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Which annoys you more?

People adding 'apostrophe + s' on words (ex. word's) that don't need it, or people constantly using the wrong form of words (ex. your, you're, there, they're, their, etc)?

I personally can get rather frustrated over both equally, but wrong word forms get to me the most.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The second one annoys me more (your, you're, dont, wont, ...), but I don't like it when the apostrophe is not used correctly either. I do my best to spell correctly (English is not my native tongue), so it's frustrating to see that native speakers don't bother to write correctly. The rules are made for a reason, and people should respect them. It's hard enough already to communicate without that laziness.

  • 1 decade ago

    Eh after all the typos my brain has been exposed to, it alleviates the aggravation by just reading it the way it is supposed to be. I very rarely notice typos anymore unless they are just horrid. However my panties still get in a twist any time someone uses the phrase ' i COULD care less' when they are trying to say they don't care about something.

  • 1 decade ago

    I agree. The wrong form of a word bothers me as well. Text messaging is not helping people learn proper spelling and punctuation.

  • 1 decade ago

    I have been an English teacher for over 20 years, so for me it's normal. When I am reading for meaning I can usually get the idea. I might faint if something was completely correct.

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  • 1 decade ago

    The wrong from of the word I think; or employing a number that has the same vowel sound, or a single letter that sounds the same as a word: 2, 4, C, B--------------Urggggggggghhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!

    Alberich

  • 1 decade ago

    It's annoying to me that I can't ever remember the rule of grammar for the first one.

    The second one, I'm real good about doing that correctly.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don t ' really care unless it is very annoying to the eye or it make no sense because it is wrong

  • Alby
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Every tiny piece of ungrammatical usage gets on my wick!

  • 1 decade ago

    I think the second one annoys me more. Another thing that annoys me is chat slang...I still can't understand most of it...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the 2nd one, with the 's at least they're trying to be correct, but the 2nd won :) is just annoying

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