There, their, or they're

[getthefooty]

The use of 'plethora' as 'many'. E.g, 'There was a plethora of food for everyone'. Plethora is supposed to be used to describe when there is too much, or an excess of something.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Im surprised that there are lots of people who havent got they're head around these 3 simple words. Their easy to understand.

Damn thats gold.

Not sure if he was trying to be funny or not, but i got a good laugh out of it anyway.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

People who use "phenomena" as a singular word. "Criteria" is bad enough.

 

[SJ]

Not grammatical, but unbelievable really.

 

[Ry009]

God it shits me when people sign off with their username after every post. So lame. I already know what your name is, it's in big f**king letters over there <------<<<

Agreed, I think a majority of the issues brought up in this thread just boil down to age of posters or simply laziness.

This tends to be annoying at the blurst of times.

 

[ripitup27]

'Blurst'? Stupid monkeys.

 

[STC]

I hate it when people make this easy mistake. I honestly don't understand how anyone over the age of 7 can't grasp a primary school concept. I think we learnt it in Grade 1.

 

[borgsta2006]

The there, their, or they're distinction is by far the most common and annoying spelling/grammar mistake I see on bigfooty. This stuff is taught in primary school, so I just don't see why it's so hard to get it!

There infers location. e.g. The MCG is over there.

Their infers possession. e.g. It is their football.

They're is a contraction of 'they are'. e.g. There are several teams with yellow on their guernsey, they're West Coast, Richmond, etc.

Any other simple English grammar mistakes that drive people nuts?

It is not that hard. Can not understand why people don't get it....

 

[Ben the Gooner]

The Sunday Herald Sun yesterday mentioned "A historic" pier.

ffs, they're paid to be grammatically correct.