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Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM

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For me, the worst currently are:
  1. Between you and I... (or any similar use of I in oblique positions)
  2. If I was a betting person... (or any similar failure to use the subjunctive)
  3. Attempts to make non-existent verbs out of nouns



For instance, - I see he could of rather than he could have.

I also do not care when people don't understand the difference between accept/except.

And lastly I am not a fan of misuse of apostrophes.


Your first two are interesting because they've only become problematic relatively recently, as written communication has surpassed verbal. The wrong and right sound the same, spoken.

If people would just remember what to do "when in doubt," they'd solve 90% of their apostrophe problems.


I edited it for the sake of brevity as I was thinking of even more things to add that annoy me. I then realized I have a problem. So I have now limited myself to one example. And you are totally right about spoken language versus written language. I wonder if these examples are also emblematic of the fact that people read less these days.

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Please share the grammatical and/or orthographic errors that most irritate you. Tom - 06/04/2017 12:20:27 AM 1034 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 741 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 748 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 424 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 636 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 767 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 678 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 744 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 788 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 1208 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 399 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 714 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 1235 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 745 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 701 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 779 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 686 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 400 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 459 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 726 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 417 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 437 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 695 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 769 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 754 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 748 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 659 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 760 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 666 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 733 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 695 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 695 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 691 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 694 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 434 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 698 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 433 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 758 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 402 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 421 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 735 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 686 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 692 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 411 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 672 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 395 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 724 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 690 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 424 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 876 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 691 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 640 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 693 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 706 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 718 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 669 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 474 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 721 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 389 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 396 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 702 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 1109 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 1269 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 756 Views
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