Grammar Pet Peeves

[Scorpihoe]

yes! how on earth could you guess? i listened to it today and she made a mistake with a very basic verb as well I don't know why I put myself through it sometimes

Because it annoys the tit out of me too I just wanna listen to the case god damn and I can’t concentrate because of all the grammatical errors

 

[Django]

 

[Lonette]

I am told it's dialect but I'm certain the amount of people who say "I seen" has risen significantly in recent years and I cringe internally every time.

 

[emm]

I am told it's dialect but I'm certain the amount of people who say "I seen" has risen significantly in recent years and I cringe internally every time.

I think what annoys me is that (assuming it is a dialect) people don't seem to be taught that there is a different between formal and informal English. I usually teach English as a foreign language and all students have the idea of this but recently I taught an academic language course to a mix of native and non native speakers, and most of the native speakers had no concept of what was appropriate or not in writing essays etc. I really despair of our education system

 

[Fledgling Psycho]

"What we done"

 

[shhh2468]

Month instead of Months, when referring to a childs age.

it gives me the ick

 

[princessmaire80]

‘Isn’t it’ like ‘innit’ It drives me mad! Even my old consultant used to say that (English wasn’t his first language but you would expect a highly qualified doctor not to speak in slang to their patients)

 

[TheGlossy]

“As per” … “as” and “per” mean the same thing, so “as per” is redundant. It drives me up the wall that everyone at work uses “as per”.

 

[ClaretFairy]

Mixing up bought and brought. I’m going to end up getting banned on some of the Vinted groups on Facebook as it does my head in.

 

[Wolfshead]

I may have said this before, but it's still does my head in, the inability to differentiate between lie, laid and lay. I see it everywhere - even from people who should definitely know better. Speaking of "definitely"; many people seem to think the work "defiantly" will do just as well. Also, when did it become acceptable to say "generally" when the person really means "genuinely"? Aaaaaaaaaah, that feels better! Thank you for this opportunity to vent!

 

[Django]

“As per” … “as” and “per” mean the same thing, so “as per” is redundant. It drives me up the wall that everyone at work uses “as per”.

That's an absolutely fine use of words

Definition of AS PER

in accordance with : according to… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

I'm not sure what your word - exteroize - means though?

 

[TheGlossy]

That's an absolutely fine use of words

Definition of AS PER

in accordance with : according to… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

I'm not sure what your word - exteroize - means though?

Perhaps, but I’m pretty sure I was told all throughout law school not to use “as per”.

 

[Django]

Perhaps, but I’m pretty sure I was told all throughout law school not to use “as per”.

Any answer to the second part of my question?

 

[Fledgling Psycho]

A little treat to bring the thread into June. Courtesy of the Daily Mail.

 

[Loubywoobywoo]

A little treat to bring the thread into June. Courtesy of the Daily Mail.

How can there be so many mistakes in so few words?

 

[Kim Mild]

I saw a meme that made me think of this thread.

It refers to people saying someone ' was like ' instead of saying someone said . The meme explained that using 'said' is pretty much quoting someone but using 'was like' takes into account someone's non verbal communication such as tone , facial expressions and body language.

 

[Pink blancmange]

When I get random adds on Snapchat from quick add and every single one of them says "show me u." I can't even explain how much that irritates me!! Why can't they say can you show me a picture? Can I see what you look like? Why does every single male say it?!?!?!

 

[Rosie34567-2]

People mixing up "whenever" and "when."

 

[Rosie34567-2]

Month instead of Months, when referring to a childs age.

it gives me the ick

Don't hate me but, depending on the sentence, sometimes it's correct to say "month."

For example:

My 10 month old child is starting to walk.
My child is 10 months old.

 

[emm]

Don't hate me but, depending on the sentence, sometimes it's correct to say "month."

For example:

My 10 month old child is starting to walk.
My child is 10 months old.

If we want to be pedantic you're missing hyphens in the first one, should be my 10-month-old child