You’re = not a possessive
Your = possessive
There = not a possessive
Their = possessive
Now let’s use these words in a sentence:
Your dog is as ugly as you are.
You’re a dumbass who needs to go back to grade two.
There are smarter people in this world than you; 6,999,999,999 of them, in fact.
Their (well your) intelligence is lacking.
And while you’re fucking at it, learn the difference between too, two and to.
—Smarter Than You
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2009.
Go fuk urself ya spelling nazi
Ditto
Of all the problems in the world & troubles that can pop up in a persons life…this is what gets you so pissed you have to bitch about it ?
Please seek professional help.
I’m not trying to be humorous here, you really need to get out… or maybe get laid ! That might loosen you up some .
While I don’t get angered by bad spelling…it certainly does annoy me. OP is right, it’s not that hard. It’s scary, really, how many people (adults with jobs!) can’t spell! And actually it’s not even that hard words are being mispelled; they are simple, everyday words!
I deal with architectural plans on a daily basis and you’d be amazed at the number of architects/engineers that can’t spell. These people have degrees at the least. Some have Masters and some even have PhDs. The level of spelling is generally equivalent to that of a 4th grader. Boggles the mind.
A agree with the OP, I’m not going to take you very seriously if you don’t know basic English grammar rules; I don’t care who you are.
I have to agree with the OP….I find poor/incorrect grammer a pet peeve…and the your/you’re thing irks me!
I’m with NW and XOX. Of course everyone is going to make the odd spelling or grammar mistake – especially when trying to type quickly – but I completely disregard an opinion if someone doesn’t have a handle on the basics.
Bad spelling and grammar annoys me.
Consider this
– The average high school graduate in India has a better grasp of the English language than the average high school graduate in Canada.
It’s and its should be in the OP’s post.
I don’t know yorkke…I had to call Dell the other day for some service and spoke with 3 different call centre employees, each with an Indian accent….and not one of them had a good grasp of the English language!
Sorry XOX, due to your misuse of the semicolon I can not take you seriously.
me fail english? thats unpossible
I definitely judge people, to a certain extent, by their spelling (grammar not so much), but I’m more concerned by sheep-like opinions and a poor grasp of logic.
Justsayin, I have to agree. A friend of mine recently asked me how to spell an incredibly simple word…I forget what it was, but it was something like “went.” And this is a person with a TEACHING LICENSE, ffs.
If I see a resume come across my desk with any of these your/you’re mix-ups, do you think that person would ever be considered for a job?? Even if it’s a job that requires no writing whatsoever, it shows lack of attention to detail, or worse, lack of care.
Some people are born as terrible spellers (my mother, for one), but there is a simple thing on computers these days; it’s called Spell Check – USE it if your brain is not able!
Fortunately, back in the 80s, I was always a naturally good speller in elementary school. I blame the school systems now for allowing such a lapse in quality. If you can’t get a failing grade, why bother learn in the first place?
-No Big Words Here
Why can’t we be completely pragmatic with our judgment of people? If you’re a great hair dresser and couldn’t write well if you’re life depended on it why should that negatively impact relationships, personal, formal, professional or otherwise? Unless I’m looking to hire a writer of sorts (reception, marketing, liaison, etc) your apt diction and grammar is just a bonus, really. I don’t care if you can spell coffee if your job is to fetch it for me. I don’t care if you can spell coffee if you’re my friend and your “job” is to enjoy a cup with me. Proper grammar and spelling may enrich relationships but typically it’s the message that matters, not the medium.
Chill out, OP. You get the message.
Here’s the funny part.
Language is a constantly evolving beast, so who knows what there, they’re, and their will become.
When you think about it, understanding these words is really context driven.
“There dog ran home.”
“There over they’re”
All of us understand those phrases, so really the use of the three types of “there” is tradition.
But I fucking hate irregardless.
RB, spelling mistakes on a resume may indicate lack of attention to detail or it may indicate lack of spelling skills / education or it may even indicate lack of proficiency where the technology is concerned. Presumption is a killer. That’s why there are so many basement musicians and closet scientists who subsist on their own brilliance… for your lack of it.
