Your single biggest grammar pet peeve?

[Anonymous]

“I should have went” instead of “I should have gone”.

[Anonymous]

Where are you sitting "at"? Where's that "at"?

cannot deal.

[Anonymous]

less and fewer
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.

[Anonymous]

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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

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.

Are you okay?

[Anonymous]

to/too

[Anonymous]

There is a middle eastern guy at work who will say "you know?" after every single thing he reports on or says, a statement expressed as an unnecessary question.
Its like Simon Says its so regular and predictable.
Another guy with similar background says it also although not near as often.
"The report ran correctly you know?"
"We are off next Monday you know?"
"Their project is on schedule you know?"

Arrrrrghhh!!!!

[Anonymous]

Perhaps not grammar per se, but using "like" when speaking.

[Anonymous]

Then instead of than

[Anonymous]

'could care less'

[Anonymous]

Let me Aks you something

[Anonymous]

I work in an industry that involves writing about businesses and I hate when someone uses the pronoun "they" instead of "it."

I also hate when people put the periods and commas outside the quotation marks instead of inside. In the sentence above, more than half of the people with whom I work would have incorrectly ended the sentence with "it".

These are small things; I have no idea why they bug me. Even so, I would never correct someone unless it is an important because I also hate when people spend their time correcting other people's perfectly understandable grammar in casual contexts.

[Anonymous]

Rein, Reign and Rain. People can't spell them and don't know which to choose.

[Anonymous]

People using the word mortified when they mean horrified and confusing weary and wary.

[Anonymous]

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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

Also, yes, it is a pet peeve and, yes, it is about grammar. It counts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People using the word mortified when they mean horrified and confusing weary and wary.

YESSSS