I've Seen This "To" Many Times

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#1  Edited By Atlas

Ok, seriously people, what the fuck? I've seen it on Twitter, I've seen it on Facebook, I've seen it on internet forums, and of course I've seen it on Giant Bomb. What is with people's inability to use the word too. It's not to. You're not going anywhere. It's an expression of agreement or consent i.e. synonym for likewise, or it's an expression of excess i.e. too much or too many. Is this so difficult? What I really don't understand is that your finger is right over the O key already. All you have to do is hit it twice. Are people forgetting? Ugh.
 
Am I the only one who's noticed this, or is annoyed by this? I'm not normally one for gramatical fascism, but this one annoys the hell out of me. I like to write on the internet the same way I would write in real life. Others don't, and that's fine. But really, people, this one is just silly.
 
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#2  Edited By Fallen189

Have you considered English isn't their native language? Or that it's just unimportant.

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#3  Edited By ajamafalous

your just a dumb grammer nazi
 
maybe there o key get's stuck

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#4  Edited By Yummylee

daayum. Facebook grammer being on the same sentence as giantbomb's...That's cold. =O
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#5  Edited By Bennyishere
@Abyssfull said:

" daayum. Facebook grammer being on the same sentence as giantbomb's...That's cold. =O "

"Grammer"?
I love being a grammar Nazi.
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#6  Edited By Shazam
@ajamafalous said:
" your just a dumb grammer nazi  maybe there o key get's stuck "
It's their, not there. :P
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#7  Edited By ajamafalous
@Abyssfull said:

" daayum. Facebook grammer being on the same sentence as giantbomb's...That's cold. =O "

You spelled grammar wrong :/
 
Edit: I see I was beaten.
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#8  Edited By voodooterror

your dumb 
 
OMG i used your instead of you're :O

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#9  Edited By ajamafalous
@Shazam said:
" @ajamafalous said:
" your just a dumb grammer nazi  maybe there o key get's stuck "
It's their, not there. :P "
There are still two other errors in there for you to find!
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#10  Edited By Yummylee
@Bennyishere said:
"@Abyssfull said:

" daayum. Facebook grammer being on the same sentence as giantbomb's...That's cold. =O "

"Grammer"? I love being a grammar Nazi. "

Too bad you suck as one, I spelt ''grammer'' correctly yah craza fooooool!
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#11  Edited By oldschool

Haha, I thought you just made a spelling error when you made the topic. 
 
I am a "stickler" (someone who is somewhat fanatical about grammar and spelling - I actually carry a marker with me and correct any public posters with mistakes), but I quickly learned that if I was going to fix up the internet with all the poor spelling and grammar, then it would be a full time job, so I just got over it.  However, just earlier today, in a sign that old habits die hard, when I quoted someone, I corrected their post before replying (put in capitals, commas and corrected spelling), but importantly, I didn't make mention of the fact that I did it.  Yes, that's right, I am a subversive stickler, correcting the internet, one post at a time. 
 
Loosen up or you will die young  :-)

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#12  Edited By TheNakedAnt

I to hate ppls use of teh word to

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#13  Edited By Yummylee
@ajamafalous said:
"@Abyssfull said:

" daayum. Facebook grammer being on the same sentence as giantbomb's...That's cold. =O "

You spelled grammar wrong :/  Edit: I see I was beaten. "

Get outaaa heeeeere. I even googled it just to be sure, before hand. =O
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#14  Edited By TheNakedAnt

//parody

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#15  Edited By Atlas
@Shazam said:

" @ajamafalous said:

" your just a dumb grammer nazi  maybe there o key get's stuck "
It's their, not there. :P "
It's also you're, not your, and gets, not get's. I really hope for his sake that he's just teasing.
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#16  Edited By Red12b

Hey I bet you hate it when their gets replaced and you're point losses it's appeal. 
 
You're your their they're there too to two, 
 
It's the English Language baby, it's a fucking wonderful thing, that is totally fucked.

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#17  Edited By Yummylee
@ajamafalous:
@Bennyishere:


Ah nevermind, I see ma mistake.
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#18  Edited By CL60

Who the fuck cares...

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#19  Edited By Shazam
@ajamafalous said:

" @Shazam said:

" @ajamafalous said:
" your just a dumb grammer nazi  maybe there o key get's stuck "
It's their, not there. :P "
There are still two other errors in there for you to find! "
Ah, an Easter egg hunt of words. Yet, I spot three errors. Is this a trap within a trap ?
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#20  Edited By Jazz

And people wonder why the English language is becoming a joke. 
 People are just too lazy to write properly.
If thou think'est  'totherwise, verily shalt thou be smite'd. 

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#21  Edited By RedEyesBlueBunny

i am with you. i am so happy to see this topic

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#22  Edited By PediatricUrology

On the one hand it sucks that spelling conventions are that awful.
 
On the other hand, it's one of the most commonly used words in the language and if you're older than about 8 you should know how to get it right every single time.
 
So everything in the world sucks.

