I love all of of you, I really, really do, this is tounge in cheek so please don't flame me, but it is also informative.

If you are talking about the devices attached to each wheel on your car, that slow the car, or stop the car. You are talking about BRAKES, and not BREAKS. BREAKS are when you stop working at your job twice a day for 15 minutes. BRAKES stop your car.

If you are saying that you bought someones car, you type, I bought THEIR car. It is not, I bought THERE car. THERE is a place, THEIR is a person or persons. THEY'RE is a conjunction that is the shortend version of THEY ARE. It is not to be used in place of THEIR or THERE. THEIR and THERE are not to be replaced with THEY'RE.

Also if you reach the date that your car payment needs to be paid by, that is when your payment is DUE, not DO.

I know my posts have typos, and spelling mistakes, and are not perfect, however these three examples are my biggest pet peeve's ever. Well, that and when I just finish painting a part at work and someone picks it up. That will get you killed in my shop. Anyway tounge in cheek, feel free to list your grammar peeves here.


Curly

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ulhanstan writing is a pet peeve of mine because all his sentences ramble on and on and have no punctuation in them whatsoever and it really bothers me when he says hees so manly even tho i really doubt he is as good as he says but it dont matter because he makes me laugh so now i just realized he dont bother me at all or at least as much as i thought he did so i guess he is really a grate guy who helps a lot of people on this forum that i love this forum so much.

j/k ulhanstan

quote Originally posted by Curlrup: I love all of of you a really, really do, this is tounge in cheek so please don't flame me, but it is also informative. If you are talking about the devices attached to each wheel on your car, that slow the car, or stop the car. You are talking about BRAKES, and not BREAKS. BREAKS are when you stop working at your job twice a day for 15 minutes. BRAKES stop your car. If you are saying that you bought someones car, you type, I bought THEIR car. It is not, I bought THERE car. THERE is a place, THEIR is a person or persons. THEY'RE is a conjunction that is the shortend version of THEY ARE. It is not to be used in place of THEIR or THERE. THEIR and THERE are not to be replaced with THEY'RE. Also if you reach the date that your car payment needs to be paid by, that is when your payment is DUE, not DO. I know my posts have typos, and spelling mistakes, and are not perfect, however these three examples are my biggest pet peeve's ever. Well, that and when I just finish painting a part at work and someone picks it up. That will get you killed in my shop. Anyway tounge in cheek, feel free to list your grammar peeves here. Curly

While not exactly a grammatical or typographical error, I am personally disturbed by the use of the word "rim" to describe a *wheel*.
A "rim" is a feature, or portion, of an automotive wheel; (i.e. "the rim of the wheel").
I am aware that popular slang liberally uses the improper terminology "rim" to describe a wheel, but I cannot help but wonder if the user has any grasp of the nomenclature for the various features of an automotive wheel.

quote Originally posted by Curlrup: ......feel free to list your grammar peeves here. Curly

I hate it when she says no.

Life is too short for peeves so minor. If one said their brakes failed in conversation, you would not know how they spelled it. If written, it is easy to know what they mean.
What gets me is capitalization and punctuation. It is hard to understand someone's thought when we can not break their writings into different points.

What about the bumber on my Camero?

And what about people that say "boss" when they mean "cherry". That just burns me up!

In addition to the above, it really irritates me when SO MANY people here keep putting apostrophes when they make something PLURAL. "I have three car's". Car's WHAT? The apostrophe when used with a noun makes it POSSESIVE. "My car's tires are worn out". (the tires belong to the car)

quote Originally posted by randye: . . . has any grasp of the nomenclature . . .

The people who use rim for wheel don't understand that, Randy.

Don't forget "to, too, and two".

No, they don't add up to six.

My pet peeves, as insignificant as they may be, are as follows:

1. Whiners
2. see above.

English majors are the most useless form of life

Would you help your uncle jack off a horse, or would you rather help your uncle Jack off of a horse?
Language is what separates us, well most of us, from the apes.

And you did NOT buy a car off of Bob!
You may have bought a car from Bob.

How about the diffrence between "cranking" (or turning over) and firing.

So many times do I go into a thread about an engine that wont "crank" thinking it will be a easy starter problem, only to find out its cranking just fine, but it wont run. Of course thats not so bad as when they get into the description and you cant figure out what they are talking about, or if the engine is turning over, or if they are even still talking about an automobile by the end...

How can you break your brakes?

Ok here is my pet grammr peeve. What is it with every USA singer singing witch you instead of with you?

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I completely agree with you Curly. I, too, am not perfect....I know I use the ellipsis way too often, and I am guilty of using "thru" instead of "through". What really frustrates me are the people that think proper English is not important on the internet. You have to consider that in this medium, your writing is the first thing you are judged by. First impressions go a long way. I don't care how well you know what you are talking about...if your response is written without any capital letters (or worse, all caps) and no punctuation, I simply cannot take you seriously. Does it matter if you use "break" instead of "brake", "you're" instead of "your", or any of the other examples listed? Absolutely....it makes you look uneducated.

quote Originally posted by Tha Driver: In addition to the above, it really irritates me when SO MANY people here keep putting apostrophes when they make something PLURAL. "I have three car's". Car's WHAT? The apostrophe when used with a noun makes it POSSESIVE. "My car's tires are worn out". (the tires belong to the car)

Actually, I believe it's, "My cars' tires are worn out." I was a english magor but i hav'nt dealed with it in so lone that i mite be rong.

