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What English Pet Peeves do You Love to Hate?
OneHourSelfPub.com ^ | Sep 4, 2014 | Dave Bricker

Posted on 09/08/2014 6:29:29 AM PDT by 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:

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1 posted on 09/08/2014 6:29:29 AM PDT by PeteePie
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“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".

2 posted on 09/08/2014 6:35:42 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: PeteePie

‘could of’

should be ‘could have’


3 posted on 09/08/2014 6:40:05 AM PDT by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: grobdriver
Good catch. Compromised used in a sentence: "Like the country itself, our once rich language has been compromised like a whore."
4 posted on 09/08/2014 6:41:13 AM PDT by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: PeteePie

On here?

Loose vs lose

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


5 posted on 09/08/2014 6:41:22 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: PeteePie

on accident


6 posted on 09/08/2014 6:44:02 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: PeteePie

The word, “utilize.”


7 posted on 09/08/2014 6:44:40 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

That is mine as well...


8 posted on 09/08/2014 6:45:19 AM PDT by halo66
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To: PeteePie

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


9 posted on 09/08/2014 6:46:30 AM PDT by odawg
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To: PeteePie

•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.


10 posted on 09/08/2014 6:47:50 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: PeteePie

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.


11 posted on 09/08/2014 6:48:14 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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“...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.


12 posted on 09/08/2014 6:49:33 AM PDT by struggle
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To: PeteePie

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


13 posted on 09/08/2014 6:49:52 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: PeteePie

Gender vs Sex

Gender is a grammatical term.

Sex refers to Male and Female.


14 posted on 09/08/2014 6:50:32 AM PDT by paint_your_wagon
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To: PeteePie
Word Crimes
15 posted on 09/08/2014 6:50:53 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SMARTY

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


16 posted on 09/08/2014 6:50:58 AM PDT by gr8eman (Bill Carson...meet Arch Stanton!)
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To: maine yankee

Or “could’ve”


17 posted on 09/08/2014 6:51:00 AM PDT by Doctor 2Brains
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To: odawg

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


18 posted on 09/08/2014 6:51:31 AM PDT by cornelis
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To: Doctor 2Brains

>>Or “could’ve”

Or the Mississippi derivative, “might could.”


19 posted on 09/08/2014 6:51:55 AM PDT by struggle
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To: PeteePie

You’re talking about a different word entirely.


20 posted on 09/08/2014 6:51:56 AM PDT by Doctor 2Brains
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