Grammar Pet Peeves

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Most of my grammar pet peeves have been listed. There's one that I see all over GC and elsewhere and it drives me absolutely batty. noone

"We threw a party and noone showed up."

It's not a word! It's "no one." I see it and always think, "Noony?" Really, Noony showed up? How's Noony doing these days?

hahaha! Noony is friends with Allways and No Body...

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

I know what you're saying, but the kids saying "mines" are white and they think it's proper to say it. I think we are getting far too worried about what is PC and whose feelings we're going to hurt by not correcting people when they make mistakes.

And on the n-word...unacceptable. It doesn't matter if their parents allow them to use it at home, it's unacceptable in professional and school settings. If I dropped the n-word, f-bomb, etc... in a professional or scholarly environment, you can bet that I would get looks. My husband wanders about the house in his boxers, should he do it outside the house because it's ok at home? No, I would hope if he did someone would tell him that it's a bad idea and to go put on some clothing.

/hijack

Ever eaten at a restaurant with any of these kids? I have and it's appalling. I have had to have etiquette lessons with the vast majority of my students that I take to France or to our French club banquet at a very nice restaurant. Most of them have no clue what proper table manners are or how to conduct themselves in an acceptable manner. If I didn't do this, I'm sure I'd have GC members starting posts about the horrible school group that ate at the restaurant last night, or the rude kids on the airplane etc...

/end hijack.

I think I'm being misread. I'm saying school is a place to train students how to act in academic and professional settings. Anything that is not acceptable in such settings should be banned from the classroom.

However, it is not the responsibilty of a teacher to counter what is being taught at home when the parents' views are not the same as the teacher's views. Telling a child, "you may do that at home, but it is not acceptable here" is different from telling a child, "it is wrong to do that, period."

[tld221]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

lol - (and it's "damn it") YES - there are far too many comma-crazed writers out there.



(as you can tell, i need to up my apostrophe game when i type.)

eta - although maybe you used "dammit" in a colloquial sense. If so, I apologize.

I also dislike the mailboxes that say "The Brown's". Again with the apostrophe! What is it The Brown owns? Do you perhaps mean The Browns, as in more than one Brown?

i agree. and im gonna throw in semi-colons. theyre the underdog of getting used correctly, and it hurts my heart when theyre thrown in all willy-nilly.

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

I've noticed lately people keep using quotes to emphasize things - for example, a sign will read "OUR PRICES ARE THE "LOWEST" IN TOWN!!" instead of "OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST IN TOWN!!" It looks so stupid, and I see it all the time. Drives me nuts.

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Irregardless

irregardless is just dumb. seriously.

as for the misuse of quotemarks:

http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

[MSKKG]

So many good ones after my other post.

One of my sons had an English teacher who would correct signs in restaurants. I think she used a red pen or marker!

What about whose/who's? Guess we can include them in the homonym category.

[ASTalumna06]

wow. Why do people use quotes for, uh.. no reason at all?

[KSUViolet06]

*The word is TONIGHT, not TONITE.

*I also hate it when people forget apostrophes in contractions and type Im, wasnt, and cant.

[Tom Earp]

Amazing how so many are so correct when they dish people for spelling or making typing errors!

I am sure you are being helpful!

Be, Bee, Bea.

To, Too, Two.

Please keep up the great work!

[epchick]

I'll admit there are many times that I misspell words or use incorrect punctuation, but what bugs me is when people spell words incorrectly when they know how to spell.


Some popular ones are: knoe (as in know), luv yeah (as in love ya or love you).

[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Welllll I'm grammatically sensitive, so I get touchy about a lot of stuff (especially verbally). The one that bugs me a lot (that hasn't been mentioned yet) is anyways. It's supposed to be anyway! I was so proud when I broke one boyfriend of that habit. Go me!

I have to admit, I like "anyways" better than "anyway".

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Amazing how so many are so correct when they dish (SIC) people for spelling or making typing errors

Perhaps you mean "dis" as in "disrespect"?

That is now my new pet peeve. People who use "dish" instead of "dis", or even "diss", when they mean disrespect.

Tom, you may wish to steer clear of this particular thread. It is for people to express their pet peeves, not for those who cannot manage the English language to come and flaunt (not "flount", btw) their ignorance. We haven't been naming names, but if you come here and post in an ignorant fashion, yes, you will be "called out". Okay? Thanks.
SMILIE TIME -

[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

Incorrectly using "I" when it should be "me" is probably #1 on my list.

Oh man
I have a friend (who's also a teacher) who always incorrectly uses "I" in her picture comments....such as "Joe and I's 1997 prom picture"

AUGH! You wouldn't say "I's prom picture"

[basket96]

The one that gets the hairs on the back of my neck to stick up is the use of "no" where it should be "any". We don't have no bread for the sandwiches. My sister in law does this constantly and it just makes me crazy! I am also not crazy about "ain't", especially "we ain't got none" of _______________. ARGH!

PS Thanks for this thread and a chance to vent!

[sjsoffer]

using "their" for "his or hers"

[Leslie Anne]

Just came across another frequent mistake: "I would of" instead of "I would have."

[LucyKKG]

Oooh yeah! "I's" makes me die a little each time I hear it.

You know what's funny about the unnecessary quotation thing? I didn't even realize it was meant to add extra emphasis until someone pointed it out here. I seriously had no idea why those words were in quotes. It makes more sense now, but it's still wrong!

ETA: Ok, not all unnecessary quotes are for emphasis. Some are still just randomly odd.

Ohoh! The adverb thing! I hate it when people don't use adverbs when they should. "I ran real fast." No, you ran really quickly.