Muppet grammar grinch creeps into class

[uforgot]

Whine has a "g" in it? Or is that a south of the equator spelling?

whinge


Pronunciation:
\ˈhwinj, ˈwinj\
Function:
intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
whinged; whing·ing or whinge·ing
Etymology:
Middle English *whingen, from Old English hwinsian; akin to Old High German winsōn to moan
Date:
12th century

British : to complain fretfully : whine
— whinge noun British

[uforgot]

An incomplete ellipses and incorrect plural?

X²/a² + Y²/b² = 1?

[Crankin]

I know this is not really important in the total scheme of things.

Words that end in "s" do not necessarily require an apostrophe.

I am an English teacher, so please, allow me this one complaint.

[OakLeaf]

One thing that was forcefully driven home to me, when I put myself through college typing other people's papers, is that the ability vel non to spell is not correlated with the writer's intelligence or with the cogency of her arguments. Not in the slightest. sentence fragment

So I read what people say and ignore how they spell (or punctuate) it. Just as in conversation, I listen to what people say and disregard variations in accent or grammar.

A perfectly spelled, rude and intolerant post is far more offensive to me than a post that's thoughtful and helpful, but riddled with spelling and punctuation errors.

I'm just sayin'. slang

[spotlightmama]

lack of commas and incorrect capitalization of the word "I"

Thanks CC, that was a funny joke! Made my evening (just spent some looooong minutes talking to the phone company, so your joke really cheered me up!)
Gimme a hint, what other grammar and spelling boo-boos did you put in there?

Edit to add: oooh! I found another one! No apostrophe in the contraction " 'tis" (short for "it is") Cool! Don't give me any hints after all, this is more fun!

Edit again to add: Oh, oh, and no apostrophe for " 'round" (short for "around"). this is awesome! Thanks, I needed this!

Edit again again to add: are the ampersands considered a grammar no-no?

Edit again again again to add: no infinitive with "check". ("to spell and to check grammar") That one was subtle, good one!

Leafs instead of leaves (unless you are planning on becoming a pro hockey player, in which case Maple Leafs should be capitalized to indicate a proper noun).

I’m also not sure about the use of plus in “plus a spelling witch,” as plus indicates an asset or a sum. Existentially, I suppose you are the sum of both things, but I’m not sure that was the intention.

There is a missing comma between “please please” and also before please in “check grammar please.”

Okay, I think that’s all I can find. And I absolutely have to agree with the PPs that there are some smart ladies on here! I was just commenting to DH yesterday about what a smart group cyclists must be because of the great posts on this board!

Also, I wholeheartedly agree with you, OakLeaf!

[crazycanuck]

It's a good thing you're paying attention! I'm also happy I can provide entertainment for the masses

[Duck on Wheels]

“plus a spelling witch”?

There are spelling witches? Do witches also have other specialisations? Or is it only witch doctors that have those (e.g. witch pediatricians, witch gerontologists, witch radiologists etc.)?

[Tuckervill]

X²/a² + Y²/b² = 1?

Holy crap, now I have to do algebra, too?!

That's just going too darn far!!!!

Karen

[Tuckervill]

I'm not an unintelligent doofus, even though I make typing errors. It is to my great horror that I do, because I was once a medical transcriptionist, and before that, I was in charge of all the word processing at my company. (Anyone remember WordPerfect 4.2?)

It's just that I am now over 40 and I have been losing my GOSH DARN EYESIGHT for the last 6 years!

That makes the smoke come out of my ears. If typos make the smoke come out of yours, pour some water on your head, because I just don't care.

Karen

[crazycanuck]

Snort..he heee..oh dear...Reminder to self: Do not start Muppet grammar grinch thread & eat whilst reading the replies..

heeeewwwww..breathe..hoooooo..ha ahaaaaa

Thanks for the Friday night laughs

[KnottedYet]

X²/a² + Y²/b² = 1?

I WORSHIP YOU!!!!!
I just laughed out loud here, all alone in my apartment, and scared my dog! CC made my evening with her post, you made my morning with yours!

My family background includes waaaaaay too many academics and wordsmiths.... which all lead to turning me into someone with a deep appreciation for creative spelling and wanton disregard of grammatical convention.

[mimitabby]

X²/a² + Y²/b² = 1?

oh, it's been SO LONG since I saw this equation!! how cool! thanks

while we're talking about spelling...

The one that cracks ME up the most is rode and road. And as often as I see the wrong word used here in a sentence, I catch myself doing it too!

Why she rode on the road on a road bike to get down the road I'll never know.
Why should that be so difficult?

I think Kat_H is a little hypersensitive. But as someone else pointed out, if you misspell a word, it's very likely that people who would have read your post or would have understood it, won't!! (and you want us to read it, don't you??)

Maybe it's a generational thing? No one's asking for perfect punctuation or grammar, but to communicate, it is helpful to use conventional spelling, so all can understand; if of course, that was your intent??

Is that unreasonable?

and Knot, GREAT job on the CC typo's!!

[SouthernBelle]

Misuse of words, like road or rode, does bug me. Spelling usually doesn't when I can attribute it to typos rather than ignorance. Sometimes I see a word that is so far off base that I mentally shout, "Look it up!"

[trickytiger]

I admit, I am one of those annoying spelling front-seat drivers.

Most minor spelling and grammar issues I can ignore, save one: the unnecessary apostrophe that gets thrown into words that are plural instead of a contraction or a possessive.

For example, "The road bike's are locked up outside" or "Should the doctor's know what to do?"

(Those are fictional examples). It is verbally jarring to read those sentences, because my brain automatically starts off thinking "bike is" or "something the doctor owns" instead of thinking "two bikes" or "two doctors", and then it doesn't fit with the rest of the sentence. It's minor, but sort of tiring to read.


Okay, rant over. (incomplete sentence)

[Bruno28]

Most minor spelling and grammar issues I can ignore, save one: the unnecessary apostrophe that gets thrown into words that are plural instead of a contraction or a possessive.

There are two types of people - those that know how to use apostrophe's and those that dont