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Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:43 pm

My nephew who's 11 got a phone last Christmas as he's starting high school in September (well.. that's the plan) and noticed he put your instead of you're when he texts me. Long story short, I've been teaching him the difference between there, their and they're, and you're and your - and now even his 8-year-old brother knows the difference.

Anyway, over lockdown, I was on local Facebook groups more and noticed how horrific spelling and grammar is in the UK. I know people have dyslexia, dysgraphia, and have had strokes, so of course, I'm not including those, but what words do you notice when people spell incorrectly?

There's many, but I'll start with the word definitely. A lot of people spell it definately.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm

Self-aggrizing.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Bigvince » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:47 pm

I see people using as instead of has, also people struggle with the old to too and two.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by jdrobbo » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:47 pm

As a teacher of ten and eleven year old children, I feel this has become more of an issue in the last five or six years. Indeed, you see far more there/their; could have/ could of; your/ you’re errors on this board, than you did on ClaretsMad, although the spelling police were out in force on there too.

‘Could of’ is a big one for my children and with the above, I make them non-negotiables in Key Stage Two.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:49 pm

Even the paid writers aren't bothered anymore, nevermind us mere mortals.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Tall Paul » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:49 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:43 pm
My nephew who's 11 got a phone last Christmas as he's starting high school in September (well.. that's the plan) and noticed he put your instead of you're when he texts me. Long story short, I've been teaching him the difference between there, their and they're, and you're and your - and now even his 8-year-old brother knows the difference.

Anyway, over lockdown, I was on local Facebook groups more and noticed how horrific spelling and grammar is in the UK. I know people have dyslexia, dysgraphia, and have had strokes, so of course, I'm not including those, but what words do you notice when people spell incorrectly?

There's many, but I'll start with the word definitely. A lot of people spell it definately.
There are many.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:51 pm

Tall Paul wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:49 pm
There are many.
Thanks best pal.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Tall Paul » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:51 pm

Your welcome.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:52 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:47 pm
As a teacher of ten and eleven year old children, I feel this has become more of an issue in the last five or six years. Indeed, you see far more there/their; could have/ could of; your/ you’re errors on this board, than you did on ClaretsMad, although the spelling police were out in force on there too.

‘Could of’ is a big one for my children and with the above, I make them non-negotiables in Key Stage Two.
It happens a lot on social media too.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Bosscat » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:53 pm

Poor speling and gramar seems to wind a lot of peeple up.

Usually it only gets picked upon when a poster has criticised someone and included a "Your" instead of "You're" or "There" and not "Their" ....

I heard someones child a few years ago completed an English exam using "text speak" and actually passed with a "C+" ......

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by DCWat » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:55 pm

I once received a job application that was written almost entirely in “text speak”.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:56 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:53 pm
Poor speling and gramar seems to wind a lot of peeple up.

Usually it only gets picked upon when a poster has criticised someone and included a "Your" instead of "You're" or "There" and not "Their" ....

I heard someones child a few years ago completed an English exam using "text speak" and actually passed with a "C+" ......
It's a form of OCD called Grammar Pedantry Syndrome. I wouldn't say I have it, as I'm merely pointing out how it's so common that I think fewer people can spell, than those who can't. But it can be slightly annoying with the basics.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:59 pm

I totally agree with FF.

But....here's a bit of food for thought....

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt!
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by ClaretAndJew » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:02 pm

I think linguistically language is ever evolving. Take 'ye' as an example, the old way of spelling 'the'. I think this is just the evolution of language in a digital age.

I have a friend who is a teacher and when we texts it's like speaking to someone without any concept of the English language so I don't think it has any correlation to intelligence/academic ability.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Bosscat » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:08 pm

Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:59 pm
I totally agree with FF.

But....here's a bit of food for thought....

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt!
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:11 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:02 pm
I think linguistically language is ever evolving. Take 'ye' as an example, the old way of spelling 'the'. I think this is just the evolution of language in a digital age.

I have a friend who is a teacher and when we texts it's like speaking to someone without any concept of the English language so I don't think it has any correlation to intelligence/academic ability.
I wasn't referring to shortening of words - people will text 'k' to confirm something. You're instead of your is nothing to do with text speak, it's just using the wrong word and imo certainly links to intelligence and what that person learned in school.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:14 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:47 pm
As a teacher of ten and eleven year old children, I feel this has become more of an issue in the last five or six years. Indeed, you see far more there/their; could have/ could of; your/ you’re errors on this board, than you did on ClaretsMad, although the spelling police were out in force on there too.

