BigCheese

Agency Recruiter

Your vs. You're

This is one of my largest pet peeves. Professionally and socially.

I feel like the differences are taught in 3rd grade along with the differences of there, their, and they're.

Just got an email from a client who used you're instead of your and got triggered. I find myself judging the root of people's intelligence when I see these used incorrectly.

I've absentmindedly made this mistake plenty of times in my life but I just automatically assume the person who uses the incorrect one is not smart. An aggressive assumption I know, but it's just such a simple concept to grasp, like c'mon.

Anyone else feel the same?

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Yes, don't be an idiot Mehh, I ignore it Yikes, I mistakenly use the wrong ones all the time Chill out dude

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Incognito

WR Officer

Master of Disaster

Autocorrect has ruined the English language. It drives me insane daily.

ALSO NOT EVERY "S" NEEDS TO BE POSSESSIVE

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

Ugggghhh I hate the unnecessary possessives.

BOB'S USED CAR'S

Gives me a conniption.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Ooo that’s another good one. And the apostrophe after the “s” when using a word ending in “s” in the possessive (ie. Marcus’ car)

Incognito

WR Officer

Master of Disaster

Right?!?!??

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

Agreed. Adult professionals should know better.

Coffeesforclosers

Notable Contributor

Director Sales and Market Development

your right..........shit

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

My right is you're wrong @Coffeesforclosers

Coffeesforclosers

Notable Contributor

Director Sales and Market Development

Aye!!!! Well played. I and my buddy were just talking about this.

HarryCaray

Notable Contributor

HMFIC

My mom was a middle school teacher, so I'm irrationally critical of this as well haha

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Same, actually. That’s probably where I got it lol

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

Upvote if you proofread your comment/reply before posting...just to be sure. 🤓

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Currently stressing that I made a hypocritical error somewhere in this thread while criticising grammar lol

DustyGreenField

Good Citizen

EVP, Sales

I don't think your off-base at all. Screw those idiots.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Hahahaha nice

Coffeesforclosers

Notable Contributor

Director Sales and Market Development

I tend to leave the apostrophe off more than i like to say so im like youre but lazy is better than dumb lol.

Another is when they overuse I instead of Me. I is not the failsafe sometimes me is correct and never used.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Yeah fair enough.

I and me is a good one, but I think there's generally more leeway. Who and whom as well - I mess that up all the time though.

mcsalesperson1

Politicker

Account Executive

100% Agree

salesnerd

WR Officer

Head of Growth

That’s what Grammarly is for. It has saved my ass countless times when I just wasn’t paying attention and fucked up a there/their, etc.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Huge Grammarly guy over here.

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

It annoys me a lot, too. We learned this in elementary school. If you aren't the best in language skills, use a resource like Grammarly.

I also detest when people send emails that look like a text message from a seventh grader:

"ya i can meet @ 2 pm tmrw"

Is that how you address your clients? Jeez.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Exactly. I'm a huge Grammarly guy as I find myself comma splicing alllll the time. Great tool for a multitude of scenarios.

I can't stand that type of messaging/emailing in a professional setting. Might as well show up to the meeting in sweats.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I mean how can you NOT notice?

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Right??????????

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

For the companies out there that do an assessment test for all potential new hires, they should all have questions on the correct usage of your/you're, there/their/they're, affect/effect, either/or/neither/nor, etc etc. And anyone that get's them wrong is immediately disqualified. Likewise, proper use of commas and apostrophes should be a critical pass.

UserNotFound

Politicker

Account Executive

First of all, I feel attacked. I am a serial comma-splicer. However, I'm also a huge grammar nerd. I just can't unlearn 'wherever it feels natural to take a breath in the sentence, put a comma right there!' (<-- comma splice) Mrs. Augustine really screwed me in 3rd grade with that one simple sentence!!!

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I'm also a huge comma splicer, Grammarly has been my best friend for about a year now.

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

My wife gets on my case for "overusing" commas. However, in reality, she's the one who's wrong, whether she admits it or not. (<-- How you like them commas??)

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I mean I feel like that's a great idea, but I don't know about immediate disqualification.

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

Now to kick it up a notch, personal feelings towards the Oxford comma: ready, go.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Ooo I like this debate.

Personally, I grew up on the Oxford comma so I'm partial to it. For me, not using the Oxford comma is like going out without pants - feels naked.

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

Just say no to naked sentences.

UserNotFound

Politicker

Account Executive

Oxford comma 100% of the time. Truly, anyone who thinks they're unnecessary can just, and I say this as politely as possible, fuck off.

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

I heard it, quite politely.

CrushingQuota

Enterprise Account Executive

I get emails from CXO's all the time mis-spelling your and you're. It is quite ridiculous I have to say

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I'm not mad, just disappointed.

Actually, no. It's both.

SalesSpectre

Opinionated

Noone got time for apostrophes in quick casual discourse

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Not about the apostrophes but I feel you

cyclindave

Good Citizen

Salesperson

Grammar:

The difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I need this on a mug.

goose

Politicker

Sales Executive

You're not wrong

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I appreciate the correct usage

Bittersweet0326

Politicker

Digital Business Associate

This happens all the time even on websites, advertisements, and in company emails. It feels like there's only a few people left who know how to grammar

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

When I see newsletters, websites, or really any official documents with mistakes like this, it loses all credibility. Now you've made the mistake and gone ahead and tacked on a display of total ineptitude by not proofreading.

Bittersweet0326

Politicker

Digital Business Associate

Totally agree

Wolfe

Politicker

BDR

That's a big one. I'd probably judge too.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Hard not to.

SalesPharaoh

Big Shot

Senior Account Executive

Like you should know better, doesn't hurt to proof read your email before sending. I noticed i do a lot of mistakes when i simple compare the email i have in mind vs what I wrote. But well I work in a region where english is not the 1st language of everybody so I don't make a fuss about it

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Have to proofread for sure, and I have been a lot more since this post as to not actively be a hypocrite lol.

AutoSmiler

Arsonist

Account Executive

Definitely a pet peeve of mine, but when trying to fire off personalized emails, I sometimes misspell and don't catch the mistake before I send it. I am one of those people that really beats themself up about grammatical errors, so it does bother me, but I can't let it get to me because a mistake is a mistake, and I have found myself do be doing this more and more recently. Hopefully, I can find a way to live with myself, ha!

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I feel that! Definitely had a fair amount of emails where I cringe while rereading. Try and stay on top of my grammar though.

Lambda

Tycoon

Sales Consultant

if i understand the context, its gravy to me, im also terrible at English so there is that

Trinity

WR Officer

BusDev

Principle vs Principal.
I ignore it bec sometimes it's really a typo + who cares.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

That's a good one. Also, the amount of people who switch up capital and capitol is wild to me too.

Salespreuner

Big Shot

Regional Sales Director

Yes. 100% agree

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