It's CONFORMATION not CONFIRMATION. (Pedantic thread)

I'm glad this thread is back. :)

'no' instead of 'know' is one I'm seeing more and more :mad:

Not bothering to capitalise 'i' :mad:

Apostrophes used to indicate 'here comes a letter s' and not what they were designed for :mad:

'sort' instead of 'sought' though not HHO related - I saw it in a national newspaper recently; a house for sale in a 'sort' after area :rolleyes:

There are just so many! It particularly bugs me when the mistakes are in thread titles (although the recent one about buying a hore made me laugh). There is one currently when the first four words are all incorrect :eek:

I like uphauled and discusted though :cool:

I feel better now :D :D :D
 
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Oh good Lord, too, too many . . .

You're is a contraction of you are
Your is possessive
It's is a contraction of it is
Its is possessive
Poles are what horses walk, trot, canter or jump over
Poll is a part of the horse's anatomy - top of the head, behind the ears - end of the spine
You rode your horse this morning
You got rid of your skanky boyfriend last night
Homeopathic remedies can complement more traditional medical treatments
The farrier pays you a compliment about your arse in those new jods
Natives, good-doers and horses/ponies with cushings can be prone to laminitis
Your vet can give you confirmation of the suitability of your horse's conformation for the type of work you intend to do with it (and, yes, the grammar of this sentence isn't particularly stellar)
Cushings is a metabolic condition, often found in horses and ponies of advanced age
Cushions are those useless decorative objects strewn over beds in those designer show homes
Reins are those leather, sometimes synthetic, loops attached to the bit which you hold to give aids to your horse
Reign is what HM the Queen has done for 60 years
Rain is that wet stuff that fell from the sky for pretty much most of April

I could go on . . . but then I'm a bit of a grammar freak and what irritates me probably doesn't bother most people . . . actually, on reflection, my response here probably belongs in the "what grinds your gears" thread :).

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Apologies first I'm on the iPhone and it likes to make up words :)

My son brought homework home one night, I was reading thru it, it was pluralisation of words. Low and behold there was hoof and the plural.... Hoofs :eek: I went completely daft. I phoned the school, wrote a letter of complaint you name it. That is why he level of APPROVED education children of today ate getting. No wonder the world is in a mess. There were others but that is the one that really got me

And just for clarity its hooves !!!!!!!!!

Rant over I feel a wee bit better now :)
 
PolarSkye said:
Oh good Lord, too, too many . . .

You're is a contraction of you are
Your is possessive
It's is a contraction of it is
Its is possessive
Poles are what horses walk, trot, canter or jump over
Poll is a part of the horse's anatomy - top of the head, behind the ears - end of the spine
You rode your horse this morning
You got rid of your skanky boyfriend last night
Homeopathic remedies can complement more traditional medical treatments
The farrier pays you a compliment about your arse in those new jods
Natives, good-doers and horses/ponies with cushings can be prone to laminitis
Your vet can give you confirmation of the suitability of your horse's conformation for the type of work you intend to do with it (and, yes, the grammar of this sentence isn't particularly stellar)
Cushings is a metabolic condition, often found in horses and ponies of advanced age
Cushions are those useless decorative objects strewn over beds in those designer show homes
Reins are those leather, sometimes synthetic, loops attached to the bit which you hold to give aids to your horse
Reign is what HM the Queen has done for 60 years
Rain is that wet stuff that fell from the sky for pretty much most of April

I could go on . . . but then I'm a bit of a grammar freak and what irritates me probably doesn't bother most people . . . actually, on reflection, my response here probably belongs in the "what grinds your gears" thread :).

P
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:D Very good. Love the cushions one in particular.
 
I would HAVE if I could HAVE and really, I should HAVE....not would OF, could OF and should OF. My daughter is still trying to come to terms with this one ;).

A friend of mine makes bloopers all the time, knows she is doing it and asks for the correct word, then giggles like mad about it. Her latest was 'I didn't go swimming on holiday because the currency was too strong', closely followed by 'Look at that lovely pannini bush'. Love her to bits :).
 
The one that always gets me is when people don't know when they should use 'fewer' as opposed to 'less'.

My horse is less spooky when he has fewer oats.
 
Only read page 1 so far so someone may have mentioned it already.

Finnish instead of finish!!
Pacific instead of specific!!!
 
1life said:
I would HAVE if I could HAVE and really, I should HAVE....not would OF, could OF and should OF. My daughter is still trying to come to terms with this one ;).
:).
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To help your daughter understand-
You can say,
I have ...a horse.
and then you might say,
I could have... a horse

You would not say,
I of
so you don't say,
I could of ... because it doesn't mean anything.

Well it helped me understand.:rolleyes:
 
GeeGeeboy said:
When people say/write draw when they mean drawer (as in chest of drawers) !!! It really bugs me!
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A saw an advert for a chester draws recently :D


Mind you, half my childhood I thought the drawers on my parents landing came from Chester. The Chester drawers.
 
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