I'm guilty of #7 and #8. How about you?
#1: Loose for lose
No: I always loose the product key.
Yes: I always lose the product key.
#2: It's for its
No: Download the HTA, along with it's readme file.
Yes: Download the HTA, along with its readme file.
No: The laptop is overheating and its making that funny noise again.
Yes: The laptop is overheating and it's making that funny noise again.
#3: They're for their for there
No: The managers are in they're weekly planning meeting.
Yes: The managers are in their weekly planning meeting.
No: The techs have to check there cell phones at the door, and their not happy about it.
Yes: The techs have to check their cell phones at the door, and they're not happy about it.
#4: i.e. for e.g.
No: Use an anti-spyware program (i.e., Ad-Aware).
Yes: Use an anti-spyware program (e.g., Ad-Aware).
Note: The term i.e. means "that is"; e.g. means "for example". And a comma follows both of them.
#5: Effect for affect
No: The outage shouldn't effect any users during work hours.
Yes: The outage shouldn't affect any users during work hours.
Yes: The outage shouldn't have any effect on users.
Yes: We will effect several changes during the downtime.
Note: Impact is not a verb. Purists, at least, beg you to use affect instead:
No: The outage shouldn't impact any users during work hours.
Yes: The outage shouldn't affect any users during work hours.
Yes: The outage should have no impact on users during work hours.
#6: You're for your
No: Remember to defrag you're machine on a regular basis.
Yes: Remember to defrag your machine on a regular basis.
No: Your right about the changes.
Yes: You're right about the changes.
#7: Different than for different from
No: This setup is different than the one at the main office.
Yes: This setup is different from the one at the main office.
Yes: This setup is better than the one at the main office.
#8 Lay for lie
No: I got dizzy and had to lay down.
Yes: I got dizzy and had to lie down.
Yes: Just lay those books over there.
#9: Then for than
No: The accounting department had more problems then we did.
Yes: The accounting department had more problems than we did.
Note: Here's a sub-peeve. When a sentence construction begins with If, you don't need a then. Then is implicit, so it's superfluous and wordy:
No: If you can't get Windows to boot, then you'll need to call Ted.
Yes: If you can't get Windows to boot, you'll need to call Ted.
#10: Could of, would of for could have, would have
No: I could of installed that app by mistake.
Yes: I could have installed that app by mistake.
No: I would of sent you a meeting notice, but you were out of town.
Yes: I would have sent you a meeting notice, but you were out of town.
5 comments:
Don't you mean appear stupid?
I spent a while trying to make sure I had the following all write before I posted this too the blog for there reading.
- I tried too loose leaf paper before it was hers to lose during the game. She decided two loose the car keys from the ring in her lose purse.
- I wish we would all get together and than we could get it's own debate on how my grammer is progressing before its to late.
- Easy to figure out if you just think of it's as a contraction of 'it is' and its as a posessive 'belonging to' like there book.
- I see this one all the time, mostly from people I think are smart! Mrs. Evans sure did a good job of making sure we knew this one really well. I'm sure I've made it lots of times and its easy to get confused.
- Well than do you think we should have done it then rather then doing it than way?
- You say a comma (e.g.,)should follow both of them? Or should I have put it like this (i.e.,,)?
- The outage will have lots of affect on users. Its going to take months to get there computers back up and running on there computers over their.
- Your going to kill me for not understanding what you're trying to say.
- I don't see why this is different from saying that its better then the one at the main office.
- I had to tell a lay how to lie to the judge on the bench by the beach before he was to lei the criminal to rest in the red brick brink.
Thank goodness for Microsoft and it's grammer checker. I had to lie this down in Word so that I could make sure I didn't make any of them their mistakes that you were saying make people look stupid.
Chaz, your hysterikal! I laffed my hed off, yew cwack me up.
Is it proper to say "those ones"?
Very good question! That would be another one I am guilty of. I believe it is grammatically proper to say "I prefer those." instead of, "I prefer those ones."
Those what?
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