It's 'he is' or 'he's' not fucking HIS!!

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

Does this drive anyone else mad? More and more recently I'm seeing people write 'his' instead of 'he's' or 'he is'. Why?? For example "His going to the shop soon." It's not interchangeable with them so stop doing it!!

😂 yo tikis
I like that

People who complain about grammar Nazis or pedants are more intolerant than the people they criticise.

If you can’t be bothered to take enough care to spell and punctuate properly don’t impose your insecurities - and frightened bad temper - on others.

I despise apologists for laziness and stupidity.

My pet hates:

I wandered instead of wondered
The you you're your errors
Oh and I'm with you on his.

It's not the grammar police. More a general hatred of the dumbing down of society 🙄😂

‘Lay’ used mistakenly in place of ‘lie’ is absolutely rife these days and makes me want to punch someone. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. DH does it so does seemingly everyone now and I’m determined the DC won’t.

Also, ‘everyday’ instead of ‘every day’. THEY HAVE TWO DISTINCT MEANINGS.

I of scene lot's of SPaG errors on MN

@MikeUniformMike 😂 I hat two read dat several times before I got it 🤪

Cubicals. The amount of energy in a sugar lump.

Dinning table - eating surface for noisy eaters
Chocking hazard - an opened box of cocoa-based confectionary
Chester Draws - against Tranmere Rovers

Confectionery sorry
Stationary cupboard - isn't on castors

Mike I demand your address immediately so I can dish out a suitable punishment for A. Making me so angry and B. Making me laugh too much 😂

I'll have to look for inspiration.
How about
I am defiantly not going.

@MikeUniformMike Chester draws made me choke on my cup of tea 😂 I'm crying 😂😂

my3bears

I wandered instead of wondered

My son wrote the plot of Titanic as a book when he was younger. Jack and Rose spent a lot of time "wondering" around the ship first alone and then together.
As he was only about 6/7 I forgave him his errors and we laugh about it now

Someone on Facebook posts "carnt" and "wornt".

Conversational Italian evening class (many years ago).
"I wandered over the pizza"
Doubt if I was the first, or last, to write that

The apostrophes, they give me the rage. They are everywhere. I even stealthily wiped a misplaced one off a chalk sign not so long ago.
In M&S this afternoon saw some meat, on the packet it said ‘great for BBQ’s’
Great for BBQ’s what?? Hmmm?? What belongs to the BBQS?!!
I nearly picked the pack up to show a staff member but I was worried they would think me unhinged.
It’s on their website too- Sparks FAQ’s.
NO, NO, NO.

@NewtScamandersNaughtyNiffler children are always forgiven! Fully grown adults should not be 😂

@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens great post thank you!

Yes, I used to know someone who wrote it on FB all the time. She also used to write "should of", "Av been too the shops", "It's to hot today" and "I feel sick aswell". I've unfriended her (not for this but I'm glad to not see it on my feed any more).

@Saidthesharktotheflyingfish the loss of 'to' is one of my biggest pet hates. I even made a whole thread about it on here one time

You'll appreciate this

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/dad-marks-school-fine-letter-1882711

alot instead of a lot. Why, just why?

For all that people get stroppy about grammar pedants, I do think that not bothering to make your posts reasonably comprehensible is really quite rude. And really, if someone can't be bothered to do that, why should others bother to try to work out what they are trying to say?

His going to the shop precipitated events......

Alot always makes me think of this.

@WhatsYourFuckingProblem yes to the inappropriate apostrophes! I give my class house points for photo evidence of misused apostrophes to reinforce the importance of not misusing them (example seen in Worcester attached).
I experience a grammar shudder every time I see signs advertising "MOT's".
I sometimes contemplate offering my free proof reading services to sign writers.