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Hey Pandas, What Are Your Biggest Grammar Pet Peeves?
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#1
My biggest grammar pet peeve is when people neglect the Oxford comma. It's logical, improves the flow, and adds clarity.
Final score:
10points
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#2
I'm surprised how many people get mixed up when using the phrase "let alone". You're supposed to say the more general thing first, then the more specific thing (ex. "people shouldn't keep wild animals as pets, let alone lions" NOT "people shouldn't keep lions at pets, let alone wild animals")
Final score:
10points
#3
When ppl rite lyk DiS
Final score:
9points
#4
I absolutely hate when people say, “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less” That completely defeats the point of the phrase! Saying “I could care less” implies that you do care at least a little. I try not to be bothered with other people’s grammar, but this one gets me.
Final score:
9points
#5
When people say "Do you mind" and everyone answers "yes" as in I don't mind but really you have to say no I don't mind and if you say yes as in I mind people misunderstand.
Final score:
8points
#6
Not exactly grammar, but most finnish people handwrite Ä and Ö with with a long horizontal line instead of two dots, so as Ā and Ō. This is super annoying as Ā and Ō are completely differemt from Ä and Ö
Final score:
7points
#7
Using "are" instead of "is" with a collective noun such as the name of an organization or group. It started on Wikipedia and then began popping up everywhere.
Final score:
7points
#8
-Lowercase i instead of I for example, i went to the store. -Weird slang. "You was there" "Me said hi" "I wuz lyk wuts dat, wut da heck" etc. -Your and You're -When Things Are Typed Like This All The Time Like It Isn't A Movie Title Chill. -ThIs LoWkEy HuRtS aS wElL
Final score:
6points
#9
Words spelled wrong
Final score:
5points
#10
The ones I make :( But I really hate it when people don't use comma's in writing. I go on fan fiction sites a lot and sometimes, I just can't. Its impossible to read.
Final score:
5points
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/hey you) 2 years ago
“Commas” not “comma’s” but “it’s” not “its.” The first is simply plural, so an apostrophe isn’t used, and the second is a contraction of “it is” so an apostrophe is necessary. You’re welcome. 😄
#11
Double negatives. "I don't know nothing!" So you know something? That's what you're saying...
Final score:
5points
#12
Saying bring instead of take IE: "Can you bring me to the hospital" no it's "Can you take me to the hospital". Drives me up the wall.
Final score:
4points
#13
Just spelling in general. You've been reading and writing since you were a baby/toddler, surely you can figure out how to spell giraffe. (True story)
Final score:
3points
#14
Guy meant to type "descent," but he spelled "decent." I commented, "that's a decent descent" about his photo. He thanked me. Woooossshhh! Right over his punkin' head.
Final score:
3points
#15
What I really don’t like it when people just type k Instead of ok it’s one more letter how much trouble could it be!
Final score:
3points
eccentric feline 2 years ago
Kk is even worse. It’s not even saving you a letter. How hard is it to type ok?
#16
Misuse of apostrophes: - Using them for plurals, as in "My dog had puppy's." It's "puppies"! -Not using them for possessives, as in "my friends mom". -Mistaking "it's" (which means "it is" or "it has") and "its" (meaning "belonging to it"). "It's time for the dog to eat its food" is correct. The other way around is not.
Final score:
3points
#17
1. Double negatives are a no-no. 2. I don't like redundancies of repetition. 3. I'm driven up the wall by people by whom the passive voice is used!
Final score:
3points
#18
when people mix you’re and your. for example if they say “your kidding, right?”
Final score:
3points
#19
I know it can be a typing quirk but it really stresses me out when people replace the "s" with a "z". Also when they type "u" instead of "you". It makes it difficult to read!!
Final score:
3points
#20
Grammarly, the writing app! We are creating a world of idiots.
Final score:
2points
#21
When people use one word when they mean another word- like saying defiantly instead of definitely or barley instead of barely.
Final score:
1point
#22
“To” instead of “too” as in I am to tired. I took to much. You drive too fast. Argh!
Final score:
1point
Fairytails From Other Worlds (Submission author) 2 years ago
And then the autocorrect corrected the last “to” to “too”. Argh!
#23
Misplacing adverbs, especially "only." An adverb directly modifies the word that comes right after it. For example, if you say "I only have one pen," "only" modifies "have," not "pen." You only have one pen? You don't own one pen, you don't possess one pen - you only have it?
Final score:
0points
#24
"I graduated high school in 1967." The school does the graduating. "I was graduated from high school in 1967." Pet peeve. I've given up trying to correct people.
Final score:
0points
What do you think ?
Dwayne Johnson 2 years ago
Most of these are spelling errors, not grammatical ones, the others are mostly fake rules the person made up like the “only” rule and not understanding that the passive voice is a perfectly cromulant English tool, also they don’t seem to know what it is. The other part is getting mad at people for speaking non standard dialects, that’s kind of classist. Overall what you’d expect from wannabe prescriptivists.
Dwayne Johnson 2 years ago
Most of these are spelling errors, not grammatical ones, the others are mostly fake rules the person made up like the “only” rule and not understanding that the passive voice is a perfectly cromulant English tool, also they don’t seem to know what it is. The other part is getting mad at people for speaking non standard dialects, that’s kind of classist. Overall what you’d expect from wannabe prescriptivists.
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