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Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM

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But mostly I laugh at them kind of like little kids who get mad when you mispronounce their name so you keep doing for the entertainment value.

When people misuse the English language, usually from ignorance rather than from obstinacy, it leads to confusion.

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Please share the grammatical and/or orthographic errors that most irritate you. Tom - 06/04/2017 12:20:27 AM 1389 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 1044 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 1077 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 562 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 905 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 1029 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 985 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 1022 Views
Does anyone really address cousins or siblings by the relationship term? I hate that on TV & films Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:21:25 PM 1072 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 1489 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 575 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 1027 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 1516 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 1045 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 1022 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 1068 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 977 Views
I can see how that would be annoying - just not how it's a grammar/vocabulary error... *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:11:18 PM 542 Views
which is why I preceded my original comment by stating it was not part of Tom's question *NM* damookster - 09/04/2017 08:14:25 PM 609 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 1043 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 557 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 615 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 1011 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 1058 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 1018 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 1036 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 967 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 1059 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 991 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 1033 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 982 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 1012 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 973 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 994 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 570 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 1011 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 564 Views
I am annoyed by people who get upset with outdated rules and expect the rest of us to care random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:28:33 PM 1122 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 579 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 567 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 1037 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 1026 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 973 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 577 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 959 Views
I've never liked that word. It sounds like someone savoring come from a blowjob. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:19:14 PM 537 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 996 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 977 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 588 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 1197 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 996 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 932 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 1022 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 1034 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 1005 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 943 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 665 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 1005 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 533 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 542 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 1455 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 1422 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 1593 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 1152 Views
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