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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.


You caught my pre-edit post too

I bet you're onto something with the reading less connection. I also think there's a backlash against knowing/using proper grammar that ties into a growing anti-intellectual sentiment.

If you are from Betelgeuse, please have one of your Earth friends read what I've written before you respond. Or try concentrating harder.

"The trophy problem has become extreme."
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Please share the grammatical and/or orthographic errors that most irritate you. Tom - 06/04/2017 12:20:27 AM 940 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 651 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 660 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 347 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 541 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 676 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 585 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 648 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 693 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 1004 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 318 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 621 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 1032 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 654 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 613 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 686 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 599 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 321 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 380 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 634 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 337 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 355 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 600 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 677 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 662 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 656 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 564 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 668 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 574 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 639 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 597 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 601 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 602 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 598 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 355 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 609 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 356 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 663 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 320 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 333 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 648 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 594 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 599 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 331 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 580 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 315 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 631 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 600 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 345 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 782 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 601 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 549 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 603 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 617 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 625 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 579 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 386 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 622 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 312 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 319 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 598 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 885 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 1068 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 659 Views
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