Which grammatical mistake do you find most annoying?

Which grammatical mistake do you find most annoying?

  • It's/Its

    Votes: 3 6.1%

  • Splitting of Infinitives

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • They're/There/Their

    Votes: 8 16.3%

  • Wrongly placed Apostrophes

    Votes: 6 12.2%

  • Me and X, instead of X and I

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 11 22.4%

  • Spelling mistakes annoy me more

    Votes: 12 24.5%

  • Don't ask me! I can't even speak English.

    Votes: 8 16.3%
  • Total voters
    49
Apostrophe errors and the word "prolly". It's not "prolly", it's "probably"!!!!! :cry:
 
The biggest gripe I have is the use of americanized words..... IT'S COLOUR DAMN IT!!! COLOUR!!!!!!
 
bah, better get used to it. you don't want them to have excuse attacking canada. ;)
 
My thing that pisses me off is when people say "If I was..." instead of "If I were..." Learn that there is a "subjunctive mood" in English dammit! :mad:
 
Originally posted by The ANZAC
My thing that pisses me off is when people say "If I was..." instead of "If I were..." Learn that there is a "subjunctive mood" in English dammit! :mad:
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Ah ?
Well, I always wondered what this "I were" was. Thought it was an error :)

I'll go to bed less ignorant tonight ^^
 
Originally posted by Akka
What annoys me the most is when *I* do mistakes, and as a non-native english speaker, I know that I *do* make a lot of them, be it spelling, grammar, expressions or anything.
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Non-native speaker's (:p) mistakes have never bothered me. I'm just flattered they know enough to communicate with me, and save me the trouble of learning whatever language they speak :goodjob:
Well, in some cases I wish they didn't speak English, but for the most part...
 
I'm a journalist, and some folks here have problems with all of the above. Sometimes, it just makes me want to bang my head on my keyboard, even at the risk of sticking a few apostrophes where they shouldn't be.

A regional specific peeve is "ya'all." It's "y'all," which is short for "you all." (Please, no comments on whether "y'all" is a word or not -- 'round these parts, it is.)
 
The "words" irregardless and anyways. People using these two non-words just drives me out of my tree.

Let's look at "irregardless," shall we?

We have the root word, "regard."

We have the prefix "ir-," which means "not."

We have the suffix "-less," which means "without."

"irregard" would mean "not regard," if it were a word (it isn't).

"regardless," which is a valid word, means "without regard."

What do you get when you put them together?

"Not without regard."

IT'S A SELF CONTAINED DOUBLE NEGATIVE!!!

I really hate that. :mad:

Oh, and about "anyways?" It's a stupid, lazy, grammatical mistake. The word is "anyway." Don't forget it.
 
:lol: brilliant.

i've never heard people say that though. still i've heard stuff like insuperior (she meant inferior) and unsufficient (she meant insufficient!) :lol:
 
The two that kill me are people that pronouce the silent "t" in often, and people that say axe when they mean ask! :mad:

:yeah:
 
My mind is a blur to apostrophication. I can't tell if I'm wrong or another's wrong, or if we're all right. This is most annoying.

Few dare use the semicolon; others bandy it to excess.

The use of "thru" on private and public :eek: road-signs, as in "drive-thru" or "no thru road" annoys me.
 
Originally posted by HotDog Fish
The biggest gripe I have is the use of americanized words..... IT'S COLOUR DAMN IT!!! COLOUR!!!!!!
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In that case, maybe you mean americanised? (Or was that done on purpose??)


I can't really decide which annoys me the most, so I'll say all the ones I can think of (I will not go overboard of course.) I will not vote.

(1) People being lazy with commas and spaces in a sentence. Eg. Where are you,are you at home?

(2) People using question marks with statements. Eg. Copy and complete this table?

(3) Incorrect, or lack of apostrphee use. Eg. Theyre my pen's on the table. Remember people that an apostrophee is used when (a) You are showing ownership, or (b) There are letters missing.

(4) Incorrect you're/your usage. Eg. Your not taking you're dog, are you?

(5) American spelling. Eg. Labor, valor.


Originally posted by Switch625

"irregard" would mean "not regard," if it were a word (it isn't).
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If anyone's wondering, the correct word is 'disregard' :)
 
I voted the their/there etc one - it's so basic that seeing it done wrong annoys me.

Not being an aristocrat or a regular reader of Readers Digest I felt unable to vote for the splitting of infinitives :)
 
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