Grammar Pet Peeves

[MaineCoonMama]

While I'm on my soapbox, 'somethink' is one I remember hating even as a kid. We didn't have a lot of money but I'm forever grateful to my mum for constantly correcting my speech.

 

[Curly Top]

I was sat. Hate this. It's I was sitting.

Where I live a lot of people say "You was there" not "you were there." After 20 years in the area it still grates.

 

[Mamacita]

Something I always see English people (don't shout at me please ) writing..."I opened my chest of draws" NO!

Even worse, chester draws

 

[HoGi]

His when they mean he's makes me shudder

 

[Django]

Effected!

 

[Becclo44]

Grammar’s not my strong point so I’m a bit of a hypocrite but I keep seeing people write seen rather than saw I.e. ‘I seen this on TV’ or ‘I seen her’.

Af first I thought maybe just a typo but I’m seeing it regularly now and it’s so bizarre and annoying. As if you’d even say that in real life let alone write it?

 

[justheretoread99]

Defiantly instead of definitely.
You, your and you’re.
Should of and Should’ve.
Are instead of our.
People who put a space before a comma or full stop.
(E.g I need bread , eggs and milk from the shop .)
Ino instead of I know.
Ow instead of Aw, sounds like you’re in pain

Literally got all of the above from a 2 minute scroll on Facebook.

 

[Sea]

Text speak. There's no limit (ok, there might be; but it's huge) on characters on Facebook and forums.

Not a grammar one but I loathe hashtag everything:

#lovingmylife#lovemybabe#soyalatte#hashtag

 

[bubbadabut]

When people say "Can I get..."(a coffee, etc).

People who overuse or misuse "yourself/myself" as if it makes them sound more courteous. "Is there anything else I can get for yourself, madam?"

 

[iieee]

"bare with me"

I don't think you realise what you are asking me to do

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

Just read an article on FB about a girl who is scared to eat because she choked on food as a baby - the comments are filled with people writing about how their child also has an aversion to certain foods due to "chocking". Not just the occasional misspelling in the word - it's every single comment, with choking/choked spelled "chocking" or chocked". My eyes feel as though they have been grated. Urgh.

 

[Al Fresco]

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I once went up to a blackboard menu in a pub and wiped out all of the dodgy apostrophes.

 

[emphiii]

Not really a grammar error, but the amount of people putting 'ball balls' on their trees this year is infuriating!

 

[bubbadabut]

People Who Write Like This.......it's wrong and it takes more energy. Why do it?

I hAtE iT wHeN pEoPle WrIte LiKe ThIs ToO. tAkEs So LoNg!

 

[Ensay]

The would of/should of thing annoys me too. Especially when I see it in work emails!

 

[LittleMy]

I mean obviously there are people who will struggle with their grammar, spellings etc for various reasons, and that’s understandable. My gripe is with the people who know better but are just being lazy.

 

[Sea]

And I hate when people don't use the capital letter on a person's name, eg jane instead of Jane, I think it's rude.

(Again it's text and typing that is causing this).

 

[Pawpaw365]

I was reading a Shirley Jackson book this morning and saw, "If he'd of been my friend you would have said plenty", and "She must of been glad to see him."

I only ever use the Oxford comma where there is ambiguity. Most of the time, it is unnecessary.

Noooo. Commas should be where you take a breath in a sentence. So if you said ‘she likes dogs, cats, hamsters and gerbils’. And then read it again with a comma after hamsters it reads totally differently!

also, how does anyone EVER mistake definitely for defiantly?! Like they are literally two different words?!

 

[mozzarellagirl]

the house belonging to the Smith family - as a group - would be referred to as the Smiths' house - the hours belonging to the Smith family, thus the Smiths and the use of a possive apostrophe. the house is possessed by/belongs to the Smiths, plural. if you were the only member of the Smith family, people generally wouldn't refer to you as "the Smith" in the way they would use "the Smiths" to refer to a couple or family - they would say "Mrs Smith's house" or "Lucy Smith's house".

yes, "the Smith house" would be incorrect, because it does need an apostrophe - but the house belongs to the Smiths, plural - not the Smith - thus the apostrophe is at the end of Smiths - Smiths' not Smith's. "the Smith's house is grammatically incorrect. the house belongs to the Smith family, not" the Smith".

people would refer to your house as "Smith's house" if your first name was Smith.

Smith isn't a word anymore

 

[Sea]

Spelling. I appreciate stupid spellcheck/text can automatically enter the wrong spelling/or homophones but when a person misspells the word in texts and I've even told them and they still continue to misspell it makes me mad, just correct your word history in your phone.