A few words I've misspelled are "torque and quote." I've seen the words misspelled as "torked and qoute."

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I'm horrible at using "their", "there", and "they're". I know the difference but it seems my fingers don't! I wish there was just one word that worked for all three depending on how the word was used in a sentence! Hmmm....let's spell it "thar".

I saw a new one today "liers" I guess they meant "liars".

quote Originally posted by avengador1: I saw a new one today "liers" I guess they meant "liars".

Hmmm...were they talking about those lying down or those telling untruths?

Here are some more: wud instead of would and cud instead of could. Isn't cud something a cow chews?

Threw and through

Tough, tuff

"seen"

As (mis)used in, " I seen that the other day." Written, it makes it past newspaper editors occasionally, and spoken, it is usually pronounced with a "t" on the end (seent).

That makes my skin crawl, just to type it.

I live in Iowa, supposedly one of the most literate states in the Union, and I hear/see that word misused every day.

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quote Originally posted by TiredGXP: Tough, tuff

Hehehehe, I wonder how many English speakers actually know what the word "tuff" means and how to use the word or its adjective "tuffaceous"? It's not one that is used in everyday language, for sure!

quote Originally posted by JohnF: Hehehehe, I wonder how many English speakers actually know what the word "tuff" means and how to use the word or its adjective "tuffaceous"? It's not one that is used in everyday language, for sure!

Geologists, and they didn't even know it

Don't ask how we came across this. Don't do this at home, drugs are bad mmmmkay. I did my own censoring with ......

Besides who would follow the instructions from this guy? lol. ok well maybe some would.

If this is offensive or wrong or something then I will delete it.

Count the typos. OMG

How to Cook ..... into Rock
by jay j

I sold drugs for about 5 or 6 years. I know the proper way to cook and sell the .... I seen some articles on how to cook it and they were a lode of crap. So I decided to show you...

First things first, you're going to need some ...... I mean .......! (1 oz =.28 grams) Look around, don't buy the cheapist whiteist **** you can get! -look for powder in the form of a break look for shales refleckting off the powder (looks like fish scails)

where to get your ...... from you can call me?(just joking) ok now the best way to get the hookup is to asks around go to bars locals one's meet pepole dont be to blunt about it but find someone if you dont already have someone...

go to your kichen pull out the baking soda from the frig. (go to the store and get mesherment cups stainless steel ones thay come in 4 or 6 difrint cups ) use the one thats (1cup) put about 1tabulspoon of bakeing soda in the cup.and a hafe a oz of ..... 14grams in the cup ...

fill the cup up with water til 3/4th of the cup is full ster and leve it for about 5min it will boble and fizz . in the mean time put a small pan full of water on the stove at mid tem ... now take the cup of **** and put it in the water hafe way and let it cook take a butter nife and ster it it shoud start fomeing up push it down and keep stering it do this till it starts to look like oil! push it together with the nife. pull out of the pan take the cup and put in frezer fore about 10min take out and strane the water you shoud be left with a chunk of ........ it shoud way around 13 grams (do this two times fore 1 oz ) thats how you make base ..

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quote Originally posted by tesmith66: Apostrophe s ( 's ) shows ownership. "This is Tim's Fiero." An s on the end (no apostrophe) is for pluralization. "How many Fieros does Tim own?" Please, people, get it right!

what about "it's" and "its"

quote Originally posted by avengador1: Here are some more: wud instead of would and cud instead of could. Isn't cud something a cow chews?

They wud if they could!

They wud if they cud. Here's on I made myself today. I used fare instead of fair and it was caught in a quote before I realized my mistake.

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quote Originally posted by buddycraigg: what about "it's" and "its"

It's does not show ownership as in the example. It's is ONLY to be used for a contraction of "it is" or "it has". Its is an adjective ONLY of or relating to itself as in "...going to its kennel" or "...its final enactment into law".

I just went back over several of my posts. I found a total of 65 enfractions or is that infractions!

Here's a couple for today.
Sterio instead of Stereo and baught instead of bought.

