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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 770 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 497 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 470 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 250 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 395 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 500 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 431 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 498 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 523 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 820 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 247 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 437 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 873 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 487 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 461 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 506 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 452 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 249 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 300 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 473 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 269 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 258 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 449 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 502 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 504 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 503 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 409 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 476 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 411 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 482 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 428 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 433 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 450 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 431 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 254 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 433 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 278 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 482 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 247 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 257 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 484 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 447 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 427 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 259 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 430 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 242 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 474 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 447 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 269 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 602 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 447 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 382 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 434 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 447 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 466 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 434 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 298 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 464 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 238 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 245 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 449 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 714 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 883 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 499 Views
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