Proper English & Grammar

[Sparq]

Learn about the top 10 grammatical offenses and how to avoid them

We've compiled a list of 10 grammatical offenses that do more harm to a person's image than all the others. Avoiding them will send you in the right direction for personal and career success. Knowing why they're so horrid is Step 1 in your pursuit.

Learn what grammar is and why horrid grammar is such a problem

Too many people think grammar is something to dread from school days. The truth is that correct grammar makes the language function for everyone and enables everyone to benefit from the common language. Using horrid grammar undermines the language and the success of everyone using it.

Stop Misusing Verbs

"He done," "She ain't." "They's . . . "

Verb misuse is among the more common grammatical faults. Learn how to conjugate your verbs properly and make them agree with your sentence subjects so you can make good impressions on people.

Stop Misusing Nouns

Flawed plurals! Faulty possessives! Ugg! Learn how to use your nouns correctly so you can make sense to other people.

Stop Botching Pronouns

"Me and him went to lunch." "Give that report to myself." "Her and him are in a meeting."

Botching pronouns is among the more common grammatical offenses that can stifle career success. Learn how to use your pronouns correctly so you can look impressive to employers and customers.

Stop Misusing Modifiers

Modifiers are necessary for clear communication, so misusing them would naturally undermine effective communication. Learn how to use your modifiers correctly so you can make sense to anybody.

Stop Using Double Negatives

The use of double negatives does more to make a person sound ignorant than most other grammatical offenses. Learn to avoid incorrect double negatives and when double negatives are appropriate.

Stop Saying "Like" All the Time

Habitual uses of "like" are immature and silly. Make yourself be taken seriously by eliminating this childish grammatical flaw from your speech.

Stop Using Substandard Words

"irregardless" "conversate" "hisself"

Substandard words are not accepted by grammarians but are used carelessly and sometimes ignorantly. Their use contributes to poor image of the speaker. Purge these incorrect words from your speech and writing.

Stop Using the Wrong Words

Wrong words are good words used for the wrong reasons. Learn what these words mean and use them correctly.

Stop Misusing Slang and Jargon

Although slang and jargon have their places, the misuse of these words inhibits effective communication and is not "cool" after all. Learn to stop misusing slang and jargon.

Stop Mispronouncing Words

Mispronouncing words leads to miscommunication, misspelling, stifled careers, and sometimes ridicule. Learn to pronounce words properly and make people take you seriously.

Stop That Silly Uptalking

"Uptalking" is an annoying speech habit that inflects all sentences as though they were questions. Stop annoying others and belittling yourself with this silly speech habit.

Stop Fretting About False Errors

It's really surprising how many people seem to know about "rules" that are really myths but ignore real grammatical rules. Learn several of these false errors, stop fretting about them, and focus your attention on true grammatical errors.

Stop Using Vulgarities

The casual and public use of vulgarities in our society is an alarming trend that offends many people and seriously undermines the speakers' respect. Only a few years ago we would not have needed to explain these words because everyone already knew why their use was unacceptable in civil and polite society. If you use these offensive words, stop it and present yourself respectably.

Stop Making Excuses

"It sounds stuffy."
"People will laugh at me."
"It's free speech."

These are examples of the lame excuses we hear from people who wrongfully believe that using horrid grammar is all right. Although we are legally free to make fools of ourselves by using horrid grammar, we are not going to be successful in life or at work through such an ignorant, arrogant, and offensive approach to life. Stop making these silly excuses and improve your presentation by correcting your English grammar.

http://www.topskills.com/business_grammar.htm

==============^ Perfectly Put

I'm sure if we wanted to read some life long story about how to type, then everyone would have googled it. Please note that this is intelligent debating, not somewhat intelligent copy & pasting.

 

[WinterDreamZ3]

Still, this isn't anything professional is it? It's about RS cheating, and other RS-related things. (And also socializing) Are you applying for something? Nooooo. People have their own style of writing, own style of posting. It honestly doesn't matter. If they screw up in life, then screw them, that's their problem.

It's not like anyone types like a 3 year old.

Yeh i don't really give a fuck how people type as long they don't type in 1337 talk or Unreadable Talk.

