I realize that this will bring criticism to me, but FUCK - learn the language!
tie - to make a knot.
tying - to do above.
competing - involved in a competition.
commenting - making comments.
there - as in "over there"
their - as in "their grammar needs work"
they're - as is "they're partially illiterate"
merits - good stuff.
especially - in particular.
shear - something like scissors.
sheer - what you meant.
permanent - the length of my status as an asshole as a result of this post.
I only point all of this out because of the volume of errors in the one post. Yeah typos and mistakes happen, but that was ridiculous. If you are going to communicate via a written medium, at least make an effort.
And yes, everyone feel free to point out every misspelling or grammatical error I make ad infinitum - I can take it.