I'm sorry, English is not my language

but I'm learning French, to a kind girl coldplay fan here on forum

she said his French teacher's annoying because she does not know his French correctly.

I said we are not perfect. and I think she speaks French well

And it bugs me so much when people think "a lot" is one word :blank:

 

My english teacher has recently told our class this and I'd say that 75% of the class didn't realize it's "a lot" NOT "alot" :blank:

What's your native language, Lory?

I'll be honest, I spell definitely wrong a lot. :uhoh: But that's where autocorrect comes in. :wacky:

 

Although I liked the saying they had for that, "If you put an 'a' in definitely, you're definitely an a-hole." :lol::

That oatmeal website is hilarious! There is so much cool stuff.

 

"If you put an A in 'definitely', then you're definitely an A-hole." :lol:

 

EDIT: Ha Showbiz, we posted at the same time!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

That oatmeal website is hilarious! There is so much cool stuff.

 

"If you put an A in 'definitely', then you're definitely an A-hole." :lol:

 

EDIT: Ha Showbiz, we posted at the same time!

 

Haha, that always happens to me :wacky:

Yes, I completely agree with everything that was said in this thread.

 

Though I make odd spelling and grammar mistakes,

Like when I have to write "with the" I always write "withe"

:|

People that say "this is are nation" are also retarded. I've also noticed Americans say things like "The beatles is awesome" thats just flat out wrong.

Oh man this reminds me of my own language when German people use "wie" (how) instead of "als". Is it that hard to switch this damn wrong word with the right one? UGH :sick:

In American English, a band is a singular word. But I would say "the Beatles are" only because the word Beatles is plural.

That bothers me so much. :bomb:

 

I have the utmost respect for anyone who's native tongue is not English, as they're doing a great job and little grammatical errors really aren't that important, but for English/American people it's so obnoxious;

 

I agree. Non-native speakers are great. I wish I could speak Spanish as well as some of the foreigners here speak English.

 

Oh, and that should be "whose native tongue," while we're on a grammatical tangent. :tongue:

 

:heart:

 

It annoys me when people use an apostrophe for the possessive word "its."

 

YES.

 

That too. And vice versa.

 

And the whole there/they're/their thing.

 

THERE is a place.

If you want to say THEY ARE, use THEY'RE.

Everything else is THEIR.

 

Again I want to reiterate, I know it can be confusing for people who learn english as a second language; but for those who have it as a first language, there is no excuse.

 

Yeah, this too.

 

Oh yeah, lose and loose is one that people mess up a lot :bomb:

 

And it bugs me so much when people think "a lot" is one word :blank:

 

There are people who do that? Really?

I have a reputation at school as a grammar nazi.

In American English, a band is a singular word. But I would say "the Beatles are" only because the word Beatles is plural.

 

This. :smiley:

 

I agree. Non-native speakers are great. I wish I could speak Spanish as well as some of the foreigners here speak English.

 

Oh, and that should be "whose native tongue," while we're on a grammatical tangent. :tongue:

 

:heart:

 

Oh, shit you're right. :|

 

 

Of course I make a grammar mistake on the grammar police thread. :|

GRAMMAR POLICE ARREST THIS GIRL

SHE TALKS IN WHO'S.

 

JK, Christina. I love you. :wacky:

GRAMMAR POLICE ARREST THIS GIRL

 

:shame:

 

SHE TALKS IN WHO'S.

 

JK, Christina. I love you. :wacky:

 

:disappointed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:kiss:

 

 

It's such a stupid mistake too. Gah! :bigcry:

It's OK. At least you realized it was an error and didn't act like a fool by arguing with me and telling me I was wrong. :tongue:

In American English, a band is a singular word. But I would say "the Beatles are" only because the word Beatles is plural.

 

Yeh I know, American English is wrong. :P

It's OK. At least you realized it was an error and didn't act like a fool by arguing with me and telling me I was wrong. :tongue:

 

I hate it when people do that. :bomb: :P

it bugs me too :laugh3:

grammar nazi[/color].

What's in lime green should go below your screen name

But it's not long enough D:

What's your native language, Lory?

 

native Italian but in Switzerland where I was born I live and is the native French-German language

It's so basic that also foreigners should know the difference between "you're" and "your"

 

Other ones that annoy me: "were", "where" and "we're"

"there", "they're" and "their"

"to" and "too"

"it's" and "its"

"im" (I mean ... WTF??)

"then" and "than" (all tough this one isn't that bad as the others and I don't blame foreigners for not getting this one right)

 

Love this thread, btw :)

 

There's a nice comic about "alot": http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Hyperbole-and-a-half+%28Hyperbole-And-A-Half%29