Sibbo to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat screams "poorly educated"?message-square489fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down135
arrow-up1258arrow-down1message-squareWhat screams "poorly educated"?Sibbo to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square489fedilink
minus-squarepersonlinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agoUsing an apostrophe in plurals. Don’t know why but this one drives me insane. Also they’re/there/their and you’re/your
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoBreak/brake Write one long block of text, no punctuation, capitalization or paragraph breaks.
minus-squarepersonlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoMaybe it’s okay for something short, like texting, but proper grammar and punctuation are kind of necessary for the longer chunks of text.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years agoI personally find your/you’re very tricky for whatever reason. Like, I know which one I’m supposed to use, but I occasionally find myself using the wrong one every now and then for some inexplicable reason.
minus-squaremaegul (he/they)linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYes. Especially when typing. Hand writing tends to filter the confusion out more.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years agoEveryone knows the real plural is ATM machines.
Using an apostrophe in plurals. Don’t know why but this one drives me insane.
Also they’re/there/their and you’re/your
Break/brake
Write one long block of text, no punctuation, capitalization or paragraph breaks.
Maybe it’s okay for something short, like texting, but proper grammar and punctuation are kind of necessary for the longer chunks of text.
I personally find your/you’re very tricky for whatever reason.
Like, I know which one I’m supposed to use, but I occasionally find myself using the wrong one every now and then for some inexplicable reason.
Yes. Especially when typing. Hand writing tends to filter the confusion out more.
ATM’s. CPU’s. DVD’s.
Everyone knows the real plural is ATM machines.
That hurt my brain, darn you.