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Yeah. Sareitha Sedai Send a noteboard - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM

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For me, the worst currently are:
  1. Between you and I... (or any similar use of I in oblique positions)
  2. If I was a betting person... (or any similar failure to use the subjunctive)
  3. Attempts to make non-existent verbs out of nouns



For instance, - I see he could of rather than he could have.

I also do not care when people don't understand the difference between accept/except.

And lastly I am not a fan of misuse of apostrophes.


Your first two are interesting because they've only become problematic relatively recently, as written communication has surpassed verbal. The wrong and right sound the same, spoken.

If people would just remember what to do "when in doubt," they'd solve 90% of their apostrophe problems.

Edit: It strikes me I didn't really care about apostrophes before I was mostly reading people's words instead of hearing them, either

If you are from Betelgeuse, please have one of your Earth friends read what I've written before you respond. Or try concentrating harder.

"The trophy problem has become extreme."
This message last edited by Sareitha Sedai on 06/04/2017 at 08:28:58 PM
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Please share the grammatical and/or orthographic errors that most irritate you. Tom - 06/04/2017 12:20:27 AM 852 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 576 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 577 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 304 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 472 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 588 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 507 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 566 Views
Does anyone really address cousins or siblings by the relationship term? I hate that on TV & films Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:21:25 PM 616 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 916 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 284 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 528 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 970 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 577 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 535 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 597 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 526 Views
I can see how that would be annoying - just not how it's a grammar/vocabulary error... *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:11:18 PM 289 Views
which is why I preceded my original comment by stating it was not part of Tom's question *NM* damookster - 09/04/2017 08:14:25 PM 340 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 552 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 304 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 324 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 526 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 593 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 589 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 579 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 479 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 562 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 491 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 561 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 510 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 516 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 523 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 516 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 314 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 522 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 317 Views
I am annoyed by people who get upset with outdated rules and expect the rest of us to care random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:28:33 PM 579 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 287 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 294 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 563 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 521 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 514 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 297 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 512 Views
I've never liked that word. It sounds like someone savoring come from a blowjob. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:19:14 PM 278 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 549 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 525 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 308 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 690 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 526 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 470 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 516 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 529 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 545 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 504 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 353 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 546 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 278 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 285 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 523 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 803 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 980 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 582 Views
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