PSA: Loose Cannons

[railise]

Lately, I keep seeing a handful of spelling and grammar errors pop up all over the internet. And, I'm not the only one noticing them; I've discussed this with people in a few different places now, but it's usually in comments on a journal entry that has little or nothing to do with the topic, and that's solving nothing. So, I figured I'd do

Comments

[serendipityxxi]

LMAO! I love you for this! It drives me nuts sometimes too! :)

[railise]

:D If it were just me, I would've shut up and stewed in silence. But it's not, and that wouldn't solve anything, anyway. ;)

[queeneamidala13]

Good post! I hope it makes a difference to those who need a grammar refresher. I agree that everyone makes mistakes periodically, but it can be annoying to read a whole post filled with the same simple errors. As an English teacher, these blaring errors really jump out and make me cringe too. Frequently, I've been really annoyed when I've seen excepted / accepted and access / excess misused in many internet posts.

[railise]

Thanks! :D And that's just it-- I'm seeing the same mistakes everywhere, and hopefully this'll prevent at least one instance.

Ooo, those are good-- adding them in!!

[rochvelleth]

I LOVE YOU! Have I ever mentioned this? :)

P.S. It feels weird using this icon now I'm all Eleventastic... but it's relevant :)

[railise]

Aww, thanks. :D :D Totally reciprocated!!

Ten's ALWAYS relevant, no matter how excellent Eleven is. ;)

[queerlyobscure]

This is an excellent post. If I may add my two cents:

Affect/effect.

And to a lesser extent practice/practise, but I'm told that Americans don't have the second one at all. Which is weird to me, but there you go.

Also I keep seeing specific confused with Pacific, which is something I thought only happened in speech, but there you go.

And then if we're roaming into the world of Latin abbreviations:

i.e = that is
e.g = for example

This distinction is important.

Also prostrate means lying on your front, and supine means lying on your back. This annoys me more than it ought to but it isn't really a grammatical error, it's a not-knowing-the-meaning error.

[wastingyourgum]

And prostate is something else entirely...

[railise]

LOL, yup!! :D

[queerlyobscure]

XD - that is it. No-one should ever lie prostate.

[roh_wyn]

Can I just add roll/role to the list? I just read something (in a different fandom), where someone buttered a role. O_O

[railise]

Adding it now! As well as "irregardless." :D