusernam
QLD
6158 posts
QLD, 6158 posts
20 Dec 2018 11:53am



evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
20 Dec 2018 3:26pm
Grammar.
jonnulla
jonnulla
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74 posts
NSW, 74 posts
20 Dec 2018 4:28pm



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