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by BrittyJ. on March 22nd, 2007
When people say "was" instead of "were" or "I seen him . . ." I'm from the south, so bad grammar is prevalent!
by Barcaluv on March 18th, 2007
Since you took mine, I got to go with "Me to" instead of "Me too".
by Mister Sister on March 22nd, 2007
When people end a sentence or phrase with a preposition. Actually Winston Churchill, when introduced to a woman American reporter said to her,"I'm pleased to meet you madam. Where are you from?" To which she returned,"Mr. Prime Minister,as the leader of the country from where English originated, you should know better than to end a sentence in a preposition". To which he replied,"Madame,that is a statement up with which I shall not put!"
by FadingxSmiles on March 18th, 2007
Alot.
It's TWO WORDS!
I could go on and on about grammatical errors (even the ones I make frequently ;-)), but I'll spare you from my rantings.
by Engeltje on March 18th, 2007
I can't think of any that haven't been mentioned, but I had a problem with separate/seperate and desperate/desparate until I heard that there was a rat in separate.
So now I know that only separate has a rat in it, I remember that desperate has not.
If this sounds too complicated, rate me down ;)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on March 18th, 2007
Misuse of their, there and they're.
by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on July 25th, 2007
First come, first serve
For God's sake, it's not a game of tennis we are talking about...
it is
First come, first serveD
by JamesD on March 22nd, 2007
I really don't understand why, but some people, (especially when THEY'RE writing/typing!), use the word 'are' where they should be using 'our.'
For example:- 'are house' should be 'our house' etc.
That REALLY gets on my nerves/irritates me.
How do people confuse them? THEY'RE 2 completely different words!
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!
JamesD ;-)
by zee-ster on March 22nd, 2007
when somebody calls an ATM an "ATM machine"! machine is already part of the acronym, so it's very redundant.
by zee-ster on March 22nd, 2007
the way people shorten things and use numbers, thanks in part to text messaging (and laziness)! at some point, you can't tell if they misspelled a word or if it's supposed to be an acronym that you don't know about...
by paulah76 on March 26th, 2007
I hate when people say, "I could care less." They are saying that they COULD care less when they mean they could not care less. I don't know how/why this confuses people but it drives me nuts.
Also like someone said earlier, when people say things such as, "here is a picture of Jane and I". An easy way to figure this out, is to pull Jane out of the sentence. Can it now stand alone? Would you say, "here is a picture of I"? No, you wouldn't. Someone must have started a nasty rumor that you always say "so-and-so and I". Stop the insanity!
I also don't like it when people ask, "can I help you?" but I'm not sure if that's improper or not. I say "may I help you?"
Okay, just one more, I promise. My sister-in-law who is a elementary school teacher (and has taught part time on the college level) tells us to "drive careful" every time we leave her house. Shouldn't she ask us to "drive carefully"? It bothers me mostly because she is a teacher.
Oh, there are so many more. I'm glad this forum exists because I'm surrounded by poor grammar and begin to question myself. :-)
by mejinn on March 22nd, 2007
There's two. The first one is massacaring the word "mischievous" by pronouncing it "mis-chee-vee-ous", the second is not knowing the difference bewtween "Can I" and "May I".
by kelford10 on March 22nd, 2007
People who say "yous guys"....drives me nuts...also people who don't know the proper way to make *in-law plural...ie: they say mother-in-laws when it should be mothers-in-law....they don't get that law isn't plural mother is; same thing for Sons-of-b......s instead people say son-of-a-bit***s....My attitude...if you're going to swear, at least get it right.
by branciforte3241 on March 22nd, 2007
Someone already took there/their/they're. :(
I'll go with people who say "I'm doing good" instead of "I'm doing well".
Are they not teaching the difference between adjectives and adverbs in school these days? Actually, it's become so prevalent that my parents even do it, despite the fact that they used to correct me all the time about that when I was young. Now I sometimes correct them, just for fun.
by yup. on March 22nd, 2007
Incomplete sentences.
by DownOnMyLuck on March 22nd, 2007
"I seen him", instead of "I saw him."
It makes you sound, for lack of a better word, dumb.
Also, I hate when people misuse "to" and "too."
by Cathy1281 on March 22nd, 2007
Mixing up "then" and "than" is probably one of the worst for me. You can hear the difference! Double negatives are a close second.
by lady fuschia on March 21st, 2007
The one that really annoys me is when people say things like "between you and I" Or "It's different for you and I" when it should actually be "you and me", but somehow they've got it in their heads that "you and I" is somehow more proper.
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on August 26th, 2009
Axe, instead of ask gives me chills.
by Nninee on March 21st, 2008
People who use th word whom to sound intelligent, yet they don't use it properly and sound stupid.
Or when someone says while giving directions "Go straight" instead of saying it correctly: "Go forward"
by Firebrand on April 27th, 2007
I have lots of them
To/Too
There/Their
Spelt/Spelled
Your/You're/You are.
I personally myself.
No not never
I really hate double negatives
by livingdead on April 27th, 2007
"I did good"
It makes me want to rip the person's head off then sew it back on just so I can rip it off again.
by ketra1416 on April 26th, 2007
"txt tlk" just drives me nuts. I wish people would actually write out their words and sentences.
by Quackers on March 22nd, 2007
your/you're doesn't bother me much, since it's an easy typo to make, especially on the internet.