 

[Ultralomaniac]

The majority of you who posted in this thread attempting to sound as if you actually do use proper grammar, and that all these other "n00bz" should respect that and try to feebly do the same, are pretty much lacking in any grammatical skills whatsoever.

Even the author of this thread made several grammatical mistakes in his rant.

Ironic, eh?

-Putting two separate words together as one, such as "a" and "lot" doesn't make you seem grammatically superior in the least.

-Neither does the random capitalization of random words, without any warrant.

-Or the severe cases of lacking punctuation.

There is, of course, a difference between a typographical error and a grammatical error, however, most of you fail to realize this and differentiate, thus abusing our language and giving Sythe.org the poor reputation it posesses.

Nonetheless, trying to become a better speaker/typist is a start that is worth commendation, but most of you don't even try.

You know, I have been told that i have errors in my post... yet nobody has pointed them out?
Please, if you insist that my topic was "unsatisfactory" the tell me now, exactly WHAT errors did i make in my post?

-Neither does the random capitalization of random words, without any warrant.

You idiot. I sorely hope you are not speaking of me.
If you had noticed, those words capitalized were ones i wanted EMPHASIZED.
Like that. There is no "random, jumbled capitalization" of "random words" in my post.
Reading my topic post, i am fairly sure that when you read the capitalized words in your head, you read them as strong, powerful words.
This method of capitalizing vital words is MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE that using bold.
Also, for using bold i would have to use the "[/bold]...[bold]" thing for EVERY WORD I WANT BOLDED.
I apologize that i have developed a keen sense of understanding the human mind, but do not hold it against me.

Still, this isn't anything professional is it? It's about RS cheating, and other RS-related things. (And also socializing) Are you applying for something? Nooooo. People have their own style of writing, own style of posting. It honestly doesn't matter. If they screw up in life, then screw them, that's their problem.

It's not like anyone types like a 3 year old.

I would like you to go on the members list, find a user named "ii hacked ii"
Look at his recent posts.


Now tell me that everybody here types like a god

 

[TDD]

Most people do NOT use proper english OR grammar.
Yes, i know that CAPITALIZING is NOT a big deal, because it is inconvenient to do sometimes.

But really,
most EVERY topic on this forum has FATAL spelling and grammar errors.

Do you use English well? as it is meant to?

I know only a few people on this forum that i can trust to use English properly.
everyone else, no. i cannot.

So, post here, do you think that the English language on sythe is beaten and abused?
this is a poll.

Yes, there are simple spelling errors that are forgivable,... but most errors on this forum aren't simple. they are DIE-HARD mistakes.


I mean seriously, people should AT LEAST do their best to make sure the title of the thread is proper.
If I see a thread titled very poorly, it deters me from wanting to visit it.


and on any replies, i expect to see IMPECCABLE English.

Your post makes me laugh, "Do you use English well? as it is meant to?" should be "Do you use the English language well? as it was meant to be used?".

"most EVERY topic" should be "almost EVERY topic" along with others...

While we are on the topic of abusing your stuff-ups "I know only a few people on this forum that i can trust to use English properly." since when do we need to trust someone to use correct English?

fin.

Edit: The fact this whole thread is about "Who can correct the most spelling and grammatical errors to make him/herself look more intelligent" makes me laugh even more.

 

[hardxcore]

Your post makes me laugh, "Do you use English well? as it is meant to?" should be "Do you use the English language well? as it was meant to be used?".

"most EVERY topic" should be "almost EVERY topic" along with others...

While we are on the topic of abusing your stuff-ups "I know only a few people on this forum that i can trust to use English properly." since when do we need to trust someone to use correct English?

fin.

Edit: The fact this whole thread is about "Who can correct the most spelling and grammatical errors to make him/herself look more intelligent" makes me laugh even more.

I hate how you correct my errors, but it's funny when you correct others
<3

 

[Ultralomaniac]

Your post makes me laugh, "Do you use English well? as it is meant to?" should be "Do you use the English language well? as it was meant to be used?".

"most EVERY topic" should be "almost EVERY topic" along with others...

While we are on the topic of abusing your stuff-ups "I know only a few people on this forum that i can trust to use English properly." since when do we need to trust someone to use correct English?

fin.

