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Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Mystic Wanderer - 06-27-2020 Wikipedia: A pet peeve, pet aversion, or pet hate is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly irritating to them, to a greater degree than would be expected based on the experience of others. I'm not the grammar police, so please don't think I'm calling anyone out. It's more like I'm trying to bring certain things to the public's attention, like a school teacher would, so you can see/learn where you're choosing wrong words or punctuation. GRAMMAR My biggest pet peeve is seeing "were", "we're", and "where" used incorrectly. I realize certain parts of the country pronounce these words the same, so this could be why people get confused in how to use the correct spelling. Look at the meaning of each word: Quote:How to Use Were Source I got upset when I saw this famous mantra used by Q, Where We Go One We Go All, being misused with "were" as the first word when it should have been "where". They even misspelled "were" by using an "h" instead of a "w"! "Here We Go One We Go All"? Don't mess with Q's mantra! It's in sign language, but still... I have several more pet peeves, but I'll just use one here to save space. PUNCTUATION As for punctuation, I get VERY annoyed trying to read a wall of text that has no periods or commas so I can understand what the person is trying to tell me. If I try to guess the meaning, I could get it completely wrong. Look at this example: Quote:DEAR JOHN LETTER ONE:Source I realize most people use their phones online these days, and some phones require you to go to a different screen for the punctuation, so people just type and never bother adding the necessary periods and commas. As stated above, this could cause the reader to see a completely different meaning than the one you meant. People are in too big of a hurry! IMPORTANT NOTE: Ms. G. is exempt from this rant because she is Chinese and uses a word translator. If there are any errors, it's in the translation. (Please don't bring out your whip on me!) What about you? Do you have any pet peeves? RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - drussell41 - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 03:56 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: What about you? Do you have any pet peeves? Why, yes I do. I grit my teeth every time I hear, "I could care less" when in reality they mean, "I could not care less." Deb RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Mystic Wanderer - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 04:33 PM)drussell41 Wrote:(06-27-2020, 03:56 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: What about you? Do you have any pet peeves? Yeah, I see that a lot too. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - F2d5thCav - 06-27-2020 "could of" instead of "could have" of does not equal have, or at least it didn't when I was larnin' the language Cheers RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Lumenari - 06-27-2020 Interchanging the words "lose" and "loose". Biden is going to loose the election, for instance. It seems to have gotten worse the last decade or so online. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Mystic Wanderer - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 04:55 PM)Lumenari Wrote: Interchanging the words "lose" and "loose". I give credit to our failing education system. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - DuckforcoveR - 06-27-2020 Lol, FFS ur rite. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - DuckforcoveR - 06-27-2020 RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - F2d5thCav - 06-27-2020 One I saw more than once around DoD was people using pacific when they meant specific. Cheers RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - DuckforcoveR - 06-27-2020 I start twitching with "your and you're" all the time. It's such an easy concept (much like everything already listed above). RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - gordi - 06-27-2020 My current "Worst One" is the use of the plural word "women" for a singular female person; a "woman". WTAF??????? e.g. "I saw a women at the store, she bumped into me." The same people who do this ALWAYS seem to be able to get singular MAN and plural MEN correct. So, why can't hey get singular woMAN and plural woMEN right??? It's the SAME FECKING THING FFS!!!! It drives me nuts! (*Also the aforementioned were, we're and where... and the similar: There, they're and their... I think I'll stop now. LOL) G RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - F2d5thCav - 06-27-2020 Our, are, and the piratical Aarrr Cheers RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - beez - 06-27-2020 People chewing food with their mouth open. Or snapping gum. Either of those will fill me with a rage that can only be sated with the spilling of blood. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Mystic Wanderer - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 05:23 PM)beez Wrote: People chewing food with their mouth open. Or snapping gum. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - F2d5thCav - 06-27-2020 Another classic. Moot vs mute. "The point is mute". Mm-hmm. Cheers RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - guohua - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 04:58 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:(06-27-2020, 04:55 PM)Lumenari Wrote: Interchanging the words "lose" and "loose". I Blame my Mandarin Chinese to English Translator machine or Husband! RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Stoner William - 06-27-2020 I am Dyslexic , sometimes i spell that wrong , But thank [ swear word ] for spellcheck RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - hounddoghowlie - 06-27-2020 one of my peeves is spellin and gramer nazi's. just kidding couldn't resist RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - Mystic Wanderer - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 10:40 PM)hounddoghowlie Wrote: one of my peeves is spellin and gramer nazi's. RE: Grammar/English Pet Peeves - guohua - 06-27-2020 (06-27-2020, 10:40 PM)hounddoghowlie Wrote: one of my peeves is spellin and gramer nazi's. Yes, that is one of the reasons I never tried to return to ATS after I was Banned. |