Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

David13, MSN, RN · Apr 1, 2009

Absolutely! I notice this error quite frequently. I realize that people can be in a hurry or that some are just not very good at spelling or grammar, but I believe that often it is mere carelessness. :scrm:

carluvscats · Apr 1, 2009

In a former life, I worked with a teacher who would say "she borrowed me an umbrella/book/etc."....... yikes.

simpliicomplex · Apr 1, 2009

I was wondering if anyone else caught that "alot". LOL!!
Add: their, they're, there, misuse of I and me and all the others previously mentioned.

Lol @ the "alot"

nrswnabee · Apr 1, 2009

it sure does...same thing with interchanging "their" "there" and "they're"

MMARN, BSN, RN · Apr 1, 2009

Count me. It drives me INSANE! :banghead:

allnurses Guide · Apr 1, 2009

The misuse of principal and principle gets on my nerves also.
Easy way to remember: the princiPAL is your PAL at school.

That is exactly how my teacher taught it in elementary school. The principal is your pal.

steph

Nascar nurse, ASN, RN · Apr 1, 2009

8. Desert/Dessert- A desert is a hot, dry patch of sand. Dessert, on the other hand, is the sweet, fatty substance you eat at the end of your meal.

My Mom always preached that dessert had 2 S's in it just like strawberry shortcake. (Just a good way to remember this)

lamazeteacher · Apr 1, 2009

Yes, it does. I am a grammar and spelling freak.
I think, as professionals, we should be mindful of these.

I absolutely agree!

The other thing that freaks me out is the wrong placement of "I" and "me". "I" goes before the verb."Me" follows "and" or "for" or "with", after the verb. When people who are not native English speakers, make errors, it's not usually that, as they've been well schooled about it. They may leave an article out or misplace the verb in a sentence, which is more excusable.

A University graduate should reflect their higher education, and be expected to adhere to higher standards.

katie_c_s · Apr 1, 2009

I can really relate to this topic! I learned all the grammar I ever needed to know in my 8th grade English class and have been annoyed with stuff like this ever since. I especially don't like when people misuse "to" and "too". I mean, come on!! Great topic to vent with others on!

*ac* · Apr 1, 2009

Me neither......got done with that whole mess several years ago........thank goodness!
However, I've been called the "Spelling Nazi" since I was a child, mainly because I am totally anal-retentive about correct spelling and punctuation. In the old days when we had typewriters, I was known to rip up an entire page of work and start over again if I found even a minor typo that I couldn't easily conceal with correction tape and a carefully measured typeover. And now that I do everything on a computer keyboard, I often don't notice a typo until I've completed the sentence, and then rather than go back and correct just the mistake, I delete everything I typed after it and start over again. I don't know why.
However, I try not to be judgmental toward people who aren't as uptight as I am. I used to work with a nurse who could barely spell 'cat'; her charting was atrocious, and I thought that if I had to spend my career following her and reading her descriptions of a patient's "seazur", I'd lose my mind. But once I got to know her, I learned that if I ever needed a nurse, I'd have wanted her taking care of me, because she knew her stuff and she was a wonderfully compassionate human being in the bargain. So what if she spelled everything phonetically and didn't know an apostrophe from a comma? She measured up where it really counted.........out there on the floor.

I'm not judging anyone. I'm not the greatest speller and some of my charting grammar is atrocious. I have rarely corrected anyone. Some posts on this site are beyond correction, anyway. Many, however, are very well wriiten except for constant use of "your" instead of "you're". Today it was really bugging me.

*ac* · Apr 1, 2009

Actually, rather than someones grammatical errors, I am more appalled by other ongoing events of more serious nature. But I won't misdirect this thread.

I would like to suggest that if you accidentally open a thread on a topic which you have no interest in at all, that you just hit the back button and move on. That way there will be no risk of misdirecting it.

*ac* · Apr 1, 2009

"There/their/they're" bugs me, too. My daughter had a high school ENGLISH teacher misuse these, claiming that the usage rules changed in the '70's.
LOL, what drugs did that teacher do in the 70's??????!!
Hahaha. She also had never read or even heard of the novel, Watership Down. I found that amazing. It was a G/T level class, too.