Your single biggest grammar pet peeve?

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‘Comprised of’ instead of ‘comprised’.

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Anonymous wrote:I know it’s common now, but I hate when people say “myself” when they mean “me.”

“Please come talk to Sarah or myself. Thank you!”

This drives me CRAZY! Also, when people omit preposition. For example, “when I’m done my dinner, I will…”

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And not putting punctuation inside quotation marks such as:

He called this flower a "buttercup." <--- correct
He called this flower a buttercup". <----- inccorrect *unless you're from England.

Ugh, it bugs me that the American way is less accurate. If I am quoting something, I want to quote it exactly. Ex: The sign stated "exit." No it didn't, there was no period on the sign. The sign sign stated "exit". Or: Did the sign state "exit?" No the sign wasn't asking a question.

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Agree with you.

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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.

Much to my annoyance, my phone often autocorrects this incorrectly!

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Verbal in place of oral. Verbal means in words. Written instructions are verbal.
Any modifier used with the word unique. Unique is binary, it means one of a kind. Something can't be very unique, somewhat unique or a little unique.
Assassination used to describe run of the mill murder.
It does not grate on me as a pet peeve because it is so rarely used and known, but I really appreciate when I see datum used in non technical writing.

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Anonymous wrote:Seen instead of saw. "I seen him at the grocery store." I'm about as anti grammar grump as possible but it just sounds so silly.

I came here to say this too!

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Those who don't understand the difference between Misnomer and Misconception, and when to use each.

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

Where do you hear this? Trying to remember if it's a baltimore thing

I hear this when I visit family/friends in PA.

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Anonymous wrote:Verbal in place of oral. Verbal means in words. Written instructions are verbal.
Any modifier used with the word unique. Unique is binary, it means one of a kind. Something can't be very unique, somewhat unique or a little unique.
Assassination used to describe run of the mill murder.
It does not grate on me as a pet peeve because it is so rarely used and known, but I really appreciate when I see datum used in non technical writing.

Oral instructions are verbal. They consist of words.

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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.

It's funny that that would cause problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Verbal in place of oral. Verbal means in words. Written instructions are verbal.
Any modifier used with the word unique. Unique is binary, it means one of a kind. Something can't be very unique, somewhat unique or a little unique.
Assassination used to describe run of the mill murder.
It does not grate on me as a pet peeve because it is so rarely used and known, but I really appreciate when I see datum used in non technical writing.

Oral instructions are verbal. They consist of words.

They are. My pet peeve is when someone uses verbal when oral is what is meant. So a conversation like this:
"Bob, did you get that in writing?"
"No, I just got verbal confirmation."

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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.

It's funny that that would cause problems.

[Anonymous]

Please settle a debate between my DH and me… is it grammatically correct to say “I’m done work” or “I’m done dinner” rather than “I’m done *with* dinner” or “I’m done *with* work”

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if it's incorrect or not, but it sure grates on my nerves when people say "get a coffee" or "grab a coffee." It should be "get a cup of coffee" or "grab a cup of coffee."

Ok, that's overly pedantic imo. And I'm plenty pedantic as a rule!

No, this drives me crazy, too. Totally legitimate gripe.