Do you know your ENGLISH GRAMMAR!?

[Aloha!]

Okay, the poll is to see just how many people ACTUALLY know the proper way to write a sentence (INCLUDING SPELLING) in the English language. So, just click which one is correct and find out if you're right!

 

[dannymawg]

Where's my Chicago Manual of Style when I need it?...

Oh, wait... I'm living it :biggrin1:

 

[Lex]

"Hello there, John. Did you have a nice week?" said Daisy.

 

[mtguy1972]

curses! i read too quickly and didn't see the "you're" for "your," which is ironic since improper apostrophes and contractions are one of my bigger pet peeves. check out a book called "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." It's a good style manual.

good topic, btw

 

[Aloha!]

Hehehe, I thought it was a good topic...thus...I made it...ta-da!!

 

[D_alex8]

curses! i read too quickly and didn't see the "you're" for "your," which is ironic since improper apostrophes and contractions are one of my bigger pet peeves. check out a book called "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." It's a good style manual.

good topic, btw

Absence of capitalization clearly isn't among your bêtes noires, though. :saevil:

 

[mtguy1972]

lol...well, i make exceptions on capitalization, at least on the 'net.

i'm always up for a tongue lashing, especially from you, alex. (note the superb use of comma!). :tongue:

 

[dannymawg]

One of my benchmarks for online "dating" so far is the word "discreet". If it's spelled "discrete" (or "discret", et al), it's a turn off.

Discreet = be cool. Discrete = individual components.

 

[B_Stronzo]

Penses-tu qu' on doit expliquer la phrase "betes noires" alex?

(sorry I can't do the circonflex on this pc or it boots me from the page for some ungodly reason)

Mais peut-etre l'image du diable là nous suffira alors... mais ce diable il est rouge .. pas noir.

 

[WildHoney]

I know it , I just type in a mad rush, usually with one child hanging off my hip and a phone pressed to my ear.

Ironically, poor typing and grammar is a major turn off for me, yet I display it often when rushed :tongue:

:smile:

Honey

 

[D_alex8]

I'd like to court controversy by suggesting that all the options in the poll may be considered incorrect for one reason or another. :saevil:

 

[B_Stronzo]

I'd like to court controversy by suggesting that all the options in the poll may be considered incorrect for one reason or another. :saevil:

This thing's got the potential to go as nutso as the eggcorns thread did.

 

[Aloha!]

Depends on where you are...if you're in Canada, like I am, only one's right

 

[xrush_uncut]

I allow for certain grammatical errors on the computer because when typing quickly everyone doesn't review, but when your and you're, lets and let's, a and an are mixed up by someone who should know the English language, it's a huge turnoff. I remember learning about contractions, appositives, prepositions and other common grammatical errors at a very early age. It just seems that people don't know and don't care anymore.

These gets me upset:

"Supposably" has been added to some dictionaries. Up until a couple years ago "supposedly" was the only right way. My ears burn when a well-educated person says it the wrong way.

 

[D_alex8]

Depends on where you are...if you're in Canada, like I am, only one's right

I stand by my previous statement, no matter whether one is considering the options from the standpoint of Canadian, British, American, Australian, or New Zealand English.

That having been said, I shall watch the thread's progress with interest.

 

[Spoogesicle]

I know my English grammar quite well, thank you. It's some other people's English grammar with which I'm not particularly well-acquainted.

(Et ma bête n'est pas noire.)

 

[Aloha!]

Wow...only two thirds of people know proper English grammar...

 

[Pecker]

I missed the you're, too.

I usually speak English grammar good.

 

[Aloha!]

Hehehehe, only 3/5 people know their grammar

1/5 don't know how to use commas

10/3% don't know what proper ellipses look like, and 10 1/3% don't know their homonyms...

 

[b.c.]

My Granma ain't English.