I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread

[username]

You don't need to be a resident. You need to look Jewish. If you're not Jewish, living in the town of Monroe they won't let you in.

Should it say 'were' used?

[aygart]

Should it say 'were' used?

yes

[Ergel]

Should it say 'were' used?

Correct. And the commas in the last sentence aren't correct.

[JayR]

All sentences in the first paragraph are grammatically wrong.

[stbaum]

you guys, it's KJ. i'm surprised it's spelled correctly.

[username]

you guys, it's KJ. i'm surprised it's spelled correctly.

It's not, they misspelled 'Ruach'. 

[E R K]

It's not, they misspelled 'Ruach'. 

But pronounced Riach.

[TimT]

It's not, they misspelled 'Ruach'. 

But pronounced Riach.

Similar to

while Svalbard is a couple hindered miles north.

[Iz]

Why do so many people leave a space before the punctuation? (Like this: Why do so many people leave a space before the punctuation ?)

[aygart]

Why do so many people leave a space before the punctuation? (Like this: Why do so many people leave a space before the punctuation ?)

Probably Swift Key or the like.

[Something Fishy]

@MonseyAlerts: Rt-45 remains closed near Williams Rd. for investigations after an accident involving a bus & a rolled over car, car driver still unfounded.

[yochiek93]

Why do so many people leave a space before the punctuation? (Like this: Why do so many people leave a space before the punctuation ?)

On Tapatalk if you don't leave a space sometimes it shows an emoji instead

[ckmk47]

@MonseyAlerts: Rt-45 remains closed near Williams Rd. for investigations after an accident involving a bus & a rolled over car, car driver still unfounded.

When vosizneias.com started, all their posts sounded like that.  It was a hoot!

[tageed-lee]

[dealfinder85]

Do you plan on paying cash and staying at one of those places?! They're great, but most people hear don't shell out that kind of cash on hotel stays.

[stbaum]

here

minor infraction

[whYME]

Brilliant!

[dealfinder85]

Hey it could of been worst- I could of put cholov stam 

[Iz]

The first time someone wrote that to me in an email, I couldn't believe it. He's my employer, and a very smart person. Now I see it all over. Like your/you're, and "Will let you know". Do people really think that "will" means "we'll"?
Sometimes I think there is a completely new language out there, and they're not mistaken; we're just behind the times, like how Ye Olde English evolved into today's American English. Imagine DDF a few hundred years ago, where AJK and I would be bemoaning someone who said "I think you should look into it", instead of "I reckon thou shalt delve into the matter".

[wayfe]

"Will let you know". Do people really think that "will" means "we'll"?

"Will let you know" is not necessarily a mistaken contraction of "we will". It might be shorthand- with the subject dropped. Like if you had texted "call you back later".

Sometimes I think there is a completely new language out there, and they're not mistaken; we're just behind the times, like how Ye Olde English evolved into today's American English. Imagine DDF a few hundred years ago, where AJK and I would be bemoaning someone who said "I think you should look into it", instead of "I reckon thou shalt delve into the matter".

Get with the program. Language is a fluid thing that evolves with the years. The old and archaic versions of our language are in no way more "correct" than ours.