I’ve got one of the best lawyers in the country working for me… can’t spell to save his life or mine and he resists all attempts at correction but he wins because that’s what he’s good at and what he’s hired to do.
Think outside the box.
hoked on foniks werked fer mi
But using the correct type of there/their/they’re reduces confusion. Yes, you can figure out what they’re saying, but it takes extra effort, which is annoying.
I think RB’s point is that when you are running a business, you want to hire the best people; it’s not a government make-work program. If someone can’t be bothered to get it together to use a spell-check or get someone to proofread such important documents, the employer is perfectly justified in assuming that they will apply the same lack of effort to their job.
who the hell pissed in your corn flakes today.fuck the grammer police, i want the pussy police. oh, and by the way, i write like i want too, don’t like it, then move the fuck along to the next post,right people.
And yet written and mathematical errors have caused tragedies.
lol it’s annoying to me too and when will people learn that a lot is two words? As for the pussy police LOL
What are the pussy police? Please explain??
I hear ya Bro Tim, the Ironworker’s Memorial bridge in Vancouver collapsed in 1958 (as it was being built) and 19 workers died because an architect assistant did a calculation wrong, and his supervisor didn’t catch it….just a miscalculation.
I don’t think we can compare a paid architect’s ability to do his ONLY job, the core of his study and profession, to the (non) necessity for spelling and grammatical prowess to do it well. Spelling skills and arithmetic skills are two different things and often are the skill sets that separate many job titles.
It hardly matters if a person knows ‘thank you’ is actually two words if they say it at the right time AND it’s their job to do it.
Hey Rat. Bill gates is a university drop out. One might think he’d handle his business in the same way. Well, maybe if you’re one who can’t make the leap outside the box.
This would be a better bitch if you hadn’t misused a semi-colon in line 8.
Any “phrase” after said puncuation mark must stand alone as a sentence – you’ve used a sentence fragment…
Hey Yorke, you’re off the ‘mork’ with that silly “fact”, I call BS.
Hey RB, how’s that spell-checker of yours going to help with heterographs and polysemes like ‘there’ and ‘their’, huh? and it’s resumé, not resume…
Back to business college, missy…I wouldn’t WANT to work where you do…
It doesn’t really matter if someone is a super architect or hairdresser or what have you. I’m sure there are many employers who don’t give two fucks whether their employees can spell properly. But as I said, if they show carelessness in the first contact they have with said employer, the employer is not going to “give them a chance,” they are going to move on to the next person with the same qualifications who *has* taken care with their documents. It’s not about spelling really but about attention to detail. I suppose if the job seeker was extremely talented and in demand, the employer might be willing to overlook some typos or spelling errors to get that kind of talent (ie Bill Gates).
grammar whore!
I hate it when people write ‘loose’ when they mean ‘lose’.
Bugs me.
I don’t know why people get all worked up over something like this. I think people who wear crocs (or used to, I guess) are dumb but I’m not gonna cram a pole up my ass over it.
How stupid do you have to be to think irregardless is a word?
holla what — You can obviously find a website on a computer…you managed to get here !
Merriam-Websters online dictionary states-
Irreguardless.
adverb
irreguardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that ” there is no such word “.
There is such a word however, it is still used primarily in speech, although it can from time to time be found in edited prose.
It may not have general acceptance…but it is still a word.
Irreguardless of my comments , have a nice day 😉
What a fucking pompous bunch of literary Nazi shits!!!
…………Crap, ‘shoulda got “anal” in there too.
I agree with OP. It lessens the impact of your post to have such obviously complacent grammar. I just assume the writer has psuedo-intellect.
Profanity is lazy, too, and boring to read.
You can call me ‘nazi’ if you want but that’s just the way it is.
I don’t mind the odd fat-fingered mistake… but when it reads like a 4 year old or txt talk, they have it coming.
And when is the last time an engineer had to write a paper?
I had a double major and wrote less than 10 papers in all my years at university.
More time was spent on other ‘papers’…. cherry flavored… grape…..mmmm