Here's mine--what's yours?

lenfant1201

Grammar/spelling pet peeve, that is...

I used to work as an editor, so I *know* I'm extremely anal retentive about grammar and spelling. In the end, it doesn't really matter, but some things just make me crazy. The mistake that bothers me the most is "lose" vs. "loose". THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE WORDS. Loose is the opposite of tight. Lose is a verb. You lose weight or lose your car keys. It drives me crazy for no good reason to see them switched.

Anyone else have a grammar or spelling pet peeve, or am I the only uptight editor out there?

246baje

Mine is when people mix up the usage of your/you're.

funkymonkeyohyeahhh

Oh I have quite a few.

-Apostrophes are not needed to make a word plural

-Their/there/they're 

-Your/you're

I'm also annoyed when people say, "I could care less." This implies that you do care an amount that's great enough to decrease. I believe you mean, "I could NOT care less." as this would imply that you care so little, you could not possible decrease the amount of care you have.

Patella1129

Advice and advise are two words I see misused on the bump.  Those and the lose/loose ones bug me.  But really any homophone switching bugs me.  It's the fifth grade teacher in me!

LnA5909

When people end a sentence in a preposition.

Use "seen" incorrectly.  As in, "Oh, I seen that".

IRL, I am anal about grammar. However for some reason, I always type too fast and don't review on thenest/thebump and then find my mistakes later.  I always feel like such an @sshat when I eventually get around to rereading and find that I have misused your/you're or something incredibly simple.

lenfant1201

LnA5909:

However for some reason, I always type too fast and don't review on thenest/thebump and then find my mistakes later.  I always feel like such an @sshat when I eventually get around to rereading and find that I have misused your/you're or something incredibly simple.

Me too!!! Isn't that the worst? Knocks me right off the old high horse...

Christina_Diane

I have many, but that is the English teacher in me. My biggest grammar/spelling pet peeve is a lot. It is two words. Seeing "alot" drives me batty.

Other pet peeves include when people mix up homophones and use double negatives.

I actually had an office lady once tell me, "he don't work here no more." Cringe.

Amberly1001

funkymonkeyohyeahhh:

Oh I have quite a few.

-Apostrophes are not needed to make a word plural

-Their/there/they're 

-Your/you're

I'm also annoyed when people say, "I could care less." This implies that you do care an amount that's great enough to decrease. I believe you mean, "I could NOT care less." as this would imply that you care so little, you could not possible decrease the amount of care you have.

 

This!! Exactly! I have always hated the "I could care less" statement. I always want to correct them, but refrain from doing so. LOL 

mrs_j_may_08

More of an IRL conversation peeve... "irregardless." Irregardless is NOT a word people!

Christina_Diane

funkymonkeyohyeahhh:

Oh I have quite a few.

-Apostrophes are not needed to make a word plural

-Their/there/they're 

-Your/you're

I'm also annoyed when people say, "I could care less." This implies that you do care an amount that's great enough to decrease. I believe you mean, "I could NOT care less." as this would imply that you care so little, you could not possible decrease the amount of care you have.

There is a great Grammar Girl podcast about this

Does knowing that make me a nerd?

Beener0514

I am a high school English teacher so I have too many pet peeves to name! In addition to the others people have mentioned, I am currently most annoyed by my journalism students who make this error:

She quotes, "insert the comment the source said here."

What they mean to say is "she said..." but for some reason they use "quotes" instead. UGH!

It is funny that LnA5909 mentioned the improper use of "seen." I just had this conversation with my students and taught them the difference between simple past tense and a past participle.

Oh, I am also annoyed by the no/know errors.

246baje

mrs_j_may_08:

More of an IRL conversation peeve... "irregardless." Irregardless is NOT a word people!

I was coming back to add this. It drives me nuts!

MrsGreen620

I hate the misuse of "since".  It should be used to talk about the passing of time, and I hate when people use it in place of "because".

I also hate noticing my own mistakes after the fact - and then I wonder how many people noticed

llizzyb

Everything mentioned here bugs me. I'm easily annoyed by grammar mistakes, even though I'm guilty of making them when quickly responding.

