A Pointless Grammar Vent

[Mary Ellen]

But you DID use 'you're' correctly!!!!!

Edited because proper spelling is a GOOD thing.

 

[damo]

It surprises me when people think "a lot" is one word.

 

[diznygirl]

I love reading these! I'm a journalism major - I can't help editing as a I read!

There is one I hate on another board - someone uses "residence" instead of "residents." It drives me bonkers! This person should know better. So when he talks about the residence voting, I have visions of houses walkling down the street to the polling places!

 

[tiggersmom2]

I hate it when people use the word 'irregardless'. That is redundant - regardless is the correct word to use.

 

[MonorailDude]

Originally posted by TheBellhop
OMG Me hatez when evry1 is lyke that and spellz thingz rong u kno wut I meen?

I hate people that talk as of an accent that your neighborhood uses.

I also like hate it like when like people use like LIKE after like every like other word like. It just gets really annoying. It's not as if they are tryinging to say a simile.

Simile
The fox cleared the hedge like a horse jumps a hurdle.

 

[RitaZ.]

How about~ "None of us are perfect", when it should be, "None of us is perfect".

 

[cinmell]

Here's one:

Yous guys!

I just want to strangle people when they say yous guys!

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Here's another: when people pronounce supposedly as "supposably".

 

[sweet angel]

Originally posted by Mary Ellen
But you DID use 'your're' correctly!!!!!

Well, of course!

Another thing I can't stand...

"supposably".

 

[monarchsfan16]

When people say "same difference" it bugs me. If it's the same, it's not different.

 

[binny]

Originally posted by damo
It surprises me when people think "a lot" is one word.

UGH this is my big pet peeve too!!!

It is A LOT not ALOT or even worse ALOTT

 

[tkyes]

Loan vs. borrow - drives me crazy!!! You don't borrow money too someone! You borrow money from someone and someone loans it to you!

Also - seen - I seen it... My MIL and Father are guilty of this.

 

[cinmell]

Ooh, I thought of one more, the improper use of don't.
Ex:
She don't drive anywhere instead of she doesn't drive anywhere.

 

[piratesmate]

You shouldn't have gotten me started!

How about "incidentses" instead of instances or incidents?

My ILs both ask me if I want "a corn" or "a coffee". ARGH! It's an ear of corn and a cup of coffee!

Of course I make people crazy when I finish a roll of film and say "It's all." I was in college before I got called on that one. Evidently it's PA Dutch & it's the way everyone said it around here. I couldn't even think of how to answer them at first when they asked "All what?"

 

[Missy1961]

Originally posted by Maleficent13
It really bugs me when people use "would of" "could of" "should of" instead of "would have", "could have", "should have".

I just got a work email that used the phrase "could of" about 6 times.

Just a pet peeve.

Me too! Drives me crazy!

 

[BlkBearSuz]

Ok, I have to say that it drives me nuts when people use prolly instead of probably.

Ex: I'll prolly go to the store tomorrow. It should be I'll probably go to the store tomorrow!

 

[disneymom3]

Tkyes--I KNEW you had to be from MN when I read your post! I hate that hate that hate that!!!

The a lot thing and confusion over when it needs to have an apostrophe drive me crazy My newest favorite is the word "orientate." Have you read the definition of "orient"--ugh. I with the you on irregardless too.

 

[bballmom56]

The one I hate the most is would've went. Too many people use it now. DS knows the correct form but when all his friends say would've went, he falls into it. I just say "excuse me" and he realizes .

The other one that annoys me is using "I" when "me" is proper! Sally wants to go to the store with Jane and I. It should be Jane and me. We have friends who do that a lot. (Look, 2 words - "a" and "lot" )

 

[tar heel]

This stuff drives me crazy, too. I hate seeing "of" used as a verb, but it's apostrophes that send me over the edge. I also can't understand how anyone can confuse "there" and "their."

 

[LisaZoe]

I would of posted hear but yous guys polly wouldn't went crazy if myself did that there. Puleeze, dont alot of yous some time get you're words' wrong? Maybe you should of offered a grammer class. This is something I don't now nothing about.







Oh my, that was harder than I thought it would be.