Monday, October 31, 2011

Infamous Grammatical and spelling errors

Well hello there , I'm going to tell you about a few grammatical and spelling errors and misuses that are frequently made.

They're also kind of my pet peeves , a pet peeve is as my dictionary states :
"A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it."
-The more you know , I shall include an explanation for a rather beneficial word in every one of my blog posts.-

The most Infamous:
Your: is a possesive , meaning that you own something.  ex.:"Your stupidity knows no bounds."
You're is a contraction of you are. ex.: "You're a moron."
Youre: does not exist and is therefore not a real word.

There/their:
There: refers to a place or idea. ex.:"Look over there!"
Their:is a possesive ex.:"It was their idea"
They're: is a contraction of they are. ex.: "They're eating all the cookies"
Theyre: does not exist and is therefore not a real word.

It's/Its:
It's: is a contraction of it is. ex.:"It's confusing when people forget to use an apostrophe."
Its: is a possesive. ex.: "He washed his dog , its fur is even softer now."

Then/Than:
Then: is used for time. ex.:"We will eat and then we will go mosh"
Than: is used for comparison. ex.: "My milkshake is better than yours"

Accept/Except:
Accept: to receive/acquire. ex.:"I will make him an offer he will accept"
Except: excluding., ex.:"They're all Belgian , except Arty , he's russian"

Barbecue: misspelled as "barbeque" : Mostly because of the abbreviation "bbq".

A lot/A while :misspelled as "alot/ awhile" : mostly because of common use and peer pressure.

Accidentally: misspelled as "accidently" : mostly because you write words how you hear them.

Exercise: misspelled as "excercise" : mostly because you remember there was a "c" somewhere in the word.

Misspell: misspelled as "mispel": mostly because when you have a double s , you're more likely to use one" (might I add : "Oh the irony")

No one: misspelled as "noone": mostly because of common use  and the other word "none" ironically meaning no one.

Refrigerator: misspelled as "refridgerator" mostly because of the abbreviation "fridge"

Etc.

There are more words I could put in here but i have to stop before i'm going to fall in a frustration induced coma.

Well thanks for reading and have a happy Halloween or whatever you're celebrating today,and remember "when in doubt google it".


-Arty



Sources i used as my inspiration or to help me write this:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
My own mind
Dictionary "Vandaele"
Google

2 comments:

  1. You know what's worse? Even Google Translate recognizes alot as a real word...

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  2. Damn... GODDAMNIT GOOGLE HOW COULD YOU ?

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