I love the below comic.

https://theoatmeal.com/pl/senior_year/english

funkymonkeyohyeahhh

babyschiller:

LnA5909:

However for some reason, I always type too fast and don't review on thenest/thebump and then find my mistakes later.  I always feel like such an @sshat when I eventually get around to rereading and find that I have misused your/you're or something incredibly simple.

Me too!!! Isn't that the worst? Knocks me right off the old high horse...

Ha, this is me too.

 

Kaiene

funkymonkeyohyeahhh:

Oh I have quite a few.

-Apostrophes are not needed to make a word plural

-Their/there/they're 

-Your/you're

Same here.

Christina_Diane

funkymonkeyohyeahhh:

babyschiller:

LnA5909:

However for some reason, I always type too fast and don't review on thenest/thebump and then find my mistakes later. I always feel like such an @sshat when I eventually get around to rereading and find that I have misused your/you're or something incredibly simple.

Me too!!! Isn't that the worst? Knocks me right off the old high horse...

Ha, this is me too.

Count me in for this too.

 

Oh, and than vs. then really bugs me. I don't understand how people even mix up these two, but it happens quite frequently on the boards.

lenfant1201

mrs_j_may_08:

More of an IRL conversation peeve... "irregardless." Irregardless is NOT a word people!

YEESSSSS!!! It is NOT!! That one kills me too.

I second everyone who mentioned your/you're, their/they're, apostrophes, and homophones. My personal favorite is when I posted something on TTGP a long time ago--admittedly, it was a silly-ish question--and one person responded with "Your an idiot."

 

krystalxyz

babyschiller:

mrs_j_may_08:

More of an IRL conversation peeve... "irregardless." Irregardless is NOT a word people!

YEESSSSS!!! It is NOT!! That one kills me too.

I second everyone who mentioned your/you're, their/they're, apostrophes, and homophones. My personal favorite is when I posted something on TTGP a long time ago--admittedly, it was a silly-ish question--and one person responded with "Your an idiot."

 

Ahahaha! Takes one to know one?

My pet peeve is ridiculous run on sentences. A whole paragraph and only one period?  Come on.

SteelCity44

All of you gave a lot of good ones, but my pet peeve is that of =/= have. "I should have taken your advice." NOT "I should of taken your advice!" It drives me nuts!

dojo1

Anxious vs. eager.  If you're feeling excited and you don't have anxiety about it, you're not anxious, you're eager.  Not to say you can't feel both at the same... I feel both about childbirth. 

dojo1

mrs_j_may_08:

More of an IRL conversation peeve... "irregardless." Irregardless is NOT a word people!

This!  

countdowntolockdown

There is no 'A' in 'definitely.' Drives. Me. Nuts.  I can forgive typos, because I stink at typing, but this one gets me!

Daisy41459

 Oops....I thought I was quoting the person who said your/you're...

 

That is my ultimate pet grammar pet peeve.  There are several others, but that one tops the list.

SteelCity44

countdowntolockdown:

There is no 'A' in 'definitely.' Drives. Me. Nuts.  I can forgive typos, because I stink at typing, but this one gets me!

And that's why I use Google Chrome (it has a spellchecker). I can't always remember how to spell definitely, and it doesn't flow well in my fingers when typing quickly. (My pregnancy brain almost wrote the word "fastly" there. Ugh!) 

gisa886

To and too are my pet peeves. Also I've noticed people misusing threw and though a lot lately. I don't understand that at all.

JFH2010

I hate that I love this thread. My biggest by far is the possessive/plural mix-up. Also, along the lines of "irregardless," I also hate "ironical." First of all, it's ironic, and second, chances are it's being used inappropriately anyway. For example, having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife is not IRONIC. It's bad luck. Whew, it's nice to get that off my chest.

peapod418

YES!

I know what you mean. One of the most frustrating ones I've seen is on the boards when someone spells "maternity" as "maturnity". WHAT?!

It made me hug my dictionary a little tighter that night. 

vtwd40

Text speak KILLS me!! I teach in a middle school and texting is KILLING the spelling abilities of our children. I'm a super grammar freak in general, but having a student write "I like ur shirt" in a PAPER gets me every time. My poor kid is going to hate me for not letting them have a cell phone until they're 50!!

peapod418

vtwd40:

Text speak KILLS me!! I teach in a middle school and texting is KILLING the spelling abilities of our children. I'm a super grammar freak in general, but having a student write "I like ur shirt" in a PAPER gets me every time. My poor kid is going to hate me for not letting them have a cell phone until they're 50!!

