sale ?

[Hateful McNasty]

Ironic that you'd rant about a common spelling / grammatical error and yet have multiple capitalization and spacing errors in your rant.

In any event, sell vs. sale is nowhere near as annoying as lose vs. loose or loss vs. lost. As in:

"I'm going to loose my mind next time someone says 'my lost, your gain' in one of their for sale ads!"

Guilty..

 

[Arzrover]

Or how about to, too, and two...
Chock instead of choke...
Shot used instead of shoot ?

There are so many...

There was a pretty detailed thread about this a couple of years ago...

 

[Chukar60]

Face it, education sucks in this nation. Basic grammar skills have been left on the floor along with basic math.
Texting and social media have been the death of basic grammar skills.
Auto correct on this site is horrendous. I don’t know if it is the site or my computer but I cannot post a simple sentence without re-reading it a couple time just to make sure I don’t have something written that may get e in trouble or have the spell police after me.

 

[Sawney Bean]

Damn phone sometimes puts words in that are not at all what I was typing and I don't proofread enough.

They'll do it repeatedly too. It really annoys TF out of me.

 

[SDellinger]

I think most people don't read what they have typed before hitting post.

 

[dv8eod]

I don’t know if it is the site or my computer but I cannot post a simple sentence without re-reading it a couple time just to make sure I don’t have something written that may get e in trouble or have the spell police after me.

Missed one in here....



Sorry. Couldn't resist...

 

[Bngen3]

be on any automotive forum and the amount of posts talking about brakes spelled as breaks

 

[stu69]

Those who live in glass houses.......

 

[Hateful McNasty]

This should throw some light on spelling.

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Heck that's just ebonics.

 

[jccams]

Face it, education sucks in this nation. Basic grammar skills have been left on the floor along with basic math.
Texting and social media have been the death of basic grammar skills.
Auto correct on this site is horrendous. I don’t know if it is the site or my computer but I cannot post a simple sentence without re-reading it a couple time just to make sure I don’t have something written that may get e in trouble or have the spell police after me.

Is US history even taught anymore?

 

[techna]

There’s a few more that stand out like nails on a chalkboard for me, but I never call the individuals out for them. Hell, I screw up ALL of the time (just ask my wife), plus I’Im sure it’s a translation issue sometimes, and at other times due to regional differences. “Brakes” and “breaks” are a good example. Neither “muzzle break” or “my car’s breaks” are correct where I’m from, but I see both used often by people living in Europe. Are those correct on the other side of the Atlantic from where I live? I don’t know.
How about “conditions“ vs “condition“ (as in: “rifle is in good conditions” ) which is one I see often? I’m not sure about this one either.
Another one I notice every time is the improper use of the past tense of a word. A couple of examples would be :”My house needs cleaned.” or “My car needs repaired.”
I do notice all of these, but beyond maybe causing a slight facial tick, narrowing of the eyes, and an involuntary head jerk, I don’t react.

Now all bets are off if I ever read: “The last time I drove my car the breaks were in good conditions, but now they need repaired.”

 

[Bill_D]

SAIL
Ok I am a smart xss

 

[ctshooter]

Since we’re venting our pet peeve rants here. I cannot stand people who say mines instead of mine. The word is singular for f’s sake.

 

[AirNGasman]

Well, obviously theirs something wrong with there grasp of they're first language.

 

[BluegrassBill2020]

Guess i will keep my rants to myself , sorry if i offended any one .

Much Ado About Nothing........ Bill

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

Well, obviously theirs something wrong with there grasp of they're first language.

Don't forget the new hotness. TheRR.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Is US history even taught anymore?

Yes as long as it's c.r.t. And civics is a no -no .. lol when covid hit and folks had home schooling a bunch woke up to what there public school was really about .. the agenda brainwash

 

[Ezana4CE]

Common misconception. I think it’s mainly an education thing. I recall trying to help another small business owner with her marketing. She would use “sale” instead of “sale” when I simplified things by explaining that “sale” is a noun and “sell” is the verb. She still insisted on using “sale” as a verb. I concluded that without a decent foundation in grammar (specifically verb conjugation) it is probably tough to comprehend simple explanations like this. I get it. I didn’t have a strong foundation either, but when I studied other languages, English made more sense to me.

Face it, education sucks in this nation. Basic grammar skills have been left on the floor along with basic math.
Texting and social media have been the death of basic grammar skills.
Auto correct on this site is horrendous. I don’t know if it is the site or my computer but I cannot post a simple sentence without re-reading it a couple time just to make sure I don’t have something written that may get e in trouble or have the spell police after me.

pretty much what I was going to say.

 

[Florida_Man]

I have to review reports written by grown adults for a serious profession, and have questioned my own expectations. I catch mistakes online, but I leave my energy for the tasks I get paid for. haha

 

[Florida_Man]

Common misconception. I think it’s mainly an education thing. I recall trying to help another small business owner with her marketing. She would use “sale” instead of “sale” when I simplified things by explaining that “sale” is a noun and “sell” is the verb. She still insisted on using “sale” as a verb. I concluded that without a decent foundation in grammar (specifically verb conjugation) it is probably tough to comprehend simple explanations like this. I get it. I didn’t have a strong foundation either, but when I studied other languages, English made more sense to me.

pretty much what I was going to say.

Adjectives have ALWAYS been my favorite words.
Randy as a noun, meh. Randy as an adjective, now thats an interesting conversation.
"That AAA Paradigm makes me randy."