Your single biggest grammar pet peeve?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who do not use "I" and "me" properly.

Susie and I went to the store. (CORRECT)

Tom went to the store with Susie and I. (INCORRECT).

Tom went to the store with Susie and me. (CORRECT).

I was taught that, when using a first person singular pronoun, the pronoun goes nearest to the verb such that your last example should end ". . . with me and Susie."

I am not sure where you were educated but it is NOT "me and Susie."

Both are correct. In this case, the order doesn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who do not use "I" and "me" properly.

Susie and I went to the store. (CORRECT)

Tom went to the store with Susie and I. (INCORRECT).

Tom went to the store with Susie and me. (CORRECT).

I was taught that, when using a first person singular pronoun, the pronoun goes nearest to the verb such that your last example should end ". . . with me and Susie."

I am not sure where you were educated but it is NOT "me and Susie."

Both are correct. In this case, the order doesn’t matter.

https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/09/me-and-you-and-you-and-me.html?m=1#:~:text=%22Me%20and...%22,constructions%2C%20when%20usage%20suits%20them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who do not use "I" and "me" properly.

Susie and I went to the store. (CORRECT)

Tom went to the store with Susie and I. (INCORRECT).

Tom went to the store with Susie and me. (CORRECT).

I was taught that, when using a first person singular pronoun, the pronoun goes nearest to the verb such that your last example should end ". . . with me and Susie."

I am not sure where you were educated but it is NOT "me and Susie."

Trump University strikes again.

[Anonymous]

I didn't read all the previous posts, but I get irritated when people don't use the subjunctive tense with hypotheticals.

I hear it in speech all the time, and it comes up a lot in pop songs, too. Beyonce got it right (If I WERE A Boy), but so many others have not.

For example:

If I Was A Man (by Taylor Swift) should be If I WERE a Man

If I Was Your Boyfriend (by Justin Bieber) should be If I WERE Your Boyfriend

[Anonymous]

The use of the word "myriad" NEVER requires an article preceding it. For example, "A myriad of problems" is not proper use; "myriad problems" is the correct form.

Two pronunciation peeves: fentanyl is pronounced "fen-tan-ill" not "fen-tan-awl." Nuclear is "knew-klee-ar" not "new-kew-lar."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who do not use "I" and "me" properly.

Susie and I went to the store. (CORRECT)

Tom went to the store with Susie and I. (INCORRECT).

Tom went to the store with Susie and me. (CORRECT).

I was taught that, when using a first person singular pronoun, the pronoun goes nearest to the verb such that your last example should end ". . . with me and Susie."

I am not sure where you were educated but it is NOT "me and Susie."

Both are correct. In this case, the order doesn’t matter.

https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/09/me-and-you-and-you-and-me.html?m=1#:~:text=%22Me%20and...%22,constructions%2C%20when%20usage%20suits%20them.

Very similar to Patricia in the linked entry, I looked at the grammar guide books and found no defninitive guidance on ". . . and me" vs "me and . . ."; appears my usage is derivative of the personal preferences of a particular nun.

[Anonymous]

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I tell you what burns my butt, and yes, I have been livid about this since a small child. It isn't a grammar point, but at this point, who cares.

Lime. Why do we use the same word for such vastly different things? Maybe it's a citrus fruit, but maybe it's the "caustic highly infusible solid that consists of calcium oxide often together with magnesium oxide, that is obtained by calcining forms of calcium carbonate (such as shells or limestone), and that is used in building (as in mortar and plaster) and in agriculture."

WTF? One is delicious (albeit sour), while the other is f'ing caustic. When I learned that soap could be made by treating animal fat with lime, I envisioned something much different than the reality. Jesus. I am still mad.

Wait til you hear about 'cleave'!

Cleave is like my favorite word precisely because of its two opposite meanings.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t read all 23 pages but it’s seeing apostrophes in dates and ages, eg. “In my 20’s” or “Back in the 80’s”. Makes my eyes bleed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The use of the word "myriad" NEVER requires an article preceding it. For example, "A myriad of problems" is not proper use; "myriad problems" is the correct form.

Two pronunciation peeves: fentanyl is pronounced "fen-tan-ill" not "fen-tan-awl." Nuclear is "knew-klee-ar" not "new-kew-lar."

Thank you. The normalization of “a myriad of” is killing me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The use of the word "myriad" NEVER requires an article preceding it. For example, "A myriad of problems" is not proper use; "myriad problems" is the correct form.

Two pronunciation peeves: fentanyl is pronounced "fen-tan-ill" not "fen-tan-awl." Nuclear is "knew-klee-ar" not "new-kew-lar."

Thank you. The normalization of “a myriad of” is killing me.

Not everyone agrees with you on "myriad."

https://www.dictionary.com/e/how-do-you-use-the-word-myriad/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/myriad-vs-myriad-of-grammar-rules

[Anonymous]

Per se, when people use it to mean "so to speak." Bonus points for spelling it "per say." Just never use this term unless you are both a Latin teacher and a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read all 23 pages but it’s seeing apostrophes in dates and ages, eg. “In my 20’s” or “Back in the 80’s”. Makes my eyes bleed.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Lay down instead of lie down (present tense)

[Anonymous]

Saying "I'm nauseous" when you mean "I'm nauseated."

[Anonymous]

Making things possessive unnecessarily:

Back in the 90's

Dos and Don'ts, while technically correct, does look funny. But no way will I put an apostrophe in there.