Annoying grammatical mistakes

[skiNEwhere]

I may not type/speak perfectly (I make a lot of typo's), but there are a few things that annoy me:

ain't - It's not a word! My mother would kill me if she heard me say that!
irregardless - Not a word either! (Funny how Firefox didn't put a squiggly line under that word)
very unique - The word "unique" can not be modified. One of those rules that stuck with me after college.
supposably - Not a word either, supposedly IS a word though (Firefox DID put a squiggly line under that word)

And I think someone on this forum called me out a couple of months ago because I said "I could care less"

Now lets see how many grammatical mistakes I made in this thread get called out.

 

[KevinF]

The two that get me are "break vs. brake" and "their, there, and they're".

 

[jrmagic]

^ similiarly your and you're bugs me.

 

[Nick]

My pet peeve is when people mix up effect and affect

 

[wa-loaf]

To, two, and too ...

 

[ScottySkis]

Scottish lanugage lol

 

[jrmagic]

To, two, and too ...

I for got about those. Me to:dunce:

 

[wa-loaf]

See more here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

 

[Cornhead]

Scotty, don't get pissed. If you used proper grammar in your posts, I wouldn't have any use for my Scotty to English dictionary! We kid because we care. Doesn't bother me in the least, it's entertaining, or is it its, or maybe its'.

 

[ScottySkis]

Scotty, don't get pissed. If you used proper grammar in your posts, I wouldn't have any use for my Scotty to English dictionary! We kid because we care. Doesn't bother me in the least, it's entertaining, or is it its, or maybe its'.

I not pissed I was just kidding I understand.

 

[o3jeff]

Scotty, don't get pissed. If you used proper grammar in your posts, I wouldn't have any use for my Scotty to English dictionary! We kid because we care. Doesn't bother me in the least, it's entertaining, or is it its, or maybe its'.

If you use Taptalk it has a Scotty translator built in! ;-)

Or maybe it's the Taptalk that messes up his posts :idea:

 

[ScottySkis]

Sent from my ADR6410LVW using Tapatalk 2

Tapatalk is a great translator.

 

[skiNEwhere]

I'm still a little confused with affect/effect. The only time I use effect is when referring to personal effects.

 

[Edd]

I'm still a little confused with affect/effect. The only time I use effect is when referring to personal effects.

Affect = verb
Effect = noun

Constantly misused on the interwebz.

 

[wa-loaf]

I'm still a little confused with affect/effect. The only time I use effect is when referring to personal effects.

A change in the law could affect your personal effects when you die.

 

[Cheese]

dessert / desert

 

[darent]

dessert / desert

I don't think anyone messes that up, especially me, apple pie and sand never taste alike. maybe skiNEwhere might get confused after eating the armies food:razz::razz:

 

[Cornhead]

dessert / desert

Sand for dessert?
I'd hate to have to learn English as a second language, so many rules, and always exceptions. I heard once that it is intentionally complicated to keep the illiterate just that.
[video]http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=uWN9rTc08GU&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuWN9rTc08GU[/video]

 

[TheBEast]

[video]http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=uWN9rTc08GU&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuWN9rTc08GU[/video]

Such a great video! My wife will love that as she constantly corrects me on numerous of these infractions.....

 

[ctenidae]

I may not type/speak perfectly (I make a lot of typo's), but there are a few things that annoy me:

Now lets see how many grammatical mistakes I made in this thread get called out.

Improper apostrophication (and the verbification of nouns) gets to me. Its/it's is pretty common, but even more annoying is the "greengrocer's apostrophe," where one is used in a plural form. Sorry, skiNEwhere, but typos is plural, typo's is possessive.