Grammar Pet Peeves

[epchick]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I don't care about that, it's when people say any hoo that drives me crazy. Now, I have a co-worker who says any hoe! She can't even get any hoo right! I cringe every time she says it.

Could she possibly be trying to say "anywhore?" I know that anywhore is really popular at the moment, it seems like everyone I know has been saying it.

I hate it when people TyPe LiKe ThIs, or L1K3 TH15. It annoys me, it isn't cool, or hip.

[AOII Angel]

Profane/profound

[ThetaDancer]

Thanks for this thread!
And snaps to the people who said pointed out that a lot is two words. My 4th grade teacher drilled that into my head and it drives me crazy when people make it one word.

[SWTXBelle]

. . . I stumbled across this - http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/12/99-grammar/

[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!

[OneTimeSBX]

i hate the answers to "How are you doing today?"

if you say "fine" to a guy, he usually replies with something like "yeah gurl i can see dat already!" If you say "good", well that is just plain wrong. "i'm good!" sounds so country...

i have resorted to saying "i am well, thank you for asking, and yourself?" and i make my 7 year old do it too! of course when i get around some of my less refined relatives, they ask "Why yo chile talkin' like a white gurl?"

...because i want her to be successful AND sound educated....YOU GOTTA PRO'LEM WIT DAT??

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

i hate the answers to "How are you doing today?"

if you say "fine" to a guy, he usually replies with something like "yeah gurl i can see dat already!" If you say "good", well that is just plain wrong. "i'm good!" sounds so country...

i have resorted to saying "i am well, thank you for asking, and yourself?" and i make my 7 year old do it too! of course when i get around some of my less refined relatives, they ask "Why yo chile talkin' like a white gurl?"

...because i want her to be successful AND sound educated....YOU GOTTA PRO'LEM WIT DAT??

I can SO relate to this--don't EVEN get me started!

[irishpipes]

good vs. well. My mother-in-law is always telling my son that "you did so good out there." Arrgh

Also, putting "at" at the end of a phrase. "We'll evaluate to see where we're at." Basically EVERY teacher at back-to-school night committed this grammar crime.

[LucyKKG]

How about "incentivise"? (I'm not even sure how to spell that...) I've heard that word a couple of times now when my running team talks about raising money for our cause. Something about "incentivising" people to donate. Ahhhh!

[PANTHERTEKE]

"Going to far??"
"Britney Spears looses custody of her kids!"
"Recommendation Caution to PNM's"

Just a few.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

How about "incentivise"? (I'm not even sure how to spell that...) I've heard that word a couple of times now when my running team talks about raising money for our cause. Something about "incentivising" people to donate. Ahhhh!

"Strategery."

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

"Strategery."

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