Grammar on the webz

[Further]

Mostly, I'm fine with letting it slide, but the mixing up of their and there, and the swapping of your and you're get under my skin. Anyway, saw this Mac Lethal rap about your and you're and thought is worth sharing.
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[Mediocre Man]

I almost always let it slide, as I know I am horrible with grammar. However, then and than getting mixed up is infuriating to me.

 

[Further]

one that used to bother me, but not so much anymore is effect and affect.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

That was pretty good.

 

[Further]

That was pretty good.

Ya, fun and funny, while being skilled, good mix.

 

[Mediocre Man]

one that used to bother me, but not so much anymore is effect and affect.

I still don't have a clue how to use either in many circumstances

 

[Further]

I still don't have a clue how to use either in many circumstances

that's why it stopped bothering me, I realized that most people, even intelligent people get it wrong often. (EDIT: my bad grammar, I should have said "often get it wrong")

The other one that used to get to me, but I have let go is less versus fewer. There are a bunch that make me feel like a grammar Nazi, but the their vs there and your vs you're are the super basic ones everyone should know.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Every time I see one of Mac's newer videos (this, Pale kid raps even faster, the pancake song), I can't believe the guy in the battle below now has multiple youtube videos with millions of views.

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[THE HCP]

I still don't know which effect or affect to use.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Apostrophe plurals make me grind my teeth...

 

[BlazerWookee]

I still don't know which effect or affect to use.

One is a verb, another is a noun, and the third is a preposition.

 

[THE HCP]

^see this actually doesn't help me at all.

 

[RR7]

one that bugs me is when people spell out something they've likely heard many times, but have never seen in print. Leading to.....So and so is a pre-madonna.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

one that bugs me is when people spell out something they've likely heard many times, but have never seen in print. Leading to.....So and so is a pre-madonna.

Well, what if it's Dennis Rodman, and he's referring to ladies he was with before the Material Girl?

 

[Further]

^see this actually doesn't help me at all.

It's more complex than this, but here is a quick version.

Effect with an e has a lot of subtle meanings as a noun, but to me the meaning "a result" seems to be at the core of all the definitions. For example, you can say, "The effect was eye-popping," or "The sound effects were amazing," or "The rain had no effect on Amy's hairdo." - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ed...t-versus-effect?page=all#sthash.SfqCEMaV.dpuf

Affect with an a means "to influence," as in, "The arrows affected Aardvark," or "The rain affected Amy's hairdo." Affect can also mean, roughly, "to act in a way that you don't feel," as in, "She affected an air of superiority." - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ed...t-versus-effect?page=all#sthash.SfqCEMaV.dpuf

For a more in depth explanation http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/affect-versus-effect?page=all

 

[RR7]

Well, what if it's Dennis Rodman, and he's referring to ladies he was with before the Material Girl?

If Dennis Rodman knows how to work a computer well enough to go into forums and discuss his conquests pre-Madonna, then I'll let it slide.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Also:

Affect as a noun can refer to emotion.
Effect as a verb can mean "to bring about," as in, "to effect changes."

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Having studied linguistics, I have many boring things to say about grammar. However, the one thing I always tell my students is:

There is no such thing as grammar. If you say it, it's correct. Grammar is simply a way that humans document the rules of language, and the rules are always changing. Learning when to use who and when to use whom is much less important than learning how to say what you want to say clearly, effectively and persuasively.

 

[Nate4Prez]

If someone uses the wrong your or you're it doesn't bother me nearly as much as when someone uses "ur."

 

[Mediocre Man]

My father told me to work and study hard and you will be able to hire someone who knows all that crap.

I miss my father

 

[Natebishop3]

If someone uses the wrong your or you're it doesn't bother me nearly as much as when someone uses "ur."

Exactly.

I can't stand all the crappy habits that texting has given to an entire generation of kids.

 

[crandc]

As an editor, it drives me batshit crazy. But then I'm already batshit crazy.

 

[e_blazer]

Having studied linguistics, I have many boring things to say about grammar. However, the one thing I always tell my students is:

There is no such thing as grammar. If you say it, it's correct. Grammar is simply a way that humans document the rules of language, and the rules are always changing. Learning when to use who and when to use whom is much less important than learning how to say what you want to say clearly, effectively and persuasively.

I like your approach in theory, but for it to be relevant you're going to have to try to convince the SAT Nazis that kids should be allowed such leeway when taking college entrance exams. I doubt you would be able to affect their scoring system with your logic and the effect might be a kid not making it into their school of choice.

 

[e_blazer]

As an editor, it drives me batshit crazy. But then I'm already batshit crazy.

LOL!

 

[THE HCP]

The one that bugs me is when people try to spell all gangster and purposely spell words wrong. It hurts to read.

 

[Further]

The one that bugs me is when people try to spell all gangster and purposely spell words wrong. It hurts to read.

haha, the only word I wont say or write, even with the "a" at the end is the N-word. Not that I'm against others using it with forethought and with respect to context, but I doubt I'll ever touch that word.

 

[BlazerWookee]

one that bugs me is when people spell out something they've likely heard many times, but have never seen in print. Leading to.....So and so is a pre-madonna.

I would of said the same thing...

 

[BlazerWookee]

^see this actually doesn't help me at all.

Two words: That's what I meant to happen, FAMS!

 

[BlazerWookee]

It hurts to read.

Why does this not surprise me?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Their versus there versus they're. And your versus you're.

There are a few others I've noticed that drive me a wee bit crazy, including one in this thread, but I'm learning to let them go, as I learn to accept that many of you guys are complete idiots.