Spelling / Grammar that bugs you

"judgement" instead of "judgment"

mixing up "they're, there, and their"
mixing up "you're and your"

improper usage of commas / lack of commas


I also get bugged when people are using words that are clearly not part of their regular vocabulary.

 

People being condescending about correcting mistakes "bugs" me quite a bit more than the mistakes themselves.

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In that you are doing the same thing you claim to be intolerable of. Doesn't work both ways, mate.


And yes, I know ending a sentence in a preposition is frowned upon.

 

That was the irony of the post. I usually find grammar Nazis more intolerable than grammar errors, but they are on to some things.

That rule actually doesn't make any sense when you think about it. English is perfectly capable of ending sentences with prepositions. The rule actually comes from Latin, a language with totally different rules from English (but there was a time when grammarians felt Latin was the perfect language and English needed to emulate it, including rules that didn't fit English). Ending a sentence with a preposition is no longer something up with which you should not put

 

If I can read what you're saying that's all that matters, unless you're learning a language grammar is a worthless thing to worry about

 

Ah, there are so many examples. This is what happens when there are so many irregularities in a language, and made more complicated by regional differences.

For the longest time, I didn't know which was the "correct" spelling for mustache/moustache and grey/gray, probably from spending too much time on the internets...

 

"They're there to buy their tutus, but two were too big." This sentence alone has to be one of the worst nightmares for a grammar nazi.

 

When people spell definitely as defiantly. They're very different words and I get a chuckle every time.... Because the meaning completely changes.

 

Pretty much all of 'em. The only reason native speakers still consistently mess up common words is that they don't get corrected. Most of the time it doesn't matter, but to me it does. I want to be reminded if I screw up because expression through language is one of our greatest inventions as a species; we shouldn't pollute it.

 

A few more, simply because...
-UR, because some people use it to mean "you are", and others to mean "your"... (I suppose it's the abbreviated version of your vs you're lol)
-tounge, commerical, and defiantly (rather than definitely) are common typos that somehow I find more irritating than others
-this one is a vocabulary error but mis-using "roof" and "ceiling" makes my skin crawl

 

I have a lot pet peeves when it comes to grammar and punctuation, especially the following:
- Omitting apostrophes in contractions
- Incorrect use of they're/there/their
- Not capitalising proper nouns
- People who misspell misspell
- Inappropriate use of commas, ellipses and apostrophes
- Excessive use of exclamation marks and other irrelevant characters to express emotion, e.g. OMG!@#%!@
- Capitalising every letter of a sentence, as if it becomes any "louder" to read

OMMGGGGGG SRSLY Y CANT YALL JUST RITE PROPRLY!@#$%

 

Yeah I get what you mean, it's far more common among non-native Germans living in Germany/Austria/Switzerland, who come from countries that don't have gender or articles in their mother tongue. Just what I've noticed.

One example of what bugs me is "alot". Luckily, after autocorrect, the error is appearing less.

 

I've never fully understood the difference between these

 

When it comes to grammar, both spoken and written, there are two things that annoys me immensely. One is when people says "could of" instead of "could have" and the other one, which annoys me even more, is when people say "I could care less" to indicate they don't care about something. It's "COULDN'T care less"--saying it the other way makes no fucking sense and it vexes me how people can look at the expression and think "this is probably right."

 

e.g. is "for example" ( I like things that are blue e.g the sky )
i.e is "In other words" ( I cant go to the party i.e start without me, I wont be there )

 

E.g. is "for example..." while i.e. basically is "that is to say..."

 

irregardless instead of regardless
the ir as prefix indicates opposite of the word. e.g irresponsible.. responsible, not responsible.
so
regardless is without regard, but irregardless would actually be with regard.
and then we have the
There, their they're
or to and too
it's the little things that bug me

 

All of the above, plus the word because followed directly by the reason (as in 'because Kardashians')