Your single biggest grammar pet peeve?

[Anonymous]

1. So many people seem to have forgotten how to conjugate short i verbs like sink and sing correctly. The past tense of sink is not sunk.

2. Disinterested and uninterested do not mean the same thing.

3. Fewer is a perfectly good word. I wish more people used it.

[Anonymous]

"of off"

Hate hate hate hate hate it

[Anonymous]

Having said that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who have pet peeves about grammar.

lol. I teach English and I don’t even care this much about grammar.

[Anonymous]

Writing "your" instead of "you're." It bothers me immensely every single time I see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!!!!

Another thing I notice certain nationalities do is add “do” to verbs, for no ascertainable reason. “I do live in Virginia.” “I do want some pretzels.” They could just write “I live in Virginia.” “I want some pretzels.” It must be some sort of literal translation from their own language.

[Anonymous]

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.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it "fewer" than five widgets, or "less than" five widgets?

Which is correct.

I know I is fewer widgets, it I the number that throws me.

"Fewer" is for countables whereas "less" is for mass nouns, e.g.:

There are fewer people here than I thought there would be.

There is less wind today than predicted.

[Anonymous]

“How does she look like?”

It’s either “how does she look?” or “what does she look like?”

[Anonymous]

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

YESSSS

What is the difference?

Mortified means extremely embarrassed or ashamed but for some reason people routinely misuse it as a substitute for horrified/shocked.

Weary means that you are exhausted/fatigued whereas wary means you are suspicious or skeptical but again people tend to switch the two.

[Anonymous]

"based off of"

[Anonymous]

Actually came here to post a grammar question and now I’m debating if I put it in this thread or give own thread. It could touch on someone’s pet peeve I suppose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!!!!

That’s not a grammar issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me Aks you something

Also not a grammar issue. That’s a pronunciation issue.

[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.

I have to say that this one always delights me. My boss routinely misuses ‘and I’ and I always appreciate the reminder that he isn’t quite as much of a genius as he thinks he is. So not a peeve for me.