fritzsch wrote: Unless you are using the word wrong.
But isn't that the case here? "your" is a legitimate word. Its just that in this sentence the word "you're" should have been used instead. So it's a correct word used incorrectly.
fritzsch wrote: Unless you are using the word wrong.
But isn't that the case here? "your" is a legitimate word. Its just that in this sentence the word "you're" should have been used instead. So it's a correct word used incorrectly.
Sidebar:
The guy who proof-read Hitler's speeches was the first grammar Nazi.
That ain't no spelling error. Its a grammar error.
T.J. wrote: I would like to discuss the death of the adverb. Seems like more and more language has evolved so that adverbs are no longer used. TV commercials have this type of error all the time. Think Different? Think differently! I think it started in the 80's when being awesome became a thing.
There is the debate amongst grammarians that you don't necessarily need to add the "-ly" suffix to the adverb to use it as such. Technically, "different" is still modifying the verb, "think."
bravenrace wrote:fritzsch wrote: Unless you are using the word wrong.But isn't that the case here? "your" is a legitimate word. Its just that in this sentence the word "you're" should have been used instead. So it's a correct word used incorrectly.
I would say that if the sentence is correct once the words are swapped, the word is being used correctly just spelled wrong, phonetically. If the sentence is still berked after switching the spellings the word (either one) was not used correctly and there is a grammar error.
I've realized I don't pronouncing your and you're the same. your is more 'yOR' and you're is 'yER'
T.J. wrote: I would like to discuss the death of the adverb. Seems like more and more language has evolved so that adverbs are no longer used. TV commercials have this type of error all the time. Think Different? Think differently! I think it started in the 80's when being awesome became a thing.
I used to hate hearing the words "it's got" instead of "it has", but I've pretty much given up on anyone on television correcting that one.
The latest thing is "needs fixed." It's common in ads for cars on Craigslist, but I heard it in a TV commercial the other day.
stuart in mn wrote: The latest thing is "needs fixed." It's common in ads for cars on Craigslist, but I heard it in a TV commercial the other day.
I remember reading that linguists have found this to be a recent midwestern thing.
Kill it with FIRE!
No apostrophe in Nazis. It's used to show possession, not plural.
Comes down to intent. If the author intended to use "your", then it is a grammar error. If they intended to use "you're", it is a spelling error. Without knowing, I would lean toward grammar.
Irregardless, the point is mute anyways.
1988RedT2 wrote: What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach
President Camacho don't kare about non this stuff
So Y should Eye?
nocones wrote: Spelling error, Grammar error; irregardless you did it wrong.
made up word … perfectly good word available for this situation …
regardless
Teh E36 M3 wrote: Irregardless, the point is mute anyways.
I here that all the time. Don't you mean moot?
Teh E36 M3 wrote: Irregardless, the point is mute anyways.
"Not regardless, the point is without volume anyways"
T.J. wrote:
wbjones wrote:nocones wrote: Spelling error, Grammar error; irregardless you did it wrong.made up word … perfectly good word available for this situation … regardless
To correct the double negative, shouldn't it be disirregardless?
Esoteric Nixon wrote: There is the debate amongst grammarians that you don't necessarily need to add the "-ly" suffix to the adverb to use it as such. Technically, "different" is still modifying the verb, "think."
Then it is a gramattical error. The word different is an adjective. It is not an adverb. The idea of grammarians debating this makes for a funny picture in my mind.
A similar issue is presented by people (especially wedding photographers) using "sneak peak" in their Facebook posts. It drives me insane.
No mountain ranges are hiding around the corner, waiting to look at their photos.
cmcgregor wrote: A similar issue is presented by people (especially wedding photographers) using "sneak peak" in their Facebook posts. It drives me insane. No mountain ranges are hiding around the corner, waiting to look at their photos.
Whoa! Put on the breaks! Your talking about wedding photographers as if their all the same.
The one that gets me all the time is when businesses put a sign up that says something like "buy one and get one for 0.99¢!" I always try to get the second one for a penny and tell them they can keep the change. Why don't they understand simple decimals?
In reply to T.J.:
You mean "brakes", not "breaks", in your first line.
Bad spelling is defiantly a problem here.
hear here
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