Good Spelling and Grammar

My Result: "Your word is Soavemente [So-AH-ve-ment]. Soavemente means sweetly. If you scored this result, you probably are kind to everyone you meet."

Submitted by daphne_cullen 7 months ago

There are checklists out there for diagnosing all sorts of things. The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar hates to be left out of a trend.

Submitted by courtney7488 8 months ago

Submitted by daphne_cullen 8 months ago

Submitted by daphne_cullen 8 months ago

Submitted by daphne_cullen 8 months ago

Excerpt:
On a daily basis I come across some appalling spelling/grammar on this site (but not just this site) and there are times when I just want to yell at that person, although I do try and restrain myself out of politeness - if I can. Now I can understand that people who don't speak English as their first language making some mistakes here and there; after all, my French isn't perfect. What really irritates me is when these people are native English speakers, concerning which there is only so much I can tolerate.

Excerpt:
You can look up quite a few of my picks and see a comment of mine at the bottom saying that if you are going to add an answer, please use correct grammar. I often call myself The Grammar Police and when I found this spot, I thought, "Wow! This is perfect."

I don't mind chatspeak or bad grammar in comments, but when it is used in picks or soapboxes, it really bugs me. I have even told a few people that their spelling/grammar makes my eyes bleed.

So I just wanted to use this opportunity to thank whoever made this spot. Anal grammar peeps, unite! :D

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I'm not English, but I'm doing a course at my school called Cambridge English. It's great and I've learned a lot of it. This June I'll have to take the test and we'll see if I'll get my FCE
(First Certificate for English). It's quite getting on my nerves. How will it go? Will it go OK? What are they going to ask? Will I get my FCE? All those thoughts are driving me crazy! And my English isn't perfect, so I'll have to study hard and practise, and hopefully I'll get it. Fanpop is great for practising my English, I always talk English here, but this is my best practise: this article. I...