Why do people spell bought as brought?

People need to learn that 'Women' means more than one 'Woman'. It's crazy how many times I see this mistake here.
 
I'm a bit of an apostrophe nazi in that sense. I can't stand it - there was a news report on a few weeks ago about removing all apostrophes from road signs etc. to prevent confusion. I have a better idea - kill stupid people. Crack open their tiny little minds and force grammar rules scrawled on wire wool inside. Then, less people will be confused. Because they won't be morons.

I remember quoting a terribly phrased post about 6 weeks ago, grammar and orthography were truly butchered. I posted underneath 'this isn't words' and another comment about how his point would be better received if he learned how to type, and someone had the audacity to quote my 'this isn't words' and accuse me of being hypocritical. Which brings me to another pet hate - people not recognising irony, or misinterpreting something as ironic. For good examples, refer to the Alanis Morissette song 'Ironic'. Nothing, not one thing mentioned in that entire song is ironic AND YET by that very measure, the song is, itself, ironic. People slap it all the time, saying she doesn't have a clue what she's singing about, but I've always been convinced it's an elaborate double bluff.
 
Also,

I have a spelling checker.
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when I rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore a veiling checker's Hour
spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flair,
Their are no fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a ware.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays,
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting too pleas.


Yes, it's old, I know. But I like it.
 
Deadbeat said:
I'm a bit of an apostrophe nazi in that sense. I can't stand it - there was a news report on a few weeks ago about removing all apostrophes from road signs etc. to prevent confusion. I have a better idea - kill stupid people. Crack open their tiny little minds and force grammar rules scrawled on wire wool inside. Then, less people will be confused. Because they won't be morons.

I remember quoting a terribly phrased post about 6 weeks ago, grammar and orthography were truly butchered. I posted underneath 'this isn't words' and another comment about how his point would be better received if he learned how to type, and someone had the audacity to quote my 'this isn't words' and accuse me of being hypocritical. Which brings me to another pet hate - people not recognising irony, or misinterpreting something as ironic. For good examples, refer to the Alanis Morissette song 'Ironic'. Nothing, not one thing mentioned in that entire song is ironic AND YET by that very measure, the song is, itself, ironic. People slap it all the time, saying she doesn't have a clue what she's singing about, but I've always been convinced it's an elaborate double bluff.
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Seeing as you are a stickler for accuracy, are you sure your PC has six megabits of RAM? ;)
 
Deadbeat said:
I'm not sure at all, now. Did I say that somewhere?
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doofer said:
People need to learn that 'Women' means more than one 'Woman'. It's crazy how many times I see this mistake here.
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Yes! I see that one everywhere, right up from forums to national media. Also: 'a gentlemen'.

It's beyond me. I can't imagine going about my life without being able to differentiate 'woman' from 'women'. This isn't difficult stuff. It's basic English.
 
I think that poor spelling and grammar generally makes people look stupid. A lot of people will share this opinion.

We are encouraged to undertake an NVQ in Customer Service at work - I sat the level 3 literacy test last week and asked the NVQ chap if anyone ever failed these tests.

"Yes, regularly" was his reply. I was stunned, it was similar to a year 11/12 English comprehension exercise.
 
Something else that annoys me is this: using "there is" (usually the contraction of the phrase, in fact) with plural nouns.

Example: "There's three cats on my car's roof!"
 
Oh, and one more: the demise of the adverb. Some people have tried to claim that words I consider adjectives (only) can also function as adverbs, but I disagree.

Example: "I'm driving slow, to save fuel." (The adverb should be "slowly".)
 
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