Please, people, it’s not that difficult. Brakes are what you use to stop your car; breaks is what happens to it when the brakes fail and you hit something with the car!
I used to sometimes read the rec.motorcycles newsgroup and “break” was used incorrectly more often than not. I still read a few of the rec.aviation.* newsgroups and it’s nearly as common there.
That’s disappointing, no doubt. After all if you’re going to discuss nearly any kind of motor vehicle it seems like a minimal amount of effort would teach you the difference between “break” and “brake”.
But now I’ve seen it right here on this very message board! I come here expecting a higher standard than what we see from the general public! Instead, now my fragile belief in humanity has been crushed!
(Sorry, forgot to do any cursing in this pit post: darn!)
I made this misteak in a recent GD thread. It happens. I am fully aware of the difference. Unfortunately, I am not above making grammatical errors from time to time. That doesn’t mean I don’t know the difference.
Still got a problem with that? Lick my shithole and call it ice cream.
Now an honest mistake I can accept. We all make them (except, of course, Cecil). I once used “your” in a letter to my mother when I really meant “you’re”, and I know and understand the difference between them.
But there are those who Just Don’t Get It. I once read a post to the rec.motorcycles newsgroup that contained the following: ‘what would cause my breaks to break like that?’. I’m quite sure this poster had no idea there was anything at all wrong with that sentence.
I really suck at this pit thing. I promise to be more insulting in the future.
BTW, I think “Lick my shithole and call it ice cream” was a failed Ben and Jerry’s flavor…
in a recent GD thread. It happens. I am fully aware of the difference. Unfortunately, I am not above making grammatical errors from time to time. That doesn’t mean I don’t know the difference.