1. People who enjoy the fall “foilage”. I’ve even heard TV announcers use that word.
2. The redundancy of “3:00 A.M in the morning’. Drives me nuts.
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When people use the term “for free.” Something is either free, or it isn’t.
Interesting topic for you.
The word dude.
Can’t stand it. I feel like I’m talking to Bart fn Simpson.
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.
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.
“All of the sudden....”
Could be regional, but I don’t “make” a left, I “take” a left.
After 100 or so posts, I still haven’t seen anyone mention the common Midwestern mess up of “needs fixed” or “needs _______ (insert past tense form of a verb”, instead of saying “needs fixing” or “needs to be fixed.” It drives me crazy to hear it so frequently.
Another thing that bothers me is to hear someone say “could’ve went” instead of “could’ve gone”, especially if that person is a TEACHER! Please, can we get rid of teachers that have poor grammar?
My worst peeve is when I hear politicians say they’re “conservative” when they actually mean “liberal.”
fresh baked. or fresh brewed in advertisements.
It is either fresh, (comma) baked... or freshly baked.
“E-mail”. Not “email”. The hyphen defines the type of mail.
There is no “d” in weaponry, commonly mispronounced by some talk-show hosts (one ex-host in particular).
Also, REALTOR® is a two-syllable word. Why do some people insist on saying it with another vowel sound between the “l” and the “t”?
The word dude.
Can’t stand it. I feel like I’m talking to Bart fn Simpson.
Pacificly
Using less, instead of fewer
"Administrate."
That's presumably what an administrator does. I've seen it occasionally in print, but more often heard it on talk shows.
But isn't the accepted verb form of administration "administer?" Is there a subtlety of meaning those of us not so privileged as to be administrators cannot recognize?
This morning a high-profile print journalist who has been covering sports in this town for three decades went on the radio and described Ray Rice’s behavior as “undefensible”.
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I’m just a guy doinking around in the internet and I know better than that. You’ve been getting paid to write for thirty years!
The worst is constipated grammar Nazis. :-)
However, I am surprised I did not see “more xxxxer”, such as more bigger, more faster, more taller = bigger, faster, and taller.
“It was a very unique experience – Are there degrees of uniqueness?” The article should not have included this one. The article is assuming only the first definition of unique. Using other accepted definitions of unique there are indeed degrees of uniqueness.
“Hot water heater” – one could argue that 120°F is hot water but that 130°F water is the desired temperature. So most of the time when you are not actively drawing in cold water in large amounts a water heater is actually heating hot water, and making it hotter.
PeteePie, CodeToad “I can’t stand American’s using the word “ whilst “. Absolutely phony and I will can out anyone using it in a sentence in front of me.” Why would you out someone for using a perfectly legitimate dictionary word? Also remember that many Americans were raised in families where the King James version of the Bible is read daily. That old English sometimes naturally escapes into language and is not phony.
PeteePie “Dove” Every dictionary I looked at lists “dove” as a legitimate past tense of dive.
PeteePie “My Bad” – Some here seem to not like the evolution of language. “My bad” is very informal, but is a natural extension of the adjective bad into a noun form. It is not on the same level as committing nonsensical repetition or some of the other mistakes shown which lack understanding.
PeteePie “Coronate” is certainly not proper English, but based on the Latin root, it probably should be. If it were used in situations as frequently as “My bad” it would probably already have become accepted.
Calling a Republican state a “RED” state.
Him and me are going to the store.
This is him and I’s couch.
(As heard on The Bachelorette more than once.)