"Are you dumb?" part deux.

[KvHagedorn]

Alright, I just saw an egregious error on the USA Today website. It is one of those spelling errors which comes from relying upon computerized spell-checkers to do one's thinking for them. When a spelling error results in a CHANGE IN MEANING, it is especially annoying for the reader, and makes the writer look particularly dumb (and is inexcusable for someone who makes his living as a writer like this idiot reporter.) I devised another "Are you dumb?" test to see if you can use the correct WORD in your sentences, not only the correct SPELLING:

1) If you are looking quickly around a corner, you are taking a:
a)peak.
b)peek.

2) If you are trying to stop your car suddenly, you are using your:
a)break.
b)brake.

3) If your spouse says she loves you, the natural response is to say, "I love you:
a)to."
b)too."

























if you answered "b" to all three questions, you are not dumb.

[Gurm]

Well on number 3, if you follow choice A with another word or phrase, like "fellate me" or "cook dinner" or "clean the bathroom" then it'd be ok.

[Fat Tone]

To and too, there and their, your and you're always grate with me when used incorrectly. On murc it is done much more by native english speakers (come on, you know who you are...) than others.

[VJ]

Phew, I passed the test... (and this for a non-native Enlish speaking person)

Or to put it in other words:
"I'm clad that I past you're test, too think I cold have bin dump is to heart too bare"



Jörg

[Nowhere]

Hmm...I've passed. My English is terrible anyway.

And it won't change the thing that I'm dumb.

[az]

I fully agree with KvH and FT. Though we must not forget the ever-popular "The beast reared [s]it's[/s] ugly head.".

AZ

[KvHagedorn]

To and too, there and their, your and you're always grate with me when used incorrectly. On murc it is done much more by native english speakers (come on, you know who you are...) than others.

How true and sad this is. This sort of thing is more common among Americans, but Brits will occasionally be guilty as well. The primary linguistic sin common among Brits is the run-on sentence, however.

I'm not surprised that Dutch/Belgian/Germans pass this test with flying colors...

[cjolley]

At my peek, I took a peak at taking a brake too study another language.
But, I put on the break when I found that I was bad at them to.

[xortam]

My pet peeve is the rampant misuse of the words "lose" and "loose". These have got to be at the top of the most misspelled words on the internet.

[cjolley]

That usage hase become very lose,
so you loose.

[Nowhere]

ARGHHHHH!!! Stop it! All of you!

I'm becoming confused because of such things... (for example: my friend once made a mistake while talking about her boyfriend (name mistake: Darek/Radek). Soon after I've had no idea what his name is)

[GNEP]

Just don't let Spiral see this thread

[Liquid Snake]

Well according to this test, I'm not dumb.

I used to make the its and it's mistake, as well as the break and brake mistake. But that was in 3rd grade

[KvHagedorn]

I've been waiting for someone to make the argument that "usage makes it correct," but I guess you are all too smart for that one.. if that argument were correct, the perfect analogy would be that if you rape a woman enough times she becomes a slut.

[xortam]

I've been waiting for someone to make the argument that "usage makes it correct," but I guess you are all too smart for that one.. if that argument were correct, the perfect analogy would be that if you rape a woman enough times she becomes a slut.

So now you have to argue with yourself?