Loose rhymes with goose. Lose rhymes with shoes.

Not picking on anyone's posts or commenting on any particular thread, but this is just a little something that I've taught to my nieces/nephews that helps them a lot. 

There, their, they're, it'll be okay.  There you go again.  Going to their journals when they're not even there.

"Would of" instead of "would have". That's the one that drives me potty!

Yeah, the they/they're/their and your/you're drive me nuts, but I ALSO hate the its/it's one.

Has anyone read "Eats Shoots and Leaves"?

I LOVE 'Eats Shoots and Leaves." Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" is another good one.

*hatches diabolical plot to drive grammar police crazy*

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Fundamental attribution error is the tendency for people to emphasize certain qualities or dispositions of others rather than giving proper weight to the situational aspects which have brought about a given behavior. A person will conclude that someone else has acted in a certain way because they are that ‘type’ of person. However, when an individual is assessing their own behavior they are more likely to attribute their action to a situational circumstance rather than attribute it to their character.

Due to the loss of nonverbal cues, activity on the internet can amplify such social psychological issues. An individual may read an email and assume the author is a slob, clumsy, or ignorant due to the number of spelling mistakes within. However, the same individual will excuse himself from the same behavior by stating that he was distracted by a telephone call while he was writing his response. The way an email is presented may be the only communication we have with the individual. The Internet is a limited environment where stereotypes are quickly established, whereas meetings in person can tell us more about an individual due to the greater number of cues available for perception.