Why do people spell bought as brought?

[Sinny]

It's up to them whether they want to spell the word correct, the only word I couldn't get my head around was people spell warranty as warrentey.

I'm not bothered though, I'm not particularly good with apostrophies even though I try most of the time.

but hey it's a forum not an English exam.

 

[Azagoth]

bloody keyboard warrior grammar nazi's the lot of ya.

Nazi's what?

 

[mctiny]

bloody keyboard warrior grammar nazi's the lot of ya.

Sorry Guv' it's my job you see...

 

[rypt]

Nazi's what?

Apparently the Nazis own something (us?)

 

[G-MAN2004]

Hehe, do you realise that the use of 'went' in both of those sentences is incorrect?

Haha, I just noticed that.

Silly me.

 

[krooton]

but hey it's a forum not an English exam.

And forums are limited purely to the characters on the screen to convey our thoughts, we have no body language/expression to help us along, smilies withstanding.

Thus, being as clear and concise as possible is more important than some people think... oh, and also the obvious 'avoiding the assault of the pedant-police' angle comes into play.

 

[mctiny]

And I'm, *gasp*, a non-native!!!

You had a good teacher then...

Where were you born, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[yantorsen]

how often do yo actually look for the the letters you type?

half the time i find my self writing a slightly different word because it;s what my fingers are used to doing

And for some god damn reason I can never hit the ' key only the ;

I hate keyboards

I have the smae problem

 

[RDM]

uk pal
why you asking me if you do not mind ?

While you are currently studying in the UK I thought you were originally from Saudi Arabia hence the poor grasp of English?

 

[BloodyL]

Adding an "e" onto "lens" is another classic.

"I need a new lense for my DSLR, what to buy?"
Maybe you should start with a dictionary.

 

[G-MAN2004]

You had a good teacher then...

Where was you born, if you don't mind me asking?

You laugh at my mistake, and then you go and get was/were mixed up.

 

[krooton]

You had a good teacher then...

Where was you born, if you don't mind me asking?

Cape Town, Republique de Sud

 

[mctiny]

You laugh at my mistake, and then you go and get was/were mixed up.

And I should know better...

 

[Yaser1987]

While you are currently studying in the UK I thought you were originally from Saudi Arabia hence the poor grasp of English?

could be

 

[RDM]

could be

I might have phrased it as a question, but it wasn't really. I distincly remembered you posting it at one point.

 

[Buffman]

As above, because people make mistakes/dont know the difference. The only thing worse than people putting in these spelling errors is the people constantly complaining .

 

[mattheman]

its the same question i have, how does a teacher teach business studies and doesnt have a degree or A level in economics or business studies or anything related to it, but manages to teach it at a level.

 

[mangobreeder]

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

....the public as a whole are not very clever. They brought not bought in the same way many people pronouce the letter H 'haytch' instead of 'aytch'.

 

[RDM]

....the public as a whole are not very clever. They brought not bought in the same way many people pronouce the letter H 'haytch' instead of 'aytch'.

That isn't quite the same, the aitch/haitch difference is a shebbolith, haitch is the hiberno-english method of pronouncing it and so is common in areas that historically had a large Irish community (NW England for example, especially among Catholics). My wife, having had a Catholic upbringing says haitch.