Grammar Pet Peeves

amanda6035 · #1 09-18-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Okay, so I know this is just a regional contraction, but I ABSOLUTELY hate when people misspell y'all! It's NOT ya'll. It is You and ALL contracted, thus y'all! Ha! Even GC's spell checker recognizes the difference.

A-FREAKIN-MEN

YouTee · #2 10-24-2008, 05:38 PM

"I could care less." This actually means that you do care. A lot of people make this mistake.

It should be "I couldn't care less." This means that I do not care at all, so it would be impossible to care less.

Also, why do so many people write "prolly" instead of probably?

PeppyGPhiB · #3 10-24-2008, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YouTee

"I could care less." This actually means that you do care. A lot of people make this mistake.

It should be "I couldn't care less." This means that I do not care at all, so it would be impossible to care less.

This one drives me batty.

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tinydancer · #5 10-24-2008, 10:00 PM

A grad school bud of mine was the librarian in the high school in a very small town. When the football banquet came around, it was attended by almost everyone in town. The head football coach got up to address the team and said "Boys, you done a real well job this year."

Needless to say, "You done a real well job" is now a popular catch phrase among my friends who were in school at that time.

YouTee · #6 10-26-2008, 01:10 PM

On another board, saw two posts which said "Dido" when they meant
"Ditto." Weird.