Grammar Pet Peeves - Page 3

KSUViolet06 · #31 08-28-2008, 07:07 PM

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!

luv n tpa · #32 08-28-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

Comma whoredom.

Read your sentence out loud. If you didn't pause there, take out the commas. Idiots.

ETA: Dammit I just made myself paranoid about whether that comma belongs there.

We had to do peer editing in one of my English courses. I was the lucky student to be paired with Ms. Comma Happy. She inserted at least 40+ commas into my 3 page essay. I kid you not. I had to remove about that many from her paper. She even said to me as she handed it back, "It was really good except you needed a lot more commas."

UGAalum94 · #33 08-28-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by luv n tpa

We had to do peer editing in one of my English courses. I was the lucky student to be paired with Ms. Comma Happy. She inserted at least 40+ commas into my 3 page essay. I kid you not. I had to remove about that many from her paper. She even said to me as she handed it back, "It was really good except you needed a lot more commas."

Like they are salt or something.

I'm the worst about seeing what I expect to see or thinking that I typed one thing when I really typed another. (Recently I wrote "right" for "write"; it's not like I don't know the difference.) In real life, I take a lot more time to proofread.

So, I'm a lot more driven crazy by people who have to correct other people on dry erase boards or memos or agendas than I am by the errors themselves. It's one thing if you honestly think the person doesn't know better or you want to help correct a careless error, but you're just a jackass if you have to circle stuff in red on the white board or mark up the memo and put it back in the principal's box anonymously (and yes, I have colleagues who will do this.) They aren't interested in correcting the error to spare the person embarrassment or make it correct: they just want to circle it to call attention to it and feel superior. It takes what was a grammatical or proofreading issue and raises it to a character flaw.

KappaKittyCat · #34 08-28-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Oh the ironing.

Snort.

In general, I believe that an apostrophe does not a plural make.

LucyKKG · #35 08-28-2008, 08:30 PM

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!

AOII Angel · #36 08-28-2008, 08:36 PM

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.

pbear19 · #37 08-28-2008, 08:37 PM

Thought of another one! "On accident" in lieu of "by accident" completely drives me insane. I correct people in my head every time I hear it, and once it accidentally slipped out and I corrected someone verbally. I was so embarrassed!

AOII Angel · #38 08-28-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pbear19

Thought of another one! "On accident" in lieu of "by accident" completely drives me insane. I correct people in my head every time I hear it, and once it accidentally slipped out and I corrected someone verbally. I was so embarrassed!

That is one of my dad's pet peeves. He corrected me so many times as a kid that I NEVER make that mistake!!

preciousjeni · #39 08-28-2008, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

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

And, "myself" when one means "me."

Would you get a grammar book for Michael and myself??

preciousjeni · #40 08-28-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by pbear19

Thought of another one! "On accident" in lieu of "by accident" completely drives me insane. I correct people in my head every time I hear it, and once it accidentally slipped out and I corrected someone verbally. I was so embarrassed!

My brother used to say he did things "for an accident." Well, I'm SURE he did! LOLOL!

pbear19 · #41 08-28-2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

That is one of my dad's pet peeves. He corrected me so many times as a kid that I NEVER make that mistake!!

That's EXACTLY why it bothers me!! My dad drilled it into me as a child! How funny.

AOII Angel · #42 08-28-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pbear19

That's EXACTLY why it bothers me!! My dad drilled it into me as a child! How funny.

Maybe our generation invented this error and our dads reacted appropriately!

pbear19 · #43 08-28-2008, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Maybe our generation invented this error and our dads reacted appropriately!

I don't know if I should thank my dad for teaching me correctly, or to curse him for giving me a grammar peeve. I suppose it would be more appropriate to curse all the other dads that dropped the ball!

VandalSquirrel · #44 08-28-2008, 09:19 PM

That/Who

Among/Between

AOII Angel · #45 08-28-2008, 09:25 PM

Profane/profound