What are your grammatical pet hates?
Mine are:
1. "Should/would of"
2. People misusing "literally". "I literally exploded with rage" - can you imagine the carnage?
3. People who can't conjugate "to be". Other languages you have to conjugate into six persons. In the past we have two forms, was and were, and people STILL say "you was".
Do you think I'm really anal?
Answers:
People who say 'you know' no I don't damn well know otherwise i wouldn't need you to be relating the tale! Also why do people preface their sentences with 'basically'' ''basically I was walking to the loo and basically I tripped over the stair and put my foot in my mouth!'' aarghhhhhhhh
I hate i when someone says "pet hates" instead of "pet peeves"
yep
"i didn't do nothing". IF YOU DIDN'T DO NOTHING, YOU MUST OF DONE SOMETHING!
Those, but the misplacing of apostrophes is my real pet-hate, closely followed by their, there, and they're.
People who use brake and break as the same thing, too many commas and their/there/they're confusion.
And there's nothing wrong with being a pedant ;)
when people say over their instead of over there and say me and her to instead of me and her too and when they use a double negative when people make a word plural the wrong way and finally i hate when people dont capitalize pronouns
GREAT QUESTION!
I have pet word peeves and pet grammar peeves.
"Normalcy." (Normality)
"LOAN me money" (Lend me money)
"LESS people went this year" (Fewer people went this year)
I'll think of more . . .
PS Nice photo! (The real one!)
1. "Your" instead of "You're"
I'm sure there are so many more!
Those things definitely bother me.
It also bothers me when people say "Yes they are" about something plural when the statement should read "Yes there is". I hate that.
The thing that bothers me the most is when people say "you was" or "they was".
who said you were anal?
Its not quite what your looking for but i hate when people say - "life is short!".But its the longest thing ill ever do!
. double negatives, ending a sentence with a preposition, and the misuse of words.
Yes you're anal, but so am I when it comes to good grammar!
When people use the wrong tense of words like
your (you're) there (their) to (too) .in writing, it really bugs me.
1. I and my friend for my friend and I.
2. Father-in-laws for fathers-in-law.
3. Some PT masters used to say kneel downing and hands upping for kneeling down and putting your hands up.
Mr Wolf saying. ." must of".. it ISNT "MUST OF " it is "MUST HAVE "
Sank instead of something.
i hate it when people say "i could care less"
it's not so much grammatical, but it should be "I couldn't care less" because then they really could not care less. they dont care at all.
if anyone hates it when people don't capitalize, i'm sorry. i'm lazy
also, when SCIENTISTS use the word "fishes"
. . . isn't it supposed to be FISH? you wouldn't say mooses!
I don't think you're anal for thinking like that, I'm the same, I agree with all of yours. I tend to mainly hate the new generation of spelling, for example "how r u?" things like that. good question though, most intelligent question I've seen on here in a while.
I don't like the use of a hyphen after a colon.
1. i agree the misuse of literally - that really annoys me
2. people who use the incorrect use of apostrophes - i work in a school and correct the teachers! I think that is my main one
I hate it when people mix their modifiers. I.E. "good" and "Well".
Or split their infinitives. . .
Or mix up "May I/Can I"
Or dangle their prepostions
Yeah, i have a lot of grammatiacal thingies
People saying 'Los' Vegas, instead of 'Las.'
Beginning a sentence with, 'I'm not being funny, but.' (when they're about to insult you.)
Yahoo Q and A's - 'loose' instead of 'lose.'
'Can you borrow me some money?'
Americanisms. eg 'Get off of my land' etc.
Infuriating - or maybe I'm just being pedantic?..x
You must be an anal as.s hole. so plug up that hole and get back to work :P
I hate the word 'basically'. It's a nonsense word used by the illiterate. It's not only individuals who misuse the word 'literally'. I went into a restaurant recently, and was disappointed that my dessert didn't 'literally explode with raspberries' as the menu promised it would. Punctuation is also a hobby-horse of mine, particularly misuse of apostrophes.
I hate use of the word "actually". It's completely unneccessary in all circumstances except the legal term, actual bodily harm.
people who say "give it me" instead of "give it to me". People who pronounce H as Haitch and not aitch (ok, not strictly answering your question there!)
"Can you borrow me" or "can I lend", closely followed by there, their and they're and "Know" and "no".
