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The many misused words on message boards are at times hilarious. I think a class room thread is needed. Please add to this, I will start with lesson #1.

Then vs. Than (In short review)

Then = a time
Than = a comparison

Example:


Then (time) - I am going to down one last shot of Jack, and then I am going to fall up the down escalator.

Than (comparison) - I should have taken the elevator rather than the escalator.


Test: (Multiple choice)

1) Don't drink than drive.
2) Don't drink then drive.

Their, There, They're, Sammy.

Could care less. Okay, so you care to some degree, then?

Could of, would of, could have, would have!

I saw the winner in the comments section of a news site - "pre-Madonna". Hyphenated, even.

(01-01-2019, 07:24 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]I saw the winner in the comments section of a news site - "pre-Madonna". Hyphenated, even.

So before 1984ish?

The two deer along the path were too busy grazing on rhododendron to notice us.

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(01-01-2019, 07:24 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]I saw the winner in the comments section of a news site - "pre-Madonna". Hyphenated, even.

I remember when journalists and editors proofread their articles accurately. 

It was "pre-Madonna." 

Irregardless.

To, two and too.

A related issue, not quite on the level we're discussing, but still annoying, are abbreviations popularized by the apparently exhausting practice of instant messaging that have bled into other formats, like this message board. Is it that much trouble to key in the extra strokes required to use your, instead of ur?

(01-01-2019, 08:30 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]To, two and too.

A related issue, not quite on the level we're discussing, but still annoying, are abbreviations popularized by the apparently exhausting practice of instant messaging that have bled into other formats, like this message board. Is it that much trouble to key in the extra strokes required to use your, instead of ur?

Or the insidious usage of gonna and wanna. I'll use it on occasion to inflect a casual or humorous mood, but there, they're, their use is becoming more mainstream.

(01-01-2019, 08:30 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]To, two and too.

A related issue, not quite on the level we're discussing, but still annoying, are abbreviations popularized by the apparently exhausting practice of instant messaging that have bled into other formats, like this message board. Is it that much trouble to key in the extra strokes required to use your, instead of ur?

Those two extra letters can be exhausting!

(01-01-2019, 08:55 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-01-2019, 08:30 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]To, two and too.

A related issue, not quite on the level we're discussing, but still annoying, are abbreviations popularized by the apparently exhausting practice of instant messaging that have bled into other formats, like this message board. Is it that much trouble to key in the extra strokes required to use your, instead of ur?

Those two extra letters can be exhausting!

Wat? U kra-z m8!

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(01-01-2019, 08:54 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-01-2019, 08:30 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]To, two and too.

A related issue, not quite on the level we're discussing, but still annoying, are abbreviations popularized by the apparently exhausting practice of instant messaging that have bled into other formats, like this message board. Is it that much trouble to key in the extra strokes required to use your, instead of ur?

Or the insidious usage of gonna and wanna. I'll use it on occasion to inflect a casual or humorous mood, but there, they're, their use is becoming more mainstream.

Add supposably and prolly to that list, please.

lose / loose / loss / lost

The difference is clearly lost on many.

Allot - to divide and distribute
Alot is not a word.

(01-01-2019, 09:47 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]Allot - to divide and distribute
Alot is not a word.

You mean you don’t like the word alot even alittle?

I lost interest when I read “ class room” instead of classroom. Till ya fix it I’m dun.

(01-01-2019, 09:52 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-01-2019, 09:47 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]Allot - to divide and distribute
Alot is not a word.

You mean you don’t like the word alot even alittle?

Sorta.

(01-01-2019, 09:57 PM)B2hibry Wrote: [ -> ]I lost interest when I read “ class room” instead of classroom. Till ya fix it I’m dun.

Maybe he thinks some of y’all need some class too!

(01-01-2019, 10:05 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-01-2019, 09:57 PM)B2hibry Wrote: [ -> ]I lost interest when I read “ class room” instead of classroom. Till ya fix it I’m dun.

Maybe he thinks some of y’all need some class too!

A room of class. Hmm. Who would have ever thought this message board would attempt to walk that line? Not a realistic endeavor. Nope.

(01-01-2019, 08:30 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]To, two and too.

A related issue, not quite on the level we're discussing, but still annoying, are abbreviations popularized by the apparently exhausting practice of instant messaging that have bled into other formats, like this message board. Is it that much trouble to key in the extra strokes required to use your, instead of ur?

Overuse of commas can be annoying, too, [BLEEP].