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02/27/2003 09:38:42 AM · #1 |
Ok, feel free to flame away at me for this. But am I the only one who is driven nuts by common grammar tragedies that plague the forums?
Yes, I know this is a photography site as opposed to an English course, and there are some folks here that don't use English as their native language, but still. I find myself reading comments that sound reasonably intelligent, then I'll see a grammar sin that makes me want to mentally discard whatever valid information appears in the post.
I'm sure I make a typo here and there, and I'm not claiming to be a literary genius by any means, but there are a few things here that just drive me batty.
First, why on Earth do so many people insist on sticking apostrophes where they don't belong? For example:
"Take a look at my photo's." THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN APOSTROPHE THERE! STOP IT! An apostrophe in that case indicates ownership.
And for heaven's sake (note the proper use of an apostrophe), PLEASE learn the difference between "your" and "you're." If you can substitute the words "you are," then you should use "you're."
Wrong: "Your a wonderful photographer."
Right: "You're a wonderful photographer."
Wrong: "You're picture stunk this week."
Right: "Your picture stunk this week."
Sorry for posting this message, but I'm trying to get inducted into the Anal Retentive Hall of Fame.
Message edited by author 2003-02-27 12:31:08. |
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02/27/2003 09:55:06 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Sorry for posting this message, but I'm trying to get inducted into the Anal Retentive Hall of Fame. |
Congratualtions, your application has been accepted ;D |
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02/27/2003 09:56:03 AM · #3 |
I've noticed a tendency in myself to shorten everything when I write online. You're lucky I'm still using capitals and punctuation here because I don't always. A big one for me lately is writing "tho".
As you admitted, English isn't everyone's native tongue. I'm guessing that Americans screw those things up as often as anyone else tho.
Of course, their is no reason for anyone to get they're panties in a bunch over grammar when there only here to look at pretty pictures. ;P |
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02/27/2003 10:05:07 AM · #4 |
| Mey ingleesh is purfekt, tho! |
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02/27/2003 10:07:46 AM · #5 |
| Sto se chudish be majmun eden, ti mislis samo eden jazik zboruvame, odi izmi si ja glavata! |
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02/27/2003 10:13:24 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Ok, feel free to flame away at me for this. But am I the only one who is driven nuts by common grammar tragedies the plague the forums?
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I'm happy for you that you know your mother tongue!! :-) |
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02/27/2003 10:16:09 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by pitsaman:
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Ok, feel free to flame away at me for this. But am I the only one who is driven nuts by common grammar tragedies the plague the forums?
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I'm happy for you that you know your mother tongue!! :-) |
lol, good one Pitsaman :-) |
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02/27/2003 10:22:12 AM · #8 |
I also go nuts trying to read some comments in the forums, and at the same time, I figure that maybe indeed the person is not a person who was taught english at a young age.
I try and understand what most people are writing, but sometimes, I really do have to skip a comment because it just doesn't make sense, and my brain refuses to comprehend what the person has written!
Just like the voting, I don't think you can change people's grammar habits either!
-Da |
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02/27/2003 10:25:40 AM · #9 |
| This is the reason I do not often type in the forums. |
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02/27/2003 10:26:43 AM · #10 |
| But, I do like alansfreed Photos, he is very good! |
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02/27/2003 10:30:12 AM · #11 |
Hey.. I've seen a lot worse travelling around the world! You have to keep in mind that this is an international site and people try the best they can. :-) Wir koenen Deutsch sprenchien, parlare in italiano ou encore en français. But not many people would understand the coments. ;-)
Message edited by author 2003-02-27 10:31:58.
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02/27/2003 10:34:29 AM · #12 |
I think these are small mental mistakes. The problem I think is that a lot of people are taught to use contractions but when we have to write term papers we're not allowed to use them. Why bother teaching contractions if we're not supposed to use them? I think people just forget there meanings. I make the your you're mistake often. I guess I'll burn in grammar hell for that one.
**Now is it there or their, I bet I'll burn in hell for that one too.
Message edited by author 2003-02-27 10:35:57. |
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02/27/2003 10:34:29 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by kosmikkreeper:
You have to keep in mind that this is an international site and people try the best they can. :-) |
Very true... but the VAST majority of the mistakes I see are honestly from people who speak English as their native tongue. It seems like foreign folks often do an incredible job of speaking and writing the language. We're the ones who are butchering it!
