i judge poor grammar: profile 
i judge poor grammar
created: Jun. 12, 2008
golo url: grammar.golo.com
members: 35
group owner: allison842 | Contact
membership: open
I just wanted to extend a big welcome to all the new members and a thank you to all of you who have contributed your pet peeves. They are all so true and obnoxious!
In case anyone wants to create a blog, I've made you all editors!! Share the pain. :-)
I am going to start posting blogs on occasion that have helpful grammar tips or explain difficult constructions or rules. Anybody is welcome to do the same.
about i judge poor grammar
Plainly and simply, this group is for those of us who judge others when they use poor grammar. It happens a lot on GOLO!
We can excuse the occasional typo or even the misspelling of difficult words, but consistently poor grammar is unacceptable to us! Subject-verb agreement is just proper etiquette. Punctuation is not against the law! Don't know the difference between adjectives and adverbs? You don't belong!
This is all in good fun of course. :-)
Other pet peeves:
Lose vs. Loose
Your vs. You're
It's vs. Its
Effect vs. Affect
They're, Their, There
i.e. vs. e.g.
Lie vs. Lay
Then vs. Than
"Would of" instead of "Would have"
Breathe vs. breath
Do you have other pet peeves? Need an explanation for something? You've come to the right place. Let it out...
grammar group: some problematic word pairs (posted Dec. 10, 2008)
grammar group: bring or take (posted Nov. 30, 2008)
declaring war...on also! (posted Oct. 21, 2008)
grammar group: regarding irregardless (posted Oct. 17, 2008)
reign versus rein (posted Oct. 13, 2008)
allison842 created a group blog post.
grammar group: some problematic word pairs
Dec. 10, 2008
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grammar group: bring or take
Nov. 30, 2008
allison842 created a group blog post.
grammar group: regarding irregardless
Oct. 17, 2008
just laura created a group blog post.
sincerely your's
Aug. 29, 2008
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grammar correction man beaten to death
Aug. 17, 2008
allison842 created a group blog post.
grammar group: effect and affect
Aug. 13, 2008
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grammar group: punctuating with quote marks
Aug. 3, 2008
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grammar cartoons
Aug. 1, 2008
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grammar group: which vs. that
Aug. 1, 2008
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GOLO member since January 30, 2008
December 6, 2008 4:28 p.m.
The one I remember most is that you are not to use "snuck." You must use "sneaked" instead. Snuck is considered colloquial. I would think busted would be too!
GOLO member since September 20, 2007
December 3, 2008 9:59 a.m.
GOLO member since July 29, 2007
December 3, 2008 7:51 a.m.
GOLO member since January 30, 2008
November 15, 2008 9:53 a.m.
GOLO member since January 30, 2008
November 14, 2008 8:34 p.m.
Have you ever been a copy editor?
I see why some of these people make you insane. I hope you make allowances for foreigners.
One confession: I occasionally mess up on "its" and "it's," and every time I do it, I hear my 11th grade English teacher's voice explaining the rules of when to apostrophize (no, its not a real word). One more confession: I hate it when people verbalize a noun by adding -ize to the end of the word.
GOLO member since August 29, 2008
September 11, 2008 1:58 p.m.
GOLO member since October 12, 2007
August 28, 2008 11:48 a.m.
GOLO member since April 10, 2008
August 17, 2008 4:30 a.m.
"All letters default to lowercase within GOLO. It was a style decision, and one way to separate it from WRAL.com."
Is that a "style" decision???
e e cummings would love this
dale
GOLO member since August 14, 2008
August 14, 2008 6:38 p.m.
GOLO member since July 29, 2007
August 13, 2008 9:48 a.m.
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