Threw and through....

AmberCutie · Nov 25, 2011

.... are different words.

Threw is the past tense of throw. It does not make sense in the sentence "I went threw her things and found a dildo." Through is the word you're looking for in this case.

This has been bugging me lately as much as the there, their, they're issue.

What other word misuse drives you batty?

Teagz · Nov 25, 2011

It drives me nuts when people use are for our.

"I had so much fun at are party." Please fucking use a dictionary >:|

IsabelleTease · Nov 25, 2011

I could care less instead of I couldn't care less. Drives me crazyyyy.

Jessi · Nov 25, 2011

"Guestimate" instead of "estimate"
"Punkin" instead of "pumpkin"
"Malk" instead of "milk"
"Aggs/laggs" instead of "eggs/legs"
"Drawling" instead of "drawing"

And of course the "You're/your" "their/there" thing. Uuuugggh.

schlmoe · Nov 25, 2011

Jessi said:
And of course the "You're/your" "their/there" thing. Uuuugggh.

yes on: you're/your

yes, again: their/there one more: they're

LindseyDoll · Nov 25, 2011

Every time I hear someone say irregardless it hurts me inside, unthaw gets me too. :lol:

LadyLuna · Nov 25, 2011

My college has gone on a "utilize" spree. EVERYTHING has become utilize, as though it's a synonym with use.

For those who don't know, I looked it up. Utilize is specifically

"To use something efficiently for financial gain"

Rose · Nov 26, 2011

Its/it's
Then/than
They're/their/there
Bear/bare
Wear/where
Here/hear

Misuse of most homonyms annoys the fuck out of me because it confuses me. Also, effect/affect annoys me because I can never remember which is the right one to use for which situation. :/

LailaBaise · Nov 26, 2011

Roll/Role
Poll/Pole
Seams/seems
sence/since/sense

camstory · Nov 26, 2011

Wear/Ware and wow sometime Where
stair/stare
I am still guilty of sometime

Angel/Angle
I have remembered, gel, being soft, as a cherub.

Then/Than
Sometime require thought

Their/There and wow sometime, They're
Should never require thought

None of these bother me so much as when I find them in my post. A lack of attention to detail mostly I think.

Don't let it influence my mood any, as it is always clear what the writer's aim was. But yea a little, 'You're writing for others, not for your self, pay better attention', I guess.

Oh, and silly little trick, but it works.
Stalactites/Stalagmites
Stalactites, hold tight to the ceiling, ( if all goes well).

PS KarmelK has posted since I started writing mine, and makes good sense with Pole/Poll. And wow sometime, pull.

At 5 or 6, after hearing the radio news, I remember sitting puzzled, until I final asked my father, "How can gorillas fight against the army of El Salvador? He yelled at me to, STIFLE, HE WAS LISTENING TO THE GOD DAMMED NEWS! The next day he took me to see the just out movie, "Planet of the Apes".... No, he didn't do that, he laughed and explained it, but he should have done that. That would have been double funny. :lol:

Nordling · Nov 26, 2011

A lot of obvious ones that still get misused.

to/too/two

consensus of opinion The "of opinion" is redundant; it's simply "consensus."

its/it's

And people drive me insane who consistently attempt to TRY to be street people...why do they do this? Were when they mean "where" and where when they mean "were." "Were du u live?" "Where u afraid?"

And the entire use of numbers and painful abbreviations for real words. "im all 4 dat." "r u happy?"

And many more.

BullFrogBlues · Nov 26, 2011

lose/loose

quite/quiet

RogueWarrior · Nov 26, 2011

The use of formally when formerly is meant. As in, Joe's Restaurant, "formally" known as Pat's Cafe...........

Never have seen the reverse.

Kittycatpurr · Nov 26, 2011

Your and you're. In fact pretty much all incorrect grammar and text-speak drive me nuts. Call me picky if you must, but the majority of the time there is no need to shorten words unless you're so bloody lazy that even lifting your fingers to type risks giving you some kind of seizure. I make allowances for non-native english speakers and dyslexics as they have a valid excuse. Other than that - learn to spell and investigate punctuation etc! (It'll stand anyone who does in good stead in the long run)

Anyhow, rant over...

