I have been reading a few threads today and some of them I've had to stop reading, because I was so irritated by the amount of times people have said 'could of / should of / would of'. I don't know why this bothers me so much, but just wondered if anyone else has any particular grammar pet peeves?! So that we can be old and grumpy together haha!
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Using 'of' instead of 'have' annoys me as well. It doesn't make sense and is something we learned in primary school. Misplaced apostrophes...sorry, apostrophe's. Ugh.
Haha agreed. It’s like, you say ‘I have been to the shops’, not ‘I of been to the shops’.
Of and off is another common one, bugs me no end because they don't sound the same.One that really annoys me is when people use too and to in the wrong contextprimary school level English
Aha I have too many friends that do this and honestly I get infuriated whenever they text meOne that really annoys me is when people use too and to in the wrong context
The would of/should of thing annoys me too. Especially when I see it in work emails!
The common confusion between there, their and they’re. Does my nut in.
There are people who didn’t listen to their teacher’s grammar lessons, and they’re driving me mad.
I think the main problem is that a lot of people are lazy and will type in the way they would speak.
There are people who didn’t listen to their teacher’s grammar lessons, and they’re driving me mad.
I think the main problem is that a lot of people are lazy and will type in the way they would speak.
The manager of a company I used to work for once put a sign up over the recycling bin advising what could go in there, he gave everything the good old possessive apostrophe. Can's, Bottle's, Paper's.
I couldn't look at it without cringing.
I couldn't look at it without cringing.
I think I don't breathe when I read that tit, that's why I get so annoyed, ha.
Not a grammar one but I loathe hashtag everything:
#lovingmylife#lovemybabe#soyalatte#hashtag
Your / you’re
There / their / they’re
Where / were
But my biggest one
Random CaPiTAlisation. Not just the random letters, but also incorrect capitalisation of words.
There / their / they’re
Where / were
But my biggest one
Random CaPiTAlisation. Not just the random letters, but also incorrect capitalisation of words.
The worst thing about the should of/would of/could of, is that a lot of time it's being done by people who should know better. People who are of my generation (born early 80s) who know full well that this is incorrect, but seem to have adopted this new way of writing in recent years. My sister being one of them. I pulled her up on it the first time she did it, and she's never done it again since 
People who don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose" annoy me too. Oh, and "to" and "too".
People who don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose" annoy me too. Oh, and "to" and "too".
Could of, would of, should of are probably because teachers /parents say would've, could've, should've rather than the whole words. could have, should have, would have. listening to it it could easily be mistaken for would of etc
I'm dyslexic but try really hard to work out everything before posting, it's not easy for me especially when I make a mistake and just cannot see it. I was put into the dunce class at school (back in the 60s) and it affected me a lot confidence-wise. I am not that bad now but really hate it when you are debating a subject someone pulls you up on spelling or grammar. Time and a place
I remember a lovely man on a digital spy who made a thread especially for me and others like me where people who were good at these things could explain how and why we were going wrong in a sentence we had posted on other threads. it was non-judgmental and really helpful
Sorry went off on one a bit there.
I'm dyslexic but try really hard to work out everything before posting, it's not easy for me especially when I make a mistake and just cannot see it. I was put into the dunce class at school (back in the 60s) and it affected me a lot confidence-wise. I am not that bad now but really hate it when you are debating a subject someone pulls you up on spelling or grammar. Time and a place
I remember a lovely man on a digital spy who made a thread especially for me and others like me where people who were good at these things could explain how and why we were going wrong in a sentence we had posted on other threads. it was non-judgmental and really helpful
Sorry went off on one a bit there.
People who merge words that don’t work together as one.
Ex. “noone” instead of “no one”.
Ex. “noone” instead of “no one”.