Grammar Pet Peeves

[irishpipes]

I have so many, but I will say my biggest one on GC is the incorrect use of the apostrophe. For some reason people seem to think acronyms can only be made plural with an apostrophe s.

"There are 2 PNM's in my group." Instead of... "There are 2 PNMs in my group." or, "How many AOII's will be there?" Ugh.

[KSUViolet06]

This is mostly a pet peeve of mine on things like Facebook/MySpace/GC:

When you type, you need to use correct spelling, capital letters, and punctuation.

Posts like this make me want to jump out of my skin:

hey, im rushing at ohio state u and i need some rush advice. i cant wait to go thru rush there and meet all the awesome sororitys, esp kappa delta bcuz my mom is a kd, yay!

[ASTalumna06]

"Choose" and "chose"

And I HATE when people confuse "our" and "are"

"Are house is really big"

Seriously?!

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

lose & loose

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I have so many, but I will say my biggest one on GC is the incorrect use of the apostrophe. For some reason people seem to think acronyms can only be made plural with an apostrophe s.

"There are 2 PNM's in my group." Instead of... "There are 2 PNMs in my group." or, "How many AOII's will be there?" Ugh.

These 2 are my biggest peeves

Plural for man is men NOT mens. OY!

[MSKKG]

Regarding the apostrophe issue, an apostrophe may be used to form a plural if its use will avoid confusion. However, in irishpipe's two examples, I don't think the lack of an apostrophe would cause confusion.

[ASTalumna06]

Here’s one… not using periods!

There have been quite a few posts lately from people who appear to feel as though reaching their right ring finger down just a little bit from the L key is too much work. Or.. they think comma = period. THIS IS NOT THE CASE.

Oh, and then they whine and complain because GCers criticize their writing instead of answering their questions