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Feb 14, 2011 10:33 AM
karen lotz;677813 wrote:No one on OC does this.

I seen it before, your lying
Feb 14, 2011 10:33am
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Feb 14, 2011 10:34 AM
gorocks99;677815 wrote:I seen it before, your lying


Your a moron.
Feb 14, 2011 10:34am
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Feb 14, 2011 10:38 AM
Fab4Runner;677784 wrote:
It took me a few minutes to get this one, then I LOL'd!


You have some issues! :D
Feb 14, 2011 10:38am
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Feb 14, 2011 10:45 AM
Fab, I feel your pain. All of the above are major pet peeves of mine. I don't claim to be perfect with English and grammar, but Damn! Some of the posts I read just make me want to smack someone! LOL
Feb 14, 2011 10:45am
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Feb 14, 2011 10:55 AM
justincredible;677729 wrote:So 4th?
Nah. 1th.

I'm actually with you on this, Fab. It drives me up the wall to see the word "of" instead of "have" in the examples you gave.

The worst, though, is when people say "supposably." I want to pull their head off and throw it in front of a Mack truck.
Feb 14, 2011 10:55am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:10 AM
I have been weighed, I have been measured, and I have been found wanting
Feb 14, 2011 11:10am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:20 AM
Belly35;677893 wrote:I have been weighed, I have been measured, and I have been found wanting

... a period at the end of my sentence.
Feb 14, 2011 11:20am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:38 AM
Several in fact........
Feb 14, 2011 11:38am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:47 AM
Thread Bomber;677937 wrote:Several in fact........

If we're going to get technical, he could have used semicolons and been gravy.
Feb 14, 2011 11:47am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:48 AM
karen lotz;677818 wrote:Your a moron.

That's "you're."
Feb 14, 2011 11:48am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:51 AM
ernest_t_bass;677954 wrote:That's "you're."
What a idiot.
Feb 14, 2011 11:51am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:52 AM
karen lotz;677958 wrote:What a idiot.

He should of went to school and learned to talk right.
Feb 14, 2011 11:52am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:57 AM
karen lotz;677958 wrote:What a idiot.

That's "an."
Feb 14, 2011 11:57am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:57 AM
O-Trap;677952 wrote:If we're going to get technical, he could have used semicolons and been gravy.

Thanks

I have been weighed, I have been measured, and I have been found wanting
Feb 14, 2011 11:57am
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Feb 14, 2011 11:58 AM
ernest_t_bass;677966 wrote:That's "an."

You think your funny or something?
Feb 14, 2011 11:58am
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Feb 14, 2011 12:00 PM
O-Trap;677959 wrote:He should of went to school and learned to talk right.


He was probably to cool for that.
Feb 14, 2011 12:00pm
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Feb 14, 2011 12:13 PM
Belly35;677968 wrote:I have been found wanting

You have been found wanting some colon?

Belly, I never knew ...
Feb 14, 2011 12:13pm
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Feb 14, 2011 12:55 PM
Fab4Runner;677717 wrote:WTF is up with people writing "of" instead of "have?!"

"Would of," "could of," should of" . . . are you kidding me? I am easily annoyed (maybe too easily annoyed) with mistakes like this, but I just don't get how people can think this is correct, or how they can let this slide when they see it. I mean, would it make sense to use would've, could've, or should've if it was "of" instead of "have?" No. What grade do we learn things like this? I can't ever remember a time when I didn't know it.

Sorry, but I just had to rant about this. We all have our pet peeves.

P.S. Why do people get pissed when you correct them on things like this? If I make a mistake I would prefer someone tell me so I don't go around sounding/looking like an idiot.

There, I corrected all (or at least most) of your grammatical errors. ;)
Feb 14, 2011 12:55pm
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Feb 14, 2011 12:56 PM
krambman;678058 wrote:There, I corrected all (or at least most) of your grammatical errors. ;)


Shouldn't you have used "Their"?
Feb 14, 2011 12:56pm
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Feb 14, 2011 12:58 PM
krambman;678058 wrote:There, I corrected all (or at least most) of your grammatical errors. ;)


Much appreciated! :p
Feb 14, 2011 12:58pm
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Feb 14, 2011 12:59 PM
You need a noun for your sentence.
Feb 14, 2011 12:59pm
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Feb 14, 2011 1:02 PM
karen lotz;678061 wrote:Shouldn't you have used "Their"?

No, and punctuation marks should always fall inside of quotation marks, never outside.

I was almost an English major in college, so simple grammar mistakes are one of my biggest pet peeves. It is easily the most annoying thing on message boards. Usually if a post has multiple mistakes I don't finish reading it.
Feb 14, 2011 1:02pm
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Feb 14, 2011 1:04 PM
Maybe "they're" then?
Feb 14, 2011 1:04pm
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Feb 14, 2011 1:05 PM
I think that everyone should be required to own and read a copy and Strunk and White's The Elements of Style.

http://academic.csuohio.edu/simond/courses/elos3.pdf
Feb 14, 2011 1:05pm
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Feb 14, 2011 1:06 PM
Seriously though, I didn't know that about the punctuation. I thought that only applied when you are actually quoting what a person said. Doesn't seem right if I would have typed "Their?". :D
Feb 14, 2011 1:06pm