GTKY : PP - Grammar Edition

MissDemeanor · June 2014

What bugs you?

MissDemeanor · June 2014

"I seen it".

I HATE HATE HATE this. (I do LOVE capitals apparently)

C12H22O11 · June 2014

It's not really a grammar thing, but in the same vein.

I hate when people spell my name wrong in email salutations. They had to type my name to actually send me the email (work email features full name), it's in my email signature...it's not like I have a complicated name, either. Grr.

djtippietoes · June 2014

When people say "I" because they think they're being grammatically correct, but the grammatically correct thing to say would be "me."

Firefly9 · June 2014

It bothers me that the Oxford comma is going out of style. I think it's a necessity. Real life example: I am on a dairy free diet right now. H and I went out to eat and a sandwich I wanted said something like, "Chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheese and chipotle mayo." H said, "You can't have that cheese and chipotle mayo." I think something essential is lost with the dropping of that comma.

Another example I love:

Firefly9 · June 2014

Beachbumm2214 said:

Alot. :-L

https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

becausemom · June 2014

elf828 said:
"I haven't went there before"

"Me and him are going"

"Mines"

"Mines" makes my skin crawl.

"Seent"

"Ain't never"

"I could care less." When they are saying they don't care.

But I get irrationally angry when someone adds a K to S words. Ex. "Skreet" "Skrimp" "Skrawberry".

Firefly9 · June 2014

"Awe!" used when it should be "Aww!"

People who use random commas in stupid places.

"I seen...."

There/their/they're, its/it's, etc.

"Could care less."

There are SO many more, but I have to keep deleting things.

ahare2009 · June 2014

When people say "axe" instead of ask.

MissDemeanor · June 2014

Firefly9 said:

It bothers me that the Oxford comma is going out of style. I think it's a necessity. Real life example: I am on a dairy free diet right now. H and I went out to eat and a sandwich I wanted said something like, "Chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheese and chipotle mayo." H said, "You can't have that cheese and chipotle mayo." I think something essential is lost with the dropping of that comma.

Another example I love:

I actually remember that in grade 8 we were taught this last comma was "optional".

MissDemeanor · June 2014

Mevaroo said:

Just all of it. DH has terrible grammar and spelling and it takes so much willpower to not go through anything he writes with a red pen. Wife of the year.

I saw an email my boyfriend sent to his boss, and it had 2 mistakes in a 3 line email. I never told him, but for some reason, this really upset me.

ahare2009 · June 2014

This is an exact quote from a post someone made on Facebook in response to an article the Newspaper posted. I'm still not sure I understand what is being said.

"white or black, he slaped at an adult, that's why they turn out bad , and then want to be thugs and shot each other, you cater to a kid he will act out, I have a hellion, who is mixed, so she is both, a 16 yr old brat, we prissied her when she was young, Damon, if you have kids, and your mama seen you do that to an adult you would get popped when you got home too,"

magentawarped · June 2014

When people say "I borrowed him some money" I want to slap them.

MissDemeanor · June 2014

"I itched it". No, you scratched it because it was itchy.

ahare2009 · June 2014

golfergirl08 said:

ahare2009 said:

This is an exact quote from a post someone made on Facebook in response to an article the Newspaper posted. I'm still not sure I understand what is being said.

"white or black, he slaped at an adult, that's why they turn out bad , and then want to be thugs and shot each other, you cater to a kid he will act out, I have a hellion, who is mixed, so she is both, a 16 yr old brat, we prissied her when she was young, Damon, if you have kids, and your mama seen you do that to an adult you would get popped when you got home too,"

Dafuq is this?

I know. It was in response to an article about a bus driver slapping a kid. There were many others like this response to choose from.

eta: How many times can I use response?

1linedrawing · June 2014

ahare2009 said:
This is an exact quote from a post someone made on Facebook in response to an article the Newspaper posted. I'm still not sure I understand what is being said.

"white or black, he slaped at an adult, that's why they turn out bad , and then want to be thugs and shot each other, you cater to a kid he will act out, I have a hellion, who is mixed, so she is both, a 16 yr old brat, we prissied her when she was young, Damon, if you have kids, and your mama seen you do that to an adult you would get popped when you got home too,"

My eyes are bleeding.
As they generally do after reading the comments section. Of anything.

sprashley · June 2014

sjelwood said:

I get twitchy from all of these offenses, but especially (exspecially, gah!) the apostrophe for plurals. Christmas cards drive me nuts. Peace and Love, The Nelson's Nope nope nope.

yes!!! all. the. time.

I don't have anything new to add 'grammatically', but pronunciation is challenging for a lot of people. For example: warsh/wash and purty/pretty. These drive me bonkers!

If I were an English teacher, I think it would be a fun activity to print off celebrity tweets and fix them so that they are grammatically correct. Maybe I should just do this for fun.

