Annoying grammatical mistakes

[skiNEwhere]

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.

That was a typo.

 

[skiNEwhere]

When people say statue of limitations!!! grrr!! Statute!!!

 

[steamboat1]

pacific/specific

 

[ctenidae]

One of my colleagues has started saying "disengenuine" when she means "disingenuous." She also doesn't really understand what it means.

Another colleague calls first drafts or examples "strawmen" not realizing that a strawman is an intentional misinterpretation of the facts. In our business, intentionally utilizing a strawman would be strongly frowned upon by people who can send you to jail...

 

[Geoff]

Here's one that always makes me cringe: It's a mute point

I use "ain't" as part of my internet persona and I ain't gonna stop.

 

[dmc]

wow... you guys get pissed at some stupid stuff...

 

[andyzee]

 

[Warp Daddy]

Frankly WGARA , my personna here is given to the irreverant ,deliberate , Light hearted ebonification of the language strictly for fun and games . Life is short ? I no longer make time for the grammar police or the tight assed control freaks of any stripe .

 

[Sunder->Twister]

When people say "I feel badly" when they mean they are upset (or "feel bad"). To "feel badly" means there is something wrong with your hands.

 

[Geoff]

 

[snowmonster]

Heard mostly while listening to sports radio:

- "We played good."

- "I could care less."

 

[skiNEwhere]

Maybe and may be

 

[Cheese]

prolly

 

[Nick]

Heard mostly while listening to sports radio:

- "We played good."

- "I could care less."

Care less is a good one

Sent from my Nexus 7 using AlpineZone mobile app

 

[skiNEwhere]

When "could've" is spelled "could of"

 

[Geoff]

When "could've" is spelled "could of"

To go with my use of "ain't", I spell it "could-a".

 

[mmonet]

I teach Spanish at the college level and I once got an email from a student that had the subject line "grammer question." I knew I was in for some work.

 

[andyzee]

I teach Spanish at the college level and I once got an email from a student that had the subject line "grammer question." I knew I was in for some work.

Can I axe what it was?

 

[mmonet]

Exactly!

 

[andyzee]

Exactly!

He's on third.