Oh my goodness!

I can't imagine having to deal with that. Text-talk is the worst! You are a brave woman!  

gisa886

vtwd40:

Text speak KILLS me!! I teach in a middle school and texting is KILLING the spelling abilities of our children. I'm a super grammar freak in general, but having a student write "I like ur shirt" in a PAPER gets me every time. My poor kid is going to hate me for not letting them have a cell phone until they're 50!!

I text like a fiend, but never use text speak. I am also an English major and that might be why. If my kids use text speak while texting me I will just take their phone away. Excessive punishment? I think not.

lenfant1201

countdowntolockdown:

There is no 'A' in 'definitely.' Drives. Me. Nuts.  I can forgive typos, because I stink at typing, but this one gets me!

I just want to come through the internet and hug you. That brought tears to my eyes--it kills me, too!!!

elainej

All of those are annoying. The thing that really gets me is on reality shows they ALWAYS say "Ashley and I" when they should say "Ashley and me." And it happens a million times an episode. Drives me nuts.

TeamHayes

"A lot" is my pet peave it is two words a lot not alot

gisa886

May I also add that I get annoyed when people talk about their "master's degree" and still can't use a/an and your/you're properly. See 1st tri.

BabyMakes6

Christina_Diane:

funkymonkeyohyeahhh:

babyschiller:

LnA5909:

However for some reason, I always type too fast and don't review on thenest/thebump and then find my mistakes later. I always feel like such an @sshat when I eventually get around to rereading and find that I have misused your/you're or something incredibly simple.

Me too!!! Isn't that the worst? Knocks me right off the old high horse...

Ha, this is me too.

Count me in for this too.

 

Oh, and than vs. then really bugs me. I don't understand how people even mix up these two, but it happens quite frequently on the boards.

This.

hey_little_bird

SteelCity44:

All of you gave a lot of good ones, but my pet peeve is that of =/= have. "I should have taken your advice." NOT "I should of taken your advice!" It drives me nuts!

you can say "i should've taken your advice."

nothing wrong with that.
when spoken it's hard to tell the difference.

kokokat

I'm so glad there are other bumpies whose skin crawls along with mine at spelling/grammatical errors!  Sure, we're all guilty of spelling mistakes, especially when typing quickly and posting casually, but some are crazy!  To add to the ones already listed, I hate:

1) The it's/its confusion.  It's not that difficult!

2) The "her and me" or "her and I"...mistake.  Figuring out which pronoun to use is easy!  Take yourself out of the sentence.  Then say the sentence to yourself.  Would you ever say, "Her went to the store"?  No!  It's "She went to the store", and therefore, it's also "She and I went to the store."

3) Along the same lines, not knowing when to use "I" and "Me".  Again, same premise.  Take the other person out of the sentence.  You'd never say "me went to the store" My SIL who is a teacher (thankfully not an English teacher) makes mistakes #2 and #3 all the time.  It makes me sad that even educators can't keep them straight. 

4) I totally agree with the lose/loose thing!  One is a verb, the other is an adjective. 

5) Then/than:  Then refers to the timing of something, than is used when comparing two things. 

6) Usually only happens once a year or so, but, it's not VALENTIME'S day!  Just because it's a time of year, doesn't mean that the holiday name bears the same designation!  It's named after St. Valentine.  Our office manager confuses this all the time, and it makes me crazy!

7) Myself/yourself.  I hate it when people try to make themselves sound smarter/more important by saying something like "Please respond to myself as soon as possible."  It doesn't make you sound smarter or the matter at hand more important.  It makes you sound like you don't have a basic grasp of the grammatical rules of your presumably native language!  Saying please respond to me is perfectly appropriate.  Same gripe for "yourself."  Most of the time, it's just "you"!

kokokat

llizzyb:

https://theoatmeal.com/pl/senior_year/english

 I just printed that and have it in my office at work now!  Love it!

BigAppleBiggerBelly

This thread gave me the warm fuzzies.  I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the need to pull out her red editing pen.