Grammar Nazi Contest

[Dene]

2260 for Feliks
4550 for Erik
2050 for Woner

5330 for Sela.

If we're having a competition; about 11500 for "Dene"

 

[FatBoyXPC]

20,300 for "boobs"

Not going to lie, this is a glitch. If you have safesearch active the word is filtered out so I'm guessing that the 20,300 is the total of results, as if you were to use a wild card character.

If we still count "cuber" as the wrong term then 23,1000 is a pretty high count.

I guess this makes me wrong with the "total results" idea. Hrm. I put in " " and still got 20,300 but oh well.

 

[mr. giggums]

I guess this makes me wrong with the "total results" idea. Hrm. I put in " " and still got 20,300 but oh well.

U 49,900

 

[Olivér Perge]

383 for speedcubin.

 

[theace]

1,400 Results for die

 

[Yes We Can!]

377 for lolwut

 

[Stefan]

106 for "should of"
86 for "could of"

Inspired by Joker.

 

[ThatGuy]

Canada vs. America Junior D hehe don't kill me)
21800

 

[bluecloe45]

kirjava 4120

 

[ben1996123]

6 for "an a rubix"

...and all of them are mine, or quotes of mine

 

[Godmil]

46 for "could care less"

 

[hic0057]

The name of this thread remind me of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM

 

[Kian]

46 for "could care less"

not a grammar problem, just dumb. same would go for intensive purposes.

On point: There are so many things that would be impossible to link here. The misuse of commas/apostrophes and horrifying subject-verb agreement (even by native English speakers) is atrocious in many cases. Unclear antecedents are also in vogue.

My main pet peeves are not those that relate to a lower level of English literacy like unclear antecedents or a failure to use commas correctly. The worst are those issues that are easily checked. Misusing your/you're, their/there/they're, effect/affect, it's/its, then/than, etc. These are things everyone should learn. If you don't care enough to make yourself look competent here, please do it for your future schooling/profession. There is nothing more obvious to an adult like myself than (not then) someone that not only doesn't understand basic grammatical rules but doesn't even care enough to look them up. This can greatly alter my opinion of someone's level of competence. There (not their or they're) is no excuse for those sort of mix ups -- ever.

 

[TK 421]

i tought this thread is racism

 

[mrCage]

There is nothing more obvious to an adult like myself than (not then) someone that not only doesn't understand basic grammatical rules but doesn't even care enough to look them up. This can greatly alter my opinion of someone's level of competence. There (not their or they're) is no excuse for those sort of mix ups -- ever.

I thought the correct grammar was to say someone WHO doesn't understand? Yes i'm a deliberate nazi now ...

Per

 

[Rinfiyks]

106 for "should of"
86 for "could of"

Inspired by Joker.

278

Edit:
"I could, of course..." is proper grammar though

 

[Carrot]

114,000 results for "speedcubing"... Did I win? xD (it's spelled Speedcubin )

11,500 results for "3x3"... It should be 3x3x3 in most of the cases lol..

 

[flan]

http://www.google.com/search?q=site...=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=6f32b8af52b7e0b8

29 for funner

 

[~Adam~]

wont - 251
http://www.google.com/search?q=site...=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=6f32b8af52b7e0b8

youre - 329
http://www.google.com/search?q=site...=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=6f32b8af52b7e0b8

cant - 668
http://www.google.com/search?q=site...aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=6f32b8af52b7e0b8

dont - 1720
http://www.google.com/search?q=site...m+"dont"&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp

 

[Jokerman5656]

637 for "help me"
http://www.google.com/search?q=site...=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=7b3e9e0669ddb0a1

403 for "speedcubin"
http://www.google.com/search?q=site...=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=7b3e9e0669ddb0a1