Eats, sh*ts and loaves.

[Gatt]

The one that REALLY annoys me is the improper use of there, they're and their

[tech_guy]

Me too.

[tech_guy]

And 'to' and 'too' and also 'lose' and 'loose' - grrrr.

[Heebeejeebee]

The BBC website regularly uses bad grammar. Makes me seethe :x (in a Mr Angry kind of way )

 

Obviously there are those who struggle with grammar but there seem to be others who just don't even make an effort.

 

HBJB

[webman]

Brought and bought, too!

[tech_guy]

I hate it when I see PC's, DVD's, CD's.......

[enjay]

There is one instance of the correct use of apostrophes annoying me, too, and that is when people write 'phone.

[steve_nfi]

Mobile phone texting has helped to screw english grammar.

[enjay]

Mobile phone texting has helped to screw english grammar.

Texting has certainly helped kill an understanding of punctuation; it has also left its mark on spelling cos ppl spend 2 long abreviatin so dey dunno how 2 rite no more. (Why is "abbreviating" such a long word, by the way?!)

 

I remember hearing one of our teachers say to a class that you didn't need to worry about punctuation, spelling, etc when writing emails as they are a more informal communication. Sigh.

[tech_guy]

D'oh! Teechers.

[mrcrazy04]

The BBC website regularly uses bad grammar. Makes me seethe :x (in a Mr Angry kind of way )

 

On occasion the BBC don't even bother to use English words!

There was an "airplane" crash a while back - they fixed it when I emailed them ranting about standards at the BBC!

Spelling isn't one of their strong points either, lots of "solider" have died in the Iraq war.

[enjay]

Spelling isn't one of their strong points either, lots of "solider" have died in the Iraq war.

That's inexcusable - I have some sympathy for people who mistype one word and get another, from and form for example, but not things like your example as any spell checker would find that.

[tech_guy]

It's probably all these illegal immigrants with work permits that the BBC employ that are doing the typpinggggggggggggggggggggg...

[Heebeejeebee]

It's probably all these illegal immigrants with work permits that the BBC employ that are doing the typpinggggggggggggggggggggg...

 

8O

[laserblazer]

Problems with his prostrate glands left him prostate in his bed.

 

Even the experts get it wrong http://www.newhopehealthclinic.com/alternative_clinic_breast_cancer_prostate_testing_cure.htm

[witch]

I dislike bad grammar but I recently read a book called:

 

Eats, Roots and Leaves - an open minded guide to English by Nicholas Waters

(yes I do have Eats, Shoots and Leaves, the zero tolerance guide as well)

and it did change my mind a bit as it explained that quite a lot of our so-called grammar rules are just what someone once said they preferred (eg not ending a sentence with a preposition, or splitting infinitives). And the 'rule' stating 'i before e except after c' has so many exceptions that it cannot be said to be a rule at all...So I try to be a little less pedantic these days.....

except for apostrophes actually signwritten and presumably paid for!!

I don't mind textspeak WHEN TEXTING but nowhere else please - I think I might be too old to understand it.

I also don't like it when people appear to revel in their inability to spell - why don't they just make the effort and look up words they are not sure of? They will soon remember how to spell if they do.