Which grammar mistake is the most frustrating?

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#1 abdelmessih101
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We see them all the time in the forums, and although I try to write with correct grammar, I generally don't bother other people about it unless I can't understand them. However, it's always frustrating because I can't help but have the impression that the user who is mixing up there, their, and they're is just a moron. Even if the point he's making is solid, (which is usually not the case), I imagine him to be stupid.

So yeah, mixups between there, they're, and their are the ones that annoy me the most. What about you?

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#2 rawsavon
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On here: your/you're
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#3 p00zer
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Where's "it's"? I hate that one. No apostrophe in the possessive for that word :evil:!

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#4 wstfld
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I don't care about grammar unless it becomes totally unreadable.
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#5 mindstorm
Member since 2003 • 15255 Posts
Mostly a bad use of pronouns. However, this error is often a rather funny one.
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#6 GrandJury
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It really does not bother me since it is an internet forum. Grammar mistakes are bound to happen. I make them sometimes.
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#7 abdelmessih101
Member since 2007 • 5230 Posts

Where's "it's"? I hate that one. No apostrophe in the possessive for that word :evil:!

p00zer

I forgot about that one. :oops:

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#8 Dark__Link
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To/too/two. If you can't get that right, there's no hope for you.
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#9 abdelmessih101
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To/too/two. If you can't get that right, there's no hope for you.Dark__Link
That's what I think about there/their/they're and your/you're as well :P
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#10 Brutal_Elitegs
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have, of no i kid, i could care less
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#11 MetroidPrimePwn
Member since 2007 • 12399 Posts

Then/than.

More then is a completely different sentence fragment from More than...

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#12 LZ71
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To/too/two. If you can't get that right, there's no hope for you.Dark__Link
Agreed. This is the one I notice the most often, and it's not even that hard to figure it out which to use.
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#13 Espada12
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I don't really care for grammar as much as bad spelling. Hilariously enough I spell things incorrectly alot on this forum as well but I think that's mostly due to fast typing more than anything else.

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#14 binpink
Member since 2009 • 9163 Posts

Not that it happens here a lot but when people incorrectly add an apostrophe to pluralize things.

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#15 MetroidPrimePwn
Member since 2007 • 12399 Posts

Not that it happens here a lot but when people incorrectly add an apostrophe to pluralize things.

binpink

Yeah, those comment's annoy me, to :P

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#16 Nerkcon
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I have to admit something... I always knew I was doing something wrong when I wrote 'farther', I have never seen the word 'further' before. :P
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#17 Gonzafan
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Then/Than. I don't know when to use Then and when to use Than.

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#18 binpink
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[QUOTE="binpink"]

Not that it happens here a lot but when people incorrectly add an apostrophe to pluralize things.

MetroidPrimePwn

Yeah, those comment's annoy me, to :P

AH! Ya got me.

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#19 Snipes_2
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[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]

[QUOTE="binpink"]

Not that it happens here a lot but when people incorrectly add an apostrophe to pluralize things.

binpink

Yeah, those comment's annoy me, to :P

AH! Ya got me.

He also used "to" instead of "Too" :P You got a double "I see what you did thar" Post :lol:
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#20 bloodling
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They're all equally bad. I don't see what's so frustrating about ignorance.

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#21 binpink
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[QUOTE="binpink"]

[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]

Yeah, those comment's annoy me, to :P

Snipes_2

AH! Ya got me.

He also used "to" instead of "Too" :P You got a double "I see what you did thar" Post :lol:

I saw that too. I've been had. :P

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#22 Theokhoth
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"Women/Woman."

That is the single most annoying grammar mistake in the universe. Like, when the aliens invade and people are posting about it on the Internet, they're gonna look at it and be like, "WTF!"

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#23 Atheists_Pwn
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is/are IS IS SINGULAR ARE = PLURAL they are he is
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#24 rockguy92
Member since 2007 • 21559 Posts
Misspellings in general.
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#25 black_tempest
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I'm not too picky when it comes to grammar mistakes, as I am far from perfect, although really poor grammar does make me sad :P
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#26 cowplayinghalo
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[QUOTE="Snipes_2"][QUOTE="binpink"]

AH! Ya got me.

binpink

He also used "to" instead of "Too" :P You got a double "I see what you did thar" Post :lol:

I saw that too. I've been had. :P

And he threw in an unnecessary comma at the end! Oh lawdy.... However, I started a sentence with "and".
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#27 NarutoFever1
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Then and than can get annoying, though I've mostly got the odds and ends ironed out.

