Gratuitous have a go at shite spelling thread

[PaoloRossiJohnson]

Oh, and all those people that want us to get a new stadium at Flamer or Farmer...!!!

 

[Little Piggy]

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[The Large One]

Cue gratuitous bad spelling for hilarious comic effect...

Not that anyone has been trying to prove my point.

A list of some of the more common errors:

There / their / they're
Your / you're
Were / We're (they don't even sound the same)


NB: There are two common purposes for an apostrophe (although there are others). They are (a) possessive (b) contraction.

Possessive
Used after a noun and usually followed by an 's' to indicate that article's possession. e.g. Alan's computer, Mary's car. The additional 's' is not used when the noun ends with an 's'. e.g. James' house, the supporters' club (Some branches of linguistics do use this extra 's' - it is known as the Oxford plural). Be careful when using these. The supporter's club is the club belonging to an individual. The supporters' club belongs to many people.

This is NOT the case for the possessive associated with a pronoun. e.g its, theirs, yours.

Contraction
Used to indicate missing letters. e.g. do not becomes don't, was not becomes wasn't, it is becomes it's.

These may not be the dictionary's defintions, but they are the basic outline rules. As with all rules in the English language, there are exceptions, but you won't go too far wrong with these.

Don't bother thanking me - just get it right.

 

[The Large One]

May I suggest that a couple of pedants point out bad grammar and punctuation after each post? Genuine spelling mistakes may be forgiven, but bad English won't.

I nominate: Easy 10 and Dave the Gaffer.

Bye.

 

[Biscuit]

Dave your a wanker mate.

 

[Wilko]

Dave your a wanker mate.

you're

 

[Biscuit]

oh my god...

 

[Wilko]

oh my god...

How are you doing chav ?? Got any exams next week, I am in every day

 

[poke]

How are you doing chav ?? Got any exams next week, I am in every day

i'm in on wednesday

 

[Wilko]

i'm in on wednesday

I am in the Hall for the 9am exam - Will give you a wave

 

[Biscuit]

afternoon on the 7th.

 

[Simster]

Why do people have such difficulty with "lose" (pronounced looz) and "loose" (looss). People always get them mixed up.

Same applies to "breath" (breth) and "breathe" (breeth).

*tch*

 

[Easy 10]

May I suggest that a couple of pedants point out bad grammar and punctuation after each post? Genuine spelling mistakes may be forgiven, but bad English won't.

I nominate: Easy 10 and Dave the Gaffer.

Bye.

Hmmmm...I like it. Easy 10 and Dave the Gaffer - the Grammar Police.

Bagsey I'm Bad Cop.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Where are Richie Morris and garethjamesuk when you need them?!

Popped out for a spell?


(Exeunt - pursued by tellyscope)

 

[Yorkie]

Berkshire Seagull has opions, everyone else has opinions.

 

[ManxSeagull]

I think this thread is a cue for Wozza to make a burst of posting, correcting all the spelling and grammar mistakes that he has noticed over the past week.

 

[Strike]

This was posted by Richie Morris
The man is a legend and out best player.

Just joking Richie

I get sick of Wozza going on when I on few occasions get stick from him for making a little spelling error. Why don't he just leave me alone.

 

[Rangdo]

Theres a difference between spelling mistakes and typing errors.
'Should of' instead of 'should have' gets me

 

[Braders]

I get sick of Wozza going on when I on few occasions get stick from him for making a little spelling error. Why don't he just leave me alone.

it is not just you mate

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I make a lot of mistakes. I admit that. It is not because I cannot spell or because my grammer is bad. It is because this is only an internet message board and I cannot really be arsed to check through every post I write for spelling and grammer. I assumed (wrongly) that people on here would not be so pedantic.