‘Could of’ is a big one for my children and with the above, I make them non-negotiables in Key Stage Two.
Thoughts on the word 'literally'? Due to so many people using it incorrectly, it's now apparently changed it's meaning in the dictionary.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by clarethomer » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:15 pm

I sometimes find I use the wrong 'their' and 'your' from time to time. I often pick back up on it when I have read it back and I do understand the difference, so it's always puzzling why I sometimes do it - I just put it down to the way my brain works.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:17 pm

clarethomer wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:15 pm
I sometimes find I use the wrong 'their' and 'your' from time to time. I often pick back up on it when I have read it back and I do understand the difference, so it's always puzzling why I sometimes do it - I just put it down to the way my brain works.
Possibly thinking of something else while you're subconsciously typing/writing.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by JohnMac » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:18 pm

My Huawei phone has transformed my life. What previously took 2 minutes to type out now takes 10 minutes!

It's in a world of its own.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by evensteadiereddie » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:27 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:53 pm
Poor speling and gramar seems to wind a lot of peeple up.

Usually it only gets picked upon when a poster has criticised someone and included a "Your" instead of "You're" or "There" and not "Their" ....

I heard someones child a few years ago completed an English exam using "text speak" and actually passed with a "C+" ......
I think most people offering their views on a public forum - even on here - should have the manners to present their argument as accurately as possible.
If you're not sure of a word, take the time to look it up and learn it - I still have to stop and think about "separate", I don't why, I can spell extremely well but that one's in a blind spot.

Unless there were some kind of special circumstances or his or her story involved an incredibly clever idea involving text-speak, that tale of a kid using text-speak and getting a C+ is absolute shite.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:27 pm

I’m with ClaretAndJew. Text messaging has led to abbreviating everything and that has led to folk not caring as long as you understand them.
For the OP, chimmerley. When I was at primary school the teacher put it in a spelling test. I was the only one that got it right but I didn’t live in Richmond.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Claret Till I Die » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:35 pm

Sew their

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by clarethomer » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:37 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:17 pm
Possibly thinking of something else while you're subconsciously typing/writing.
Possibly, I think its more about being focused on what I want to say so that becomes the focus - I have started using Grammarly more now which helps pick it up when I do it.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Paul Waine » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:38 pm

Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:59 pm
I totally agree with FF.

But....here's a bit of food for thought....

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt!
Neat, but I think I didn't get any further with your words than I did with the writings of one James Joyce.

I find it easy to read things that have one or two "mis-spellings" (whether there are typos or poor grammar). It's a lot harder to do this when almost every work is "unconventionally" represented. There are always two people involved in communications, the one doing the writing and the one(s) doing the reading. The purpose of the writer is to communicate with the reader. If it's made too hard, the reader may not "stay the course," so to speak. ;)

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:54 pm

People blame their phones, but the phone learns many things from the user...

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by fidelcastro » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:57 pm

Have you noticed that the people who claim to be the greatest English patriots are the worst spellers out there?

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by tim_noone » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:03 pm

I'm more concerned with dirty hygiene amongst Adults.....Teacher Leave them kids alone!!!
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by durhamclaret » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:07 pm

Best one I saw was an trade stand advert for the Tour de Yorkshire cycle event from the Welcome to Yorkshire tourist board a while back, which after studying the route map on display I noticed that Middlesbrough was spelt incorrectly, the common mistake of spelling it Middlesborough had been made, being Mr Pedantic, I pointed this out to the Welcome to Yorkshire officials manning the stand who didn't know what I was talking about and were adamant it was correct!
PS Sorry if my grammar/punctuation is not reet.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Sarum » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:10 pm

These days fans, footballers and a certain manager we regard highly routinely trot out "it was just one them things, ....it was one of them ones, ....he's one them players". Hardly anyone seems to bat an eylid now because it's become so commonplace.

As a friend of mine told me: "but that's how our language changes all the time".

Great, we can look forward then to the day when we get somethink for nuffink .

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by pushpinpussy » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:12 pm

we should bring back grammer schools

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Damo » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:16 pm

I take my nephews to the park for a kick about
Each to their own

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:17 pm

Cool story.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by !aiboforceN » Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:41 pm

Even for people who are good at spelling and grammar, it's easy for typos to occur and recur.

