Your (possessive) you're (contraction for YOU ARE)

[DainBramaged]

There, I'm ( I am)the grammar Nazi today.

[Orrex]

1. Yore out of your mind.

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. I have an example you might appreciate...

When you're driving your Toyota, don't panic when you're trying to slow down and the fucking piece of shit car doesn't respond to your control inputs.

[HeresyLives]

3. Yer soooo picky.

[kudzu22]

4. They're eating their lunch over there

It's not that hard, people.

[cliffordu]

5. Yuri's not here. Can I take a note??

[sharesunited]

6. And don't forget Its (possessive) and It's (contraction for It Is)

[Skittles]

10. unless it's Cousin It's car

:7

[ProdigalJunkMail]

39. always the wrinkle! n/t

[951-Riverside]

7. Theirs a bunch of grammer nazis here. They could of been nicer.

[Duer 157099]

8. ...and fer crissakes put the apostrophe in the correct place!

it takes the place of the missing letter(s) so put it THERE

You ca'nt imagine how many times I see it put where it does'nt belong.

[mwb970]

38. I once saw a restroom labeled "Ladie's Room".

:eyes:

[asdjrocky]

9. I know that one.

It's effect and affect that get me. Also, I always have a problem with 's.

[U4ikLefty]

11. Its you're problem.

[petronius]

12. Wee dont half two tow you're grammer line hear

[EFerrari]

17. Oh, you people with your apostrophes all over the place.

Next, you'll be typing on your telephones.

[formercia]

42. ..and colons and semi-colons.

assholes and half-assed.

[ecstatic]

13. That "t" in "there" should have been capitalized.

[NYC_SKP]

14. Just use "Yer". "Yer fuckin crazy with yer chickens n goats, all dressed up, there."

Take note that I provided examples of two distinct usages for the same simple three letter word.

Without all that fancy apostrophicatin'.

:P

[DainBramaged]

15. I just spity my tea out, thank god for keyboard covers

:spray:

[HappyCynic]

18. I'm surprised...

I'm surprised you didn't go for the bonus inclusion of "thar":

"Yer fuckin crazy with yer chickens n thar goats, all dressed up, thar."

:evilgrin:

[NYC_SKP]

23. Round here we says "thur",

...like, "it's over thur in the cubburd."

You must have some pirate in yer blood. "thar"!

Arrrhh!

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

16. DUers (plural) DUer's (singular possessive) DU'ers (wth?)

[immoderate]

28. So how do you deal with Do's and Don'ts?

Sometimes you just gotta communicate.

FWIW, my pet peeve is "alot."

--imm

[EFerrari]

29. I avoid Do's and Don'ts as much as humanly possible.

:rofl:

[Blue_In_AK]

32. I don't like "alright".

Already is okay (unless you're saying we're "All ready to go") but "alright" should be "all right." I know this is a word in flux, but you will NEVER catch me typing "alright." It's just WRONG.

[Generic Other]

19. And watch out you don't get pregnant from a wiggly little comma!

"I am expecting Mother" is different from "I am expecting, Mother."

[Duer 157099]

20. I know someone who got pregnant from a wiggly little comma n/t

[Withywindle]

21. It bugs me SO MUCH that I can only rec this once.

Skinner? Can we make this a sticky at the top forever? PLEASE?

[Codeine]

22. Ur a brave man. nt

[arcadian]

24. Your splitting hares.

[demigoddess]

25. another one, women instead of woman. apparently some people don't know

the singular. these things seem to multiply like rabbits.

[Newest Reality]

26. I have resigned!

Not being perfect at all myself, I have decided to lower my criteria. Language is a living thing to me and it is born, flourishes, dies, mutates, etc.

My new criteria is about understanding what the person who is communicating is trying to relate. That's all I need in order to not become a grammar Nazi.

Context, for the intelligent, conveys enough information to allow the proper receipt of the message. There is no point in being condescending or arguing about these matters in a country that places so little value on education and its standards anyway. If I make a hand sign and you fully understand it, the communication was successful, IMHO.

In fact, we could do better by not being so hygienic about nuances, (and less elitist) if we just focus on the point and its meaning, rather than the technical aspects that were drilled into our heads by the teacher-bots who were guarding the pristine nature of grammar with their virulent prophylactic mentality.

Honestly, why belittle people and insist on their conformity when you see so many obvious and glaring errors in professional arenas like books, magazines and newspaper articles these days?

If you understand what someone has said, that should be enough and it is up to you to infer from the context. If you don't you can always ask easily for clarification. Othwerwise, it's just more divide and conquer mentality and oneupmanship these days ... what with the decline, decay, and whatnot.

[Duer 157099]

27. Buzzkill

C'mon, it's all in fun, have a laugh, there are so few things to laugh at these days.

[EFerrari]

30. You had me going right up to "context, for the INTELLIGENT".

LOL

[DainBramaged]

43. Right

[NoPasaran]

49. Yer awful preachy thar, stranger

Guess what hand sign I'm making right now?

[Blue_In_AK]

31. That one bugs me to death, too,

but I usually just let it ride.

[Lasher]

33. You have improperly included a space within the last set of parentheses.

And you have omitted a space that belongs just after that same set of parentheses.

I'm the Space Ghost today.



Edit: This is as good as the Japanese Doritos thread.

[struggle4progress]

34. Yeh! If youse cain't ferkin speech Engritch, ya ain't belongs in ma nasion!

[Rhiannon12866]

35. Thank You!

This has been driving me batty, lately... :crazy:

[TexasObserver]

36. Their, they're. Yule make yourself crazy worrying about it.

How are we going to spot the freepers if we tell them the difference between "your" and "you're"?

[mwb970]

37. While you're at it, its (possessive) it's (contraction for IT IS).

Also, plurals are never formed with an apostrophe. Extra points off for making this error in some but not all of the plurals in a sentence, as in:

The student's had lower grades, but their parent's still bought them cars.

:shrug:

[DainBramaged]

40. ..,,....,.///';;'';//.,,,) )(*&^^%$$^%%$$#

:evilgrin:

[DainBramaged]

41. Teaching grammar fail

[blueworld]

44. Ur spaysing stinx

Unless I'm (I am) being paid cold cash for my output, I don't (do not) give a flying rat's (possessive) ass, personally. As a matter of fact, I feel like a reel renegade when I scroo up my online posts.

Sorry for frustrating y'all! :rofl:

[woo me with science]

45. Didn't you get the memo?

Language evolves! Most people interchange the spellings! Only pretentious, condescending, stuffed-shirt blowhards would ever make a distinction. :eyes:

[PHIMG]

46. get over you're self!

[LeftinOH]

47. Get off you're high whores! Every body make's mistake's!

[DainBramaged]

48. I r nut a moron....

:silly: