All-Star Grammar Thread - Have At It

[dawgshow]

It's "voila" not "walla"

walla is only correct if followed by "bing bang"

 

[astaley22]

Also, break versus brake! It drives me crazy.

 

[Official OWECheer]

"Can I have that?" well I don't know, can you?

You should say "May I have that?"

Also- not quite grammar, but I was getting ready this morning when I overheard my roommate say, "Matte is definitely pronounced 'mat-tay'. You have to pronounce the E, it's in the word." ...we're in college. :facepalm:

Some teachers respond like that when someone asks to use the bathroom.

"I don't know, can you?"

 

[Lovemyoagirl]

At a former gym cp cheer for, the director posted a sign outside the gym doors that read the following, "Parents are not aloud on the practice floor." I told her I would be quiet, but she did not understand.

 

[Official OWECheer]

I think everyone needs to do what my mother did, and just hand out the Dictionary of Disagreeable English when I was in high school, so I could just smack people with it when they said something wrong.

Also can we talk about people doing silly things here as well! Because I have ENDLESS stories of people incapable of basic math from working in a restaurant.

Tell us!

 

[astaley22]

Some teachers respond like that when someone asks to use the bathroom.

"I don't know, can you?"

Haha my dad ALWAYS did it to me when I was younger. It definitely stuck with me!

 

[crazzyeyesassypants]

Not Grammar related but when I was learning to read in English I had the hardest time reading the word "Arkansas"! I wanted to sound it out so bad :/
I came to United States in my teens, so my writing skills aren't the best, feel free to correct my grammar anytime! lol

 

[Ally13]

I ALWAYS mess up affect/effect. The difference was never really explained well to me? So I apologize if any of my future posts use them incorrectly, but I'll do my best to get it right!

My biggest grammar pet peeve though is when people mess up "its" and "it's."

 

[FANtasticxo]

I ALWAYS mess up affect/effect. The difference was never really explained well to me? So I apologize if any of my future posts use them incorrectly, but I'll do my best to get it right!

My biggest grammar pet peeve though is when people mess up "its" and "it's."

Affect is a verb and effect is a noun.

 

[getsum]

(it was already state)

 

[gofriars610]

Waste/Waist. Forgot about that one. They're not the same things.

 

[katemarie89]

Stares/Stairs...I don't know how common it is to mess those up but I can see people messing those two up haha

 

[SmileCat]

career and Carrier. Seriously, how can these idiots on Twitter make this mistake? Although it does give Justin and the rest of us some entertainment.

This is one mistake I don't mind because Justin retweets some hilarious tweets..

 

[katemarie89]

here and hear.

I came here to hear the President's speech.

 

[Daniellerae]

Waste/Waist. Forgot about that one. They're not the same things.

I've seen 2 different facebook posts from 2 different people that both said "School is a waist of time."

Really? Is it?