[lyrical_lie]

(Original post by Really_Gonna_Rock_)
Their/there/they're, your/you're....!!!!!

Why oh why do people confuse these words and so often use the incorrect form????

I'm talking about NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS ffs!!!!!!

Now if you're foreign and you learned English as a second language, I'll forgive you for forgetting the correct form!!!!

But if you're a NATIVE BLOODY ENGLISH SPEAKER, there is no excuse!

Don't they get taught the difference between them in school these days???

Rant over!

I would agree with you but you used far too many question marks. :P

(Original post by R583)
I'm ashamed to say this, but I'm 16 and it was only last year I really started to see the difference between your and you're

I think the 2 main reasons people always get them wrong is.
A. Laziness (in slang and text talk, no-one can be bothered)
B. In primary school, we weren't taught about ANY grammer (disgusting I know).
I now spend most of my time correcting my friend's grammer...which is the biggest waste of time and annoys the hell out of them

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9003

Really? I find that amazing, we had grammer work every day at school when we did "Close Reading" which was a mix of understanding questions about words and grammer. But if I'm totally honest semi-colons still confuse me. I only know that I use them for an expanded list and something else.

[SpicyStrawberry]

I've also seen a lot of people saying "cart" instead of "can't" or "cannot" ... what is that all about. Unless you have severe dyslexia or English is your second language, I don't see the excuse.

[catestevenson]

(Original post by SpicyStrawberry)
I've also seen a lot of people saying "cart" instead of "can't" or "cannot" ... what is that all about. Unless you have severe dyslexia or English is your second language, I don't see the excuse.

They probably have an accent and it sounds like that when they say it.

[SpicyStrawberry]

(Original post by catestevenson)
They probably have an accent and it sounds like that when they say it.

Nope, they're from Manchester like me and have a very similar accent.

[catestevenson]

(Original post by lyrical_lie)
I would agree with you but you used far too many question marks. :P

Really? I find that amazing, we had grammer work every day at school when we did "Close Reading" which was a mix of understanding questions about words and grammer. But if I'm totally honest semi-colons still confuse me. I only know that I use them for an expanded list and something else.

I think it varies a lot from school to school. Even when students are taught things like grammar and spelling, it doesn't guarantee they won't make any mistakes (i.e. grammar is spelt with an a not an e).

And I guess with semi-colons xD

[lyrical_lie]

(Original post by catestevenson)
I think it varies a lot from school to school. Even when students are taught things like grammar and spelling, it doesn't guarantee they won't make any mistakes (i.e. grammar is spelt with an a not an e).

And I guess with semi-colons xD

True I suppose, oh and I know I can't spell. It said so on every report card

[Deziah]

(Original post by Kolya)
Right. They're almost as bad as those silly people posting on TSR who can't differentiate between grammar and orthographic conventions. I'm so ashamed to be British when this happens.

I was talking about both, lol.

[miss_p]

(Original post by Really_Gonna_Rock_)
Their/there/they're, your/you're....!!!!!

Why oh why do people confuse these words and so often use the incorrect form????

I'm talking about NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS ffs!!!!!!

Now if you're foreign and you learned English as a second language, I'll forgive you for forgetting the correct form!!!!

But if you're a NATIVE BLOODY ENGLISH SPEAKER, there is no excuse!

Don't they get taught the difference between them in school these days???

Rant over!

Very well said indeed! There really is no excuse! I wish more people would think like this

[o Rebecca o]

Here's another thing that really gets to me....

woman and women

People, please realise the difference between these two.

woman = one woman

women = more than one woman

I see so many people use "women" to describe just one woman. It really annoys me.

Breath and breathe is another.

[Speckle]

you don't really need to do know it nowadays. the only times you use it are when spelling isnt as vital (internet, texts). for formal writing you will never use you/they

[Supportive mum]

(Original post by o Rebecca o)
Here's another thing that really gets to me....

woman and women

People, please realise the difference between these two.

woman = one woman

women = more than one woman

I see so many people use "women" to describe just one woman. It really annoys me.

Breath and breathe is another.

The incorrect use of then and than really annoys me! I've read some posts on TSR and have no idea what people are trying to say because of this error.

I recently heard a friend's daughter say 'if I'd known what it would be like, I wouldn't have went'! I cringed and thought to myself it was at least some consolation that she'd not said 'wouldn't of went'. My English isn't that great, but at least I was taught grammar at school.