Edit: The fact this whole thread is about "Who can correct the most spelling and grammatical errors to make him/herself look more intelligent" makes me laugh even more.

"most EVERY topic" should be "almost EVERY topic" along with others...

"Most every" is a term accepted in the English language. It is no error.

While we are on the topic of abusing your stuff-ups "I know only a few people on this forum that i can trust to use English properly." since when do we need to trust someone to use correct English?

I can trust myself to know that certain people on this forum will NOT abuse it, such as Deacon Frost, who right now is the ONLY one i can think of.
I trust that Deacon Frost will use English properly.
This is not even a grammatical error.



It appears to me that you pointed out ONE "error" in my thread.
Which is not even an error, it is accepted in the English language. It is a different way of saying something.
Almost every- "almost all except ___"
Most every- "Most of every ___"

These have basically the same meaning, but are different ways of saying it.


So really, you pointed out NO ERRORS in my post.

You just wanted somebody to flame.


//fail

 

[Quhx]

I didn't vote, because there are all kinds of people here:
-People who are new, and when you see something they wrote you go like: "Shit, does he even go to school"

-People who act normal, and sometimes use 'U' instead of 'You' and some more of those things.

Things like 'tbh' 'imo' 'lol' 'rofl' 'lmao' are a part of the internet-world now, so thats normal xD

 

[el-loco-uno]

I try to use proper english but if i get in a hurry or something then i just type the easy way..

+1 basically, I try to use good grammar but i slip :s

 

[Louis Dummy]

Maybe English of less proper grammar is more convenient to some sythees?XD
For example, I see some posts saying buy 1m $3 ea. I believe no one will disapprove that this spends you less time than if you write 'I'm buying 1 million gps for 3 dollars each'
rite?

 

[Phil]

I always do..

 

[CrudeSapphire]

I can live with 1337 speak,

and some people maybe still elarning English, so it's normal they make a grammar mistake,

But it's pretty annoying to see someone get mixed up about "your" and "you're"

 

[samnoz]

It's interesting to see that no leechers have commented on this thread. Also most of the people are experience sythers with 100+ posts. But I do agree with you, although i personally don't like people forgetting to use capital letters at the start of sentences. But i don't mind people missing 's in words like don't.

 

[speljohan]

all the people who say "who the fuck cares if they spell right as long as we can read it?" i present to you this:

omg r u liek leet at scriptin an shit? dis way of wirtin is so mcuh fastr!

how is that readable? That sentence would waste 2 minutes of my life to decrypt and fully comprehend. People who writes like that should die a slow, painful death.

 

[magi]

Most of the time, I write as neat as I can but every once in a while, I have to write something up really fast so I just type it out in a hurry and dont really care about spelling mistakes or capitalization or w/e.

 

[mcnuggetman]

lol we's beatz de gramma her wit a baseball bat

 

[Red_Phoenix]

Most people I have exchanged words with can speak fluently in english.
However, when I go somewhere other than Something for All it seems everyone either starts talking in 1337/idiot speak or completely ignores proper grammar.
One guy in the guide part of the forum released a guide to help people speak 1337.

 

[Open Dork]

Well, you have to remember that everybody on this forum is probably under 12...So it's up to us to make the forum look more professional.

 

[mcnuggetman]

I always do..

i eprsonaly like to beat proper grammer with a bat hmmk?

 

[Cruel__Machine]

You know, I have been told that i have errors in my post... yet nobody has pointed them out?
Please, if you insist that my topic was "unsatisfactory" the tell me now, exactly WHAT errors did i make in my post?

Allow me:

Most people do NOT use proper english OR grammar.

It's "English".

Yes, i know that CAPITALIZING is NOT a big deal, because it is inconvenient to do sometimes.

Capitalize "i".
And remove the second comma.

Actually... it's a waste of time to point out the rest. You basically just need to capitalize the pronoun "i" as well as the beginnings to each sentence.

Anyhow, I usually attempt careful grammatical consideration. Not to mention a decent vocabulary (and spelling, of course). Usually...

 

[Ro_Maniak]

It's because people that use computers (especially gamers) try to work really fast, so they take shortcuts in everything. Grammar and spelling is one of the easiest things to cheat on because one can misspell a few words, but everyone will still understand the meaning of the phrase as a whole.