Brake vs. Break - grammar lesson

[RayK]

There were times when I spotted spelling or grammar mistakes in my own posts after reading them later on, but for some odd reason this forum locks you out of the ability to edit after a certain time. What gives?

I believe that the grace period for editing your own post is 30 minutes. Which should give you enough time to re-read what you just posted to make sure that it's really what you meant.

 

[Yang_H]

The most absurd case I saw was from a lawsuit filed by a guy because his Tesla was damaged due to autopilot or sth. His page long description of the accident was filled with "break" all over the place, not a single word of "brake" as far as I could remember.

 

[TEG]

The theme of this topic for automotive discussions...

#1: Braking Good

#2:

 

[UncleCreepy]

Their is no point in trying to improve they're grammar. There just too stupid.

 

[MXLRplus]

Trivia - President Theodore Roosevelt pushed to simplify the English language spelling at the turn of the 20th century. See Simplified Spelling Board founded by Andrew Carnegie.

Obviously it failed. We want to have the most mangled spelling of any language.

 

[drdumont]

At least we pronounce most of the letters...

 

[Plug it in]

Let's drive Julien over the edge and talk about plead and pled.
Today is a really slow day

I see you have your left hand on the automatic brake valve.

 

[drdumont]

Of course, if used incorrectly, you can break the train...

 

[bpjod]

There were times when I spotted spelling or grammar mistakes in my own posts after reading them later on, but for some odd reason this forum locks you out of the ability to edit after a certain time. What gives?

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[Mr. Big]

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Got it, thanks. But I still don’t see the reasoning behind the no-edit policy as it’s limited even for those who sign up for the highest subscription tier. I haven’t seen this in any of the other forums I participate in.

 

[SammichLover]

You're vs your is a much bigger problem.

ur a much bigger problem

 

[drtimhill]

As a verb, the word brake means to slow down or stop.

As a noun, brake is a device for slowing or stopping motion.

The word break means to smash or to shatter as in to break a cup. It also means to take a recess, as in a coffe break.

Yeah I’ve noticed how many ppl get that wrong .. auto-correct perhaps? Next lesson: “your” vs “you’re”

 

[kbecks13]

Pretty sure 95% of people who use the wrong your, their or brake know the correct usage and are just typing fast and make a mistake that doesn't get corrected. Not a big deal.

 

[drtimhill]

If we're going to address that, let's also mention that the plural form of Tesla is Teslas not Tesla's.

“Tesla” is already a plural, the singular is “Teslum”

 

[SammichLover]

Pretty sure 95% of people who use the wrong your, their or brake know the correct usage and are just typing fast and make a mistake that doesn't get corrected. Not a big deal.

This is exactly why I pick up no stone to toss on homophones, homonyms, and other mistypings. There but for the grace of a good night's sleep and well behaved autocorrect go I.

 

[MXLRplus]

Truth? Non-car people don't read or write the word 'brake' very often.

“Tesla” is already a plural, the singular is “Teslum”

Hmmm. Teslae.

 

[SlimJim]

I would give you a brake but than what if my brakes are cut short?

 

[Altes]

You're preaching to deaf ears, Ron. The misspellings of homophones on here are rampant, but other than a few of us like you and me, no one seems to care.

But let someone conflate kilowatts with kilowatt-hours, and they lower the boom.

And, coffee has two e's! LOL

Jeeeze its Covefe

 

[C141medic]

I would give you a brake but than what if my brakes are cut short?

Proper spelling would be “but then” and not “but than.” As, I’m going to get some coffee and then go shopping. Also, the number five is greater than the number four.

 

[SigNC]

pedantic