LOL! Well, there is one layout with the polka dot background, but that one had issues when I used it (the sidebar was all screwed up), so I took a different layout and just used the polka dot background on that one :)
Yeah! And if the people on tv/in movies can't get it right, obviously other people assume "could" is correct and keep using it, and... ugh. XD And it's not even like it's a longer sentence - it's just an additional "n't"!
Re: LOL that was me... XDkseenaaOctober 5 2011, 20:05:40 UTC
Why, thank you. For telling me these rules. Again. Thing is, they are told to me ALL THE TIME!!! But they just don't stick, for some weird reason. Hell, I have a hard time with grammatical rules in Swedish to. I know how it is supposed to sound like, but then saying WHY? Nope. Can't. In either language. I mean, I can hear how it is supposed to sound when you say it aloud in English, since I love speaking it. But then spelling comes in, and at some things I am just fucked. :-P
Re: LOL that was me... XDthiliaOctober 5 2011, 20:18:03 UTC
Well, yeah. I have a few things like that that I just don't remember and have to look up EVERY time, no matter how much I use them. XD It's especially bad in French. And often, I know the right way to spell something but end up picking the wrong one in the end after all XD
Yes! That's another one I could've added. Ugh D: And this is usually not done wrong because of typing-speed but because people actually don't know the difference :P
Yep and that's what drives me nuts. I can understand typos, but it's really not that hard to tell when to use each version of the word and it just makes me think you're lazy if you get it wrong tbh.
Wait. I thought "could care less" and "couldn't care less" is an British English vs American English debate thingie? I seem to recall a discussion about this somewhere - can't find the link now (or was it in a beta reading note that I once received?) - but that was the impression I got. I definitely go for "couldn't care less" but it's not as bothersome to me as the "definately" thing.
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And your layout. I LOVE IT! I want to have it too!!! *grabby fingers*
My biggest pet peeve is when someone answers a this or that? question with YES
WTF I DIDNT ASK FOR A YES OR NO!
*shakes head*
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The layout is from milou_veronica; it's a mix between two layouts, actually. XD
And yes! That is pretty annoying. *nods*
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to / too - I NEVER know when to use what.
of / off - same here, NEVER know when to use one or the other.
your / you're - finally starting to learn this one.
there / their / they're- I KNOW this one, but when writing quickly, I do sometimes get it wrong, and the spell-check don't catch it.
I hate it. I always get told that my english is so good, and then there are these Achilles' heels... and I hate them. With a passion.
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Stupid rules, anyway LOL! XD
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And "definately" is annoying, yeah. I don't see it that much, though. XD
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