Grammar Pet Peeves

[nancyagd86]

My HS junior English teacher sent me to the principal's office for correcting her pronunciation of [sic] "mischievious"...when I, under my breath, said "It's mischievous, there's not a third 'i'," she kicked me out of class!

Commas: when in doubt, leave it out. As said earlier, it's not salt.

I can't read incorrect grammar without correcting it. It's a joke at our elementary school that I'll send the newsletter back all marked up if there are errors!

My mother is a retired English teacher, my grandfather was a college professor, primarily of foreign languages. You can't master a second or third if you can't handle your first one!

Oh, and if it's grammatical, it's correct. "Grammatical errors" is an oxymoron. They're errors in grammar.

Yes, my mother raised an editor! I used to get paid to do this stuff! It still gives me a rush!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by nancyagd86

My HS junior English teacher sent me to the principal's office for correcting her pronunciation of [sic] "mischievious"...when I, under my breath, said "It's mischievous, there's not a third 'i'," she kicked me out of class!

I can't help but think of "Talladega Nights" when one of the characters describes Jesus as a "Mischievious (sic) Badger!"

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by nancyagd86

My HS junior English teacher sent me to the principal's office for correcting her pronunciation of [sic] "mischievious"...when I, under my breath, said "It's mischievous, there's not a third 'i'," she kicked me out of class!

Commas: when in doubt, leave it out. As said earlier, it's not salt.

I can't read incorrect grammar without correcting it. It's a joke at our elementary school that I'll send the newsletter back all marked up if there are errors!

My mother is a retired English teacher, my grandfather was a college professor, primarily of foreign languages. You can't master a second or third if you can't handle your first one!

Oh, and if it's grammatical, it's correct. "Grammatical errors" is an oxymoron. They're errors in grammar.

Yes, my mother raised an editor! I used to get paid to do this stuff! It still gives me a rush!

Yeah, probably the way we typically use "grammatical," it doesn't make that much sense to say "grammatical error," but the first definition is just "of or related to grammar." I can see why people might list "mechanical and grammatical errors" as a category on a grade sheet even though "errors in grammar and mechanics" is probably preferable.

And of course, that's without even getting into how one really needs to specify something about SWE grammar since even "incorrect" speech or writing has grammar.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by nancyagd86

Yes, my mother raised an editor! I used to get paid to do this stuff! It still gives me a rush!

*Sigh*...me, too! (Note correct use of comma!) I wish I could go back to it.

Incorrect use of myself. A recent thread began "Myself and my roommate..."
AGHHHH!