Grammar pet peeves

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  • DetroitDarin
    DetroitDarin Posts: 955 Member
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    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
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    Not capitalizing all words in the title of the post "Grammar pet peeves"
  • Huskeryogi
    Huskeryogi Posts: 578 Member
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    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
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    "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
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    I get all hot when people use "there, their, and they're" properly...
  • kaylaandthestarcatcher
    kaylaandthestarcatcher Posts: 836
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    "I seen..."
    No, not 'seen'. Saw. You saw.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
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    I get all hot when people use "there, their, and they're" properly...

    Well they're you go
  • thomassd1969
    thomassd1969 Posts: 564 Member
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    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
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    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
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    I get all hot when people use "there, their, and they're" properly...

    Well they're you go

    lol.....
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
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    When people write "dose" and believe that is how you correctly spell "does." I have seen this far too many times. It makes me sad for humanity really...
  • AJ_Pete
    AJ_Pete Posts: 863 Member
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    My biggest pet peeve regarding grammar, ironically, is people constantly posting threads about their grammatical pet peeves.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
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    "Supposebly". It is not "supposebly." It's SUPPOSEDLY.

    Samwich. The word is sandwich.

    "I need to ax a question." You don't AX a question. You ASK a question.

    Warsh. THERE IS NO "R" IN THE WORD WASH.

    Liberry. It is library.
  • neti_call
    neti_call Posts: 81 Member
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    Apostrophes and quotations where they aren't needed.

    Merry Christmas from the Smith's
    (From the Smith's what?)

    "Big" Sale
    (Whom are you quoting?"
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
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    "Can" vs "May"
  • Huskeryogi
    Huskeryogi Posts: 578 Member
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    Alot is not a word.

    A lot is two words.
  • grkpetalouda
    grkpetalouda Posts: 24
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    hMmm.. let's see.

    there are a lot, but here are a few that are coming to mind at the moment.

    Tooken (Taken)
    Conversate (Converse)
    and not being able to distinguish There, Their and They're.
  • poshcouture
    poshcouture Posts: 610
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    Sooo...I'm guessing that fixin' to and ya'll are improper usages of grammar? I'm just askin' is all....
  • phillieschic
    phillieschic Posts: 615
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    Whether and weather.

    well and good. (ex: "I slept so good last night!" Um, no, you slept "well" last night.)

    And I cannot handle when people say..."I seen you at the mall on Saturday." NOOOO! It's "saw!"
  • jen_bd6
    jen_bd6 Posts: 501 Member
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    hMmm.. let's see.

    there are a lot, but here are a few that are coming to mind at the moment.

    Tooken (Taken)
    Conversate (Converse)
    and not being able to distinguish There, Their and They're.

    ^^This ;)

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