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The words vocalized by Weird Al are my thoughts exactly every time I explore the internet.
WORD. CRIMES.
First up: It's and its
This has been burnt into my mind ever since first grade when I flunked a spelling test for writing it's instead of its.
People use the apostrophe when they shouldn't and don't when they should! Would you say "The dog wagged it is tail"? No! It wagged ITS tail! Not it's! Its!
And of course fucking auto-correct doesn't help anything.
Secondly: Definitely or defiantly
Once again, auto-correct in no way is helpful.
Oh, were you defiant as you messed up?
Or did you definitely mess up? (I think it was the latter.)
The third: Text talk in places where there should be no txt tlk
Have you ever read a published book where the main character tlks lik dis? Apparently some authors on WattPad have. Sure, if the character's texting their friend it's fine, but stories that are completely written with this junk just should not exist. At all.
Also, on social networking. Say, you don't have an extra few seconds to use proper English before posting. But wen u alws rite lik dis 4 evry freaking post peepl get anoyd. Vry anoyd.
4th: That damn Oxford Comma
You know what? I'm just gonna skip this. There's wayy too much conflict about this, even between my alter ego and I.
Oh, have you met Gertrude?
HI THERE!
That's Gertrude.
I annoy her!
Go away Gertrude.
Constantly!
*shoves Gertrude into bag*
*muffled screams*
Much better. Anyways, what was I talking about?
Oh yeah, the Oxford Comma.
Yeah we're done here.
Point the Fifth: Trying to use fancy words and failing. Epically.
"I shall take a selfie whilst I bask in the relentless sun on this fine summer day-" Um, no. Just no. *Rainbow Dash face*
Bonus: Their, they're, and there
"Is that they're bike laying over their? There so irresponsible!" I do wish I could whack a little sense into you. With a bike. Or a mallet.
You have survived my five points (and the bonus)! Congratulations! There's tons more I want to rant about under this topic, but I gotta go for now. Naptime is calling mah name :D
Vote if you've ever witness a word crime! I'm sure we all have...
More rants coming soon!
Dedicated to @awesomesauce82 for suggesting that I write a rant book, go read his called Rants 'n stuff!
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