Using Your for You're or You Are

[superstar_88]

Where does this come from?
Using your in place of you are.
i.e. your right has a totally different meaning than you're right
As does your left and you're wrong.
Are they teaching this in school nowadays?
This appears to be common usage in these times.

 

[downbound123]

Where does this come from?
Using your in place of you are.
i.e. your right has a totally different meaning than you're right
As does your left and you're wrong.
Are they teaching this in school nowadays?
This appears to be common usage in these times.

Couldn't agree more, I remember in high school there were two English classes, Lit and grammar.
Then, than, there, they're, their, mostly incorrectly used.

 

[Tomoreno]

I ain't gettin what your gettin at

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Couldn't agree more, I remember in high school there were two English classes, Lit and grammar.
Then, than, there, they're, their, mostly incorrectly used.

As in "I could care less" that is so fucked. Makes my blood boil.

 

[VIPhunter]

I know the difference and make the mistake often (Proof reading usually finds the error).

I think it has to do with me being a poor typist. I think when I'm typing I sometimes peck at the letters in a phonetic way. Your sometimes just escapes when it shouldn't.

 

[james t kirk]

Drives me nuts as well.

But interestingly enough, I have seen extremely well educated intelligent people make that mistake many times.

 

[Mandalorian]

Grammar class has gone the way of cursive in the school curriculum these days. Shame.

 

[MissCroft]

As in "I could care less" that is so fucked. Makes my blood boil.

LOL. That one bothers me too. Also, "for all intensive purposes" - it should be "for all intents and purposes".

 

[redshank]

I know someone that just cannot figure out the proper use of to/too. They use ”too“ practically every time

 

[Robert Mugabe]

LOL. That one bothers me too. Also, "for all intensive purposes" - it should be "for all intents and purposes".

.Irregardless is a nonstandard synonym for regardless, which means “without concern as to advice, warning, or hardship,” or “heedless.” Its nonstandard status is due to the double negative construction of the prefix ir- with the suffix -less. The prefix ir- means “not,” while the suffix -less means “without,” literally translating to “not without regard.” This, of course, is the opposite of what English speakers generally intend to convey when using this term; for this reason, style guides unanimously urge against using irregardless.

 

[SchlongConery]

Should people who use the contraction "Add" for advertisement sign up for Arithmetic or Spelling lessons?

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Should people who use the contraction "Add" for advertisement sign up for Arithmetic or Spelling lessons?

Not if they spell it AD.

 

[bluebro69]

One that drives me nuts, and I hear it all the time now, is all of THE sudden instead of all of A sudden.

 

[ogibowt]

new words or phrases that have replaced perfectly good ways of expression
Pivot, for change course
Moving Forward for in the future
and my personal hatred Food Insecurity for hungry

 

[Mr Bret]

I have a lot (note: a lot, not alot or allot) of friends whose (not who's) mother tongue is not English.
I'm always willing to cut those people some slack when it comes to spelling and grammar.
When I see poor spelling, grammar, and punctuation from someone whose Mather tongue is English, that makes my skin crawl.

Great examples in this thread.
Terb and similar boards and most social media are rife with examples every day.

I find the most humorous ones to be the ironic ones where the writer is pointing out to someone how stupid they are while using absolutely horrendous English to do so.

 

[oakvilleguy]

The one I see a lot used on Terb is “could of” as opposed to “could have”. Drives me nuts when I see this.

 

[VIPhunter]

new words or phrases that have replaced perfectly good ways of expression
Pivot, for change course
Moving Forward for in the future
and my personal hatred Food Insecurity for hungry

I hate the use of 'pivot' too. Change direction or change course is better. I'll admit I use moving forward too often.

It seems to have lost its lustre , but 'at the present time' for 'now' was very common a few years back.

 

[oakvilleguy]

LOL. That one bothers me too. Also, "for all intensive purposes" - it should be "for all intents and purposes".

Wow this one is a good one. I do not recall seeing “for all intents and purposes” used in a long long time.

 

[Jasmina]

I understand the differences (same with there, they're and their) and find myself doing it once in a while. Usually when I just wake up or if it is super late at night and my brain isn't going as fast as my typing. I cringe far more when I do it than (then vs than is another great example) when I see others do it. I grew up with a dyslexic family member who used to get me to edit all their stuffs though, and I think than lended me the ability to be patient and empathetic to others (more than myself) when it comes to grammar.

 

[downbound123]

then vs than

Just remember "then" is a sequence and "than" is a comparison.
I prefer oranges than apples so first I will eat the orange then I will eat the apple