Grammar lesson 101

Raymond Lin

Raymond Lin

Raymond Lin

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I apologise in advance but it really bugs me now seeing this getting confused all the time.

So who can tell me the difference between "to" and "too", and also "off" and "of".

The ones that gets it right gets an imaginary cookie, GCSE standards going up is all a myth IMO.
 
GCSE standards going up? Who says that? I thought the opposite was true and people were complaining more about the exams becoming easier - in a similar vein to the complaints regarding A levels.
 
no its people gettting lazy or just forgetting to error check on the web. It's happened for as long as i can remember, im sure it'll carry on the same:)

on the forums you get it all the time, IRL i've never seen anybody confuse 'of' with 'off'.
 
You use "too" for too much, too cold, too hot etc

going to the shops


Turn the light off, **** off, **** off etc

It's the 2nd of september


It's = It is

No swearing.

Gilly.
 
I think the apparent confusion between 'off' and 'of' is, more often than not, a typo. Mixing up 'have' and 'of' is more worser, as is 'then' and 'than'.
 
One for Zip:

Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marks four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye Have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew. ;)
 
Ok what gets me is the incorrect use of the word "your". It actually infuriates me. Normally, I'm so laid back about everything, but sentences such as:

Consider a favourite amongst overclockers the Gigabyte 965P DS3 mainboard has been setting some new records when it comes to maximum FSB as overclocks of over 500MHz FSB have been reported. So if your looking for a great overclocking mainboard the DS3 is an exceptional choice.

...taken from the ocuk website.

The word in bold, should read either "you're" or "you are" and not "your".

:(
 
singist said:
One for Zip:

Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marks four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye Have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew. ;)
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Eye new ewe would have had something too speak inn hear :p
 
Yeah your and you're and also there and their. It is amazing how many people get this wrong. Personally I dont even type "there" by mistake if I meant "their" as you shouldn't even have to think about it.
 
daven1986 said:
Yeah your and you're and also there and their. It is amazing how many people get this wrong. Personally I dont even type "there" by mistake if I meant "their" as you shouldn't even have to think about it.
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Well, some people do. I know i do; does this make James fik?
 
Well they do say that the English language is one of the most difficult to learn. That and most people are thick :p
 
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