Fellow English Language Enthusiasts

southernmama8813 · October 2013

This is for you:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamellis/17-misused-and-made-up-words-that-make-you-rage

Do you have any you would add to the list? I personally hate "anyways".

mommabmb · October 2013

The misuse of there/their/they're or to/two/too are the worst. Most of the ladies here do well with this, but inside I scream when I see the error.

Eta: corrected my grammar error in a post complaining about grammatical errors.

TurtleMomma · October 2013

Ginormous. Giant + enormous. One of my college professors was notorious for making up words. My other favorite was "gihugeic", giant + huge + (something with 'ic').

TurtleMomma · October 2013

@mommabmb HOLY SHIT! The outright annihilation of homophones on this forum is appalling. I have some friends on FB that couldn't use "through" and "threw" properly to save their fucking lives! I want to shake them violently.

MissyCee · October 2013

That was hilarious!

I hate when people say 'pacific' instead of "specific"...ugh really?

mommabmb · October 2013

@turtlemomma
Don't get me wrong, it's terrible. However, given the number of regulars, I actually am surprised it isn't worse! I also "high five" in my head whoever corrects grammatical errors in posts.

APK141 · October 2013

"Same difference" No.
The use of "anyways" is like nails on a chalk board.
"Are" used in place of "our".

CaliforniaDream87 · October 2013

This is a battle you will NEVER win. Hence, we share in the frustration.

amandarins · October 2013

"Axe" instead of "ask" makes me cringe....and wonder if the person graduated kindergarten

LokiLahve · October 2013

Has/have

Johnny and Susie don't has a baby...they HAVE a baby.

I'll admit I'm bad about apostrophes and capitalization on tb. I'm mobile so it's just too many damn buttons sometimes...and I'm lazy. If the phone or iPad doesn't catch it, it most likely won't be fixed.

BuckyC · October 2013

I can't stand when people confuse then and than.

southernmama8813 · October 2013

People mixing up "want" and "won't" also drives me crazy.

LJUTCMommy · October 2013

Loose instead of lose drives me nuts.

CaliforniaDream87 · October 2013

LJUTCMommy said:
Loose instead of lose drives me nuts.

OMG I agree!

EricaLee2013 · October 2013

My husband always uses "proverbial" and it drives me fucking insane every time! Just because you are using a metaphor does not mean you have to say that goddamn word in everyday sentences!

southernmama8813 · October 2013

CaliforniaDream87 said:

LJUTCMommy said:
Loose instead of lose drives me nuts.
OMG I agree!

Me too!

NikkiD522 · October 2013

First - LOVE this thread.

Secondly - my SIL says "know" instead of "no" and my cousin says "all" instead of "aw".. I am surrounded by grammatical stupidity.

BellaOso · October 2013

I have a friend who regularly misuses "seen". Example: "I seen her at the store." Ugh. No. You saw her and I want to punch you in your ignorant neck.

The people mess up in texts, emails, etc "should of". Example "I should of been there by 4:00." Ugh. No. You should've. Example: "You should've learned this in 2nd grade."

APK141 · October 2013

I thought of another one when I was talking to someone at DH's high school reunion.
Using ideal instead of idea. Example: I had a great ideal. They never use idea where they should use ideal though. Ha!

bluegirl0429 · October 2013

Although I shouldn't be talking since I tend to make grammatical errors myself (bad proofreader), I can't stand the confusion between your and your're.

It's not that hard to figure out.

LJUTCMommy · October 2013

@BellaOso my family uses seen incorrectly all the time. They sound like hillbillies. It's really annoying. They also pronounce "him" as "heeem".

My favorite sentence " I seen heeem at the store other day."

database6 · October 2013

I worked in a coffee shop when I was in school and I hated when people said expresso! I also hated when people had no idea what they were ordering. If you want espresso and milk and I am filling the cup up, it's a latte, I don't care what else you want in it. Starbucks ruined the word macchiato for everyone too.

janneann1127 · October 2013

I hate when people confuse "breath" and "breathe". Also, when people say "All's you gotta do is..." It's ALL, not All's. That's not even a word.

2Chefs · October 2013

Where I live people don't seem know the difference between "sell" and "sale". And it's not just how they say the words, it's a written thing as well. "I bought this sweater on sell" or "I have a truck for sell". Eeeek!

Another thing that gets me is "whenever" instead of "when". Is this a Southern thing?

Lilmrslay · October 2013

It drives me crazy when I hear anythink or everythink instead of anything or everything. My old boss, a 68 year old CEO who believed he was smarter than all the rest of us, used to use it and it always made me secretly smile at his little bit of stupid.

Snowbird7 · October 2013

I'm a copy editor, and every day I want to scream "Lose has ONE O!" Also, I hate the overuse of "utilize." Oh, and here's a good tip to remember how to spell "definitely" (a.k.a., definately, defiantly). Only A-holes spell "definitely" with an A. (Courtesy of The Onion)

APK141 · October 2013

I could go on and on posting to this thread!
How about when people misplace a dollar sign or an apostrophe?? Like "She bought a shirt for 20$ to support the class of 13'."

tanabeans · October 2013

I have terrible grammar, but I hate when people type da instead of the. Are you trying to sound ignorant? It's the main reason I deleted my fb account.