[KRX]

Let's face it; when we are on the Internet, we could not care less about what we learned back in our student days in terms of the grammar of the English language. However, it appears that some of us never learned key grammatical concepts. As such, I have taken it upon myself to educate this site on the proper usage of the English language. Our first lesson shall be on spelling. To start us off, I will list a few words that are constantly misspelled or are used in place of words that actually exist.

1). Alot-- Alot is not a real word. When you want to describe a large quantity with the word lot, you must separate the a and the lot. If you combine them together... well, just look up "The Alot is Better Than You at Everything."

2). Irregardless-- The word regardless means "without regard." The prefix "Ir-" means "not." Therefore, irregardless means "not without regard."

3). Weird-- Weird is spelled "w-e-i-r-d," not "w-i-e-r-d."

4). Defiantly- Defiantly means "with defiance." An example sentence correctly utilizing defiantly is, "The baby defiantly mowed the lawn." For whatever reason, the baby in this sentence defied the norm and mowed the lawn. Why do I bring up defiantly? Because it is constantly used in place of definitely.

And so concludes our first lesson. Next time, we'll look at the importance of adverbs (or something like that).

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by KRX

Let's face it; when we are on the Internet, we could not care less about what we learned back in our student days in terms of the grammar of the English language. However, it appears that some of us never learned key grammatical concepts. As such, I have taken it upon myself to educate this site on the proper usage of the English language. Our first lesson shall be on spelling. To start us off, I will list a few words that are constantly misspelled or are used in place of words that actually exist.

1). Alot-- Alot is not a real word. When you want to describe a large quantity with the word lot, you must separate the a and the lot. If you combine them together... well, just look up "The Alot is Better Than You at Everything."

2). Irregardless-- The word regardless means "without regard." The prefix "Ir-" means "not." Therefore, irregardless means "not without regard."

3). Weird-- Weird is spelled "w-e-i-r-d," not "w-i-e-r-d."

4). Defiantly- Defiantly means "with defiance." An example sentence correctly utilizing defiantly is, "The baby defiantly mowed the lawn." For whatever reason, the baby in this sentence defied the norm and mowed the lawn. Why do I bring up defiantly? Because it is coonstantly used in place of definitely.

And so concludes our first lesson. Next time, we'll look at the importance of adverbs (or something like that).

And you misspelled "constantly."

*singsong voice* Irony!

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

And you misspelled "constantly."

*singsong voice* Irony!

I knew I would mess up. It's a great thing it's fixed now.

[MnemonicSyntax]

[PkmnMstr]

Another way I like to think of weird is "we" and then "ird" like in "Bird."

Wierd would sound like wired with the e moved around for no apparent reason.

Also I approve and support this thread.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

Yeah, I'm going to be ripping him off a lot.

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Originally Posted by PkmnMstr

Another way I like to think of weird is "we" and then "ird" like in "Bird."

Wierd would sound like wired with the e moved around for no apparent reason.

Also I approve and support this thread.

Thank you. Feel free to help out anytime.

[conundrum]

I feel like an entire post should be dedicated to your and you're.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by conundrum

I feel like an entire post should be dedicated to your and you're.

Your- A pronoun that is used to show the possession of an object by another person.

How to use it: "Is this your jacket?" (Definition of the sentence: "Does this jacket belong to you?" The intention of the sentence was to inquire whether the jacket belonged to you or not. The intention of the sentence agrees with the definition.)

How not to use it: "Your fat." (Definition of the sentence: "These lipids belong to you." The intention of the sentence was to indicate that a person was fat. The intention of the sentence does not agree with the definition.)

You're- A contraction of the words you and are.

How to use it: "You're a platypus, Dr. Brown." (Definition of the sentence: "Dr. Brown is a platypus." The intention of the sentence is to make the fact that Dr. Brown is a platypus apparent. The definition agrees with the intention.)

How not to use it: "Is this you're jacket?" (Definition of the sentence: "Is this you are a jacket?" The intention of the sentence was to inquire whether the jacket belonged to you or not. The intention of the sentence disagrees with the definition. Furthermore, the definition is grammatically incorrect.)

[PkmnMstr]

To, too, and two are often mixed up. The number not so much, but it does somehow get used incorrectly from time to time. My best advice is if you're not going to make an effort to differentiate "to" and "too" use "also" instead.

[GoseiWonder]

This is why I suggested the AutoCrectors for the Onorangers.

And why KRX built them in his Ice Cream Truck Laboratory.