I just saw this in a recent post on PFF:

quote she will except a plea

I'm pretty sure he meant to use the word accept.
Except means the opposite of what he intended to say.

Accept:Receive willingly something given or offered
Except:Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

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Coarse (rough, jagged,rough), and course (as in 'of course') Guess who uses that ??
Nick

vacuum, as in 'wow that engine can really pull some HIGH numbers'

What kind of people are you associating with? (note the preposition at the end of the sentence) We Harvard and Yale educated Fiero enthusiasts should not be mingling (there is such a word) with anyone possessing an English skill level equal to less than (not then) a score of 800 on the college English section of the SATs.
Please gentlemen and ladies, we must maintain the very highest level of grammatical correctness on this forum.

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...then it should read 'Ladies and Gentlemen..hehehehe
Nick

Handwritten sign on the window of the local 7-11:

"We are all out of money orders. Sorry for the inconvince."

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quote Originally posted by Firefighter: What kind of people are you associating with? (note the preposition at the end of the sentence) We Harvard and Yale educated Fiero enthusiasts should not be mingling (there is such a word) with anyone possessing an English skill level equal to less than (not then) a score of 800 on the college English section of the SATs. Please gentlemen and ladies, we must maintain the very highest level of grammatical correctness on this forum.

Firefighter, I don't remember what I scored on the English portion of the SAT, but I did score 1270 overall. That was in 1970 when it was a real test. Is that adequate?

Well, Heybjorn; a score of 1270 back in 1970 was a damn good score. So to answer your question - yes, you have proven yourself to be a scholar and a great judge of women. Ed

Commonly misused words?
Heres a doosey:
When people quote the lyrics from some pop song to illustrate their point.
What are you, fourteen?
"Omagod, I never thought of it that way. I feel like a, a, a
virgin!"

Are you so unable to express your own thoughts that you must resort to reciting a rhyme you heard on the radio?

"I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didnt know how lost I was
Until I found you

I was beat incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new

Chorus:

Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats (after first time, with your heartbeat)
Next to mine

Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you
cause only love can last

Youre so fine and youre mine
Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
Oh your love thawed out
Yeah, your love thawed out
What was scared and cold

(chorus)

Oooh, oooh, oooh!!!!"

Phu - leeze.

On the water fountain at Wal-Mart last week I saw :" Out of Order Sorry for Incoinevince"
I literally stared at it the entire time I was in the check out lane, just trying to figure out what happened to that poor word.


Then there's the spoken one that gets me at least twice a night... A commercial for a 'career institute' where a women says "Call now for your free informational brochure". What really bothers me is that this commercial had been on for years and apparently they reshot it (new computers in the background, different women speaking) and yet still she says "Informational brochure". You'd think it could have become 'informative' at some point.

Also, I was watching a shark special on PBS a few months ago where a guy kept saying that sharks wouldn't eat people, they would only take "investigational" chomps.

What I'd like know is why the heck they didn't just start spelling everything in English phonetically in the first place! Including Fo-net-ics. Wazamaterwitem, huh?

quote Originally posted by Francis T: What I'd like know is why the heck they didn't just start spelling everything in English phonetically in the first place! Including Fo-net-ics. Wazamaterwitem, huh?

It makes it easier to pick out the stupid people..

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quote Originally posted by JohnF: It's does not show ownership as in the example. It's is ONLY to be used for a contraction of "it is" or "it has". Its is an adjective ONLY of or relating to itself as in "...going to its kennel" or "...its final enactment into law".

i was trying to point that out to tesmith66

quote Originally posted by Francis T: What I'd like know is why the heck they didn't just start spelling everything in English phonetically in the first place!

You mean like "Hook-ed on P-hon-ics?"

quote Originally posted by NEPTUNE: People who use irregardless are making me loose my mind. Do they annoy you to? But I digest. Your waisting you're time unless your sure about who your talking too. You now, there are to many posts like this already, most people could care less. No wear are my keys at? I now I seen them hear somewear.... Groin. @ MM: Misusing ideal/idea really says dunce better than a hat ever could.

Excellent post!

Most want no weather you no what your talking about. Funnier then most!