Take our novelty PM, for example... I know his name starts with a B, but - whether it's a typo, or possibly some kind of muscle-memory - I always seem to inadvertently type "The busted, bloviating offspring of Joseph Mengele and the Honey Monster".

Odd how auto-correct never picks me up on it ;)

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Bosscat » Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:56 pm

Damo wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:16 pm
I take my nephews to the park for a kick about
Each to their own
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by martintheaker » Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:02 pm

Writing or saying ‘of’ instead of ‘have’ is a bad one.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Stan Tastic » Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:55 pm

The most annoying one for me is people spelling Premier League, Premiership.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:17 pm

I'm certainly no expert on the English language and no writer but there is someone writes on the club's official site who always uses they're when it should be their and of when it should be have.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:21 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:17 pm
I'm certainly no expert on the English language and no writer but there is someone writes on the club's official site who always uses they're when it should be their and of when it should be have.
Grammarly has a free version (the paid version isn't needed), and so you'd think if they're writing posts, they'd have that installed. Clearly not, as it would have highlighted that.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by cricketfield73 » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:33 pm

I was once involved in recruiting for an entry-level position at a company I worked for in the 1980's.
My favourite answer to the question 'What type of work are you seeking?' was 'ENIFIG'.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:35 pm

cricketfield73 wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:33 pm
I was once involved in recruiting for an entry-level position at a company I worked for in the 1980's.
My favourite answer to the question 'What type of work are you seeking?' was 'ENIFIG'.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Brilliant.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Stan Tastic » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:40 pm

cricketfield73 wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:33 pm
I was once involved in recruiting for an entry-level position at a company I worked for in the 1980's.
My favourite answer to the question 'What type of work are you seeking?' was 'ENIFIG'.
No apostrophe in 1980s.
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Redbeard » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:45 pm

What about that US white supremacist with the placard claiming he had 'superior jeans'?

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Jakubs Tash » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:49 pm

Not so much spelling and grammar but people who say "pacific" when they mean specific. And also people who start sentences (almost every sentence) with the word "So".

Annoying.......extremely annoying.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:50 pm

Jakubs Tash wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:49 pm
Not so much spelling and grammar but people who say "pacific" when they mean specific.
I've heard hospical a lot, instead of hospital. They often seem to be Mancs.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:04 pm

To Factual Frank :

Quite by chance I have just read this book by John Humphreys. I heartily recommend it to you - I know you will love it!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Words-L ... 0340923768
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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Danieljwaterhouse » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:09 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:47 pm
As a teacher of ten and eleven year old children, I feel this has become more of an issue in the last five or six years. Indeed, you see far more there/their; could have/ could of; your/ you’re errors on this board, than you did on ClaretsMad, although the spelling police were out in force on there too.

‘Could of’ is a big one for my children and with the above, I make them non-negotiables in Key Stage Two.
The discussion should be around: does it matter? We’re moving to an automated world where language and it’s use is changing irreversibly towards programming languages.

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by clarethomer » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:15 pm

I love those bits of furniture you can buy which are named after where they were made... You know, like

Chester draws

That's common on facebook. Likewise when you have Karen, the local 'hun' who finds outrage in everything and she will tell you how discusting things are.

One I used for a while which still makes me chuckle when I catch myself about to say it - can i have a quick 5 mins... Like it's any longer than a normal 5 mins or a slow 5 mins...

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:16 pm

There are two which crop up fairly often on here which are neither poor spelling nor poor grammar. They are simply examples of using the wrong word -

1. I will tow the line. 'tow' should be 'toe'

2. It didn't phase him. 'phase' should be 'faze'

However, the one that really sets my teeth on edge is the use of 'that' instead of 'who' when talking about people -

The player 'that' scored the first goal... The person 'that' lent me a programme...

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Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:16 pm

When I was an 'infant' in the late 1950s I was taught that 'show' and 'shew' are two ways of spelling what we now use as 'show' in both instances. 'Show' was used for such things as 'Barrowford Show' or 'The Morecambe and Wise Show', whereas 'shew' was as in 'shew me what you have done'. 'Shew' is pronounced the same way as 'show'. My dictionary tells me that 'shew' is an archaic form of 'show' but I still use it sometimes because that's what Miss Fisher said I should do!

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