Grammar pet peeves

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  • Katahna
    Katahna Posts: 326 Member
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    Too many to count >_<!!!!

    The most annoying for me is when people consciously substitute letters:

    Lyk
    Yus
    Pleeze
    Wat
    Wen

    Even typing them makes me feel degraded and destined for another round of schooling, and what they don't realise is that it takes longer to read their ape-like language than it does to read English.

    /endrant
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,723 Member
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    I hate when people type "ya'll" when it is really "y'all." Boorish.

    Yeehaw! Someone else who knows how to spell it!

    I have many grammar pet peeves. I gave up trying to correct them and just grumble under my breath.
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
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    board & bored - saw i am so "board"
    there, they're and their
    nite & tonite
    glade and glad - someone once wrote they were"glade " to be home
    I could go on and on , there are so many
  • Brittany3914
    Brittany3914 Posts: 258 Member
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    I work with a gentleman who adds an S to almost every singular word:

    Somewheres...
    Anywheres...
    Nowheres...

    Instead of saying, "and then" he always says "an nen."

    It could be a Minnesotan thing, but it drives me crazy!

    There's also the infamous your and you're debate. I judge people who don't use the correct word.
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
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    THE WORD IS LOSE! NOT LOOSE! YOU CANNOT LOOSE 10 POUNDS! That drives me batshnit crazy.

    AMEN


    ^^ that too drives me nuts!!
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
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    I hate when people type "ya'll" when it is really "y'all." Boorish.
    Yes yes yes.
  • Katahna
    Katahna Posts: 326 Member
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    Also if I hear "Neck minit" one more time I'm going to go on a massacre~
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
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    Spelling "definitely" wrong. erghh
  • rhonniema
    rhonniema Posts: 522 Member
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    This whole site is my grammar pet peeve.

    Also people who type in "txt spk"
    It was cool 10 years about when phones didn't have full QWERTY keyboards.
    Now pretty much EVERYONE has a QWERTY keyboard.
    Abbreviating words that are 6 letters or less is just pure laziness.
    Just type out the full word damnit.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
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    Misplaced apostrophes and quotation marks. arghhhh
    There's a barbecue place here that painted advertising in their window last fall trying to sell their delicious smoked "turkeys". Ok, if it isn't a turkey, what is it? If it is a turkey, you don't need the quotation marks. If you're not sure what it is, let's just say that, then.
  • samblanken
    samblanken Posts: 369 Member
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    Breath and breathe.

    Weigh and weight.

    Cloth and clothe

    Bath and bathe


    Amazing how many people don't know the difference.
  • KAR1959
    KAR1959 Posts: 4,270 Member
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    My absolute biggest is your and you're. My former boss always used those words incorrectly. In fact, I don't believe he ever heard of "you're". The other is lose or loose. And don't forget there, their and they're.
  • Jonahyona
    Jonahyona Posts: 108 Member
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    Lose and loose. (when people really mean lose)
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
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    too, to, and two
    bye, buy, and by
    there, they're, and their
    Your and you're << probably my biggest one
    Where and wear

    All of these and many others. I can't spell for *kitten* but bad grammer just kills me.
  • jericamom
    jericamom Posts: 49 Member
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    For me, it's "would of", "could of"...etc. Also, I hate "I seen that." and "Your the one who started it." Grrrr!!
  • paulaviki
    paulaviki Posts: 678 Member
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    It bugs me when people say Pacific instead of specific. One is an ocean.

    Definitely this. When I started my job the lady training me used to say pacific. I really wanted to correct her but didn't think pissing her off in my first week would be a good career move!
  • debussyschild
    debussyschild Posts: 804 Member
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    Then, than (time vs. comparison)

    Their, there, they're (possession, location, contraction of "they are")

    Where, wear, ware, were (location, verb, noun, past tense of "to be"--and it doesn't even sound like the previous words)

    Misuse of apostrophes when trying to show plural possession i.e. the students' textbooks
  • debussyschild
    debussyschild Posts: 804 Member
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    Oh, and when people confuse throw with through.
  • Huskeryogi
    Huskeryogi Posts: 578 Member
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    Alot is not a word.

    A lot is two words.

    http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

    OMG I'm sitting at my desk with alot of tears rolling down my face.
  • gibsy
    gibsy Posts: 112
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    My biggest grammar pet peeve is when people derail a conversation to criticize someone's minor grammar mistakes instead of actually addressing the argument at hand. This especially irritates me when the person who made the mistake actually has thoughtful things to say and maybe just isn't very good at spelling.

    Besides, spelling and grammar are two different things. Spellng errors are not grammatical errors.

    Also, linguistic descriptivism is elitist. A lot of supposed grammatical "errors" are intentional cultural signifiers that have been developed by a group as part of the process of identity formation.

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