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Grammar Peeving.
no capitializing. 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
No punctuation 19%  19%  [ 7 ]
LOL OMG WTC 14%  14%  [ 5 ]
Misspelled wordfs. 25%  25%  [ 9 ]
Purposly mispeled wurds. 36%  36%  [ 13 ]
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Did he sell eggs?
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Key word: BIGGEST.

So what's yours from this list?

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Where is the "All of them" option? That's what I would pick if it was there.

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Like BTG, I want an "all of the above" choice.

Also, my biggest peeve isn't on the list. I REALLY hate it when people use the wrong form of a word. Their, there, and they're exist for a reason. THEY MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS AND ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE!

Of the ones on the list, I have to say that purposely misspelled words are the worst thing on the net. It's not cute. It's annoying.

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The first two don't bother me that much, but the three after that all tick me off equally. What's a sporkman to do?

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I agree with SR, with the way people don't know which hononym to use.
How about paying attention to your English teacher in class?
Then you might know which word to use in the correct context!

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No punctuation I especially hate it when people forget to separate their sentences God that bugs me so much I just want to strangle them with their own intestines and then feed them to their parents

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I really hate those posts that decide not to know when to end and begin paragraphs. It's like it never ends!

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StrongRad wrote:
Of the ones on the list, I have to say that purposely misspelled words are the worst thing on the net. It's not cute. It's annoying.

That's because WE ARE trying to be annoying. Derrrrt.
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KEY WORD BIGGEST! BIGGEST! BIGGEST!!!!!

*Brainplode.*

Okay. Well, I forgot to tell you what mine is: du u wan 2 here it? or du u alre d no it?

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Did he sell eggs? wrote:
KEY WORD BIGGEST! BIGGEST! BIGGEST!!!!!

*Brainplode.*

Okay. Well, I forgot to tell you what mine is: du u wan 2 here it? or du u alre d no it?

I know it! Its mine too!

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lol wut

(no punctuation is worst)

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No; punctuation is bad but improperly. Used punctuation is worse?

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you know my thoughts on punctuation.

wait, isn't punctuation being on time?
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No punctionation is the worst for me. I can bungle through an oddly-spelled text mess, but man, having no punctuation literally makes something HARD to read. Your eyes can't find a focus or flow and then run all ove the page. Eeeeurg.

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No punctuation does make it harder to read, but I had to put purposely misspelled because I can't stand willful ignorance.

PS. I resisted the urge to write this entire thing using all of the abovementioned mistakes, because other people had already. Horray willpower!

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Marshmallow Roast wrote:
No punctuation I especially hate it when people forget to separate their sentences God that bugs me so much I just want to strangle them with their own intestines and then feed them to their parents


This. At least when words are misspelled, abbreviated, etc. I can get the gist of what they're saying. A misplaced or missing comma, however, can totally change the meaning of a phrase.

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Marshmallow Roast wrote:
No punctuation I especially hate it when people forget to separate their sentences God that bugs me so much I just want to strangle them with their own intestines and then feed them to their parents


This. At least when words are misspelled, abbreviated, etc. I can get the gist of what they're saying. A misplaced or missing comma, however, can totally change the meaning of a phrase.


Exactly! And people get so mad at you when you misinterpret them, even though the Internet makes it a heck of a lot easier.

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I really hate all of these, But my biggest thing is when people go "waz ^" to mean "what's up". Image
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ready for prime time wrote:
you know my thoughts on punctuation.

wait, isn't punctuation being on time?


Being on time is called being punctual.

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I know people much older than I who have worse spelling than I do. Mostly with "Its" and "it's".

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IantheGecko wrote:
I know people much older than I who have worse spelling than I do. Mostly with "Its" and "it's".


So do I. It happens even MORE with the kids in my class. It drives me totally insane. What is WRONG with these people? What the crap have they been doing for the like eight freaking YEARS they've been in school now? Doodling on their test papers? DROOLING on their test papers????

Er, yeah. It doesn't actually... bother me that much. But it still frustrates me a little tiny bit. And confuses me. Huh. Well...


Yeah. XD

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IantheGecko wrote:
I know people much older than I who have worse spelling than I do. Mostly with "Its" and "it's".


Ohhhhhhhh...if you want to be possessive, it's just its, but if it's supposed to be a contraction, then it's "i-t-apostraphe-s"...scalywag.

In short, all of the above would be a nice option.

i rly hte ppl who just shortn sentences & not type stuff out & not use puncuation or capitalization or anything tht compliments the freakin english language

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Where's the "All of the above" option?

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Where's the "All of the above" option?

GAH! You people will drive me to my doom!!! BIGGEST!!!

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They all tick me off. Mainly because they're all used in conjunction with one another usually.

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I'm assuming WTC stands for "What the crap"? Because the world trade center hasnt been bothering me lately.

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They're thinking of trading Earth to Jupiter. :p

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I'm assuming WTC stands for "What the crap"? Because the world trade center hasnt been bothering me lately.

I gotta keep it clean. They're already on my back. I think.

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I'm pretty sure WTF is allowed here.

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I'm pretty sure WTF is allowed here.


True, although I've noticed many people attempting to avoid it because of its connotations.

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