What English Pet Peeves do You Love to Hate?

OneHourSelfPub.com ^ | Sep 4, 2014 | Dave Bricker

[PeteePie]

Discus­sions of English Language pet peeves pro­vide an enter­tain­ing forum for the expres­sion of ire. In fact, if a “pet” is some­thing we cher­ish, and a “peeve” is some­thing that annoys us, “pet peeves” are what we love to hate. Here’s a col­lec­tion of com­mon English solecisms—guaranteed not to lit­er­ally blow your mind:

[PeteePie]

For the would-be writer in you...

[grobdriver]

“Comprising of” – should be “com­pris­ing” or “com­prised of.”

Dave commits one of my own pet peeves.
Comprise: "consist of; be made up of."

"Comprised of" is redundant - that would be simply, "comprised" or "comprises" or "composed of", if you just have to use the word "of".

[maine yankee]

‘could of’

should be ‘could have’

[PeteePie]

Good catch. Compromised used in a sentence: "Like the country itself, our once rich language has been compromised like a whore."

[MrB]

On here?

Loose vs lose

I wouldn’t even say I “love” to hate it. I just hate it.

[choctaw man]

on accident

[Fester Chugabrew]

The word, “utilize.”

[halo66]

That is mine as well...

[odawg]

I’ll side with John Derbyshire—data is singular.

[SMARTY]

•Every time I hear Paul McCartney sing, “In this ever-changing world in which we live in,” I cringe. Correct usage is “… in which we live.”

My third grade teacher said ‘Prepositions aren’t to end sentences with.”

Ha!

Forget proper English... no one is teaching it anymore.

[edpc]

When people say “times it by ten” instead of “multiply by ten.” That may just be a Baltimoron thing. I haven’t heard it since moving from MD in 2007.

[struggle]

“...at the end of the day...”

“...it is what it is...”

“...moving forward...”

...and all those stupid cliche catchphrases talking heads repeat endlessly as fillers for actual content.

[.45 Long Colt]

The confusion of “bring” and “take” bothers me. And so does the all-too-common double-negative “irregardless.”

[paint_your_wagon]

Gender vs Sex

Gender is a grammatical term.

Sex refers to Male and Female.

[DoodleDawg]

Word Crimes

[gr8eman]

You are correct...proper English is raciss...

[Doctor 2Brains]

Or “could’ve”

[cornelis]

Whether singular or plural, Derby can’t tell when it’s ouija.

[struggle]

>>Or “could’ve”

Or the Mississippi derivative, “might could.”

[Doctor 2Brains]

You’re talking about a different word entirely.