AshleyMarks · Nov 26, 2011

The word BB. This is what it makes me think of:
A BB is a metal pellet used in a BB gun. Not a freaking way to say BABY!!!

spankamber · Nov 26, 2011

I commonly write sweet torcher instead of torture. Why does the English language have so many of the same words with different meanings and spellings?

bodisha · Nov 26, 2011

hahaha... i come for the tits... i stay for the spelling lessons... but i would swap a few spelling lessons for some math lessons with a cam girl that's struggling with subtracting tokens from goal counts that don't end in 0 :lol:

ViruSphere · Nov 26, 2011

a/an, as in "I saw a giraffe" and "I ate an apple". 'an' should only be used before a word that begins with a vowel. It's not "I went to an NFL game" or "I tipped an MFC model" it's "I went to a NFL game" or "I tipped a MFC model".

LailaBaise · Nov 26, 2011

ViruSphere said:
a/an, as in "I saw a giraffe" and "I ate an apple". 'an' should only be used before a word that begins with a vowel. It's not "I went to an NFL game" or "I tipped an MFC model" it's "I went to a NFL game" or "I tipped a MFC model".

This is not strictly true. It is as much as how the word is pronounced.
For example you would say 'a university' but you would also say 'an umbrella. Same for the letter H. 'an hour' and 'a hoot'.
And, it is 'an NFL game'.

AmberCutie · Nov 26, 2011

KarmelKiss said:
ViruSphere said:

a/an, as in "I saw a giraffe" and "I ate an apple". 'an' should only be used before a word that begins with a vowel. It's not "I went to an NFL game" or "I tipped an MFC model" it's "I went to a NFL game" or "I tipped a MFC model".

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This is not strictly true. It is as much as how the word is pronounced.
For example you would say 'a university' but you would also say 'an umbrella. Same for the letter H. 'an hour' and 'a hoot'.
And, it is 'an NFL game'.

Yup.

Just_mark__ · Nov 26, 2011

amberdawnnude said:
I commonly write sweet torcher instead of torture. Why does the English language have so many of the same words with different meanings and spellings?

Because it's an amalgamation of several root languages (latin and greek to name two).

It has its advantages, we can express ourselves better and appreciate the subtle differences between things like big and massive. The French language, for instance, only has one word (iirc) for big.

Also, it makes lyric/poetry much easier to write

Bocefish · Nov 26, 2011

Most of the above and will add tounge instead of tongue.

AmberCutie · Nov 26, 2011

Bocefish said:
Most of the above and will add tounge instead of tongue.

I want your toungeeeee in my but hole.

I will add but/butt to the list.

LaceyRoyce · Nov 26, 2011

Eh.

i find it hard enough to NOT get grumpy when I see regular accepted american english (I know i should get over this, i live here..)

The thing that drives me nuts is when ya'll create words when there's a perfectly good one already in use.

Burgled. What was wrong with that?
But no, we have to go come up with 'burglarized'

Cheque/check
Colour/Color

Ok, I understand some of this is just to simplify but it BUGS me!!!
Especially burglarized. That does NOT simplify.

LailaBaise · Nov 26, 2011

gawjus/gorgeous makes my blood run cold.
'ur gawjus bb' :angry4:

JoleneBrody · Nov 26, 2011

I am a repeat offender of ALL of these things! To think I was always placed in advanced English strictly based on my story telling ability. Dumb heads!
:hello2: Hi! I'm JJ and I'm a terrible speller!

bawksy · Nov 26, 2011

obligatory

Jupiter551 · Nov 26, 2011

turrent/turret.

I don't even know how or where this started but guys in online games constantly refer to "turrents" and it makes me want to call for an immediate time-out to yell at them.

I'm with Miss Lollipop about making up new words too... "unputdownable" ugh

AmberCutie · Nov 26, 2011

Jupiter551 said:
turrent/turret.

I don't even know how or where this started but guys in online games constantly refer to "turrents" and it makes me want to call for an immediate time-out to yell at them.

I'm with Miss Lollipop about making up new words too... "unputdownable" ugh

And Tourettes.

Bocefish · Nov 26, 2011

Another one is nucular instead of nuclear.

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