FR Grammar Pet Peeves (Shameless Vanity)

My Fertile Mind | 12/30/08 | Your Uncle Miltie

[Uncle Miltie]

I apologize for the shameless vanity, but I'm going to propose a thread for today: Your pet peeves about others' grammar on FR.

I'm not innocent. But, can we please use apostrophes for possessives and not use apostrophes for plurals?

Please chime in with your pet peeves.

Possessive Example:

Correct: My dog's bone is in the yard.

Incorrect: My dogs bone is in the yard.

Plural Example:

Correct: My dogs are in the yard.

Incorrect: My dog's are in the yard.

Admin Mod: Please move this thread as appropriate.

[RedDogzRule]

I could go on a long time about this topic and the “hip-hop-ization” of our language...

Anyhow, how about the use of the first person after a preposition, such as “between you and I” (incorrect). It should be “between you and me”. This applies to many other examples.

The increasing misuse of the simple past tense instead of the present/past participle, e.g. “I have drank too much Scotch over the holidays” (incorrect). It should be “I have drunk too much Scotch over the holidays”.

/steps off soapbox....

[RedDogzRule]

I could go on a long time about this topic and the “hip-hop-ization” of our language...

Anyhow, how about the use of the first person after a preposition, such as “between you and I” (incorrect). It should be “between you and me”. This applies to many other examples.

The increasing misuse of the simple past tense instead of the present/past participle, e.g. “I have drank too much Scotch over the holidays” (incorrect). It should be “I have drunk too much Scoth over the holidays”.

/steps off soapbox....

[Jemian]

YOUR; YOU’RE

THERE; THEY’RE; THEIR

WHERE WERE WE’RE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Uncle Miltie]

I’m going to start a thread on people who take themselves too seriously. I’ll ping you.

[RedDogzRule]

sorry for the double-post...slow network...

[Old Professer]

Just don’t forget to cover your syntax.

[Jeff Chandler]

Thank you, Uncle Miltie. How’s the Aunt Farm business doing?

[Uncle Miltie]

You double-posted on purpose. Just to get a rise out of someone.....

[elcid1970]

Eye to, suport publik skools ware yoo reely lern huw too rite end spel.

;^)

[Uncle Miltie]

You double-posted on purpose. Just to get a rise out of someone.....

[Jeff Chandler]

My colon hurts

Is that you, Sir Elton?

[Paine in the Neck]

Your [sic] quick on the draw with that! I couldn’t get to it fast enough.

[Bunkasaurus]

“Grammer Nazis......”

That’s “GrammAr Nazis”, schweinhund!

:-)

[Uncle Miltie]

The Aunts’s are grate.

Howd you like my book, “Free to Chose?”

[PrairieRoot]

I’m still just posting in jest.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

“I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am”

- John Cleese

[RexBeach]

Mariah Montasorry taut mee too rite.

[tajgirvan]

say THAT 5 times fast!

[Old Professer]

...would have done...

[Laur]

Will usage irritants be permitted on this list of offenses? If so, “impacted,” “one on one” (instead of one TO one, if basketball isn’t the reference), and the latest I heard, which almost made me fall over: “efforted.” The man “efforted” to get an interview w/ someone.