Grammar, you're doing it wrong

[hope_calaris]

Usually, I don't complain about stuff people write. If I don't like it, I don't read it. I close the tab and everyone lives happily ever after. I don't leave angry comments telling the author how much they suck or that they're weirdos for having this particular kink. I have enough random kinks of my own to appreciate the freedom of thought.

So,

Comments

[tj_teejay]

Oh, I totally get where you're coming from, and also why this bothers you so much. I'm a stickler when it comes to spelling and grammar, and it makes me flinch, every time I see blatant mistakes like that. I mean, yeah, nobody's perfect. I make spelling mistakes all the time, and as you know, I'm not a native English speaker either

[hope_calaris]

How do you get from must've to must of? o_O? That seems more work than anything else.

[teaspoonery]

Try saying it out loud. I've seen "have" written as "of" more often, not just in connection with "must".

[hope_calaris]

Oooh, I haven't thought about the pronuncation at all! It makes slightly more sense now.

[hope_calaris]

Fools, indeed. XD The slashers are raising hell that Harvey and Mike actually managed to have sex with WOMEN in the latest episode. Like they're forbidden to have het scenes b/c it ruins their fans slash!fantasy. Um ... it's a bit like if you stopped talking to me b/c I prefer epic!bromance for Jared and Peter. It's silly.

[khalaris]

Yeah, we all have our grammar and spelling pet peeves, although to be quite honest I never could understand why so many people mix up things like there/their/they're or whose/who's. I mean, they're fundamentally different things. Just because they sound the same... grrrr.

I agree that "must of"/"could of" and variants thereof are the worst. It bothers me that some apply their imprecise pronunciation to spelling and create that... monstrosity of wrongness *sigh*

[hope_calaris]

Well, for me it's a thing of simply writing too fast and not checking it when I confuse words like two and too. ^^

[khalaris]

But 'W' is nowhere near 'O' on the keyboard...

And what about past/passed????? There seems to be an inflation of those in fanfiction lately. It irks me. And I wince and then shout at the screen.

"He drove passed her." I mean, what the hell is going on there? Is the word 'past' now illegal? Did I miss something there?

I'm annoyed just thinking about it, can you tell? ;)

[teaspoonery]

I mostly hate it when people mess up they're/their/there and any variation thereof.

Or for the Band of Brothers fandom (which you are not in), Liebgott vs Leibgott.

[hope_calaris]

Leibgott remind me of cookies ... I can't help it. o_O

[teaspoonery]

Why cookies though?!

[hope_calaris]

Because we have "Leibniz Kekse" (cookies) in Germany. I don't argue that my mind makes ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.