AAAAAAAAAAnd, because it seems we can all use a grammar lesson once in a while...

[ghoulsis]

I present Bob the Angry Flower's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots. Share and enjoy!

Comments

[jay1022.livejournal.com]

OF COURSE I would have to read this after trying to post a simple entry in A/R and found a misspelling in said entry.

My dumb ass computer sometimes deletes my whole entry when clicking on update making me have to re-type everything, sometimes twice!! *argh!*

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

I have a major apostrophe peeve. I saw it so often on signs when I lived in the South that whenever I see them misused, it makes my blood boil.

My other peeve is the use of quotation marks for emphasis. "NEW" and "IMPROVED!" As one comedian pointed out, this use of quotation marks can mean one of two things: either you mean it ironically, or you're quoting from another sign.

[jay1022.livejournal.com]

I just hate misspelling something that I should have gotten right the first time, and your post just made me have a D'OH! moment. I do feel your pain, though. I mean, don't people have dictionaries or know how to look this stuff up? Or when in doubt, spell it out?

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

Dig this (http://pics.livejournal.com/ghoulsis/pic/000081a2)... one of my very favorite, unintentionally-funny signs from my old town. I swear it's not photoshopped.

[jay1022.livejournal.com]

That is funny, and yet so sad at the same time.

Imagine my glee when I figured out I could go back and fix my misspelling! *does happy grammatical dance*

[mrghoul.livejournal.com]

Did she, now?

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

(And just so you know, I didn't post this as a dig at you. I just happened across it.)

[jay1022.livejournal.com]

No worries, I wasn't even thinking that. Just comedic timing :)

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

When I saw that for the first time, I seriously wanted to have Bob the Angry Flower's babies seeds. :)

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

All the editors of the world thank you and Bob. Well, OK, I thank you, and the rest of them would if they knew.

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

He sells a full-color poster of that cartoon on his website. I'm probably gonna get a copy for my office.

[mrghoul.livejournal.com]

Yep, here in our town we have "Gun's." And also "Doll's." And not too long ago, we had "House of Hobby's." Ther'e mus't be somethin'g in the wate'r.

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* I've seen the sign for Gun's and Doll's. Oy.

[livilla.livejournal.com]

...

Oh, thank God! Apostrophes hate me. *clicks and bookmarks*

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad I could help. :)

[nyuszi.livejournal.com]

lolz... my favorite is still "your" and "you're"... it ticks me off like there's no tomorrow. then again, i shouldn't be talking, i'm not a native speaker. :)

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

And you know what? Until this moment, I didn't realize you're not a native speaker. Quite honestly, you seem to make fewer mistakes than most of the native speakers I see on LJ (and out in public). Good for you! I'm impressed.

[nyuszi.livejournal.com]

heh! thanx... :)

spelling is important to me. i'm not a spelling nazi, but i do judge ppl by how they write. which is not very nice of me...

often i make the silliest mistakes (i'm dyslexic) and it just annoys the hell out of me. i end up editing my entries 10 times after i post them. and i re-read e-mails at least twice before i send them. mistakes slip through though.

[ghoulsis.livejournal.com]

I think I do the same thing. Generally, if I start to read fic and the grammar is so bad as to be distracting, I don't read anything else by that author. Maybe it's wrong of me, but there's a lot of bad fic out there and I only have so many hours in the day, you know?

I'm (mildly) dyslexic too, so I understand about the silly mistakes. It's frustrating, because usually when I write it the first time it looks right. And when I go back later, that's when I discover the error. Grr.

[nyuszi.livejournal.com]

same here... it distracts me from the plot and often, if the grammar is bad, the rest won't be that interesting anyways.

the thing is sometimes i won't notice the mistakes even after i re-read the thing two or three times. i mostly switch the order of the letters, and i simply can't spot those things. ;'