What grammatical errors really piss you off?

[eurythmech]

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"should of"

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yep

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What's wrong with this one?

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[llayner]

Punctuation misuse really bothers me actually [mostly commas but it extends beyond that].

And that loose-lose thing mentioned earlier.

[DING-DONG YO]

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"should of"

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yep

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What's wrong with this one?

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nm, should have.

It's early.

[Karak567]

People who use semicolons incorrectly.

PS one of my two majors is English and I COULD REALLY CARE LESS ;-) about grammar mistakes online, but I always do try to use semicolons correctly. I don't know why.

[igetjokes]

loose and lose really pisses me off.

what is this tho:

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not really grammatical but pronunciation, people who pronounce idea as eye-deer

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how are you meant to pronounce it?

[paperjam]

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Punctuation misuse really bothers me actually [mostly commas but it extends beyond that].

And that loose-lose thing mentioned earlier.

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I think I know why you're confused. It's because the other night when we were hanging out, and I told you "Your mom is a big loser," I think what you heard was "Your mom is big and loose."

[paperjam]

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"Literally" - used for exaggeration, but rarely ever used to mean literally. I am watching past Super Bowl highlights now - and the narrator just said "he was literally facing a Catch 22" - really, like a copy of the famous novel was on the defensive line?


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Sign me up the firing squad for all offenders.

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This isn't a grammatical error. It's a word use "error", if you can call it that.

I dunno, are you the kind of people who when some teenager says something is "wicked", go "INCORRECT WORD USE SIR, WICKED MEANS, AND I QUOTE, 'morally bad in principle or practice'"? Words change. The way that commentator used the word is bizarre, but I sometimes say stuff to my friends like "That beat was literally insane". I'm well aware of what "literally" means, and I'm choosing to use it in another way. So what?

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gram·mar Pronunciation (grmr)
n.
1.
a. The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences.
b. The study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history.

[Kilillan]

loose and lose are definitely the most annoying.

I thought the funniest was "angle" and "angel"
Some guy was called "deathangle" and I kept asking if he was obtuse or acute

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loose and lose are definitely the most annoying.

I thought the funniest was "angle" and "angel"
Some guy was called "deathangle" and I kept asking if he was obtuse or acute

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Lol. There's a club in Honolulu called Angels, but it's really called Angles, I just thought it was call Angels. Oops.

Angles

[roxtar]

When someone gives possession to a word when they really mean to pluralize it.

i.e. "car's" instead of "cars"

There,their,and they're really piss me off too. I think most of the reason that this [censored] gets on my nerves is because I see this krap coming from college graduates that are supposed to be able to avoid these kinds of mistakes in their sleep. Or we're all really uptight.