couldn't find the rant forum so put it here instead :)

i suspect some will agree with me, and some will feel i'm being pedantic

but IT'S HAVE,NOT OF!!!!!!!

how hard is that to grasp, they are 2 different words with different meanings FGS!
i know not everyone is totally faultless with spelling and grammar and it doesn't bother me if people make the odd mistake but come on folks, i can understand 10 year old kids writing it probably because in their hand held electronic device generation they probably don't know much different, but grown adults?

44 year old's really should know it's could have/would have/should have not friggin of!




oh and another one...his instead of he's!!!

We will'nt of none have that now. Grammar haves none places here.
Laugh or your eyes will pop out.

Sorry giant, i didn't mean to shrink your head.

Tsk tsk tsk...... you fail!

But for this, you were almost perfect except for not capitalizing the 'i' (applause applause)

I was just talking to Tilly today about the standard of English in this site, and that for someone coming from where English is a second language, our command of English would and have put many where English is their official language to shame..... hehehehe!

But sometimes I do botch some of my postings..... and then I can blame my sticky computer keys or my auto spell...... or maybe, the speech to text????

Where are your capital I's? Quick - do a bit more editing while there's still time!

What about the lack of capitalization at the beginning of each sentence?

What about the misuse of an apostrophe? What about improper or missing punctuation?

The OP gets a ticket from the grammar police.

Humm thought I was back in school again....

Hell as long as I can read it I could care less which word they should have used...

I have a hell of a lot more to worry about then someone else spelling...

wat?

we's sposed ta of lernd gramur ta bee a adult?
I must of mis skool dat day.

sorry couldn't resist.

while I am fluently literate in more than one language, I have to admit that I don't worry about it in informal settings.
have a great day

Ok, the point was not about the use,or, lack of, grammar as i actually said in the OP
it was more about the fact that people use a word for entirely the wrong meaning.
you wouldn't say "i can" when you really mean "i can't" so why is of.have acceptable??
have a good day people :)

Humm cause there and their sound so much alike as so many words that seem to irate others..that sound alike...

Where I can and I can't does not...

Spelling to me, does not determine the person.. I have mixed up those words many times myself..

I have seen so many that have went off on others for spelling.. I guess it is just not something that I feel should be pointed out... to make them feel even less adequate.

I think it's far more important for you to know what they mean.

Other than that, this is kind of the problem with having pictures on profiles.

People believe they are having a direct conversation, speaking to someone, not writing an idea.

They are translating emotions into ideas into sounds into words.

When you write you translate ideas into words, you aren't using your fingers as a replacement for the mouth.

When you speak in social settings you translate emotions into sounds.


But it depends on where you are coming across this.
In person, in professional emails, or on the forums.

If I am having a conversation with someone face to face and they say something like "supposably they's was volumptuous" and you know they are an idiot.
Online, you just can't have the same standards, because there are extra processes involved between the brain and what's typed on the screen.
Typing social interaction your brain is constantly shifting and interfering with itself jumping from modes of professional/student communication and social communication.

If you read the forums you will notice people will also leave out entire words.

It's unnatural, impersonal communication that people are trying to make personal and natural.

That means there will be problems.

I blame newspapers. In the USA, proper grammar is not a given in newspaper stories.

I don't understand when people say "Off of". "I got this new bike off of the guy living nextdoor":-) 'Off' means something completely different to 'Of'. Sorry for the lecture but I know I'm right.

I knew I shouldn't of looked at this topic, I suppose I could of avoided it. but then I wonder what I would of done instead.so here I am replying

and the schools hehe

ya'll gettin all ruffled and stuff over ya know..like words

I feel your pain, OP. If I wasted time correcting everyone's spelling and grammatical mistakes online or elsewhere, I would never leave my seat. I constantly notice the same mistakes, even the one which you mentioned. It irks me too but I just train myself to pass it by.

I actually corrected a friend on the mistake which you mentioned but he wouldn't stop. He was so used to writing incorrectly. He even argued with me, much to my disgust. So it's not worth getting worked up over it.