Your single biggest grammar pet peeve?

[Anonymous]

Irregardless

[Anonymous]

The X is broke when it broken.

I’m buying a new washer because mine is broke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who have pet peeves about grammar.

That's not a grammar pet peeve. Its a generic pet peeve, but you are free to start your own thread!

It's a generic not its a generic

[Anonymous]

heighth, acrossed, acrost

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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

My ILs in Pittsburgh all say this.

I grew up in Pittsburgh and said this until college. My boyfriend pointed it out and I had no idea it was incorrect. Pittsburgh has a lot of regional quirks.

I also know people from PA who say things like "are you done your coffee?" Prepositions, people!

My biggest peeve is when people say "so and so and I's" - like "it's Fred and I's 20th anniversary!" ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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

My ILs in Pittsburgh all say this.

+2

It’s an Appalachian thing. My husband is from West Virginia and says this all the time and it drives me craaaaazy.

[Anonymous]

They’re
There
Their

[Anonymous]

Like OP, mine is him/her, he/she, me/I. I cringe at “if you have any questions, come to Larla and I” or “Me and Larla went to the store.” It makes me think you’re uneducated.

[Anonymous]

Placement of "only".

"He only threw 78 pitches." What, as opposed to kicking 78 pitches? It should be "He threw only 78 pitches."

(And yes, I realize there only are about 3 people who care about this. Wait, I mean "There are only about 3 people.")

[Anonymous]

More spelling than grammar: discrete for discreet, distain for disdain, loose for lose, breath for breathe.

[Anonymous]

anyways

it's "anyway", people!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who have pet peeves about grammar.

That's not a grammar pet peeve. Its a generic pet peeve, but you are free to start your own thread!

It's a generic not its a generic

Zing!

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Split infinitives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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

My ILs in Pittsburgh all say this.

+2

It’s an Appalachian thing. My husband is from West Virginia and says this all the time and it drives me craaaaazy.

Bless your little heart. Such a delicate little flower. Somebody needs a safe space.