Sure, who do you want to lend it to?when people muddle up lend and borrow. like "can i get a lend of your pen?" instead of "could i borrow your pen?"
That one annoys me too!
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That one annoys me too!
I hate to see "reoccurrence". There is no such word and "recurrence" should be used.
When, for example, you have bought something for yourself; you wouldn't say 'I bought me a...', you would say 'I bought myself a new...'.
Edit: the perils of answering before reading to the end of a thread! I see someone else answered, sorry!
"He jumped off of the table". The "of" is redundant.
I think that's an Americanism, isn't it?
A bit like"gotten" instead of "got". I know the former is fine to use in North America, but it annoys me when people use it in the UK.
Kinda like "can I write TO you?", but in America, "can I write you?"I think that's an Americanism, isn't it?
A bit like"gotten" instead of "got". I know the former is fine to use in North America, but it annoys me when people use it in the UK.
They are Americanisms and they're finding their way here. 
It is redundant but it seems still universally accepted in American English.
I always just say "partner" as I always forget if I'm the é or the ée.
Just had a flyer through from a company offering me a free boiler. Wow, great! Except they've used "effected" instead of "affected", so into the bin it goes.
Similarly I've noticed people not using "of" after "a couple".Kinda like "can I write TO you?", but in America, "can I write you?"
E.g. "Can I have a couple days off?"
Male person is a fiancé, woman is a fiancée, if that helps.I always just say "partner" as I always forget if I'm the é or the ée.
Just had a flyer through from a company offering me a free boiler. Wow, great! Except they've used "effected" instead of "affected", so into the bin it goes.
For a man it’s fiancé and a woman is a fiancée
Similarly I've noticed people not using "of" after "a couple".
E.g. "Can I have a couple days off?"
When people say "I could care less!" when they mean "I couldn't care less!" and don't realise that they're saying exactly the opposite of what they mean!
Could you lot be more pacific with your pet peeves?
This reminds me of that annoying Mike Bushell talking to Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast and referring to someone having a fiancé which he pronounced as FY ANSE
. Charlie Stayt couldn’t believe it. How can you be journalist and to have got to that age where you don’t know how to pronounce that? Can’t stand that show.
When a partner writes a status after their wife/gf has given birth " She done amazing"!!
When people write "How are use", instead of you!
When people write "How are use", instead of you!
Just seen someone asking about visiting a tourist attraction that has just reopened.
"Do I need to book or is it a free fall?"
"Do I need to book or is it a free fall?"