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Erroneous or omitted Punctuation
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6.25% |
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Possessive Pronoun interchanged with Contraction; Its vs. It's
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2.08% |
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Confused Apostrophes; There/Their/They're
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16.67% |
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Writes only in lowercase
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6.25% |
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Shouts in UPPERCASE
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8.33% |
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Can't/won't use a Spellchecker
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20.83% |
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Too big and/or ugly Avatars
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14.58% |
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Silly Polls like this one
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22.92% |
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I like to watch 'American Idol'
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2.08% |
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04-16-2007, 03:19 PM
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I have to admit, I have been guilty of a few of those myself. 75% of the typing I do at work requires me to be in CAPS LOCK mode and I am too lazy to take it off when posting on the forum.
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04-16-2007, 03:46 PM
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#22
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I have 2 peeves: people taking pictures of themselves standing on top of there boxsters, lol jk.
Only 1 peeve really. Its the lack of a spellcheck, sometimes I type really fast and keys stick or i miss a key or hit the key beside the intended key and I come off as a baboso (spanish for gruleing idiot) on the forum.
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04-16-2007, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: South Carolina
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It was not on the poll, but mine is everyone using the quote function replying to the original thread. I have never seen it over used like it is here!
If you are replying to the original post, no need for the next ten people to put the original post in quotes!!
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04-16-2007, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SC986
It was not on the poll, but mine is everyone using the quote function replying to the original thread. I have never seen it over used like it is here!
If you are replying to the original post, no need for the next ten people to put the original post in quotes!!
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Yeah, what he said.
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04-16-2007, 04:32 PM
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E-Thugs...
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04-16-2007, 05:50 PM
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Location: San Jose, CA.
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okay! probably these are my 3rd pet peeves...so here it is!
When new members signed up and their very first post goes like this...
Hi, Im new here and just bought these amazing car, it's like a dream comes true but there's something wrong with it.... :troll:
just MHO...gotta go take a nap now, getting cranky 
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04-16-2007, 05:55 PM
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not getting a response to a question i've asked
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04-16-2007, 07:35 PM
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thread titles not indicating the subject of the thread. You're sitting there thinking, well this is probably crap, but it just might have some useful info, so you go ahead. Nope. Crap.
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04-16-2007, 07:48 PM
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You forgot misuse of the possessive - that's my pet peeve
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04-17-2007, 07:00 AM
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Quote:
"It was not on the poll, but mine is everyone using the quote function replying to the original thread. I have never seen it over used like it is here!
If you are replying to the original post, no need for the next ten people to put the original post in quotes!!"
Originally Posted by SC986
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Yeah, what he said.
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DITTO UR rite their bad!  :dance: :ah: 
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04-17-2007, 09:11 AM
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Usually Avatars and Signatures get to me. Not that big of a deal since they can be turned off. So other than that I would have to go with bad spelling and TXT/IM/MySpace talk.
On a side note, I did realize that the quoting can be a little confusing here and was wondering if when something is quoted it can be put in a box that has a slightly darker shade on the background to help the eyes separate the quote form the reply at a quick glance. Just a though.
-aren
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04-17-2007, 11:17 AM
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wow...this is a very odd post....
that's one of my pet-peeves....if you don't like a post, why reply on it.
i don't think this should have anything to do with spelling and grammer.....
You have people on here from all over the world. So many language barriers. You have people on here, that probably can't even type. You have people on here who probably just learned how to use a computer. People at different levels, as far as education. making spelling mistakes is not a big deal, who cares, you know what they mean, so get over it. if i put my dad on this forum, you wouldn't understand a dam word that he types...i don't even think he know's how to type. but guess what, he's probably just as successful as anyone on this website. so what if he can't spell...............why not help him out, instead of pushing him out, because he can't spell.
i've seen post by our board police, and it was very disturbing to see him insult people on here, because they can't type. or can't explain by typing, and it come's out all messed up.
so you can't say that any of the listed is a pet-peeve........it's the internet...
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04-17-2007, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 986Roadster
So many language barriers.
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Fragment Sentence... jk
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04-17-2007, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tampa, Fl.
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Deep breathes, Danielsan........
I have read post by people whose primary language is not English and have rarely seen them reprimanded for poor grammar. I think what most people find irritating are the lazy yutes of America that, quite alarmingly, have not grasp proper language skills both verbal and written. Amazingly, they do have time to create new words like "Hella" though.
A poorly written post is usually very difficult to understand. Making it tough to put too much effort into responding to help them when they can't spend the extra few seconds to write a legible post.
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Originally Posted by 986Roadster
wow...this is a very odd post....
that's one of my pet-peeves....if you don't like a post, why reply on it.
i don't think this should have anything to do with spelling and grammer.....
You have people on here from all over the world. So many language barriers. You have people on here, that probably can't even type. You have people on here who probably just learned how to use a computer. People at different levels, as far as education. making spelling mistakes is not a big deal, who cares, you know what they mean, so get over it. if i put my dad on this forum, you wouldn't understand a dam word that he types...i don't even think he know's how to type. but guess what, he's probably just as successful as anyone on this website. so what if he can't spell...............why not help him out, instead of pushing him out, because he can't spell.
i've seen post by our board police, and it was very disturbing to see him insult people on here, because they can't type. or can't explain by typing, and it come's out all messed up.
so you can't say that any of the listed is a pet-peeve........it's the internet...
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04-17-2007, 11:39 AM
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Location: South Carolina
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Originally Posted by 986Roadster
that's one of my pet-peeves....if you don't like a post, why reply on it.
...so you can't say that any of the listed is a pet-peeve...
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But... you obviously didn't like this whole thread, yet you replied to it. Didn't you just commit one of your own pet peeves? 
My new pet peeve is people telling me what can, and can't, be my pet peeve. 
Har!
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04-17-2007, 11:47 AM
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While looking at my back side in a mirror..
Is my signature too big? Be honest, I won't cry.
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Originally Posted by aren040
Usually Avatars and Signatures get to me. ...
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04-17-2007, 11:52 AM
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#37
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Originally Posted by Rob-00BoxsterS
While looking at my back side in a mirror..
Is my signature too big? Be honest, I won't cry.
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I like your sig but i think it would be better if the image of your backside spanned across all 3 images.
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04-17-2007, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob-00BoxsterS
While looking at my back side in a mirror..
Is my signature too big? Be honest, I won't cry.
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I am sorry but I can not tell you. I have it all turned off.
-aren
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04-17-2007, 01:57 PM
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Location: Texas
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Lets not forget that Eglish is a second language for some of our guest on this forum. So not everyone is from the U.S. and spelling can be a problem for them. Keep that in mind next time someone asks a question. They could be German or French or....
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04-18-2007, 12:27 PM
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porsche986spyder wrote:
> Lets not forget that Eglish is a second language for some of
> our guest on this forum. So not everyone is from the U.S. and
> spelling can be a problem for them. Keep that in mind next
> time someone asks a question.
So let me tell you this, as I'm one of those "foreign guests" that you allude to -- I initially got bulged-eyed when I came to the US and discovered how badly you Americans handle your own language. Sure, back home we always heard about how crummy your educational system was, and were aware of Americans "lazy" mindset -- but had never expected it to be so prevalent. Come'on, how hard can it be to at least learn your own language?!
-- peer
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