Geez, I really did get up on the wrong side of the bed today... :) |
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02/27/2003 10:41:41 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Very true... but the VAST majority of the mistakes I see are honestly from people who speak English as their native tongue. |
Yeah, that's the truth. And as long as alansfreed brought the whole thing up, all those people wondering why commenters can't just have some "tack," it's TACT! |
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02/27/2003 11:15:36 AM · #15 |
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02/27/2003 11:45:06 AM · #16 |
alanfreed, you might have made a convincing argument had you not made a mistake in the first sentence you wrote:- "...the plague the forums?"
Should it read "...that plague the forums?"
You also might like to check your bio ;)
Is now a good time to start the traditional Trans-Atlantic spelling war? (colour vs. color etc.)
kevin
Yesterday I couldn't even spel Injiner, now I are one. |
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02/27/2003 12:18:40 PM · #17 |
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02/27/2003 12:36:14 PM · #18 |
S'il vous plaît ne supposer pas qu'une personnes langue natale est anglaise seulement parce qu'ils habitent aux états-unis d'Amérique.
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02/27/2003 12:55:42 PM · #19 |
Alan, I can understand your pain, but I think you need to check and see what was poured over your cheerios next time before you eat them. :-)
I am an English teacher (or is that english teacher?), and most of my mistakes are simply typing too fast. Heck, most of the time, I sign my name kamrat instead of karmat. And don't even mention teh, adn, and fo. I may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but if you rate my overall intelligence based on what is usually a typo, I don't guess it really matters what I have to say.
My pet peeve is its and it's, but I figure since I am not being paid to correct your grammar and spelling, I'll leave that in the classroom.
:-)
Oh yea, and not only has your application been accepted, I have placed my vote for you!
DISCLAIMOR -- This entire post has been written with a smile on my face, and with good humor. I am not being critical of anyone, just playing around.
edit to add stuff at end
2nd edit was to correct a typo!
Message edited by author 2003-02-27 12:59:13.
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02/27/2003 12:57:29 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
First, why on Earth do so many people insist on sticking apostrophes where they don't belong? For example:
"Take a look at my photo's." THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN APOSTROPHE THERE! STOP IT! An apostrophe in that case indicates ownership.
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Maybe I am missing something but aren't apostrophes also used to indicate where characters are missing within an abbreviation?
I.e. The ' in photo's represents the text graph
Or am I wrong?
Message edited by author 2003-02-27 12:59:03.
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02/27/2003 01:31:14 PM · #21 |
I invite the Grammar Police to come live in Eastern Kentucky for one year.
You will be educated and will be able to read anything posted.
Ohh!!! Ya As a former hairdresser it really bugs me, to see anyone with their hair sticking up. I hope everyone has their hair in place today. lol |
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02/27/2003 01:39:36 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Oh yea, and not only has your application been accepted, I have placed my vote for you! |
Woo hoo! I should be a shoe-in! I agree with virtually everything stated here. I mean, typos happen. I type over 100 wpm, and that easily lends itself to some funky stuff from time to time. Heck, I made a typo on the first sentence of my first rant (which I just knew I'd do, so that I could make a fool of myself)!
I guess my pet peeve is the overall epidemic of grammar sins. And some folks are just too lazy to locate the "backspace" key -- imagine the old days when you had to grab the White Out bottle every time you goofed! |
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02/27/2003 01:48:22 PM · #23 |
Just a thought to anyone looking to improve their forum posts...
THIS is ieSpell and is a spell-checker for the IE web browser.
I'd hate to show you this post before I used it :)
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02/27/2003 01:55:22 PM · #24 |
Hey guess what? English is not everyone's first language, you darn Yankee. lol
I'm a French Canadian so I have all the excuses in the world. My biggest problem is typos, especially while doing comments on photos. I'd rather do more comments and typos, than be anal retentive and do a few perfectly typed and spelled comments.
My father was an English teacher. He always maintained that language was invented to communicate ideas, not to look pretty.
Anyhow, thats' all I half to seh aboot that for now. I likes taking photos' and shearing dem with my fellow photographers'. ;)
Got it?
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02/27/2003 02:06:37 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by myqyl:
THIS is ieSpell and is a spell-checker for the IE web browser. |
Wow! That's a nice little application -- why didn't someone think of it sooner! Many thanks for passing that along. |
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