I have a few pet peeves though:
when people spell "piqued" as "peeked" or "peaked"
when people type "all be it" when they mean "albeit".
and it's starting to bug me when people say "you welcome" instead of "you're welcome"...but now I'm getting too picky : )
by Mister Sister on March 22nd, 2007
When you say "Pardon me", to someone and they say,"You're fine". They have no way of knowing that. The proper response is,"I'm Fine". The best however is,"By all means".
by singwell-is off researching a lot on March 19th, 2007
My father was always pedantic about:
different from...(how can it be different to?)
and
centred on....(how can something centre around?)
by kookymama on March 18th, 2007
Ok, since you and barcaluv67 took two that came to mind........I will go with their/there/they're
by Anonymous on March 18th, 2007
Confusing "that" and "it"
by Anonymous on November 17th, 2009
The misuse of "a" and "an".
by Frankster PartyMaestro Of Sillyville on March 21st, 2008
When people say I axed them insted of asked them;)
by Brian on March 21st, 2008
I guess anything that makes a sentence unnecessarily hard to understand, such as multiple negatives.
If I ever read something like, "I don't got no problem with nobody who don't not do that." I wouldn't even bother trying to decipher it.
by scubaduba on July 25th, 2007
Snuck. Snuck is not a word. The proper past tense of the verb to sneak is sneaked.
by theredbaron on June 26th, 2007
When people don't use a possesive pronoun with a gerund. A gerund is when you stick "ing" on the end of a verb and use it as a noun. For everyone that's now thinking, "Huh?" I'll give an example. Most folks write/say, "Fred's texting won't improve his grammar as much as him studying." when it should be, "Fred's texting won't improve his grammar as much as HIS studying."
by GhostWriter13 has found his voice again on June 26th, 2007
Gotta love those "dangling participles"...not only are they grammatically incorrect, they can be pretty funny as well.
"Driving home in yesterday’s storm, a tree fell on the back of my car."
by Matt Adore on June 26th, 2007
Same as you, because it is so common, although a good friend has drummed into me the misuse of the word 'less', when often it should be 'fewer'.
by Surgeon General on June 26th, 2007
You're/your
its/it's (THIS ONE IS HUUUUUGE!!!!! I FREAKING HATE IT!!)
their/there/they're
When people put apostrophes into plural words: "Rent boat's here!"
Freaking A. You'd think people have SEEN enough of their OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE to be able to PROPERLY USE IT. For goodness' sake, people, READ LITERATURE AND LEARN THE USAGE!
by Gibbers on April 29th, 2007
plural possessive apostrophes.
that's why I adored the book: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
by Vashtar on April 27th, 2007
I get frustrated when people use 'alot' instead of 'a lot.'
by ptrask on April 7th, 2007
I have three that bug me:
they're - there - their
you're - your - yore
two - too - to
It particularly bothers me when I see incorrect usage of one of these words coming to me in a document/email that is sent out by a senior manager at the company I work for. Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful in getting the owner of the company to mandate that I review all documents and emails prior to forwarding on to clients :-)
by NightOwl on April 7th, 2007
When people mix up "I" and "me" for example....My father and I are going outside...and " Would you like to go to the party with my sister and me." I is in the subject and Me is in the predicate. People that don't know the correct use will use I in every case because they THINK it sounds correct.
by Harro Mique on March 26th, 2007
mine is now and know.
by LynfromNM on March 22nd, 2007
"Woman" is singular and "women" is plural. These are often interchanged for some reason.
by puppylover on March 22nd, 2007
anyone/any one
by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on March 22nd, 2007
First come, first serve..
for crying out loud it is
First come, first served....
Unless you are at a tennis match of course.
by Juli70370 on March 22nd, 2007
When people confuse to and too.
I don't know why but it drives me absolutely crazy.
by Penny The Wise on March 21st, 2007
I would definately go with the wrong spelling of the word. Their/they're/there, as an example. It makes me wonder if people even know what the meaning of these words mean! And as a whole, I would go with the no punctuation thing. And TEXT! wut r u up 2 Bugs the CRAP out of me. If someone IM's me, or texts me like that I refuse to respond.
by Granny on March 21st, 2007
nauseous/nauseated
...more than a peeve, it nauseates me.
by Halskiisaklink on March 19th, 2007
I'm not sure if this applies completely, but calling fully grown women 'girls'.
by Brian I on March 18th, 2007
there instead of their
your instead of you're
were instead of where or wear
and most of all
there instead of they're
by good squarel on December 7th, 2009
its/it's/it is
Is personnel singular or plural?
by Answerbag Staff on July 4th, 2010
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Is moron pronounced "mor-on" or "moh-ron"?"
by einsteinwasright0116 on July 7th, 2011
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Why do people care about others grammar use?
by missCT on August 1st, 2011
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Who here has been called a grammar nazi? I have!
by compaq on July 16th, 2011
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determine the indirect object: the coach handed the player a blue ribbon.
by crystal2008 on September 11th, 2011
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To me, "I seen" is like fingernails on the chalkboard!
by Randy D on November 19th, 2009