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]

...Adding to your list, "We will shrink ISIS into a manageable problem."

[CodeToad]

“Queue”

I hear yuppies using that one. They think anything foreign makes them seem worldly. They also use “whilst”.

[PeteePie]

I blame white liberal iteration of an ebonics phrase of some sort.

[Smokin' Joe]

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

Only if you have a package of them. Just not many folks deal with a datum (singular) any more.

[Hawthorn]

>> Forbidding the ending of a sentence with a preposition. <<

Many excellent writers end sentences that way, and the practice goes back centuries. In my opinion, when you end a sentence with a word like “with,” you are simply using that word as an adverb, rather than as a preposition.

Anyway, I think the “rule” in question is silly, probably imposed by 18th-century grammarians who thought English should be governed by certain patterns of Latin syntax.

[Smokin' Joe]

YES!!!! I am 50 years old, and before, say, 5 years ago, NOBODY EVER confused then vs. than.

Spell cheque and autocorrect...

[Smokin' Joe]

And “hamster” does not have a “p” in it.

It does if you squeeze it hard enough.

[.45 Long Colt]

I do not believe that. While that may be true for some, but I have a hard time believing millions cannot properly say “ask.”

[PeteePie]

I remember scrounging through an old warehouse a few years ago. There was a heavy steel door with the term “Inflammable” stenciled across it.

[Smokin' Joe]

We will “conversate” instead of converse.

Right sown there with "dialogue" used as a verb.

[PeteePie]

This is the sort of English up with which I will not put!

[Smokin' Joe]

sown=down

[Smokin' Joe]

“Queue”

Used to describe a stack of print jobs or other tasks to be dealt with sequentially by a computer as well. That might be where it is creeping in...cousin IT

[longfellow]

The word dude.
Can’t stand it. I feel like I’m talking to Bart fn Simpson.

[MosesKnows]

For the would-be writer in you...

Many of my "pet peeves" are included in this thread but I would add the word "for".

Example :

The second one is for free, which should be The second one is for free.

[MosesKnows]

For the would-be writer in you...

Many of my "pet peeves" are included in this thread but I would add the word "for".

Example :

The second one is for free, which should be The second one is for free.

[informavoracious]

I also hate “conversate.”

[informavoracious]

And it’s pronounced day-ta not dah-tah.

[luvbach1]

Re axe, I definitely think those who say it can’t pronounce ask. I can’t think of another reason they would say it that way. But I respect your opinion.

[Semper Mark]

I despise them.

(Great minds and all that.)