Don't they teach English language in our schools any more?
No, I don't think you're anal. Since many of us in the U.S. only speak one language, we should at least try to speak that one language well.
It bothers me when people improperly use the word "myself." For example, they'd say, "Bob, Jane, and myself are going to the party." They should say, "Bob, Jane, and I are going to the party." I think people think they sound more intelligent saying it the improper way.
In the movie "Austin Powers", the title character even mildly jokes about this misuse by saying, "Allow myself to introduce.myself."
Conjugation problems generally bother me, such as when someone says, "I don't like them people."
Maybe *I* am too anal, but I also don't like run-on sentences with no punctuation or capitalization, which is a common occurrence on-line these days. It's sometimes tough to know what someone is trying to say.
Mine are --
1. Misuse of pronouns - sometimes it IS proper to say "him and me" (as in "The teacher was talking to him and me.")
2. Misuse of the apostrophe - "It's" is the contracted form of "it is". "Its" is the possessive form of the pronoun "it".
3. Confusing they're, there, and their.
4. And perhaps my greatest pet peeve, using numbers for words and single letters for words, as in 4U, CU L8R, etc. Life is not an IM.
Too many to mention! Let's see.
People writing things like "two dog's" when they actually mean "two dogs". Think about it, two dog's what?
People saying "over-exaggerate", eg "You're over-exaggerating!" It doesn't make sense as exaggerating itself means over-describing something.
People saying "Can I go to the toilet?" (which means "Am I physically able to go to the toilet?") instead of "May I go to the toilet?" (which means "Do I have permission to go to the toilet?")
People saying "different than" when they mean "different to"
People mixing up "uninterested" and "disinterested".
People mixing up "it's" and "its"
People saying "Give us a hug" when they should say "Give me a hug". There's only one person!
saying "If I was you" when they mean "if I were you"
People saying "Lay down" (as in lay an egg) when they mean "Lie down"
People saying "I done it" when they mean "I did it" or "I've done it"
People saying "I seen him" when they mean "I saw him"
People saying "Get off of me" when they mean "Get off me"
and many more!
No i don't think you are at all!
Mispronunciation really annoys me.
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Obverssly should be obviously
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1. "Should/would of"
2. People misusing "literally". "I literally exploded with rage" - can you imagine the carnage?
3. People who can't conjugate "to be". Other languages you have to conjugate into six persons. In the past we have two forms, was and were, and people STILL say "you was".
Do you think I'm really anal?
Answers:
People who say 'you know' no I don't damn well know otherwise i wouldn't need you to be relating the tale! Also why do people preface their sentences with 'basically'' ''basically I was walking to the loo and basically I tripped over the stair and put my foot in my mouth!'' aarghhhhhhhh
I hate i when someone says "pet hates" instead of "pet peeves"
yep
"i didn't do nothing". IF YOU DIDN'T DO NOTHING, YOU MUST OF DONE SOMETHING!
Those, but the misplacing of apostrophes is my real pet-hate, closely followed by their, there, and they're.
People who use brake and break as the same thing, too many commas and their/there/they're confusion.
And there's nothing wrong with being a pedant ;)
when people say over their instead of over there and say me and her to instead of me and her too and when they use a double negative when people make a word plural the wrong way and finally i hate when people dont capitalize pronouns
GREAT QUESTION!
I have pet word peeves and pet grammar peeves.
"Normalcy." (Normality)
"LOAN me money" (Lend me money)
"LESS people went this year" (Fewer people went this year)
I'll think of more . . .
PS Nice photo! (The real one!)
1. "Your" instead of "You're"
I'm sure there are so many more!
Those things definitely bother me.
It also bothers me when people say "Yes they are" about something plural when the statement should read "Yes there is". I hate that.
The thing that bothers me the most is when people say "you was" or "they was".
who said you were anal?
Its not quite what your looking for but i hate when people say - "life is short!".But its the longest thing ill ever do!
. double negatives, ending a sentence with a preposition, and the misuse of words.
Yes you're anal, but so am I when it comes to good grammar!
When people use the wrong tense of words like
your (you're) there (their) to (too) .in writing, it really bugs me.
