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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 1101 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 790 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 809 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 452 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 683 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 818 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 735 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 795 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 846 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 1265 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 438 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 782 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 1289 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 794 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 761 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 837 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 741 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 425 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 481 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 789 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 440 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 461 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 769 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 824 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 807 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 799 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 723 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 825 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 724 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 801 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 754 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 749 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 749 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 746 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 452 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 755 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 456 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 815 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 426 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 444 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 797 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 747 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 752 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 426 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 729 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 417 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 775 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 747 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 453 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 944 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 757 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 699 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 770 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 766 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 772 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 728 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 516 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 781 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 411 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 423 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 795 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 1173 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 1323 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 820 Views
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