Patchoulia Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 You know those things, that people say, that are grammatically incorrect and drive you insane (even though you know how petty and trivial it is to become irritated by such things)? Well, that's what this thread is all about! Feel free to post the grammatical/verbal quirks and/or mistakes that drive you bonkers for no apparent reason.... The word "ignorant" is NOT a synonym for "rude"!! Phew. I feel better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaPink Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 my roommate always says, "All of a suddenly" and it drives me nuts. I have another friend that's a grammar teacher and corrects me all the time... that drives me nuts even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Supposubbly wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 I work with a woman who seems to border on violence whenever I use the word "obviously". She doesn't like that word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 One of our VPs sent out an email recently requesting urgent assistance with a project...he vowed that he would be "internally grateful" for the help....Oh dear.My first thought was that Phil should add that to his Donor Rap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaPink Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 i must have a case of the giggles today because i'm still laughing about "Supposubbly"... ha ha, Supposubbly... i'm gonna say that all night. Supposubbly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 i hate people who write plurals as possessivesinstead of "deliveries" they write "delivery's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinw Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 a couple: When people say "reverse back", instead of just reverse. also, when people use "seen" instead of "saw", as in: I seen a kick ass movie last night. Drives me nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 oh chewie, i so hear you on that one. are apostrophes REALLY that difficult to grasp? another atrocious written one that makes my skin absolutely crawl, is the seemingly-impossible-to-master-for-much-of-the-population, proper usage of "your, you're" and "they're, there, their". oh and "its, it's" is another one too. spoken peeves? this is a lifelong one... "A'INT!" and to think they actually added that one to the dictonary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 You guys have no idea how much better I feel right now...each and every item listed here drives me nuts! The "Their/There/They're" triumvirate, coupled with the "Your/You're" conundrum, is enough to make one's head explode. One that's really been bugging me the past few days: The liberal use of "literally". "My stomach was literally in my throat"....really? Was it? Man, that's gotta hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 How about those morons who use the term "all the sudden". Ahhhhh that kills me. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Sentence fragments! No good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Low Roller: Sentence fragments! No good. Sentence fragments drive me crazy in formal writing, but as a means to imply colloquial or casual speech in writing (i.e. message board format), I can excuse it and I frequently utilize this convention. How about irregardless? hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Yeha, they're's alot of moron's out their... i seen 'em. but i could care less. (in fact, i think i will). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 quote: Originally posted by Stoned Phillips: You guys have no idea how much better I feel right now...each and every item listed here drives me nuts! The "Their/There/They're" triumvirate, coupled with the "Your/You're" conundrum, is enough to make one's head explode. One that's really been bugging me the past few days: The liberal use of "literally". "My stomach was literally in my throat"....really? Was it? Man, that's gotta hurt! You know what drive's me nut's(yeah, I did that on purpose)...when people allow silly little things to drive them nuts. I know everyone has thier pet peeves but "enough to make one's head explode"? come on. Not everyone has the capacity to grasp english in a perfect gramatical sense. Some people are dyslexic(I probably spelled that wrong) and are lucky to even be able to express themselves in writing. So, I think, that if you are lucky enough to have a high command of the enlish language, you should just be thankful and not judge others for thier downfalls. P.S. This IS one of my PET PEEVES, so I'm not just ranting, I'm adding to the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Shouldn't the title of this thread be "Grammatical Pet Peeve's"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 My company loves using "effective immediately" in all their memos, whether they are adressing a layoff, a new policy, or informing us that the vending machines have been filled. Also middle management is known for using the word "caveat" when discussing project planning. I think they think it makes them sound smarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 On an aside I would have to that my favourites would have to be "slaundering" and "quarter-to-fourning" The former being akin to wandering with a drunken gait, the latter refering to a time period in the wee hours of the morning (also a boozey reference) With credits to Bouche/Booche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phred Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Stoned Phillips: How about irregardless? That's a huge one for me... What do people mean when the say that? regardless means without regard. Does irregardless mean without without regard? ie with regard? I hate when people get "me" and "I" wrong. I find that most people just use "I" everwhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 While it's not a grammatical concern, I will share that I have a dear friend who speaks with a rising cadence at the end of each and every sentence, and it drives me absolutely batty! You know, when you end each spoken stanza with a rising pitch in your voice? This person does that habitually. And it doesn't help that person is really rather verbose so those rising cadences just keep coming and coming. It really makes me crazy. Another reason to drink..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitidiot Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 you know what i hate. people that complain to much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 you must mean "too" much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 At first I thought this forum was gonna lynch me, because I tend to make most grammatical mistakes. But fortunatly most of your biggest peves I thankfully don't do! Here's mine, it's not really grammar, but whatever... "maybe yes, maybe no" Those 4 words could all be replaced by just saying "maybe". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 lisson you peeple. stop cumplaning. jared, you readin this on. good fun, complaining though. my grammatical pet peeve is (but only at work) when people combine a number with ah. example: twenty-eighytah blue. twelvah coors. casah canadian. two twelvesa brava anah casah corona. can you guess where i work yet? sheesh. enunciate please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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