On a scale of 1-10, how much do English errors annoy you?

Depends on the error and the frequency of occurrence, spelling mistakes i can handle and the odd punctuation error as we're all human. It's the people who persistently use 'your' instead of 'you're' etc that bug me. There's one or two on this forum i can think of off the top of my head
 
Streeteh said:
Depends on the error and the frequency of occurrence, spelling mistakes i can handle and the odd punctuation error as we're all human. It's the people who persistently use 'your' instead of 'you're' etc that bug me. There's one or two on this forum i can think of off the top of my head
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The depressing thing is that it seems to be the norm these days for people not to understand how to use even apostrophes. It's almost uncool to use them properly.
 
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Ziggy said:
Errors in spelling/punctuation/grammar; how much do they annoy you? Do they stop you from enjoying/reading a post or article? Do you get the urge to tell the writer they are wrong?
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On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate errors an eleventeen. They wind me up something rotten.
 
It's not often that a post comes along that's almost impossible to read/understand, but when one does come along, it can be a little annoying. I'd say I rate them 3/10.
 
I don't find occasional bad grammar or spelling that annoying (I'm probably a fairly bad offender myself) - 2/10.
However, things like:

They're, there, their, your, you're.
Lazy, uncaring bad spelling - wess goin to tut cinemaar.

Really annoy me - 9/10.
 
I really don't understand why people get so annoyed about grammatical errors, especially when typing on forums, I mean wtf:confused:

If you're talking about essays or reports then yes it is important otherwise it can show that you're incompetent at spelling and grammar.

so for me if its general use 2-3/10
for essays and important documents 6-7/10
 
Doesn't bother me at all, well certainly not as much as noisy eaters.
Besides, things are always changing. For example, recently a colleague advised I use its and never it's. And its OK to start a sentence with and. And there's no longer a requirement to use two spaces after a full stop.
There's more but that'll do for now.
 
Domo said:
Doesn't bother me at all, well certainly not as much as noisy eaters.
Besides, things are always changing. For example, recently a colleague advised I use its and never it's. And its OK to start a sentence with and. And there's no longer a requirement to use two spaces after a full stop.
There's more but that'll do for now.
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Since when has "it's" become redundant? I know leaving two spaces after a full stop is becoming archaic as word processors make the gap look different than the gaps used after different punctuation, as opposed to the old typewriter days.
 
I hate it when people type ect instead of etc and the worst one that absolutely loads of people do eg:
I would have done that
We should have done that
He should have played football
(of instead of have)
 
Probably ranging from 1 through to 4 depending on what it is tbh :)

Doesnt properly wind me up though, just makes me mentally shake my fist at said person and go "OHHH YOUUUU!"
 
Domo said:
Doesn't bother me at all, well certainly not as much as noisy eaters.
Besides, things are always changing. For example, recently a colleague advised I use its and never it's. And its OK to start a sentence with and. And there's no longer a requirement to use two spaces after a full stop.
There's more but that'll do for now.
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In order:
I'd advise you to use "its" if you're not going to learn how to use apostrophes correctly because "it's" is not possessive (to signify something belonging to it) as many people seem to think but it should still be correctly used as a contraction of "it is" or "it has". I'd prefer to see people leave out apostrophes if they are unsure than abuse the poor unsuspecting apostrophe - what's it ever done to them?
The idea that it wasn't ok to start a sentence with "and" is somewhat arcane, strictly speaking it's still not good form and I'd normally try to avoid it but it has been acceptable for years.
Double spacing after a full stop is also rather arcane and came from the days when typewriters were monospaced to distinguish clearly breaks in sentences but it isn't necessary any more with variable width fonts.
 
1. I don't mind typos or bad spelling as long as it's understandable. Would be sort of wrong of me to be annoyed by it as I am in no way perfect at English myself.

Text speak does makes me annoyed though.
 
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