Missy0483 · June 2014

I want to sale my computer - IT'S SELL! "I want to sell my computer"

littlepig2 · June 2014

@Junebugz1‌ technically, you can do it either way. some people just write James' because it looks better than James's. that's the legitimate rule I learned in college, haha.

- anything with "ain't"
- when DH says "I was brushing my teeth WHY walking" instead of while
- when people can't figure out a contraction. today a sub put "did'nt" on the board and I almost threw up
- should of, could of, would of

Missy0483 · June 2014

Ooh and "theirselves" instead of themselves.

Firefly9 · June 2014

ChiaWombat said:

@firefly9 The organization I work for eschews the Oxford comma. My boss is the lady who created our style guide, so I cannot argue too hard. She photoshopped her own version of your image and hung it in her office. She changed it to "we invited Stalin, Hitler and the strippers... problem solved." Because of her, I've been trained to kill on sight. Can we still be friends?

My grammar pet peeve is the misuse of further/farther. Farther is used when discussing a physical distance (the park is farther away than the lake), whereas further is used when discussing a figurative distance (I've gone further in Pokemon than DH). I feel like further sounds fancier, so they use it to denote distance in an effort to sound more intelligent. All it does is make my brain hurt.

You know I'll always love you

That's exactly where I'm talking about the use of that comma--in professional and scholarly publications. In every day life, I'm not dropping it, but because I eventually hope to get a "real" librarian job and part of that might entail being published, I'll die a little each time I have to omit it from my writing.

djtippietoes · June 2014

I can't believe I forgot to include the one that makes me cringe the most.

Might could.

This is a Southern thing, but people including my husband will say something like, "I might could pick up a pizza." You might BE ABLE to pick up a pizza, not could.

littlepig2 · June 2014

confessions of a grammar nerd: no matter how hard I try, I'll never get 'effect' and 'affect' right.

mlynn333 · June 2014

When people use quotation marks that are completely inappropriate/unnecessary. Especially on signs. Good grief.

Also, "ur" is never acceptable. Unless you're talking about the city in Iraq. In which it case it should be capitalized.

Edited... Because I'm a genius and used the wrong form of you're/your. In a grammer post. (hangs head in shame)

MissDemeanor · June 2014

Rach521 said:

confessions of a grammar nerd: no matter how hard I try, I'll never get 'effect' and 'affect' right.

I was literally just going to post this one

littlepig2 · June 2014

@MissDemeanor‌ I feel like I look it up a million times a week and study the definitions and examples but it just won't compute in my brain.

JackieP1023 · June 2014

I used to have many of these as pet peeves. I have relaxed on many, though. If I didn't, every day would be unbearable! (My FIL is guilty of wash/warsh, sink/zinc, etc) MH is guilty of using the wrong you're/your, its/it's, etc.

My biggest pet peeve I guess would be when people send 'professional' emails/letters riddled with slang.

courtls22 · June 2014

megash113 said:

I can't even read through all of these because I'm freaking out.

One that I was reminded of thanks to my hairdresser: "So don't I."

Also: "okay" instead of "OK," "alright" instead of "all right," and "alot" instead of "a lot."

And like Firefly, I am 100% pro-Oxford comma.

I had no idea about okay and alright. I'm definitely guilty of those! I was taught that way but it wouldn't surprise me at all that I was taught incorrectly. I thought OK was just the way it was written in journalism.

Everyone has pretty much covered what bothers me other than "try and" instead of "try to." I feel like a hypocrite complaining about grammar right now though because pregnancy/ taking care of an infant has made my brain complete mush.

iwubrory · June 2014

Rach521 said:

confessions of a grammar nerd: no matter how hard I try, I'll never get 'effect' and 'affect' right.

I was going to say this!!!

JackieP1023 · June 2014

iwubrory said:

Rach521 said:

confessions of a grammar nerd: no matter how hard I try, I'll never get 'effect' and 'affect' right.

I was going to say this!!!

I always think 'cause and EFFECT'... And something AFFECTS me.

iwubrory · June 2014

megash113 said:

Rach521 said:

confessions of a grammar nerd: no matter how hard I try, I'll never get 'effect' and 'affect' right.

I was going to say this!!!
Effect is a noun. Affect is a verb.

Yes, but I still don't compute! I don't know why. I know what freaking nouns and verbs are. It's like my brain just wants me to feel extra stupid about this and forever second guess myself.

littlepig2 · June 2014

JackieP1023 said:

iwubrory said:

Rach521 said:

confessions of a grammar nerd: no matter how hard I try, I'll never get 'effect' and 'affect' right.

I was going to say this!!!

I always think 'cause and EFFECT'... And something AFFECTS me.

but side effects affect you. work, brain, work!!

littlepig2 · June 2014

MIL pronounces just about every word in the English language incorrectly but one of the worst is vergina instead of vagina. VER.GIN.A. seriouslyyyyy

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