What is your pet peeve about grammar?

[sets14]

I am an Ohio girl who now lives in the South where the common phrases “on tomorrow” or “on yesterday” tear my brain up. I would say, “I am going to school tomorrow”. Around here, I hear, “I am going to school on tomorrow”. It drives me crazy....

 

[Domo]

Lot's of punctu'ation mark's where the''y shouldn't b'e.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Missing words: When somebody says "I graduated high school" or "I graduated college" and omit "from."
When "of" is not used. Example: "Couple of (whatever)" and "of" is not used.

Yes, and along the same lines:

"It needs fixed" instead of "It needs to be fixed".

 

[slpeters]

People who say "whom" when they mean "who". Interestingly, it does not bother me when people say "who" when they mean "whom", but there's something about being pretentious and wrong at the same time that just grinds my gears...

 

[zoo2tycoon]

your for you're
Their, there and they're used wrong
I seen something
For sell
Borrowing someone money

 

[kaytieeldr]

"How to adult." The correct sentence is "How to be an adult"!

Oh, you didn't know? Adult has been promoted to verb status

 

[Dan Murphy]

I could care less, instead of, I could not care less.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Lots of them already listed.
Also, wrong usage of:

it’s and its
who’s and whose
then and than

 

[winterman]

Perfect instead of perfectly. As in "It fits perfect". I see this all the time on 'Say Yes to the Dress'.

 

[PollyannaMom]

then and than

yes!

 

[Cubbiecakes]

To, too, two
There, their, they're
should've, would've (not "should of")

Seriously folks, this is literally what is taught in first grade. When I see these used incorrectly by an adult, I just think "Congratulations! You're dumber than a six-year old!"

 

[GreatLakes]

I am an Ohio girl who now lives in the South where the common phrases “on tomorrow” or “on yesterday” tear my brain up. I would say, “I am going to school tomorrow”. Around here, I hear, “I am going to school on tomorrow”. It drives me crazy....

My years living in the south were full of terrible grammar and not just little colloquialisms, flat out wrong use of the language. It made my skin crawl. Proper grammar is proper grammar and stupid is stupid no matter where you are. Some of these mistakes are cringe-worthy like your example above.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Lots of them already listed.
Also, wrong usage of:

it’s and its
who’s and whose
then and than

Lose and loose.

should've, would've (not "should of")

Maybe (just maybe ) if those of us who know the correct phrase would stop using the contration...

 

[Cubbiecakes]

Maybe (just maybe ) if those of us who know the correct phrase would stop using the contraction...

Agreed. Except for a few examples that I've (ha!) grown accustomed to using, I usually eschew contractions.

 

[Tinkerbell58]

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