My peeve? People who use "text" on the internet. Please, people, these are NOT words:

"r"
"u"
"w/e"
"b/c"
"cuz"
"ne"
"ne1"

Oh you colledge "grads" are such snobs. "Gimme" a brake. LOL

Jim

Im not a culludge grad. I ony spend one year their. And I magored in budwizer. Witch is y I dint go back.

This is so bourgeois.

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quote Originally posted by CowsPatoot: I completely agree with you Curly. I, too, am not perfect....I know I use the ellipsis way too often, and I am guilty of using "thru" instead of "through".

Don't forget threw. One of our favorite pro-union members here on this forum uses "threw" universally.

Grammar and spelling is a pet peeve of mine, and I strive for perfection. You don't dare say anything since you will be pegged as the grammar nazi. The majority of people think it isn't important on a place like an internet forum, but this is an excellent place to practice. Someday you may have a grammar nazi reading your job application, or orders for a critical surgical operation being performed on you.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: This is so bourgeois.

Oh! I luv that wine!

Only 2 things really get to me. People who 'axe' a question or every other sentence is ' ya know what im sayin'.

As long as people get their point across, I really dont care.

quote As long as people get their point across, I really dont care.

I have to agree with that right there. You know what I'm saying? Grammar and spelling are not my strong points, but I do OK. I use spell check, if I remember to.If I understand the message I am not so concerned with grammar. On a side note, I totally blame the school system for my failure in grammar. All through school the focus in English was based on your thoughts and feelings and expressing ideas. Very little time was spent on grammar. None of my high school teachers graded punctuation. When I went to college I had to take remedial English because I didn't know how to use a comma. (still don't entirely) I was the master of the run on sentence. Really pathetic.

Jim

BTW Roger, you need an apostrophe on don't. Spell check said so.

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quote Originally posted by ray b: English majors are the most useless form of life

I don't understand what you are saying.

jimbolaya---I know what you meen about runon sentenses thay r so anoyying are'nt they i mean cmon what dose anyone expect form peeps these days anyway u know what i meen jellybeen when i was in hiscool my englich teechers maid me practise over + over my grammer + speeling til i was gud at it i did'nt want too all the time butt i think it maid me a better parson for it u know what i meen (Just messing with you, buddy!)

That's enough of that. It makes my head hurt. My high school and college English teachers were fanatical about proper grammar and spelling. My grandpa was a brilliant college grad (BA/MA/DD) who took the time to read my school papers. He would correct grammatical mistakes and ask me to rewrite the paper. At the time, I didn't see the point in it, but it's definitely helped since. I understand that proper English isn't everyones forte. Sometimes, I have to make it a point to not make it a point. As long as I can read what somebody's writing, I try to let it go. On the other hand, there are times when I simply refuse to read something just because it's too difficult to comprehend. I've probably missed many good posts/threads/articles/etc. I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone else. My English is generally good but my mechanical skills are seriously lacking. Someone else may have mad mechanical skills but can't write worth a poop.

To All---If it seems that I've put anyone down due/do/dew (sorry...had to ) to your other than perfect English, I apologize.

none

I am a BIG fan of successful communications. If you know what meant - whether spelled or worded properly - communication succesful. that is it. yes, I may pre-judge you a little based on your language skills, or lack they're-of.

but - as mentioned above - being able to be clear - whether spelled or written properly is another thing. "car wont turn over"......maybe a bigger spatula is needed?

You fellas just read too slow! Speed read the forum and you'll recoup hours in your life and skip right over "grammar errors".

Its kinda like this...
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are in; the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a ttoal mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

quote Originally posted by css9450: My peeve? People who use "text" on the internet. Please, people, these are NOT words: "r" "u" "w/e" "b/c" "cuz" "ne" "ne1"

Oh man, AMEN BROTHER! I have a friend who is a 6th grade teacher, when she gets a paper written in "texteez" she fails them (bravo). Now that is a teacher I want my kids to have....if I had kids that is.

quote Originally posted by Monkeyman: tongue = the muscle in your mouth that licks an ice cream cone tounge = beats the heck out of me

tounge = used to lick something else

Where's uhlanstan hiding at?

One that makes me groan repeatedly...

'counsel' (or many other various and random spellings thereof)...

It's the center CONSOLE - you know, where you rest your arm over the gas tank in a Fiero.

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quote Originally posted by AusFiero: Ok here is my pet grammr peeve. What is it with every USA singer singing witch you instead of with you?

Stop listening to Hip Hop.

I want to sale some parts.

quote Originally posted by FrugalFiero: The majority of people think it (grammar) isn't important on a place like an internet forum, but this is an excellent place to practice.

Thank-you, but I'd advice you to keep your advise to yourself.

quote Originally posted by jetman: Where's uhlanstan hiding at?

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quote Originally posted by Monkeyman: Actually, I believe it's, "My cars' tires are worn out."

Only if you have multiple cars with worn out tires. The apostrophe is used after the "s" when the subject is plural with ownership....before the "s" when it singular with ownership. But....getting picky about something this minor is going too far in the forums.

quote Originally posted by Monkeyman: Actually, I believe it's, "My cars' tires are worn out." I was a english magor but i hav'nt dealed with it in so lone that i mite be rong.

Actually I was referring to a single car. It's "car's tires" if you have a single car with worn out tires. It's "cars' tires" if you are talking about more than one car with worn out tires.