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Not really Larry Send a noteboard - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 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



That and cuz.


Also "my friend". In real life, people only say that ironically or to strangers.


At least "flahgin'" has somewhat gone out of style where I work.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Please share the grammatical and/or orthographic errors that most irritate you. Tom - 06/04/2017 12:20:27 AM 1339 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 990 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 1029 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 539 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 857 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 992 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 941 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 984 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 1030 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 1447 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 554 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 977 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 1475 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 1001 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 975 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 1020 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 939 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 518 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 586 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 991 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 534 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 593 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 967 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 1004 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 978 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 985 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 916 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 1016 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 947 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 982 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 945 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 967 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 927 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 944 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 546 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 963 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 544 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 1064 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 548 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 548 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 985 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 973 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 932 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 556 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 915 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 520 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 952 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 938 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 565 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 1144 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 953 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 885 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 951 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 986 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 961 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 900 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 641 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 964 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 509 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 520 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 1285 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 1383 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 1542 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 1028 Views
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