Flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid


	Flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid

kwonsu

3-15-2007 5:08 PM

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grammar, mistakes, writing, verbally

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3-15-2007 5:15 PM

Jdfodio

Or how about:

1. sorta speak for so to speak

That one always makes me laugh.

3-15-2007 5:45 PM

maedko

i'm a grammar nazi. i'm one of those people who refuse to go to the "10 items or less" checkout lines because of the grammar...

3-15-2007 10:42 PM

taksmaster

"To" for "too" is one that bugs me a lot.

3-16-2007 3:05 AM

BartendingBear

"To" for "too" is one that bugs me a lot.

Too easily a typo to be too worried about it. Life is too short to worry about two such quickly typed words.

3-16-2007 9:27 AM

taksmaster

Too easily a typo to be too worried about it. Life is too short to worry about two such quickly typed words.

True, but when it happens multiple times in the same paragraph it can be very annoying and it's likely not a typo.

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