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Having survived my first year of being a real-world freshman, there’s a bunch of things I’m finally starting to understand: how to use LinkedIn, what “managing up” means, and how to power through a hangover at work. I’m also the first to admit that I have absolutely no clue what’s going on with some other adulty things – namely taxes, health insurance, and how the hell people are still messing up “you’re” and “your.”
I just don’t get it. It drives me absolutely crazy when I see people say “hope your having a good day!” on a friend’s birthday wall post. If you are above the age of oh, I don’t know, thirteen, there is really just no excuse to mess this up. Like, it’s really not hard. “You’re” is literally just the combination of “you” and “are.” I was never that good at math, hence why I write articles/call people out on their BS in my free time, but even I don’t think that equation is that hard to wrap your head around. “Your” is used to show that you are in possession of something. Put your high school diploma to good use and get it together.
Don’t give me any of that “oh, well you know what I meant and I just didn’t feel like typing out an extra letter” crap. No, I don’t know what you meant since the sentence doesn’t make any sense, but I do know that you’re lazy and can’t type out an apostrophe and the letter “e.” Good talk.
Let us not forget about “there,” “their” and “they’re.” They’re over there fixing their hair. Just picture sorority girls before they take a selfie and you’re all set.
The worst is “definitely” vs. “defiantly.” BY FAR. It’s like nails on a chalkboard when people mess this up. Whenever I see someone write “we’re defiantly getting lunch soon,” I just picture them showing up to the salad bar, arms crossed, kicking and screaming. So essentially me when I was five years old and my mom would drag me to get a haircut. Is that really the angle you’re going for here? I didn’t think so.
Case in point: you’re definitely all idiots..
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“I could care less…” Urgh.
“Could of” instead of “could’ve” kills me
Fuck yourself.
In my opinion, the only grammatical error that can really be excused is “who vs. whom.” Everything else and you’re just an idiot.
Even that’s pretty easy. You just substitute he vs him and see what sounds right.
Apart and a part. They’re literally the opposite of each other. Jesus Christ, people.
one, won, and Juan always gets me
Omg girl, I know, ugh. Don’t you just hate when people type you shit instead of actually speaking to you as they sit next to you at your monthly AA meeting while some asshole tells everyone about how he lost his family due to him drinking himself into oblivion as if there’s anything else left to do in this world. Lol!
Having a rough day there, bud?
I think so, I woke up today.
Damnit, I thought you were asking if I was feeling okay today. Now I’m def gonna have to put myself down for having awful reading comprehension.
Your comment still works. I woke up so indeed I am having a rough day.
Apparently grammar does matter.
Even more maddening when you realize you can just type “youre” on your iPhone and it will autocorrect to “you’re”, no need for the two extra key strokes to get the apostrophe in the number/character keyboard. No excuses for not getting it right.
It’s one good thing autocorrect is good for, yet there are imbeciles who still manage to fuck it up.
I do hate it though when autocorrect decides I actually meant to type your instead of you’re or vice versa. No phone, I meant what I typed you stupid duck.
No, autocorrect. I don’t mean “ducking”. I have never meant “ducking”.
Also when people use “suppose” instead of “supposed to”. Maddening.
People not knowing how apostrophes work drive me up a fucking wall. I saw a flyer advertising “birthday party’s” once and I almost had a stroke.
http://fuckingapostrophes.com/the-book
The defiantly one genuinely makes me angry. I lose a little bit of respect for my friends when I see these mistakes.