They're Their and There

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They're Their and There

Your and You're

To, Too, and Two

There is a difference :)

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BIGGEST pet peeve!!! omg

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They're Their and There

Your and You're

To, Too, and Two

There 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.

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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 :p

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Well I don't "no" what the F this has to "dew" with nursing "butt:"

Hear, here!

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"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!

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When I am turning in school papers and making a resume and stuff, I make sure to have my stuff proofread...
Good for you. You can't trust those durn spell checkers you know...

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.

(Kind of a tangent, I know, but I've always thought that this was clever and witty)
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"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!

How 'bout "exasperate" when they mean "exacerbate?"
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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)

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.

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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.

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"Effect" when they mean "affect".

I'll admit it. I still to this day mess those up.

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You definetely knead to bookmark dis cite.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

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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!

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