Jill caught a typo in a recent post that reminded me of how many people use the wrong form/spelling of "To" in correspondence, signs, etc.
Thought it might be of interest to some on where and how to use each spelling, as it can be confusing sometimes:
" Too" means also or excessive.
* I ate too much chocolate. (excessive) * My little brother wanted some too. (also)
" To" is correct in every other context, except the number two.
* Infinitive: to be or not to be. (in front of a verb) * preposition: Go to school.
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...Thanks for bringing this up Todd. I hope it's not a 'touchy' subject. ...Another one that stumps alot of people here is how and when to use 'there, they're and their'. ...High school english class was hard not to sleep through....
Posted by Joe Golden (Member # 6870) on :
Enlgish was ok, it was algebra that kicked my tail. I try not to mispell words on signs, but I still, almost 15 years later, email my first college professor with as many mispelled and incorrect puntuation usages that I can possibly get out. He turned out to be a great friend.
They're....... they are There........ poistion, as in over there. Their........ possesion or ownership, it is theirs.
God Bless each one of us!!
[ May 09, 2007, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: Joe Golden ]
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
and of course another famous error on these boards:
mixing up your and you're
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
I cannot stand it when people say "EXCAPE" "EXPECIALLY" or "EXPRESSO"
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
YOU YOURE=YOUNZE OR YA ALL covers it all. to= works for all there= THAR.........close enough see how easy that is???????
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Please don't drag the Canadian "English/French" people into this!
As you will be!
'Shall We say.' "Tongue Tied.."
Better to Check/Cheque that one at the Door. if you like "Your Money BACK!"
Posted by Dusty Campbell (Member # 4601) on :
I sea(and commit) spelling and grammar errors all over teh place hear.
Most of the time I figure it's just being informal and typing quick. It never bothers me here.
Now on signs it's another story. I haven't committed a spelling error on a sign(that made it out the door) for a loooong time. Since 1991. Well except for one I did in Spanish, but does that really count since it's not my native tongue?
Rick, can I axe you a question?
[ May 09, 2007, 02:45 PM: Message edited by: Dusty Campbell ]
Posted by Kelsey Dum (Member # 6101) on :
Hey Dusty, ya better warch yurself. Down her we encurage that sorta talk...LOL!!! Now I gotta go WARSH my hands and check the OL' in my car!
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
Speaking of incorrect word usages that grind on me... this bothers me the worst.
On 95% of the telephone hold messages in this country: "I'm sorry, all our representatives are busy, we will be with you momentarily."
"MOMENTARILY" is different than "IN A MOMENT".
Momentarily means "FOR a short amount of time" not "IN a short amount of time."
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
H2o and 1Shot
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Whether or not you like the medium, it is spelled:
Vinyl
Posted by Richard Flint (Member # 6602) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kelsey Dum: Hey Dusty, ya better warch yurself. Down her we encurage that sorta talk...LOL!!! Now I gotta go WARSH my hands and check the OL' in my car!
Yankee Folk: You Can
Southern Folk: Ya'll Can
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
I don't mind seeing het or teh, when we can all figure out it's supposed to be "the" typed in a hurry, but the incorrect your for you're & there for they're or their does annoy me- after a while you find yourself wondering if you're wrong there, when you see enough of them! This board isn't too bad in that area, bit some others are full of the wrong versions!
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
The ones that drive me up the wall are loose and lose.
In Las Vegas if you put your money on red, and black turns up, you lose your money.
If your belt is too loose, your pants will fall down.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
If you're (not your) loose with your money, you will lose it.
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...I once did some GILDING for a GUILD. ...Or was it GUILDING on a GILD? (or a gelder?) ...uh-oh, I could be GUILTY of GILTING!
Posted by Joe Sciury (Member # 4653) on :
quote: By: Jon Jantz Momentarily means "FOR a short amount of time" not "IN a short amount of time."
It also means: at any moment; very soon Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
WTF, I was gunna post summing about how definite was the rite spelling versus definate but it all semes two hard. Inglish is a growing langwedge after all and no dowt the innernet will homodgenize it all down to the lowest common dominator. Speeling is fur pussies anywaze.
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
Then there's the one about the border at the rooming house that crossed the boarder into the nest country.(moral: never cross a snowsboarder at the border.
this all made sense a few minutes ago?? Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
Hey Joe, looked it up in several different dictionaries, and they are divided in their opinions. Some say it is a usage problem to use it as "in a moment" and others say it is correct.
So I guess I'll quit frettin' about it.
(Although I do think it's like "ain't".... used incorrectly so long that it's wrong usage was finally accepted) Posted by Joe Sciury (Member # 4653) on :
quote: By: Jon Jantz (Although I do think it's like "ain't".... used incorrectly so long that it's wrong usage was finally accepted)
Jon, you're probably right about that!
I love that "ain't" word and the wife hates it.....When she gets on me about it, I always say "oh yea, well why is it in the dictionary then?" Posted by Larry Williams (Member # 5626) on :
Is it woman's club or womens club or womans club or women's club?
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
How many women are in the club? More than 1?
Posted by Larry Williams (Member # 5626) on :
Actually, on line there are several ways that it is utilized. The most obvious solution is with the apostrophe, but the cultural interpretation is where the rub is. Is it a woman's thing or does it belong to multiple women? The solution I used was to turn it around. Men's club or Man's club. Well it is multiple men of course. Or else it wouldn't be a club. It would be a phone booth. The client insisted on woman's club. To the point of chiseling off letters and re-routing a splice. Nice! (The job was purchased and was proofed by a third party.) As the balance of the sign laid unmovable in the accounts payable zone, I took it upon myself to invest 1.5 more hours and fix it. Better than letting the money lose value. Or is it loose value? We got paid and there it stands, in my opinion a club of one. Then again what do I know? I'm just the slug with the paint on his pants.
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
I agree with you Larry. Let that be a lesson, from now on steer clear of a woman with a club.
BTW, just noticed you are from Gulf Breeze. Howdy, neighbor. I live right across the FL-AL line, but work in the Pensacola area almost every day... and my wife and I pass through GB on the way to P'cola Beach a coupla times a weekend...
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