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#23  Edited By Atlas
@Abyssfull: How can a man with a Dylan Moran avatar possibly fail so hard?
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#24  Edited By ajamafalous
@Shazam said:

" @ajamafalous said:

" @Shazam said:

" @ajamafalous said:
" your just a dumb grammer nazi  maybe there o key get's stuck "
It's their, not there. :P "
There are still two other errors in there for you to find! "
Ah, an Easter egg hunt of words. Yet, I spot three errors. Is this a trap within a trap ? "
I didn't include capitalization or end-of-sentence punctuation in my error count.
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#25  Edited By PerryVandell

That's kind of annoying for me, but I get more irritated when people use "u" instead of you. Its two extra letters, people.

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#26  Edited By Atlas
@CL60 said:

" Who the fuck cares... "

 You're just saying that because you used "to" incorrectly just 20 minutes ago, in the kill list thread.
 
SERVED.
 
@Fullmetal216: See I'm not such a grammar Nazi as to mind that, because at least it means something; it's an effective short hand. Using "to" instead of "too" is just retarded.
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#27  Edited By Yummylee
@Atlas said:
" @Abyssfull: How can a man with a Dylan Moran avatar possibly fail so hard? "

Have you not seen him live?? His failure as a person is his most common persona.
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#28  Edited By Red12b
@oldschool said:
" Haha, I thought you just made a spelling error when you made the topic.  I am a "stickler" (someone who is somewhat fanatical about grammar and spelling - I actually carry a marker with me and correct any public posters with mistakes), but I quickly learned that if I was going to fix up the internet with all the poor spelling and grammar, then it would be a full time job, so I just got over it.  However, just earlier today, in a sign that old habits die hard, when I quoted someone, I corrected their post before replying (put in capitals, commas and corrected spelling), but importantly, I didn't make mention of the fact that I did it.  Yes, that's right, I am a subversive stickler, correcting the internet, one post at a time.  Loosen up or you will die young  :-) "
Holy shit, you're kidding. 
 
I'm Dyslexic so it's a miracle that I can actually get half of this shit correct, 
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#29  Edited By killroycantkill
@Atlas:  It must be "to" much for you to bare. MUHAHAHAHA
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#30  Edited By Icil

Dear Grammar Nazis: It's not the misspellers that bring down the English language. It's you.

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#31  Edited By Atlas
@Abyssfull: True dat. I've seen his DVDs, and he's been around the top of my Comics to See Live Before I Die list for a while, or at least he would be if such a list existed and I hadn't just lied and made it up. What a liar I am.
 

@Killroycantkill:



 Please?
 Please?
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#32  Edited By beargirl1
@ajamafalous said:
" your just a dumb grammer nazi  maybe there o key get's stuck "
FFFFFFFFFF NICE GRAMMAR
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#33  Edited By Red12b
@Abyssfull said:
" @Atlas said:
" @Abyssfull: How can a man with a Dylan Moran avatar possibly fail so hard? "
Have you not seen him live?? His failure as a person is his most common persona. "
Dylan Moran is brilliant,  
 
 
And then the CAGE comes down, and your mother steps out of the wardrobe and you kill her with a trowel.
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#34  Edited By armaan8014

I like play videos game

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#35  Edited By ajamafalous
@AjayRaz: :)
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#36  Edited By PerryVandell
@Atlas said:
" @CL60 said:

" Who the fuck cares... "

 You're just saying that because you used "to" incorrectly just 20 minutes ago, in the kill list thread.
 
SERVED.
 
@Fullmetal216: See I'm not such a grammar Nazi as to mind that, because at least it means something; it's an effective short hand. Using "to" instead of "too" is just retarded. "
It's not so much the "grammar" part of it I'm irritated about, it's just the laziness of it. Also, I have this feeling that people on forums who type like they are sending a text on a cell phone are the same people who actually say things like "lol, fail, and win" in conversation.
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#37  Edited By Hitchenson

If it's readable why should I give a fuck?

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#38  Edited By Snail
@RedEyesBlueBunny said:
" i am with you. i am so happy to see this topic "
Maybe English isn't their native language?
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#39  Edited By Atlas

I propose that all forums should have a list which details which members of the site either aren't native English speakers (i.e. first language), or are dyslexic, so that they cannot be mocked for poor grammar and spelling, because you're right, that is really unfair. Everyone else can go fuck themselves.
 
My favourite Moran quote is from Black Books; "I am a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm even here at all."
 
Cracks me up every time.

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#40  Edited By Yummylee
@Red12b said:
" @Abyssfull said:
" @Atlas said:
" @Abyssfull: How can a man with a Dylan Moran avatar possibly fail so hard? "
Have you not seen him live?? His failure as a person is his most common persona. "
Dylan Moran is brilliant,    And then the CAGE comes down, and your mother steps out of the wardrobe and you kill her with a trowel. "

Very much so. 8)
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#41  Edited By PerryVandell
@Atlas said:
" I propose that all forums should have a list which details which members of the site either aren't native English speakers (i.e. first language), or are dyslexic, so that they cannot be mocked for poor grammar and spelling, because you're right, that is really unfair. Everyone else can go fuck themselves. "
That... wouldn't solve the problem.
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#42  Edited By Red12b

Ancocrdig to a rrecaesh at Crbgdamie Uientsvriy, it dsoen't mettar in what oerdr the lreetts in a word are. The only itmporant thing is that the first and last letter be in the rhigt place.


