Grammar Rant

[goofinoff]

My MIL says "seen" instead of "saw" all the time! She will say something like "Oh I just seen him at the store yesterday!" No you saw him at the store yesterday! You may have seen him there before but you SAW him yesterday! Drives me batty!!!!

 

[Jennasis]

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

 

[LBIJim]

Here, on Facebook, on in conversation I don't mind misspellings or poor grammar, but there (they're ?) are people working in my company who confuse their, there, and they're in formal reports. Same with loose for lose, who's for whose, or they use apostrophes to make a simple plural word. (...and I ordered six case's of printer paper...)

 

[phorsenuf]

I have nowhere else to post this and can't discuss it with DW. It's a completely minor issue, but it is grating on my nerves. My MIL and FIL are spending 3 weeks touring the west coast after recently retiring. I love them both dearly but the MIL keeps posting pictures on FB stating something along these lines:

"On are way to..."

It's OUR!! OUR! OUR!

We're on OUR way to California!

Blerg.

That is all. Carry on.

Um, isn't that spelling and not grammar??

 

[MickeySP]

Yeah, no. Grammar doesn't bother me. All I can think is Styxx - Too much time on my hands, I got too much time on my hands.

But that is irregardless of weather there on the weigh to a grate vaca

 

[Anesthesia Fine]

Should of had a drink before you read there Facebook!

 

[Belle2667]

Grammar is a BIG peeve of mine. They actually hurt my eyes!

In the last week, I've seen several good(?) ones.
Printed on a T-shirt: "Do to the rising cost of...." Duh!
A sticker on a car: "My son saves lifes. What does your son do?"
At a gas station: "Cash only excepted at this window"

Now the last one was hand-written so I can forgive that one a little bit, but the other two were purchases people made so you would think they would have gone through some sort of approval process before they were printed. AAACCCKKK!

 

[firecracker725]

Personally, I hate yard sells. I'd rather see it on Facebook or Craigslist if someone has something they'd like to sale.

 

[chartle]

Mine is "Are you going to Prom?"

What happened to the 'the' it's a noun and a specific event.

 

[LBIJim]

Mine is "Are you going to Prom?"

What happened to the 'the' it's a noun and a specific event.

That used to bug me as well, but apparently it's always been a regional thing. Some areas have never used the article "the" when referring to that formal dinner/dance.

 

[chartle]

That used to bug me as well, but apparently it's always been a regional thing. Some areas have never used the article "the" when referring to that formal dinner/dance.

When I was in High School it was "going to the prom". 30 years later at the same exact school its now "going to prom". It snuck in somehow. Still have no idea how it got started.

I know Prom is short for Promenade, a word that can be a noun and a verb. But if you say "I'm going to Prom" you are using it as a verb as in "I'm going to promenade sometime in the future". Like 'are you going to dance' or 'are you going to the dance', two separate meanings.

Luckily I don't have to deal with it any more and have gone on with my life.

 

[Tardisblue]

None of this will matter in five years as we all return to using hieroglyphics (a.k.a emojis) for all forms of written communication.

 

[AlohaNow]

Another one I cannot stand. I never see it written, but when people say ‘mines’ instead of ‘mine’. It truly makes me want to smack people.

 

[sharona]

Grammar...

The difference between knowing your sh*t and knowing you're sh*t.

 

[goofyintoronto]

Mine is "Are you going to Prom?"

What happened to the 'the' it's a noun and a specific event.

Probably a regional thing. We say the same thing over here. Most people dont usually say "the prom".

 

[Turn the Page]

OP I feel your pain.

The common grammatical errors that really set my teeth on edge the most, in no particular order, are:

Confusing the proper uses of there, their, and they're.

Confusing your and you're.

Improperly using saw vs seen.

Not using "nothing" the correct way. "I ain't seen nothing" is a particularly annoying phrase.

 

[ckay87]

Um, isn't that spelling and not grammar??

Agree. It's basic vocabulary. haha

I'm currently going crazy watching the use of the word walla. E.g., "add milk and walla! You have pudding"

 

[mom2AidanAndEli]

Don't forget...

Per say.

Peaked my interest.

The prom thing also drives me crazy and I thought I was the only one. I'm sorry, but it's not completely regional. I still live in the same area where I grew up. All through my school years, it was "the prom." Now it's just "prom". I don't say I'm going to game or going to dance or going to movies. THE, THE, THE, THE!

And, let's confess here. How many of you see something really funny or really cute on Facebook but just can't bring yourself to share it because there's one of these errors in there somewhere?

 

[sharona]

Re Prom - my understanding is that it's like going to school or going to college or going to class. It doesn't need an article. If you add the definite article, it means you are talking about a specific prom (or school or college or class).

 

[Turn the Page]

Re Prom - my understanding is that it's like going to school or going to college or going to class. It doesn't need an article. If you add the definite article, it means you are talking about a specific prom (or school or college or class).

In the UK they say "She is in hospital" rather than "She is in the hospital" though I'm not sure why. Maybe it's like that?