Your single biggest grammar pet peeve?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who use "and I" incorrectly and it should be "and me" but they're being pretentious

And they don't realize that they are making themselves sound like idiots. It's like people are afraid of using the word me.

Funny but because of a former supervisor who was a grammar nazi, I am afraid of using the word "that." She felt like the word was overused, hated it, and would mark up files for corrections if we used it too much. Now, I am hyper aware to not use it more than once in a sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Irregardless

This is now correct. Language evolves; you should evolve with it.

No, thank you. It sounds dumb.

+1 Terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Text instead of texted
Alot instead of a lot
And the worst - bias instead of biased

Riffing on that last item—ice tea instead of iced tea, bake beans instead of baked beans. Also “prude” as an adjective—“she’s so prude” when it should be “she’s so prudish.”

I just had a Mandella effect moment-- I could have sworn it was "ice tea," and now the internet is agreeing with you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The towels "need washed" or the baby's diaper "needs changed." I understand this is a regionalism but it sounds so uneducated.

Wait… how is this supposed to be said? I have two advanced degrees and this sounds fine to me! “The towels need to be washed”? “The baby’s diaper needs changing”?

[Anonymous]

Misuse of the word “verbiage.” It irks because they’re trying to sound smart, but couldn’t be bothered to learn the actual word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These ones

Those ones

I like these ones. Those ones are ugly.

This irks me too, but I read somewhere that it's not incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The towels "need washed" or the baby's diaper "needs changed." I understand this is a regionalism but it sounds so uneducated.

Wait… how is this supposed to be said? I have two advanced degrees and this sounds fine to me! “The towels need to be washed”? “The baby’s diaper needs changing”?

Yes, your latter sentences are correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who use "and I" incorrectly and it should be "and me" but they're being pretentious

New work around/sidestep is “myself.”

Please ask Gina or myself if you have questions.

[Anonymous]

Straight from a training slide today;

“Be alert, no matter where you are at.”

You don’t need that at!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The towels "need washed" or the baby's diaper "needs changed." I understand this is a regionalism but it sounds so uneducated.

Wait… how is this supposed to be said? I have two advanced degrees and this sounds fine to me! “The towels need to be washed”? “The baby’s diaper needs changing”?

"The towels need to be washed."

"The baby's diaper needs to be changed" or "The baby needs a diaper change."

[Anonymous]

real instead of really

“Graduated high school” when it should be “graduated front high school” this bothers me to no end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:real instead of really

“Graduated high school” when it should be “graduated front high school” this bothers me to no end.

Graduated front high school? Huh?

Check your work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putting apostrophes where they are not necessary, especially in "its" (possessive). "It's" means "it is." I see this every day.

This. It is ubiquitous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use of ‘less’ when it should be ‘fewer’. Like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Same! I even hear this is commercials.

[Anonymous]

something you count--> fewer
something you measure--> less

fewer chocolate bars/less chocolate