If you don't know this about me already, I'm an English language major and an editing minor.
I'm not usually too picky or judgmental about people's spelling or grammar, mostly because I'm not perfect myself.
There are, however, a few things that really get to me.
Here's a small list. Including a comic from The Oatmeal that can provide further (not farther) explanations on these subjects. Basically my favorite source of grammar humor. Yes, that exists.
1. To, too, and two.
I promise you, if you take .3 seconds to think about it, it's easy to figure out.
2. Lose and loose.
Lose means you misplaced something. Loose means, well, to make something loose. As in not tight.
3. It's and its
It's is simple. IT IS. No really. That's what it means. Its is possessive.
4. Their, they're, and there.
Their=possessive.
They're=THEY ARE. Get how that works?
There=a place. See how it has HERE inside of it?
5. Your and You're
If you think your means you are, than you're an idiot.
That's the difference between the two (see how I used two correctly, too?)
6. Definitely.
The root is FINITE, meaning well, definite. Simple. NO A.
7. Whether and Weather.
If you really can't distinguish between these two, that's just sad.
8. A lot.
Alot is NOT a word. You're saying you have a lot of something, sort of like saying you have a ton or a bunch or a piece or a bag of something. Lot is an amount.
9. I'm do.
What does that even mean!? I'm do. I am do. That makes NO sense. Do you mean you are going to do {fill in the blank}? If you want to be lazy, at least use gonna! Do does not work as a verb here! You are essentially speaking gibberish!! The same works for I'm die or I'm go! You no make-a any sense!
10. It don't.
If you're going to seriously say this, just please shoot me and put me out of my misery. Honestly. It doesn't take anymore time to say IT DOESN'T than to say IT DON'T. Just please. There is no way you write this and think, "Hey, that sounds totally correct." NO.
11. Our and are.
Just seriously. Really. Honestly. If you don't know the difference between these two, go back to school.
12. Weird v wierd
I have nothing to even say about this. So I'll let The Oatmeal do the talking.
Here are some other links to stuff on The Oatmeal that I feel strongly about. Please for the sake of humanity check them out.
How to Use an Apostrophe
How to Use a Semicolon
This is all I have for now. I promise I'm not a Nazi and I'm not going to correct you if you're wrong, even if I really want to. Just have a little courtesy and think about what you say it before you murder the minds of people.
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