Would that there was an enforceable style guide for the internets.
I wish that frequently, for so many offenses.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Morgana - Jun 13, 2013 8:13:18 pm PDT #28464 of 30002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 13, 2013 8:57:21 pm PDT #28465 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
An autocorrect for your/you're and other apostrophe misuses would make things so much better...
Morgana - Jun 13, 2013 11:14:52 pm PDT #28466 of 30002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Lately I've been noticing a tremendous amount of people who don't know the difference between "to" and "too." I've given up on expecting them to differentiate between "vise" and "vice" and "prostrate" and "prostate." But if I start making too many mental red editing marks as I read I eventually just give up and back out of the story. It gets too painful for me.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2013 4:34:25 am PDT #28467 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My most hated:
- lose/loose
- vicious/viscous
- chocking/choking
And segueway or whatever permutation is always good for a laugh. I don't stumble across prostate/prostrate as often as I stumble across mischaracterising prostate physiology.
SuziQ - Jun 14, 2013 5:03:03 am PDT #28468 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
In sink instead of in sync. At least it isn't N'SYNC.
Amy - Jun 14, 2013 5:10:21 am PDT #28469 of 30002
Because books.
But Sam and Dean meeting N'SYNC would be an AWESOME story!
I think lose/loose is one of my biggest peeves, mostly because if you pronounce the words properly, you can hear the difference, which you can't with you're/your or their/there.
I will admit that I didn't know how to spell segue for a really long time.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2013 6:40:00 am PDT #28470 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did actually run across a story that confused prostrate/supine, but that was such a breath of fresh air, I couldn't even be mad at her.
As far as segue goes, it's an argument I've had more than once. Those arguments are so much simpler in the days of the red squiggly. And sources like Wordnik take it to an even higher level.
brenda m - Jun 14, 2013 7:10:28 am PDT #28471 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Faze/phase drives me nuts.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2013 7:14:11 am PDT #28472 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think so few people have been taught the word "faze" that, well, I'm less than fazed by it.
SuziQ - Jun 14, 2013 8:12:19 am PDT #28473 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh, oh...I recently bumped into confusion between passed and past. Arrrggg.