We haven't had a grammar thread in a long time so I thought I would start one. I get that some people don't care, what I don't get is that this stuff isn't hard to remember, doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that:
THERE- is a location
THEIR-is possessive (their house)
THEY'RE- as in they are

AD- short for advertisement (notice one D)
ADD- short for addition (notice two D's)

Do you have any that drive you nuts? 

Too - means “also” or “besides” and “excessively.” Sometimes people use it informally to mean “very.”

To - all other cases except the number

two - the number between one and three 

The dreaded "to, two, toooooo's lol. Good one. 

A lot is spelled as one word a lot!!! It's 2!!! 

A LOT

ALOT is not a word.

There is a SPACE between the words. 

Patient - someone that needs looking after

patience - controlling one's emotions





witch - a magical or evil woman

which - as in what kind 

Riot- you read my mind! :) 

ooh, a lot - good one! 

giggle if I remember anything from an english teacher is that a lot is NOT one word!!! 

giggle if I remember anything from an english teacher is that a lot is NOT one word!!! 

Did we go to the same school?!?? ;)

My teacher was anal about "a lot." she would fail your paper if you spelled the word incorrectly. 

u - is a singular letter

you - is a word. (pet peeve of mine)

It is not TOO difficult TO type those TWO extra letters. 

LMAO!! YOU are right :) 

How about "marine corps'...not "marine core"

Lol! I see that A LOT ;-)

Ohhhhh and it's "definitely", not "definately" 

How about I "couldn't care less" or I "could care less" LOL People are ALWAYS messing those up. 

It's for SALE people, not for SELL... 

Or, I'm saling this, instead of I'm SELLING this. 

How about "marine corps'...not "marine core"


Marine should always be capitalized ;) 

your - shows possession
you're - you are 

Separate, not seperate.

Also, it is not ect. It is "etc", short for "et cetera".

:) 

All of the above.

And when people say "I seen..." instead of "I saw"

[picking on you, YRTS ;) ] 

I am guilty of using ect sometimes vs etc. 

Okay...how about this one.

Correct:

He and I went to the store.

When the store closed, they forgot all about Jim and me.

Incorrect:

Me and him went to the store.

When the store closed, they forgot all about Jim and I.


If you're ever in doubt about which word to use (me or I), take out the other person (ie Jim). If you'd normally say Me then that's what you'd use, and vice versa. I see this used incorrectly alll the time when people try to sound smart and say "I" for EVERYTHING. If you're captioning a picture, say Bob and Me, not Bob and I.

Oh,and it's vice versa, not visa versa.

Oh, and it's I have swum, not swimmed, I have drunk,not drank or drinked. And it's "I hung a picture" and "They hanged him for his crimes." Okay, and last one, an historian, an historical book, an history course. Those are all correct. You will sound so much smarter if you use them correctly.

I could go on and on...grammar these days has gone to pot. 

eh it doesn't really bother me.. 

How about "marine corps'...not "marine core"

Or even worse... "Marine corpse"

It scares me how many adults don't use proper grammar. Didn't we learn this stuff in second grade? 

Another one that drives me absolutely insane..

Its not "bombfire." Its bonfire. 

Or wOuLd d1$ al$0 coUn+ fer annoying? 

I have none. I am that one who does not notice when people spell things wrong, lol. Not a good thing. :0) I swear I have a degree, just not a good speller. 

Bear and Bare.


It's BEAR with me, not BARE with me, unless you're both getting naked! 

It's BEAR with me, not BARE with me, unless you're both getting naked! 

Guilty. I thought it was the other way since 'Bear' is an animal =X But I just looked it up and it comes from the word 'forebear'. 

When people use "than" instead of "then". I have read it a lot on here.