Grammar Nazi Contest

http://www.google.com/#q=site:speedsolving.com+%22dont%22&hl=en&fp=ab5cdb1806fef4aa

I think the winner would be "i" but there is not way to find out...

I also think there is no way to find out how often "not" is used when "no" was meant.

(my personal weakness is simply writing too fast and not checking what I wrote so I write things like know when I mean now and I suck at choosing between than and then and some of my sentences are between brackets/parentheses while they shouldn't be and I type things like a/b in very long sentences that are not very nice to read but I hope that all of what I wrote here is ok/okay and not to/too difficult]

Obviously, the most common error would be the misuse of avg that should be capitalised like AvG.

P.S., pants are trousers ;)
 
HI AVG NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.

nice capitals you have on your keyboard ;)

I have another suggestion, but also don't know how to search for it: 3x3 when 3x3x3 is meant. (these puzzles are 3 dimensional you know?)

Well, if someone say '3x3 cube' then it's pretty obvious how many units the other side has. :p
 
HI AVG NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.

nice capitals you have on your keyboard ;)

I have another suggestion, but also don't know how to search for it: 3x3 when 3x3x3 is meant. (these puzzles are 3 dimensional you know?)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ng.com+3x3+-3x3x3&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

The minus sign/hyphen helps with that.

I know about the use of the minus sign, but it will still list all the hits in signatures. I guess it is better than nothing. Anyway, it is listed as "About 41,000 results"

HI AVG NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.

nice capitals you have on your keyboard ;)

I have another suggestion, but also don't know how to search for it: 3x3 when 3x3x3 is meant. (these puzzles are 3 dimensional you know?)

Well, if someone say '3x3 cube' then it's pretty obvious how many units the other side has. :p

Yes, it doesn't matter if someone says 3x3x3 cube, 3x3 cube or 3 cube or even just cube. But for some reason n x n has gotten so popular even though it is just plain wrong. Adding the word cube makes it a little better indeed but I would argue that it is strange to describe 2 dimensions of a cube.

@JeffDelucia: Were you quoting for future reference, fearing that the original would be altered, or did you just forget to type?

@JeffDelucia: My bad, nice correction. Should have added that "too" the list of common mistakes
 
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I approve of being anal about grammar when you're correct, but sometimes people end up reciting rules that just aren't. So be careful. Some rules were only thought up to try to make the grammar of English more like that of Latin; some rules only apply to American English but not British, or vice versa; some things are only wrong in certain situations and have legitimate uses; some rules simply point out an informal usage and thus are only applicable in formal writing (which a forum is not). Not to mention the ones where Google will bring up correct usages.

"Different than" has legit uses. "Practise" is OK in British English (but only as a verb). Google searches for "im", "you and I", "more then", etc. show many results which are grammatically fine. "Can not" is acceptable. "I can has" is informal (because it's a meme). "Try and" is informal/colloquial. Many "da" results are part of Asian names, or used jokingly/sarcastically. "3x3" is fine IMO.
 
1100 for noob
1 for narb
79 for newb
49 for boxxy
1530 for orangina. <---- :O
470 for cake
416 for Faz
2260 for Feliks
4550 for Erik
2050 for Woner
 
Haha 160 for competion.
5330 for Sela.
273 for Ri (when R' is meant).

Note: This isn't grammar related, but "search function" only returned 210.
 
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