Using the wrong word.

your totally correct. i couldn't agree more. people need to be more observant about what they type in they're comments. sometimes, when spelling is not correct, i cannot respect a person's opinions because there word use is less than perfect. __________________ I understand what you're talking about. But you gotta live with it man. There's more ignoramus people in the world than intelligent people. __________________ One thing that annoys me more are people who write/type incorrectly hardware terms. The biggest is MB and mb. They think its the same when actually MB=MegaByte, mb=megabit. Guess its just 'cause most people don't realize it or are to damn lazy. Hmm. . . I bet that's why people have a hard time spelling right and using correct words. __________________ ...or when people call a PC a CPU. That one is very annoying. actually, it should be MB and Mb spigidygak, as a small 'm' refers to milli- while a capital 'M' refers to mega-. see, i'm being overly-critical again. oh whoa is me. haha. __________________ Your so right overclocked Seriously, you're so right. I don't know how many times I encounter this problem, especially in the work place when people are supposed to emit professionalism, and all that comes out is pure crap! Thanks for posting my thoughts exactly ------------------ ~CivicGirlRacer __________________ I must admit that I'm a bit torn right now. I want to agree with you b/c I do notice this common problem quite frequently. But on the other hand, I want to chastise you for bringing up something and taking so much time to declare something that everybody already knows. All of the things that were mentioned are extremely common mistakes in the English language and are already known without added recognition. But on the other hand, yet again, I am being much more careful in how I type this reply, so.....maybe, overclocked, you have done some good in this world afterall...maybe __________________ I don't know about anyone else, but I am sick to death of people using the wrong word when they type a sentence. For example, "Your welcome." The correct spelling is, of course, "You're welcome." What is so difficult to understand here? If you can say "you are" instead of "your" then you can optionally say "you're", but using "your" in such a case is completely incorrect. You might as well substitute the word "purple" or "pavement". Using one of these words (or any word other than "you're") is just as incorrect as "your". This has gotten so bad that I've even seen this misused on the covers of a couple magazines! Also, "there" is another word a lot of people don't know how to use correctly. There is "there", "their", and "they're". How many times have you seen "I saw this on there website" or "Their going to be posting this soon"? It should be, of course, "their website" and "they're going". I honestly do not understand how so many people can be so ignorant. Ignorant, if you look it up, is not an insult, it simply implies a lack of knowledge. So don't bust my chops about being insulting. You may respond that I am picking on incorrect grammar. I am not. Grammar refers to things like mixing the tenses in a sentence, or saying, "I got some of those" instead of the proper "I have some of those". I am not picking on grammar. I am also not suggesting that we all start speaking "properly". My point is that there is a correct way to use slang and vernacular. I'll give you an example. We all know what "dirty old man" means, right? Well, my stepfather calls me a "dirty old man" when I simply tell him a funny (perfectly clean) tech support story. He uses the vernacular phrase "dirty old man" incorrectly. Of course, you can't tell him that, but that's another topic altogether. Ok, I'm done. Thank you, Apex, for giving us this forum. And thanks to all of you for agreeing with me. Later. __________________ How about not using a cap. letter at the beginning of each sentence... ------------------ ------------------ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ------------------ __________________ I would rather see no capital letters at all than to see someone type in ALL CAPS __________________ quote: Originally posted by coleslaw: I would rather see no capital letters at all than to see someone type in ALL CAPS How'd I know you'd respond to that...ESP I guess. ------------------ ------------------ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ------------------ __________________ Don't get so upset, there just a bunch of idiots. I know most of us want to bash they're heads in with they're keyboards, but don't even sweat it because your just gonna be stressed. Its just not worth it. __________________ I think the thing that annoys me the most is improper use of elipses. It is supposed to be only three with a space between each like so ". . ." But people just use 'em like so....... or ...... or....................... or... Pisses the crap out of me. . . if that's possible . __________________ Damn you, what kind of company is that?!?! You can't even do it right!!! /me grabs a frozen trout out of basket and slaps chosenfool and fixes his misuse of elipse. It's ". . ." GOT IT?!?! /me slaps chosefool once more for good measures. . . hehehe. . . call me anal-retentive . [This message has been edited by spigidygak (edited 08-30-2000).] __________________ cool...........now i know how to annoy spigidygak............ __________________ Wear eber yugo,der U R ;0) __________________ GAH!!! you go to hell stonedwheat. . __________________ What is even more annoying, to me, is the unnecessary restating of the last word in acronyms that has become so common. The computer needs a NIC card. . . His BAL level was .08. . . Whats your APR rate?. . . My PIN number, the cars VIN number Come on! We're completely ignoring the placement of the N. If we were meant to say NUMBER every time, then it'd be a VI number and a PI number. And that doesn't sound right at all. !!!!!! __________________ Hehe, that annoys me to a lot. __________________ ...like SAL level too (for the layperson, sterility assurance level) __________________ Whoa, I guess I'm not the only anal-retentive , and irked person in the world. __________________ shiiiiiiiiit, calm down. This isn't english class. And why is it so important to speak properly?? It really really isn't that important. The reason I come here is to express my thoughts and idea's, and as long as people understand what I'm trying to say its pointless to put effort into making it look nice and neat. __________________ Hehe. Yeah, I didn't mean to make it sound like I was getting on anybody's case from this board - just an observation in general In response to your comment about speaking properly. . .I'm not sure whether you are referring to text-conversations such as these or speech in the real world. Although the "correct use of acronyms" has little to nothing to do with it, in the real world I do think it is rather importatnt to speak properly. Not to the point of being excessively formal or condescending by any means. . .But I don't think that you can achieve the same credibility by talking in slang as you can when you put your words and sentences together properly. __________________ yousa no speaka propa ingleesh? __________________ Shut up Jar Jar, ever'n tin' no' be ariee. __________________ and closer