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.

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Their, There, They're, Sammy.

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

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

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

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

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

So before 1984ish?

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

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

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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." 

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Irregardless.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

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?

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

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.

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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!

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

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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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.

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lose / loose / loss / lost

The difference is clearly lost on many.

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

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

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

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

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

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

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

Sorta.

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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!

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

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.

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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].

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley