Brake vs Break

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[size=2]Normally I wouldn’t care, but this is an automotive forum where people talk about brakes all the time.

Brake:[/size]
–noun

  1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.

–verb (used without object)

  1. to use or run a brake.

Break:
Verb-

  1. to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments
    Noun-
  2. an act or instance of breaking; disruption or separation of parts; fracture; rupture: There was a break in the window.

That is all. :slight_smile:

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there should have been 400 threads and probably about 24 stickies relating to grammar/spelling if this was the case, especially with some of the kids on here

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I think my favorites are cylender and motar

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TUNNNIG!!!

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“You’re” and “Your” are probably the two most commonly misused words on this forum.

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http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1016955

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peopless grammeeerr is porfect

their vs there, is another example

the internet has proven itself as a grammar free zone

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the find indicates that people from that era spoke a much earlier form of e-mail language alien to our own, employing the full spellings of most words, and lacking the versatility and advanced expression of smiley-face or frowny-face emoticons

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I know, I know… lots grammar mistakes on here, I have no problem with that. But this is an AUTOMOTIVE forum, and BRAKES are a MAJOR component of an automobile.

Maybe I’m just having a bad day.

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no i agree, im not a grammar nazi or anything, but when i see “breaks” being refered to as a car part i wanna smack my head on the keyboard

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that post was bothering me to. yea me of all people.

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It wasn’t just that recent post. I’ve seen “breaks” a lot in the past couple of weeks.