Grammar Pet Peeves

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Along the same lines, it really peeves me when people use "myself" in place of "I" or "me." And I find it especially humorous when one uses "Myself" instead of "I" in the same sentence where one describes oneself as intelligent, as in "Myself and 9 other intelligent ladies are reactivating a chapter."**

Yes, I too loathe the use of "myself" in place of "I" or "me". I also hear this in restaurants when the server is taking your order: "And for yourself?" It drives me crazy and if I wasn't such a nice person, I would correct them publicly.

My other 2 favorites:
apart vs. a part and
"Congradulations" for those who are confusing "congratulations" with "graduation". SIGH.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

Yes, I too loathe the use of "myself" in place of "I" or "me". I also hear this in restaurants when the server is taking your order: "And for yourself?" It drives me crazy and if I wasn't such a nice person, I would correct them publicly.

My dad corrected a server once, but he was a real jerk about it. She said "For youself?" and he said "Myself would like some..."

We were really wary of eating the food that day.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

My dad corrected a server once, but he was a real jerk about it. She said "For youself?" and he said "Myself would like some..."

We were really wary of eating the food that day.

Yeah, maybe I would mention it at the END of a meal, when they couldn't spit in my food anymore.

Oh, I was at a hockey game and they introduced a female Olympic gold medallist and they said that she was an "alumnus" of such and such university. Being that she was female, this annoyed me immensely. Then, being the nerd that I am, I looked here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alumnus where it says:
" : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university " (i.e. it doesn't say anything about male or female).

I wonder if "alumnus" is going the same route as the term "actor"; that is, they have done away with the term "actress" and just call everyone "actors" now. Thoughts anyone?