splashdown Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 This was taken with my camera phone. The back window reads, "Honk if your a grad." I'm sure her english teacher would be proud. Maybe they should've held her back one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I agree, but it's not just high school graduates. It seems the hardest two pairs of words for people to get correct are: 1. their and there 2. your and you're I guess that is why college freshmen have to take two entry level courses of english composition when entering college. FWIW dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 here is another: advice (n) and advise (v) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Add "a lot" vs "allot" vs. the non-word "alot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Loose ........... and lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Don't forget affect and effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 ...chose and choose, believe it or not...... The list is freaking endless....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashdown Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Don't forget "they're." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Accept and except. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Two of the things I had fun with in ESL class: Two, to, too and its vs. it's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Driver Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 And the mother of all english debates: Will and Shall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrell Spicer Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Then and Than. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashdown Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 Arrrgh, that one drives me up the wall Ferrell Spicer. I'm glad I'm not the only grammar nazi on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 The point is moot, not mute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Never think May and Shall mean the same thing! Seek legal counsel, don't seek me! FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Too funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
021411 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 This was taken with my camera phone. The back window reads, "Honk if your a grad." I'm sure her english teacher would be proud. Maybe they should've held her back one year. It could be a joke too meaning they didn't learn squat in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 There is a sentence you can say, but you cannot write correctly in the English language. There are three words "TO" in the English language. There are three words "TOO" in the English language. There are three words "TWO" in the English language. Which one would you choose? Arguably, you could use a phonetic representation, but what I wrote above is definitely not correct. Then again, wouldn't that represent a fourth "TU" Other confusions: Forth Fourth, Won One Jim Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Further, Farther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toowide Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 what about who and whom... i never could figure that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo radley Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 what about who and whom... i never could figure that one out. If you start by simply using "who" if you could substitute "he/she" in the sentence, and "whom" if "him or her" works, you'll be better off than most. My pet peeve is hearing "less" when people mean "fewer." If you can count it, it's "fewer!" But it's a losing battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter K Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 hard <> hardly must <> must not => This one was not easy to understand for me as a german! Oh, I´m not alone making mistakes . There are a lot of americans with me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXSouthpaw Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 On the car forums, break and brake seem to be interchangeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdo Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) I think a lot of people address themselves wrong when they talk on the phone. They say: "This is him." ...when they should say "This is he." Another one is the, "I'm doing good." as opposed to, "I'm doing well." when they're asked how they're doing. Edited July 28, 2006 by bdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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