Common Grammatical Mistakes: Unraveled! (OR: A Short Grammar Lesson With Kim)

I can't spell the word wierd or is it weird or wierd or...arrrrgh...anyways I cannot for some reason spell this particular word consistently and correctly. It's some sort of brain damage or something as I'm normally quite a good speller with a fairly extensive vocabulary. This one word makes me NUTSO!

Oh I've wanted to do that for a long time.. I've been called the spelling/grammar nazi before. lol

good thread. i vote sticky... :rockon:

Kim thats grate that you felt the kneed to point all this out too us. However I feel that the grammer used hear on out sight is grate. I'm glade too sea so many people with such a mastery of English. Good going girl and keep up the good work...:D

Just one question... How do I ad an add for my bald python? ;)

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Just one question... How do I ad an add for my bald python? ;)

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Oh I love Bald Pythons and the Piebald ones are the best... LOL :P

OMG you forgot the worst one though. SEEN!!

It's not "I seen that."
If you want to use 'seen' it would be, "Yes I have seen that." or "Have you seen my ball python?"

Sorry but that one just drives me insane...

LOL. I cringe when I see the sight/site.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I can't spell the word wierd or is it weird or wierd or...arrrrgh...anyways I cannot for some reason spell this particular word consistently and correctly. It's some sort of brain damage or something as I'm normally quite a good speller with a fairly extensive vocabulary. This one word makes me NUTSO!

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It's "weird". I think why that particular word confuses people is because of the "i before e except after c" mantra that they drilled into your brain in elementary school. There are a few exceptions to the rule, "weird" being one of them.

I think everyone has that ONE word that just drives them crazy. I have some words that I miss-spell almost EVERY time I write them. Spell check and dictionary.com are my best friends when I'm writing papers or posting things on the internet. :)

Thanks Kim, my eight yrs son and I just went over the there/their/they're thing last night. He stated and soundly " if we spelled them all the same, we wouldn't have to think about it so hard". Whatta ya goin to do! :rolleye2: