The distinction between "you're" and "your" might not look like much to some, but confusing the two can deeply annoy those of us who value good grammar. While we do understand that learning a second language is a hard job, these comma usage mistakes or spelling errors happen even to the native speakers. That, in turn, can either make the recipient laugh or miss your message entirely. Following the rules of English grammar makes your texts clearer and more respectable.
Learning the difference between homophones like "horde" and "hoard" will also help you stay out of trouble with the grammar police. We suggest checking out this list of grammar jokes, so you know how to stay on their good side!
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Help A Thief
Actually, it is an exclamation point she needs. It is an interjection! Help! A thief!
"Comma police...arrest this man, he talks in math...he buzzes like a fridge"
The Importance Of Grammar
Pros And Cons Of Boys
That is 1) sexist and 2) incredibly sad unless you are a lesbian.
Load More Replies...Funny but use the word men. Boys are the type of guys stupid girls date.
meh. it's not like they used the word c**k. They used the diminutive of Richard. How can you be offended by Richard?
Well there is a HUGE difference between "d**k" and "c**t" actually... You could say to a friend "you're a d**k" as a joke, he would laugh. Say "you're a c**t", it will be another story... It has nothing to do with sexism, it's just that one is very very very vulgar and insulting. Here it would be more as saying to a girl holding a cat that "she has a nice pussy".
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No, it just needs a comma or two (because I refer to use the Oxford comma too).
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You might read David Crystal on the place of layout and spacing in the hierarchy of punctuation.
This Door Is Alarmed
There is a sign on a door leading out to the back garden in the building where I live that reads, "This door is alarmed from 9:00 p.m to 7:00 a.m.. " They don't, of course, explain why it's never alarmed in the morning or afternoon... ;-)
For All You Grammar Nazis Out There
Once it rings, twice it clinks, and three times it stinks. I've seen this more than three times. It really stinks.
Well, for those of us who haven't seen it before, it rings
Load More Replies...You start with the letter g. It's like the q only the tail goes the other direction. Next, you write two of the letter o. They are circles. You finish with the letter d. It's a mirror image of the letter b. You have now written good.
Seeing this for the first time here & wish it could be published everywhere that our generational crop of present millennia can easily access & read it... it might help clarify their sometimes muddled general linguistic perspectives!
That easily corrected,though: "Prepositions are not words to end sentences with, you fumduck!
Apart from the unfunniness, there are those who believe points 2 and 3 might be good advice. They're not. Winston Churchill demolished point 2 referring to it as a piece of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put. Secondly, re 3, if the passive voice were to be avoided, it would have died out. As it is, it is a vital part of English.
Flat wrong: I think Winston Churchill demolished point 2 with his reference to 'arrant pedantry up with which I will not put'. Secondly, re 3, if the passive voice were to be avoided, it would have died out. There are several reasons why it is an essential part of English.
Absolutely. It's supposed to be a joke - only it's not funny.
Load More Replies...That's the point. Each rule defies itself, if you read it.
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Catholic Meeting
Hire Taller Staff Cause I Need A Taco!
i told them to hire taller ones but they said they were too tall..
Grammar Nazis Have There Own Problems
Credit to Danielle Corsetto of Girls with Slingshots. http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/
The Curse Of High Apostrophe Intelligence
In the book EATS, SHOOTS, AND LEAVES, the story is told about a passing a farmstand which had a chalkboard which, on the top line, always said "CARROT'S", but the rest of the vegetables listed were always correctly pluralized. This drove the person telling the story nuts: if the person could get it right the rest of the time, why was it always "CARROT'S" at the top? Fortunately it was all explained when she finally met the owner of the farmstand, Mr. Carrot. It was, in fact, CARROT'S.
There's a business not far from where I live, which services (their spelling) "pools, spa's, and decks." Apparently somebody told them that consonants don't require an apostrophe for the plural, but vowels do. *Headdesk*
I'm pretty sure I have one of those stores somewhere near where I live xD
Load More Replies...I don't think spelling = intelligence. Anyone can spell given the tools. Instead, I would say 'High Apostrophe Knowledge' here. The charactor is clearly lacking intelligence when this affected by the spelling errors lol
Grammar Is Important, Kids
It's like saying: i saw my friends, bugs, and birds. I saw my friends, Bugs and Birds.
To match the pictures the first sentence should read. " I invited the strippers, jfk and stalin." The second sentence should be, "I invited the strippers: jfk and stalin." According to the pictures, the first sentence should read as follows. "I invited the strippers, jfk and stalin." The second sentence should read, "I invited the strippers: jfk and stalin."
This is WRONG. NEVER put a comma before an "and". At least in Spanish is like that
The second sentence seems to be introducing the strippers named jfk and Stalin
De Oxford comma is een komma voor het laatste voegwoord in een opsomming van drie of meer dingen. :p
Load More Replies...Common example: I'd like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God. Awkward... though I suppose the last makes sense?
Is this an "American" English? We invited the strippers - JFK and Stalin.
Grammar Nazis Might Have A Point
Dear Internet, Grammar Matters
No...did you "missed" the pun? You've goofed twice, EloCasey! You're also missing a comma after your first word, and a period after your last. That's sad!!
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Grammar Dinosaur
Dessert Island
I'm confused. Unless you have diabetes, why would you want to leave? ;)
So what the heck has he to complain about? Oh... perhaps the lack of drinking water?
Grammar Nazi Hunters
Ancient Grammar Police
Grammar Snob
Grammar nazis would never add a non-capital letter to an all-capital phrase though.
I'm reading this article about grammar as I suck at it..But you can be so caught up in it ,you miss the obvious and end up a murder suspect!
Let's Slow Down
Or even better: "we should better slow down". Shortenings are used too much these days...
Load More Replies...Please decide where to put the capitals and commas:" he helped his uncle jack off his horse."
Coasters For Grammar Lover
Grammar Pirates
My English Teachers Response To A Grammar Nazi
Commas Matter
Jury Of English Majors
It's not dialect. It's double negative = positive. I did not do NOTHING = I did do something = confession ;D
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I believe it's not only me who feels the urge to write grammatically correct comments with correct punctuation and capitalisation here? :D
You could start writing grammatically correct sentences by saying "it's not only I" instead of "it's not only me". Welcome to inflections. :)
Load More Replies..."I believe it's not only *I*..." is, perhaps, what you meant to type? ;D
Now I have to look up what a preposition is... Was just trying to relax and look at some nice pictures.. Love Bored Panda :)
Commas Matter
did you mean "i am purposely doing worse grammar than usual cause its this"
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I Enjoy Eating My Cat Mug
That's What
Well Grammar
That's why I couldn't figure out the first joke! Thanks, Monica:)
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Yes, A Winky Face Is Correct
Independent clauses. If they were complete sentences there wouldn't be a semi-colon joining them.
A comma is used for independent clauses; a semi-colon is used to separate two complete sentences; furthermore, you can also use a semi-colon and a comma around a conjunctive adverb.
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Grammar Police
My locality has recently sprouted several signs that read "diversion for over weight vehicles". Damn it, 'overweight' is 1 word! I might have to go round with an indelible marker and add hyphens. That'd be an improvement.
And don't forget the difference between "I helped my uncle jack off a horse" and "I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse".
Apostrophe Man
He is the Apostrophe man. His sidekick, Comma Boy, is out of town.
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actually the "I before E, except after C" rule has been removed from most schools as there are many words that break that particular rule, and thus it isn't a rule anymore.
You Know You’re In Too Deep When You Start Laughing About Your Uni’s Grammar Jokes
When English Majors Marry
Roommate Is About To Learn A Valuable Lesson In Grammar
That's vocabulary rather than grammar so doesn't belong in this list.
Load More Replies...Maybe excessive use of . and !, but no grammar errors here, are there?
Relationship Tip: Achieve Honest Compliments Through Clever Comma Usage
Who / Whom
Grammar Owl T-shirt
Grammar Joke
Cacti..
I think (or at least I hope) that was deliberate lol
Load More Replies...I think (or at least I hope) that was deliberate lol
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