Nursing Students General Students
Published Mar 8, 2011
They're Their and There
Your and You're
To, Too, and Two
There is a difference :)
sj73201, BSN, RN
204 Posts
BIGGEST pet peeve!!! omg
Music in My Heart
1 Article; 4,109 Posts
They're Their and ThereYour and You'reTo, Too, and TwoThere is a difference :)
Their, they're now.
Their are two many homonyms in English too expect that they're will never bee any mistakes. Just bare with them.
And don't lye, ewe make them, two, don't yew? Eye no aye dew.
Aisle say this, though... appropriate homonyms our the marque of an educated mined.
~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN
5,259 Posts
That's true, but I find myself questioning their professionalism when I get emails from teachers, colleagues, etc that misspell words or don't use proper grammar.
When I am turning in school papers and making a resume and stuff, I make sure to have my stuff proofread and I take time to ensure it's done properly. When I am posting on a message board I am in a hurry, often type faster than I think and I admit, I am lazier to proofread. I post and submit, sometimes when I see some pretty bad errors I go back and edit. But mostly it's as is. I try to be cognizant of what I am typing in an informal setting but I am not going to spend all this time perfecting it. I do struggle with certain aspects of grammar and spelling and I have tried to learn them over and over again, but something just doesn't click with certain words. I have other strengths though and know I am an intelligent person in-spite of my imperfect spelling and grammar.
That said though, I absolutely think in certain settings it is very unprofessional. Last week I was emailing a few prospects on house cleaners. One girl had a great ad, seemed really friendly and had a great price, but her reply email looked like something I would expect from a 14 year old. I didn't correspond with her further because of that. An informal email with a friend though, nah I am not going to take all the time to perfect it. My friends accept me for who I am. Bad spelling and grammar and all
Raidernurse
15 Posts
Well I don't "no" what the F this has to "dew" with nursing "butt:"
Hear, here!
Hygiene Queen
2,232 Posts
"Women" when they mean "woman".
"No" when they mean "know".
"Advise" when they mean "advice".
"Effect" when they mean "affect".
Ugh! Those are my biggest peeves!
I never correct anyone, except (not "accept") my kids.
I won't even text them using "text speak".
Beyond what I must teach my kids, I don't consider myself to be "The Grammar Police"!
But I still feel annoyed when I see really really bad spelling and grammar!
When I am turning in school papers and making a resume and stuff, I make sure to have my stuff proofread...
Ode to the Spell CheckerEye halve a spelling chequerIt came with my pea seaIt plainly marques four my revueMiss steaks eye kin knot sea.Eye strike a key and type a wordAnd weight four it two sayWeather eye am wrong oar writeIt shows me strait a weigh.As soon as a mist ache is maidIt nose bee fore two longAnd eye can put the error riteIts rare lea ever wrong.Eye have run this poem threw itAye am shore your pleased two noIts letter perfect awl the weighMy chequer tolled me so.
Ode to the Spell Checker
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
Aye am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me so.
"Women" when they mean "woman"."No" when they mean "know"."Advise" when they mean "advice"."Effect" when they mean "affect".Ugh! Those are my biggest peeves!
Good for you. You can't trust those durn spell checkers you know...(Kind of a tangent, I know, but I've always thought that this was clever and witty)
(Kind of a tangent, I know, but I've always thought that this was clever and witty)
Exactly why I have it proofread by a friend that is a grammar and spelling nazi. lol
I have to admit though, the new Microsoft 2010 does a pretty good job picking up the words that are spelled correctly but used improperly now. I also do better at spotting errors in work outside of my own. My teenager dreads when I look over his stuff. I was shocked at how well I did in my college entrance placement test for the grammar and spelling. It was a lot of proofreading stuff and I scored really well. Didn't expect it since it's such a weak area for me.
Oh and a pet peeve of mine, when people claim to be spelling and grammar nazi's and have spelling and grammar errors in the same post stating all this. I see that one happen a lot on forums.
That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B
3,421 Posts
I'll admit it. I still to this day mess those up.
DayDreamin ER CRNP
640 Posts
You definetely knead to bookmark dis cite.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
AOx1
961 Posts
This is frustrating! However, I must say that the funniest things I've ever seen have been iphone autocorrect mistakes. My students were having a bake sale a month ago and I texted my husband and offered to bring home baked goods; at least, that's what I thought I typed. He seemed extremely enthusiastic in his response, and I then noticed that I had been autocorrected and had instead offered to bring home "naked goods."
You need to see the website D*mn you autocorrect!