Just thought of another one: "Would/could/should of", Grr!  This one drives me up the walls!

3 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

You read my fairy tale? Brave man. And no thanks needed, I like interesting people. 

You're very kind Young Sir... *Tipping Hat*

5 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Just thought of another one: "Would/could/should of", Grr!  This one drives me up the walls!

I've never said that and I can promise you, I won't.  Nice one, Drew!

4 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

I've never said that and I can promise you, I won't.  Nice one, Drew!

Oh, I have no worries you'll ever use those grammatical abominations. People around my age, or younger though...  

 That reminds me... Today someone said I purposefully did something. I was like; do you mean on purpose or purposely... Its not purposefully in the context he put it! 

6 hours ago, JayT said:

since nauseous has been so misused for so long nauseous now has the definition that should be for nauseateed..

seriously y'all didn't call me on the misspelling??? since when does nauseated have 2 e's???

4 minutes ago, JayT said:

seriously y'all didn't call me on the misspelling??? since when does nauseated have 2 e's???

That would have just been bitchy!!

3 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

That would have just been bitchy!!

Aren't we gay men supposed to be bitchy?  

Just now, Drew Espinosa said:

Aren't we gay men supposed to be bitchy?  

way to stereotype Drew...I thought we were past all that lol...don't be a bitch, bitch

1 minute ago, JayT said:

way to stereotype Drew...I thought we were past all that lol...don't be a bitch, bitch

Honey, I ain't a bitch, I'm a Queen!  <snaps fingers and sashays away>

Just now, Drew Espinosa said:

Honey, I ain't a bitch, I'm a Queen!  <snaps fingers and sashays away>

okay it just got too gay in here lol jk

oh I just thought of another one...to and too

3 minutes ago, JayT said:

way to stereotype Drew...I thought we were past all that lol...don't be a bitch, bitch

LMAO!... Put away the claws and back your corners ladies!

Here's another one: a part vs. apart.  

If I were an English Teacher, would I be too vindictive if I took 10 points from an assignment with these grammar mistakes?

On 4/6/2017 at 3:07 PM, Kitt said:

I think the one that bothers me the most is your/you're.  "Your going to work" or "you're mom is pretty" just drives me bonkers.

 

Anyone I edit for knows I have a list of approximately an hundred words/pairs of words I search every chapter to make sure they don't slip into print. Unfortunately they can be like the site bugs lately and manage to worm their way past once in a while. That's another one bothers me, when something is "over their" unless it is over their heads!

Yep. we sure do, Kitt. And you're death on just and that.

My pet peeves are also your / you're and their / there / they're. I'll admit to probably using past / passed wrong, but I still think 'They went past him' looks right.

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 but I still think 'They went past him' looks right.

so they went to a previous point in time him?

10 hours ago, Headstall said:

the fact is language evolves... 

I have a recent Danish example with a word taken from English. To spot something in English means to see or find it (all of a sudden). Spot has now become a Danish verb too: Vi kan spotte det = We can spot it. Unfortunately, spotte already has a meaning in Danish: to taunt or demean somebody. But even the newspapers are only using spotte in the new sense, and when you ask Google Translate it only has spotte = spot.

But when I see a headline like Læger på kursus: Skal lære at spotte børn udsat for overgreb  I can't help thinking 'Why the Hell do doctors need a course in taunting abused kids?'   

I have been guilty of the nauseous/nauseated mixup repeatedly, so I'm somewhat comforted by hearing it has gained acceptance. Even if I so understand your annoyance. I can't stand certain evolutions in Swedish either... 

One weird thing I'venoticed lately with my own writing is I tend to make more and not less errors of the homonym variety. Like past and passed. I usually spot them but still it's strange how they have increased. My personal theory is since I'm much better at writing (and thinking) in English now as opposed to a few years back, I have started making more English speaking errors. But I don't know if that's a correct analysis. 

On 4/8/2017 at 0:32 AM, Timothy M. said:

but I still think 'They went past him' looks right.

oh yeah, I meant to tell you that you were right here..,,.passed is the verb form 

On 4/8/2017 at 1:32 AM, Timothy M. said:

I still think 'They went past him' looks right.

Past can be used as an adverb or preposition to show movement or place.

6 hours ago, JayT said:

oh yeah, I meant to tell you that you were right here..,,.passed is the verb form 

1 hour ago, Ron said:

Past can be used as an adverb or preposition to show movement or place.

 now I feel much better. 

On 4/6/2017 at 10:14 PM, BlindAmbition said:

 

LOL! The biggest annoyance for me... May I ax you a question? Ax, Are you for real???

This is a good one. LOL. I actually did a bit of research on this, and learned something new. Shame, you would think an African American would know this one.

Slaves learned to speak English while working side by side with indentured servants. At that time ask was actually axe. Over time, it became a word associated with black culture. The meaning has more to do with identity than improper grammar. There are times when the minority has to plant one foot in his/her own world, and the other in the world of the majority. When the majority gets a glimpse into the minority world, it can sometimes lead to misconceptions. I'm not condoning bad grammar, but there is more to this than illiteracy and ignorance. 

Believe it or not, ax slips from the lips of some educated blacks as well. 

43 minutes ago, R J Drew said:

This is a good one. LOL. I actually did a bit of research on this, and learned something new. Shame, you would think an African American would know this one.

 

Slaves learned to speak English while working side by side with indentured servants. At that time ask was actually axe. Over time, it became a word associated with black culture. The meaning has more to do with identity than improper grammar. There are times when the minority has to plant one foot in his/her own world, and the other in the world of the majority. When the majority gets a glimpse into the minority world, it can sometimes lead to misconceptions. I'm not condoning bad grammar, but there is more to this than illiteracy and ignorance. 

 

Believe it or not, ax slips from the lips of some educated blacks as well. 

 

 

 I didn't mean it to be offensive. I also don't think that someone lacks intelligence when it's used. Just one of those annoying things. 
 That's very interesting history you provided. Something I didn't know. 

Yesterday, I was reading a story, and it had the following sentence, "How nobel of you." My jaw dropped when I read that. Before, I thought no one could confuse noble and Nobel, but... I was wrong.