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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 1039 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 745 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 752 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 426 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 641 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 772 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 683 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 753 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 794 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 1214 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 401 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 719 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 1239 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 749 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 706 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 783 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 692 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 400 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 459 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 732 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 417 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 439 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 703 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 773 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 759 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 757 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 664 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 764 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 672 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 737 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 700 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 699 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 697 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 700 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 434 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 703 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 434 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 763 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 402 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 421 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 739 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 693 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 697 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 411 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 677 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 395 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 732 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 696 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 424 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 883 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 699 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 645 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 699 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 713 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 723 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 675 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 477 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 731 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 390 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 397 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 714 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 1117 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 1274 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 764 Views
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