Grammar Rant...

jellybeard999 · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:11

It amazes me how many people say...

"It must have been me" rather than "It must have been me"

Really annoys me too

Any others ? :rolleyes:

divine` · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:12

This has been mentioned so so so many times. People never listen.

must have gone straight over their heads...

The_blue · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:19

reflex · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:20

this must have been the most anoying thread iv ever seen

yhack · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:26

reflex said:
This must be the most annoying thread I've ever seen.

DB_SamX · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:27

It sure is annoying and I have been picked on several times before for pointing them out. I don't mind odd ones but sometimes some people's posts are just so badly sturctured and spelt. Ah well, not much we can do tbh.

Richdog · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:28

DB_SamX said:
so badly sturctured and spelt.

Lack of sturcture kills me.

DB_SamX · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:30

meh...typo

Mr Gimp · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:31

Hah! You all fail at life!

Conscript · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:32

The_blue said:
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That is pure [i]awesome.[/i]

reflex · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:38

yhack said:

GNazi!!!

Shotgun_ned · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:44

Me fail English? Thats unpossible!

As long as I can get the jist of what the person is trying to convey I'm not too bothered, though if its loaded with txt tlk I'll just ignore it and not even bother trying to decipher it.

Mr Mag00 · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:46

'off of' instead of 'from' :mad:

Morba · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:46

its because on most forums, people type as they would speak, i have never heard anyone say 'i would have....', i hear 'i would've' / 'i would have'.

as or needing to post a thread about it. i pity you.

The_blue · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:46

Shotgun_ned said:
Me fail English? Thats unpossible!

Look Lisa, I'm learnding!

Wang Computer · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:05

Personally, I don't care either way...

One thing I have noticed is that, generally speaking, the more informed and witty posts on forums are constructed using accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar. Indeed, many of you anti-grammarnazis are fortunate you weren’t around during the days of usenet. Some of the channels I frequented were literally a hive of axe-grinding, traditional grammar pedants. It wasn't pretty.

Arcade Fire · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:07

Wang Computer said:
One thing I have noticed is that, generally speaking, the more informed and witty posts on forums are constructed using accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Thanks, I do try.

lay-z-boy · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:23

actually lol'd at this thread

d'ya not realise the kind of responseses your'e goining to get on here?

Gaygle · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:55

LMAO at the picture.

penski · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:59

jellybeard999 said:
It amazes me how many people say...

"It must have been me" rather than "It must have been me"

Really annoys me too

Any others ?

Ignoring your atrocious grammar, I think you'll find that most people actually say "It must've been me" or "It must 'ave been me"; they will drop the h and/or conjoin 'must' and 'have' whilst cutting the start of 'have'.

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