AS. IF!!!Not exactly grammar but…DOMANOSE
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And not a single comma or full stop!!!
Ah, I just stumbled across this thread! It's the perfect thread for me!
I cannot cope when people muddle these words up:
there/their/they're
your/you're
to/too/two
it's/its
done/did
lose/loose
affect/effect
expect/accept
were/we're
where/were
then/than
bought/brought
dessert/desert
advice/advise
ensure/insure
quiet/quite
chose/choose
of/off
stationery/stationary
who's/whose
Should of/could of/would of.
When Arctic is misspelled as Artic.
I hate the misuse of apostrophes - Sunday's instead of Sundays or DVD's instead of DVDs - and when people refuse to use commas, or dramatically overuse full stops.
I also internally cringe when I hear "something" pronounced as "somethink", "unacceptable" as "unasseptable" or "ask" pronounced as "axe" and "espresso" as "expresso".
And I appreciate it's very specific, but it also irks me when people misspell broccoli!
I cannot cope when people muddle these words up:
there/their/they're
your/you're
to/too/two
it's/its
done/did
lose/loose
affect/effect
expect/accept
were/we're
where/were
then/than
bought/brought
dessert/desert
advice/advise
ensure/insure
quiet/quite
chose/choose
of/off
stationery/stationary
who's/whose
Should of/could of/would of.
When Arctic is misspelled as Artic.
I hate the misuse of apostrophes - Sunday's instead of Sundays or DVD's instead of DVDs - and when people refuse to use commas, or dramatically overuse full stops.
I also internally cringe when I hear "something" pronounced as "somethink", "unacceptable" as "unasseptable" or "ask" pronounced as "axe" and "espresso" as "expresso".
And I appreciate it's very specific, but it also irks me when people misspell broccoli!
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I've got to join in, so many of you have written about my pet peeves. Mine is 'defiantely' people using 'myself' in a bid to seem more intelligent or courteous.
'Myself and Helen bought tickets to...'
I stop people and ask them if they would start a sentence with 'Myself bought tickets' and that usually helps them to construct their sentence correctly.
'Myself and Helen bought tickets to...'
I stop people and ask them if they would start a sentence with 'Myself bought tickets' and that usually helps them to construct their sentence correctly.
Xmas is such an ugly word. And don't get me started on Crimbo!When people type Xmas instead of Christmas oh it drives me insane
"I'm going to start eating healthy from now on".
You're going to start eating healthy what? You mean healthily
You're going to start eating healthy what? You mean healthily
when people say irregardless instead of regardless. irregardless is not a word!
When people write "angles" when they mean "angels"- "Our little angle!"
I hate it when people say bring instead of take. Is it just me? 
I take something on holiday.
You say to someone else, bring that with you.
Am I making sense?
Anyway, it drives me mad!
I take something on holiday.
You say to someone else, bring that with you.
Am I making sense?
Anyway, it drives me mad!
Apologise if this has been mentioned before but people mixing up generally and genuinely annoy me a little too much
I'm guilty of doing that. Especially when I'm really angry.
when people muddle up lend and borrow. like "can i get a lend of your pen?" instead of "could i borrow your pen?"
Specific and pacific drives me around the bend. They’re two totally different words, spellings, meanings! My husband says pacific when he means specific just to wind me up.
when I see mom instead of mum in the UK. But maybe this is a regional thing?
Very picky I know.
A genuine question - what IS the correct use of ‘myself’? I hate it being used to sound like a smartarse when ‘me’ or ‘I’ is grammatically appropriate but I can’t think of the correct context to use it?
when I see mom instead of mum in the UK. But maybe this is a regional thing?
Very picky I know.
A genuine question - what IS the correct use of ‘myself’? I hate it being used to sound like a smartarse when ‘me’ or ‘I’ is grammatically appropriate but I can’t think of the correct context to use it?
Do you like the carrot cake? I made it myself.
What a brilliant post! As I was reading through your list I thought "I bet they'll have missed at least one of my pet peeves", but I'm pretty sure you've said them all.Ah, I just stumbled across this thread! It's the perfect thread for me!
I cannot cope when people muddle these words up:
there/their/they're
your/you're
to/too/two
it's/its
done/did
lose/loose
affect/effect
expect/accept
were/we're
where/were
then/than
bought/brought
dessert/desert
advice/advise
ensure/insure
quiet/quite
chose/choose
of/off
stationery/stationary
who's/whose
Should of/could of/would of.
When Arctic is misspelled as Artic.
I hate the misuse of apostrophes - Sunday's instead of Sundays or DVD's instead of DVDs - and when people refuse to use commas, or dramatically overuse full stops.
I also internally cringe when I hear "something" pronounced as "somethink", "unacceptable" as "unasseptable" or "ask" pronounced as "axe" and "espresso" as "expresso".
And I appreciate it's very specific, but it also irks me when people misspell broccoli!
The funny thing is that I don't even think my grammar is that great. I consider the above to be basic things.
specific and pacific are the WORST. equally, when people say supposably instead of supposedly.
in terms of using "myself", you can use it in sentences where you use "I" - "I made the cake myself!" or "I promised myself I would go to bed earlier" or "I treated myself to a coffee." it's the equivalent of using himself, herself, themselves etc.
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There's a board outside a sandwich shop near me that says "Tasty sandwiche's here".
I want to get out a marker pen every time I walk past it.
I want to get out a marker pen every time I walk past it.