Grammar pet peeves

DetroitDarin
DetroitDarin Posts: 955 Member
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"...and I"

"here's a photo of my friend and I."

Ugh. Like nails on a chalkboard. "Here is a photo of my friend and me" is the right way.

Confusing anxious with eager.

"I am anxious to go to the carnival!" - I want to ask "Why the anxiety? have you never been? Something there going to scare you?"

"I am eager to go to the carnival" - Me too! Will be fun!


What are some of your grammar pet peeves?
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  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    too, to, and two
    bye, buy, and by
    there, they're, and their
    Your and you're << probably my biggest one
    Where and wear
  • samra2012
    samra2012 Posts: 715
    cant remember.... i speak spanish :laugh:
  • TheUglyFriend
    TheUglyFriend Posts: 338
    dat.....THAT
  • wisters
    wisters Posts: 84 Member
    too many to count, but that's why I teach math :wink:
  • ValRAAAAY
    ValRAAAAY Posts: 270 Member
    I seen does NOT equal I saw

    WON'T does NOT equal WANT

    B4 does NOT equal BEFORE. It's not a bingo session we're playing, people!!!
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    THE WORD IS LOSE! NOT LOOSE! YOU CANNOT LOOSE 10 POUNDS! That drives me batshnit crazy.
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    "...and I"

    "here's a photo of my friend and I."

    Ugh. Like nails on a chalkboard. "Here is a photo of my friend and me" is the right way.

    The only thing worse than this for me would be "Here is a photo of my friend and myself." For some reason, it makes me want to shove sharp objects into my ears.
  • Asha0714
    Asha0714 Posts: 88
    Lose & Loose :angry:
  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    anx·ious [ ángkshəss ] 1.feeling nervous: worried or afraid, especially about something that is going to happen or might happen
    2.eager: wanting to do something very much, or in a tense or uneasy way
    3.producing anxiety: producing feelings of nervousness or agitation.

    Carnival might have clowns. Some people might hate clowns to being fearful of them. Hence, being anxious
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    Oh, have you ever seen a Craigslist ad for something made of "ROD IRON" ? WTF?!?!?!
  • possibri
    possibri Posts: 158 Member
    Definitely the homonyms like to/too/two and their/there.

    I think my biggest one is then/than, though. And also, I really hate when people say they "could care less" (that implies they DO care) when they mean "couldn't care less" — but that might technically be syntax more than grammar...
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    "could" + "have" DOES NOT = "could of" ...What the heck does "could of " mean?

    It's "could've, would've, should've"

    Not understanding why this is so hard. Do they not teach contractions in grade school English anymore?
  • InTenn
    InTenn Posts: 99
    I hate when people type "ya'll" when it is really "y'all." Boorish.
  • possibri
    possibri Posts: 158 Member
    Lose & Loose :angry:

    oh god, THIS. And also, I'm sick of seeing people mix up regimen (a strict routine) and regiment (a group of people, usually military), which seems to happen a LOT on health boards.
  • whitefang66
    whitefang66 Posts: 38 Member
    people who have nothing better to do than moan :) GET A LIFE!!!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    "here, here" comes to mind...
  • ChrisRS87
    ChrisRS87 Posts: 781 Member
    Then and Than

    Confusing "ironic" with "coincidence"
  • DetroitDarin
    DetroitDarin Posts: 955 Member
    THE WORD IS LOSE! NOT LOOSE! YOU CANNOT LOOSE 10 POUNDS! That drives me batshnit crazy.

    Joke Mode = on:

    Oh yeah? Watch me turn-LOOSE MY 10lbs (zippppppppppppppppp)

    :D

    :p

    Joke Mode = off.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Dangling participles
  • DollyMiel
    DollyMiel Posts: 377 Member
    x "He didn't hardly have any peanuts."

    x "Here is Ashley and I's picture."

    x "I could care less."

    WROOOONG.
  • DetroitDarin
    DetroitDarin Posts: 955 Member
    people who have nothing better to do than moan :) GET A LIFE!!!

    Where is the grammar problem there?
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    Not capitalizing all words in the title of the post "Grammar pet peeves"
  • Huskeryogi
    Huskeryogi Posts: 578 Member
    So many I can't list them all here. I agree with everything suggested so far. I'll also add:

    Center around (should be center on)

    When people put more or most in front of words that already have an -er or -est suffix
    ie - Most funniest
  • vypeters
    vypeters Posts: 475 Member
    "and I" is perfectly correct when it's the subject: "My husband and I went for a bike ride" but not when it's the object as in your examples. Simple rule o' thumb: If you would use "I" by itself, as in "I went for a bike ride" then use it in the pair. If you would use "me", as in "Grammar mistakes piss me off" then use it in the pair.
  • jen_bd6
    jen_bd6 Posts: 501 Member
    I get all hot when people use "there, their, and they're" properly...
  • kaylaandthestarcatcher
    kaylaandthestarcatcher Posts: 836
    "I seen..."
    No, not 'seen'. Saw. You saw.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    I get all hot when people use "there, their, and they're" properly...

    Well they're you go
  • thomassd1969
    thomassd1969 Posts: 564 Member
    THE WORD IS LOSE! NOT LOOSE! YOU CANNOT LOOSE 10 POUNDS! That drives me batshnit crazy.

    This! and I also can not stand when people say " I have a great ideal" instead of " I have a great idea" what is up with that?
  • frankensteen
    frankensteen Posts: 75 Member
    I agree with the ones you put! Even anxious/eager... it's funny how so many people misuse words based on their connotations! Like the word 'plethora'... most people just use it to say 'a lot of something' but it actually has negative connotations, like 'too much of something'!

    The worst thing I ever see coming from literate people is mixing up our and are.... "welcome to are home."
    So painful!
  • jen_bd6
    jen_bd6 Posts: 501 Member
    I get all hot when people use "there, their, and they're" properly...

    Well they're you go

    lol.....

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