Further and farther, too.

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#28 hyrueprince11
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well I probably make all of them so none

at least I have an excuse since english is not my native language

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#29 kingdavid562
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I'm not too picky when it comes to grammar mistakes, as I am far from perfect, although really poor grammar does make me sad :Pblack_tempest
dont let it get you down...lol.. i mistake mispell every thing and i love makeing theis people mad!! Hahahahahaha!!!!
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#30 kingdavid562
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well I probably make all of them so none

at least I have an excuse since english is not my native language

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#31 ghoklebutter
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it's, its and to, too, two. The comma splice is also annoying.
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#32 ghoklebutter
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"Women/Woman."

That is the single most annoying grammar mistake in the universe. Like, when the aliens invade and people are posting about it on the Internet, they're gonna look at it and be like, "WTF!"

Theokhoth
I wonder what the woman aliens would look like. :P
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#33 darktruth007
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Personally I don't really care when someone makes a mistake - as long as I can grasp the context of the message (which is pretty much all the time). If someone makes a mistake - I view it with amusement rather than annoyance - obviously they are so concerned with getting their point across they can't be bothered to dot every I or cross every T - which to me is perfectly ok.

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#34 Velocitas8
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To/too/two. If you can't get that right, there's no hope for you.Dark__Link

Exactly. I don't understand how you can even confuse those.

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#35 NightEyes7
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Along with the other ones listed, my most recent pet peeves are: spelling follow as fallow. And using the expression "I could care less". It's supposed to be "I couldn't care less". Ugh.
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#36 needled24-7
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i think you're/your is tied with they're/(their/there). i can more understand getting their/there mixed up than getting either of those mixed up with they're.

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#37 stanleycup98
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"I could care less" Annoying.
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#38 NarutoFever1
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"I could care less"

Annoying.

http://www.incompetech.com/Images/caring.png

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#39 bloodling
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"I could care less"

Annoying.

http://www.incompetech.com/Images/caring.png

NarutoFever1

Yeah, I couldn't care less is better.

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#40 dragon7x2k
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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

"Women/Woman."

That is the single most annoying grammar mistake in the universe. Like, when the aliens invade and people are posting about it on the Internet, they're gonna look at it and be like, "WTF!"

ghoklebutter
I wonder what the woman aliens would look like. :P

If TV and videogames are a good source, they look exactly like humans but they have funky skin colors and tentacles instead of hair
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#41 needled24-7
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"I could care less"

Annoying.

http://www.incompetech.com/Images/caring.png

NarutoFever1

omg one of my professors said that today! i really felt like asking her "don't you mean 'i couldn'tcare less?'" but i didn't do it...

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#42 dave123321
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the incorrect phrase "I could care less" tends to annoy me.
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#43 Shad0ki11
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Don't forget "Should/could/would of" ("Should/could/would have")

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#44 RoslindaleOne
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[QUOTE="NarutoFever1"]

"I could care less"

Annoying.

http://www.incompetech.com/Images/caring.png

needled24-7

omg one of my professors said that today! i really felt like asking her "don't you mean 'i couldn'tcare less?'" but i didn't do it...

An NPC said the same thing in Oblivion. I think Bethesda put it in the game to irritate me.

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#45 jeremiah06
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It really does not bother me since it is an internet forum. Grammar mistakes are bound to happen. I make them sometimes.GrandJury
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#46 D_Battery
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I, find that, overuse of, commas, is really, y'know, annoying.
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#47 sammyjenkis898
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Your/You're It just irritates me when I see that mistake.
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#48 abdelmessih101
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[QUOTE="GrandJury"]It really does not bother me since it is an internet forum. Grammar mistakes are bound to happen. I make them sometimes.jeremiah06
The truth has been spoken!

The fact that it's an internet forum means that I don't mind when people leave out apostrophes or punctuation or when they occasionally shorten words or use abbreviations. However, I can't help but cringe when I see the phrase "your stupid" (my stupid what?) or "there good developers" (where?)
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#49 abdelmessih101
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Don't forget "Should/could/would of" ("Should/could/would have")

Shad0ki11
Oh yeah that's extremely annoying! :x Should've sounds like "should of" but how the **** does that make any sense. :|
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#50 oOPrettyNPinkOo
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Definitely the first two choices on the poll