1. I and my friend for my friend and I.
2. Father-in-laws for fathers-in-law.
3. Some PT masters used to say kneel downing and hands upping for kneeling down and putting your hands up.
Mr Wolf saying. ." must of".. it ISNT "MUST OF " it is "MUST HAVE "
Sank instead of something.
i hate it when people say "i could care less"
it's not so much grammatical, but it should be "I couldn't care less" because then they really could not care less. they dont care at all.
if anyone hates it when people don't capitalize, i'm sorry. i'm lazy
also, when SCIENTISTS use the word "fishes"
. . . isn't it supposed to be FISH? you wouldn't say mooses!
I don't think you're anal for thinking like that, I'm the same, I agree with all of yours. I tend to mainly hate the new generation of spelling, for example "how r u?" things like that. good question though, most intelligent question I've seen on here in a while.
I don't like the use of a hyphen after a colon.
1. i agree the misuse of literally - that really annoys me
2. people who use the incorrect use of apostrophes - i work in a school and correct the teachers! I think that is my main one
I hate it when people mix their modifiers. I.E. "good" and "Well".
Or split their infinitives. . .
Or mix up "May I/Can I"
Or dangle their prepostions
Yeah, i have a lot of grammatiacal thingies
People saying 'Los' Vegas, instead of 'Las.'
Beginning a sentence with, 'I'm not being funny, but.' (when they're about to insult you.)
Yahoo Q and A's - 'loose' instead of 'lose.'
'Can you borrow me some money?'
Americanisms. eg 'Get off of my land' etc.
Infuriating - or maybe I'm just being pedantic?..x
You must be an anal as.s hole. so plug up that hole and get back to work :P
I hate the word 'basically'. It's a nonsense word used by the illiterate. It's not only individuals who misuse the word 'literally'. I went into a restaurant recently, and was disappointed that my dessert didn't 'literally explode with raspberries' as the menu promised it would. Punctuation is also a hobby-horse of mine, particularly misuse of apostrophes.
I hate use of the word "actually". It's completely unneccessary in all circumstances except the legal term, actual bodily harm.
people who say "give it me" instead of "give it to me". People who pronounce H as Haitch and not aitch (ok, not strictly answering your question there!)
"Can you borrow me" or "can I lend", closely followed by there, their and they're and "Know" and "no".
Don't they teach English language in our schools any more?
No, I don't think you're anal. Since many of us in the U.S. only speak one language, we should at least try to speak that one language well.
It bothers me when people improperly use the word "myself." For example, they'd say, "Bob, Jane, and myself are going to the party." They should say, "Bob, Jane, and I are going to the party." I think people think they sound more intelligent saying it the improper way.
In the movie "Austin Powers", the title character even mildly jokes about this misuse by saying, "Allow myself to introduce.myself."
Conjugation problems generally bother me, such as when someone says, "I don't like them people."
Maybe *I* am too anal, but I also don't like run-on sentences with no punctuation or capitalization, which is a common occurrence on-line these days. It's sometimes tough to know what someone is trying to say.
Mine are --
1. Misuse of pronouns - sometimes it IS proper to say "him and me" (as in "The teacher was talking to him and me.")
2. Misuse of the apostrophe - "It's" is the contracted form of "it is". "Its" is the possessive form of the pronoun "it".
3. Confusing they're, there, and their.
4. And perhaps my greatest pet peeve, using numbers for words and single letters for words, as in 4U, CU L8R, etc. Life is not an IM.
Too many to mention! Let's see.
People writing things like "two dog's" when they actually mean "two dogs". Think about it, two dog's what?
People saying "over-exaggerate", eg "You're over-exaggerating!" It doesn't make sense as exaggerating itself means over-describing something.
People saying "Can I go to the toilet?" (which means "Am I physically able to go to the toilet?") instead of "May I go to the toilet?" (which means "Do I have permission to go to the toilet?")
People saying "different than" when they mean "different to"
People mixing up "uninterested" and "disinterested".
People mixing up "it's" and "its"
People saying "Give us a hug" when they should say "Give me a hug". There's only one person!
saying "If I was you" when they mean "if I were you"
People saying "Lay down" (as in lay an egg) when they mean "Lie down"
People saying "I done it" when they mean "I did it" or "I've done it"
People saying "I seen him" when they mean "I saw him"
People saying "Get off of me" when they mean "Get off me"
and many more!
No i don't think you are at all!
Mispronunciation really annoys me.
Stifficate should be certificate.
Obverssly should be obviously
Pacific should be specific
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