The rest can be a ttaol mess and you can sltil read it wiothut pbolrem. This is bscaeue the haumn mind does not read ervey letter by iesltf, but the word as a wolhe.    

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#43  Edited By oldschool
@Red12b said:
" @oldschool said:
" Haha, I thought you just made a spelling error when you made the topic.  I am a "stickler" (someone who is somewhat fanatical about grammar and spelling - I actually carry a marker with me and correct any public posters with mistakes), but I quickly learned that if I was going to fix up the internet with all the poor spelling and grammar, then it would be a full time job, so I just got over it.  However, just earlier today, in a sign that old habits die hard, when I quoted someone, I corrected their post before replying (put in capitals, commas and corrected spelling), but importantly, I didn't make mention of the fact that I did it.  Yes, that's right, I am a subversive stickler, correcting the internet, one post at a time.  Loosen up or you will die young  :-) "
Holy shit, you're kidding.  I'm Dyslexic so it's a miracle that I can actually get half of this shit correct,  "
You do pretty damn fine for a dyslexic.  I wouldn't have picked it up. 
 
@Atlas 
How do you think we of the real English feel every time we see an American posting?  The rape of the language is a travesty. 
Colour,  not color.
Tyre, not tire (unless you are getting tired).
Artefact, not artifact.
Pyjamas, not pajamas. 
Moustache, not mustache. 
Manoeuvre, not maneuver. 
Metre, not meter (unless it is an actual meter for measuring usage, like a gas meter). 
Analogue, not analog. 
Programme, not program. 
Generalise, not generalize. 
 
........... and so it goes on.   
 
Every time I download an article, I am compelled to run the English UK spellchecker through it and correct it all, lest I ruin my eyes.  :/
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#44  Edited By izzygraze
@Fallen189 said:
" Have you considered English isn't their native language?  "
Yeah, I always have to wonder that when I see a spelling mistake. It's hard learning another language and I could see how "to" versus "too" would be especially difficult for a foreigner to learn since they're so similar orthographically and phonetically.
 
But I do find it sad when I see "there" instead of "their". Possessive pronouns are one of the first things you learn when learning another language, so the person is probably a native English speaker and just doesn't know how to use those words. Very sad.
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#45  Edited By NekuSakuraba

I use proper grammar such as ''too'' but when other people don't it doesn't bother me much, unless they type like this -
 
''Hai guyz so yestrday i went to da shop 2 buy dis game n der was dis guyz der n he waz all like hey dude i fink i noe u or sumthin lolololol''

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#46  Edited By Atlas
@oldschool:  Hate to break this to you, but I'm English. Born, raised and educated in London. And I agree with you. There's nothing worse than seeing American spellings in this country on adverts, signs and such. We invented this shit, dammit.
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#47  Edited By Red12b
@oldschool:  
I agree with you there, American to English is annoying as fuck, specially when you're using spell check, as I do constantly,  
And yeah, it's not that bad with reading, I loved books as a kid, I just read and learned my own way to cope, spelling and writing is where I fail, I can do it in my head but to paper it just falls apart, That's why I like to use computers it is something in the 3d realm, (Keyboard) 
Something else my Dyslexia focuses on is Numbers, I can do well in my head, and I comprehend equations well, but if I try and make the third step and put it to paper it just hits a blockage,  
The thing I have trouble with is that my mind thinks up sentences faster than I can transfer the thought to paper, so I miss out all basic words,  
 
It's all just Comprehension Vs Physical process, 
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#48  Edited By CornontheCobbe
@CL60 said:
" Who the fuck cares... "
Too true.
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#49  Edited By PediatricUrology
@oldschool: You sound like a big sissy baby. English is a gigantic language spoken all over the world and anything an entire group of 300 million native speakers would come up with is "correct." And let's not forget that the only reason people use English all over the world is because of the US. Get off your high horse and learn to read.
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#50  Edited By floodiastus
@Atlas said:
" Ok, seriously people, what the fuck? I've seen it on Twitter, I've seen it on Facebook, I've seen it on internet forums, and of course I've seen it on Giant Bomb. What is with people's inability to use the word too. It's not to. You're not going anywhere. It's an expression of agreement or consent i.e. synonym for likewise, or it's an expression of excess i.e. too much or too many. Is this so difficult? What I really don't understand is that your finger is right over the O key already. All you have to do is hit it twice. Are people forgetting? Ugh.  Am I the only one who's noticed this, or is annoyed by this? I'm not normally one for gramatical fascism, but this one annoys the hell out of me. I like to write on the internet the same way I would write in real life. Others don't, and that's fine. But really, people, this one is just silly. /rant "
Get the stick out of your ass, most ppl using the internet is not speaking english as their native language. Besides if you are an american that means you should stop simplifying your own spelling (armor, color) and do it the pure english way ;)