Grammar School

[Cerevant]

Here's a place for the grammar, spelling and word choice (my personal peeve) nazis to gather and educate the unwashed masses.  Let me begin the lessons:

your = belongs to you.  "Get your head out of your ass."
you're = you are.  "You're stupid."

resign = to quit, to leave one's job or position.  "Mike Tice resigned from the Vikings."
          = to accept as inevitable.  "We are simply resigned to the fact that Andy Reid will never call another running play."
re-sign = to sign again. "Reno Mahe re-signed with the Eagles."

could have = "I could have won 30 dollars if I bet against the spread"
could've = contraction of could have  "I could've won as well, but I never bet against the Birds"
could of = "I had taken all I could of T.O.'s bullshtein"

[MURP]

I could'ov takin these hints, butt Im re-signed to the fact that your the gramer and speelin Nazi. 

[Diomedes]

Y'all is excellent English.

[rjs246]

People who don't know the difference between your and you're should be kicked in the neck.

[Tomahawk]

compliment - An expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation

complement - a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction 2: a complete number or quantity; "a full complement" 3: number needed to make up whole force; "a full complement of workers" [syn: full complement] 4: something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner" 5: one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response 6: either of two parts that mutually complete each other v : make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

[Zanshin]

There's no such word as "Prolly."  It's probably, idiot.

[Diomedes]

I'll play.  This one bugs me.

principal - main player, dude in charge, owner, foremost person/thing.  "Little John kicked the school principal in the nuts."  "Please address this letter to the principals of our five most important customers, Brandi."

principle - a value, a tenet, a guiding idea.  "One of the mosty easily idenifiable differences between liberal and conservative principles can be described simply:  liberals choose diplomacy before military action."  "One of the most central principles of linear logic is the law of non-contradiction."

[Zanshin]

Also, spelling "Ridiculous" as "Rediculous" is ridiculous.

[MURP]

rifargulous. 

[Diomedes]

Here is one I stand by, even though common usage by ignorant fools is eroding the distinction:

If you feel sick to your stomach, you "feel nauseated",  or you "are nauseated."
If you are disgusting to behold, causing others to feel ill themselves, you "are nauseous."

So don't tell me you're "nauseous" after eating that egg salad sandwich.  I'll puke on you.

[JTrotter Fan]

People who don't know the difference between your and you're should be kicked in the neck.

As well as people that don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose."  I've seen it plenty of times on this board. 

Example:  The Eagles may very well loose on Sunday.  Incorrect!!
                 I sure hope i don't loose a lot of money on that Eagles game.  Incorrect!

                 I don't think the Eagles will lose this week.  Correct!!

If you don't know the difference between loose (Chuggie's ass) and lose (what the Texans do every week) then you need to go back to fargin school!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So don't tell me you're "nauseous" after eating that egg salad sandwich.  I'll puke on you.

Most people are nauseous in general, whether it be before or after egg salad.

[Susquehanna Birder]

So don't tell me you're "nauseous" after eating that egg salad sandwich.  I'll puke on you.

That one bugs the hell out of me, too. But I do get a private chuckle when somebody says it.

[Cerevant]

Here is one I stand by, even though common usage by ignorant fools is eroding the distinction:

If you feel sick to your stomach, you "feel nauseated",  or you "are nauseated."
If you are disgusting to behold, causing others to feel ill themselves, you "are nauseous."

So don't tell me you're "nauseous" after eating that egg salad sandwich.  I'll puke on you.

You learn something new every day...from Dictionary.com:

Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean "causing nausea" and that it is incorrect to use it to mean "affected with nausea," as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean "feeling sick," it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its "correct" sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.

[Wingspan]

Here is one I stand by, even though common usage by ignorant fools is eroding the distinction:

If you feel sick to your stomach, you "feel nauseated",  or you "are nauseated."
If you are disgusting to behold, causing others to feel ill themselves, you "are nauseous."

So don't tell me you're "nauseous" after eating that egg salad sandwich.  I'll puke on you.

i'll take Mr Merriam and Mr Webster's word for it, thank you very much.

which by the way state that both are correct.