The things everyone, everywhere should know.

[Imaginary Tears]

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[chrystalclear]

Wont vs. Won't
Wont: accustomed; used: She was wont to drum her fingers when anxious.
Won't: contraction of the phrase "will not": He won't come out of his room."

Cant vs. Can't
Cant: insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety
((If someone can think of a sentence for this, I'd appreciate. I'm kind've braindead at the moment.))
Can't: contraction of the phrase/word "can not/cannot": I can't go to the party tomorrow!

To Imaginary Tears: That brought back horrible memories of my earlier days on the internet. sweatdrop  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

Good idea, MadnessFreak. I'll sticky this thread. May I suggest that you check through your post? There are some typos in there.

I'm pretty sure that the issue on whether full stops after quotations go inside or outside of the quote marks is a British English vs. American English thing.  

[MadnessFreak]

HOLY s**t STICKY!
Anyway, of course. My spelling isn't amazing.  

[NuclearBatman]

Indeed, indeed. There are a lot of mistakes made in grammer. Myself, I do have trouble with to, two, & too. I also make mistakes with there, their, and they're, but not as often.  

[MadnessFreak]

The most important rule in the universe:

GRAMMAR  

[ramforce]

This is absolutely magnificent; Simple and effective.
I love this post!  

[l3viathan]

I personally think that one other important common mistake is left out:

People often say "me and my friend/mom/etc", as opposed to "my friend/mom/etc and I". I hear this every day and all over the place.

Also, one other thing: I have been taught that "a lot" is actually supposed to be two words, rather than just one word. Please correct me if I am wrong on this.  

[MadnessFreak]

1. Rephrase that into an easy to use guide and I'll add it.

2. Both 'alot' and 'a lot' can be correct, I believe.  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

realitical

People often say "me and my friend/mom/etc", as opposed to "my friend/mom/etc and I". I hear this every day and all over the place.

It depends whether you're the subject or the object in the sentence. The subject is the one that is doing something, and the object is the one that has something done to it.

For example, "My mum and I went to the beach", but "My mum bought lunch for me and my sister".

An easy way to find out whether to use "me" or "I" is to think about what the sentence would be if the other people were not mentioned. In the first example, "I went to the beach" is correct, so "My mum and I went to the beach" is also correct. In the second example, "My mum bought lunch for me" is correct, so "My mum bought lunch for me and my sister" is also correct.

MadnessFreak

Both 'alot' and 'a lot' can be correct, I believe.

Are you sure that "alot" is correct? I can't find "alot" on dictionary.com, and Wiktionary says that it is "a common misspelling of a lot".  

[l3viathan]

The MoUsY spell-checker

realitical

People often say "me and my friend/mom/etc", as opposed to "my friend/mom/etc and I". I hear this every day and all over the place.

It depends whether you're the subject or the object in the sentence. The subject is the one that is doing something, and the object is the one that has something done to it.

For example, "My mum and I went to the beach", but "My mum bought lunch for me and my sister".

An easy way to find out whether to use "me" or "I" is to think about what the sentence would be if the other people were not mentioned. In the first example, "I went to the beach" is correct, so "My mum and I went to the beach" is also correct. In the second example, "My mum bought lunch for me" is correct, so "My mum bought lunch for me and my sister" is also correct.

Thank you for further clarifying that. I knew that "my mom/friend/etc and I" is not always correct, but I weren't too sure when it weren't.

As for making my suggestion into a simple guide, I admit that I am not good at making guides.  

[MadnessFreak]

The MoUsY spell-checker

realitical

People often say "me and my friend/mom/etc", as opposed to "my friend/mom/etc and I". I hear this every day and all over the place.

It depends whether you're the subject or the object in the sentence. The subject is the one that is doing something, and the object is the one that has something done to it.

For example, "My mum and I went to the beach", but "My mum bought lunch for me and my sister".

An easy way to find out whether to use "me" or "I" is to think about what the sentence would be if the other people were not mentioned. In the first example, "I went to the beach" is correct, so "My mum and I went to the beach" is also correct. In the second example, "My mum bought lunch for me" is correct, so "My mum bought lunch for me and my sister" is also correct.

MadnessFreak

Both 'alot' and 'a lot' can be correct, I believe.

Are you sure that "alot" is correct? I can't find "alot" on dictionary.com, and Wiktionary says that it is "a common misspelling of a lot".

I think it's one of these nationality-based things then.  

[Hykiora]

How about this one?

WOMEN - The word is plural! It should not be used when referring to one WOMAN.

When people say "She was a nice women" it irritates me to no end.  

[MadnessFreak]

Hykiora

How about this one?

WOMEN - The word is plural! It should not be used when referring to one WOMAN.

When people say "She was a nice women" it irritates me to no end.

Added.  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

MadnessFreak

EDIT: What the--unstickied? Have I done something awful?

I think it might be because you edited your post. You're not a mod, so you're not allowed to post stickies, therefore the thread isn't a sticky any more after you edited it.

To other mods: If that's not the case (that is, you took the thread down from the stickies), please say so.