Grammatical annoyances

[Javster]

Personal rant:

Asterix: comic book Gaul

asterisk: *

rouge: French for red

rogue: the one you meant

its: the Kerbal liked its rocket

it's: "it's dangerous, isn't it" - said no Kerbal ever

DON'T CONFUSE THESE. PLEASE.

Do you have any similar annoyances?

[EdFred]

"I could care less." So you do care. You could care anywhere from very little to a lot.

"I couldn't care less." The correct usage.

"I weigh less then Tim." Are you putting two different sentence fragments into one incoherent sentence? Then Tim what?

"I weigh less than Tim." The correct usage.

People that use text speak on message boards.

[Kryten]

'Could of'

[megatiger78]

:cool:nope:cool::cool::cool:

[Javster]

Good to know I'm not crazy

[Omicron314]

I feel really strongly about who and whom.

Whom is the accusative of who, which people seem to be incapable of using despite the fact that it is used exactly like 'him' or 'her'.

It is just the accusative case, people! It's not that hard!

If you're unsure, plug in 'he' or 'she' where you are going to say 'who' or 'whom': if it works, use 'who', if not, use 'whom'.

Either that, or learn an inflected language (Latin is nice!).

[Dartguy]

Nucular. Even Rhode's Scholars mispronounce Nuclear.

[lajoswinkler]

"There" for "they're" and "their". Honestly, sometimes I'm like

when I read it.

[Kryten]

I feel really strongly about who and whom.

Whom is the accusative of who, which people seem to be incapable of using despite the fact that it is used exactly like 'him' or 'her'.

It is just the accusative case, people! It's not that hard!

If you're unsure, plug in 'he' or 'she' where you are going to say 'who' or 'whom': if it works, use 'who', if not, use 'whom'.

Either that, or learn an inflected language (Latin is nice!).

For most dialects, who and whom have gone the way of thee and ye. Some people in my area still use them, but I'm not going to complain if other's don't; it's just how the language works now.

[Kerbart]

Using the word "acronym" for what is really an abbreviation (if you can't pronounce it as a single word it's not an acronym. And no, "Kay Es Pee" is not a single word).

[JebNeedsHelp]

i can't stand when people don't capitalize i when referring to themselves. See how bad that looks?

[Kryten]

Or when They just Capitalise words Randomly mid-Sentence.

[lajoswinkler]

i can't stand when people don't capitalize i when referring to themselves. See how bad that looks?

I never understood why it is capitalized. To me, it seems quite silly, jus like capitalizing all words in titles.

[Skyler4856]

I never understood why it is capitalized. To me, it seems quite silly, jus like capitalizing all words in titles.

Probably because the proper nouns display importance, and thus should be highlighted properly.

[benzman]

I once saw a pick-up and on the tailgate an obviously professional signwriter had written 'your being passed by a Ford'.

[rpayne88]

Where to begin?

They're, there, and their used interchangeably.

"I had AN drink."

"I didn't use A apostrophe."

"You did good" instead of "You did well."

PERIODS. Add some periods to your half page long run on sentence.

Interrogative sentences end with a question mark. (i.e. ?)

That is just a few. I'm the son of an English major and my mom drilled these facts into my head.

[ratchet freak]

sparing: showing mercy

sparring: mock fighting to practice your skills

I can't stand how many naruto fics mess this up

[Red Iron Crown]

Using the word "acronym" for what is really an abbreviation (if you can't pronounce it as a single word it's not an acronym. And no, "Kay Es Pee" is not a single word).

Sorry, but you're wrong on that one. BBC and USA are acronyms, even though you pronounce the letters.

My personal annoyances:

Loose/loosing for lose/losing.

Should of for should've and similar.

Less instead of fewer.

Then/than misuse.

The seeming total confusion about correct apostrophe usage regarding plurals and possessives.

Whilst. Not really a grammatical error, but one should never use that word unless actively trying to sound pretentious.

Irregardless. Don't ever use that word. Don't let your friends use that word.

Me and Jeb vs. Jeb and I. If you're unsure which is correct, leave out the other person and see which sounds right.

That said, years of Internet use has pretty much numbed me to grammatical/spelling/usage errors. I try to curb my grammar National Socialism and focus on the intended message instead.

[ratchet freak]

Sorry, but you're wrong on that one. BBC and USA are acronyms, even though you pronounce the letters.

My personal annoyances:

Loose/loosing for lose/losing.

Should of for should've and similar.

Less instead of fewer.

Then/than misuse.

The seeming total confusion about correct apostrophe usage regarding plurals and possessives.

Whilst. Not really a grammatical error, but one should never use that word unless actively trying to sound pretentious.

Irregardless. Don't ever use that word. Don't let your friends use that word.

Me and Jeb vs. Jeb and I. If you're unsure which is correct, leave out the other person and see which sounds right.

That said, years of Internet use has pretty much numbed me to grammatical/spelling/usage errors. I try to curb my grammar National Socialism and focus on the intended message instead.

it should be Jeb and me vs. Jeb and I, you egocentric little kerbal

[Red Iron Crown]

it should be Jeb and me vs. Jeb and I, you egocentric little kerbal

I could be wrong, but "Jeb and me" and "me and Jeb" are both correct as far as I know.

[RogueMason]

rouge: French for red

rogue: the one you meant

Yes, I've seen this one all too much... *looks at username*

"I could care less." So you do care. You could care anywhere from very little to a lot.

"I couldn't care less." The correct usage.

This. This annoys me. How did that even come to be?

Also, I don't like walls of text that have no punctuation (nobody does, though...), nor do I Like Constant Capitalisation Of Words For No Apparent Reason Much Like I'm Doing Right Now...

There are others, a lot of which have been covered here, that I find to be a nuisance. Hell, there's something I've been doing myself and that's the use of too many damn brackets. I often find myself adding something to a sentence to explain something, and then I'll add something to the next sentence, and maybe the sentence after that, too, and so on. The result is a page that has far more brackets than any usual page of text would have. Sometimes, I'll even do a bracket in a bracket. I use them correctly, but too frequently. Fortunately, I've cut back on them after realising my bad habit (it was mostly within a book that I'm working on and has yet to be seen by anyone other than myself), so hopefully no-one will have to suffer through the results of that scourge

[Overfloater]

What's you're problem with grammatical annoyances?

[Red Iron Crown]

What's you're problem with grammatical annoyances?

What a grammar troll you're.

[ratchet freak]

I could be wrong, but "Jeb and me" and "me and Jeb" are both correct as far as I know.

technically both are correct but Jeb and me is politer

[lajoswinkler]

Probably because the proper nouns display importance, and thus should be highlighted properly.

No... Still nothing.