Thread: people use the wrong word...

How can you dear god when our eyes can't almighty?

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

My mild OCD just goes apeshit when I see things like 'their" instead of 'they're'... 'mute' instead of 'moot'... too/to/two... accept/except... effect/affect... than/then...

And there's a big one that makes me want to slap someone upside the head with a large leather-bound book... The incorrect use of 'whenever'. Whenever you got your hair cut the other day is NOT correct. A specific point in time uses WHEN, not whenever. "Whenever I got my car worked on, Monday." is WRONG. "When I got my car worked on, Monday." Whenever is used to designate an unspecified time in the future or a multiple instance. IE: Whenever I get around to mowing the grass next week... or Whenever I shower, I tend to wash my hair at the same time.

Makes me crazy and I'm going to "FTFY" ever single time I see it from now on.

Heil Kanati / , In your next life maybe you'll be a be a proof reader of primary school kids "what I did on my summer vacation".

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

Heil Kanati, In your next life, maybe you'll be a be a proofreader of primary school kids' "what I did on my summer vacation".

FTFY.

I grew up in a family of teachers.. If I used poor grammar I was quickly expected to correct myself, or be given an on the spot grammar lesson. For me, it shows a measure of intelligence to speak and write properly.

dis a gud topic

Originally Posted by CivilWars

dis a gud topic

Correct use of that phrase. +50 points.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

The way i see it it be the internet get past it. Bitching and correcting people unless its in an academic spotlight just makes someone a douche.

Personally I would think that someone correcting a common misuse of a word would be a good thing. Unless it's a phone autocorrect that's gone haywire, as they are wont to do, then that correction is teaching someone the right use of the word. If someone gets bent out of shape because of that, then oh well... Too bad for them. It's not like I'm going "OMFG YOU ARE AN IDIOT! DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO USE TEH ENGRISH!?"... It's a little corrective nudge. "fixed that for you."

People should always strive to communicate correctly using proper use of the english language (or whatever language you might be using). Of course there are abbreviations we all use because typing can be tedious. I don't usually have a problem with those (civil uses them all the time and uses ones I don't even know WTF they mean). I also don't normally have an issue with a misspelling or obvious phone autocorrection issue. It's when those misspellings are consistent that it shows the person doesn't know that their spelling is incorrect, or when they misuse a word because they don't know which word to use that I start getting a little eye twitchy.

I'm not perfect. I am an ellipsis whore. I use them ALL the time when I shouldn't. I have issues with some punctuation and where to use it. But I do like to think I have a relatively decent grasp on the language and when and where to use certain words. So I pass that on when I see someone butchering the language.

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

Personally I would think that someone correcting a common misuse of a word would be a good thing. Unless it's a phone autocorrect that's gone haywire, as they are wont to do, then that correction is teaching someone the right use of the word. If someone gets bent out of shape because of that, then oh well... Too bad for them. It's not like I'm going "OMFG YOU ARE AN IDIOT! DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO USE TEH ENGRISH!?"... It's a little corrective nudge. "fixed that for you."

People should always strive to communicate correctly using proper use of the english language (or whatever language you might be using). Of course there are abbreviations we all use because typing can be tedious. I don't usually have a problem with those (civil uses them all the time and uses ones I don't even know WTF they mean). I also don't normally have an issue with a misspelling or obvious phone autocorrection issue. It's when those misspellings are consistent that it shows the person doesn't know that their spelling is incorrect, or when they misuse a word because they don't know which word to use that I start getting a little eye twitchy.

I'm not perfect. I am an ellipsis whore. I use them ALL the time when I shouldn't. I have issues with some punctuation and where to use it. But I do like to think I have a relatively decent grasp on the language and when and where to use certain words. So I pass that on when I see someone butchering the language.

QFT!