Most hated grammatical error [Merged]

Smart Bug

I f*ckin hate it when people write (or say) of instead of have, e.g:

"it would of worked if I wasn't so 'tarded"

or:

"I would of come over there if I wasn't a blithering idiot"

Grrrrrr

What's yours? Thread go now:

andrewh5

Your instead of you're for you are.

Been instead of being.

As instead of has.

There instead of they're for they are.

Fratton Fred

andrewh5 wrote: »

Your instead of you're for you are.

Been instead of being.

As instead of has.

There instead of they're for they are.

+1

plus people who don't know when to use their, there or they're.

monaghanbiffo

Yeah i'm gonna go for You're where actually it should be Your

ie: You're Ma

when it Should be

Your Ma!!!

Smart Bug

monaghanbiffo wrote: »

Yeah i'm gonna go for You're where actually it should be Your

ie: You're Ma

when it Should be

Your Ma!!!

You are Ma.

Smellyirishman

monaghanbiffo wrote: »

when it Should be

Your Ma!!!

Eh, it's actually Yore Ma.

Pfft, go lurn a book or somethink.

stovelid

None, really.

Text-speak is worse, as it's intentional.

Honey-ec

monaghanbiffo wrote: »

Yeah i'm gonna go for You're where actually it should be Your

ie: You're Ma

when it Should be

Your Ma!!!

Actually I believe the accepted AH spelling is "Yore ma!"

Everything everyone has said above.

People asking for advise.

People thinking that every single word that ends in "s" requires an apostrophe before it.

BrokenArrows

from the poker forum it drives me nuts when people use the term loose in stead of lose and vice versa.

also forum instead of form and vice versa.

also vice versa instead of vice versa

themadchef

Smellyirishman wrote: »

Eh, it's actually Yore Ma.

That will *learn him!



*really bothers me

Dudess

Should of went - two grammatical howlers in just three words...

(It's "should have gone").

"Their"/"there"/"they're" are pretty bad too.

Turd Ferguson

Why be there always of threads about the bad spelling and of the grammer also?
Can i be ansurd pleese?

Smart Bug

Dudess wrote: »

Should of went - two grammatical howlers in just three words...

That makes me cry inside.

fonpokno

"Should of" is terrible but "I seen" is just infuriating. At least "should of" sounds a little bit like "should've", saw and seen are two completely different words. Jesus.

You didn't seen anything, you fecking well saw it.

shellyboo

Smart Bug wrote: »

I f*ckin hate it when people write (or say) of instead of have

This is mine, as well. The only one I will ever correct anyone on, too. I can stand any amount of its/it's and your/you're and their/there/they're (well, in day to day life, not in work)... but break out an 'of' instead of 'have' and I'm sorry, you are a complete idiot and you fail at the English language.

Also, unnecessary capitalisation disease. Unless it is a proper noun or the first word in a sentence, it does not take a capital letter. How hard is this to grasp? I'll tell you... not hard at all.

Ooh, ooh, and using commas like a stupid person. Just because you think a pause in your head doesn't mean a comma goes in there. We don't all read out loud.

*angry editing face*

Dinter

I'm weary of people misspelling wary.

Alarums

"Loose" instead of "lose". The amount of people who make that mistake is astonishing.

Alun

- Using "amount of" instead of "number of" when referring to countable items, e.g. "there was a huge amount of people at the match today".

- Using inappropriate adjectives, as in "fast speed" (should be "high"), "expensive price" (ditto), "cold temperatures" (should be "low") etc.

- The inability to know the difference between adverbs and adjectives, as in "the train was travelling really quick" (should be quickly).

- Using "rob" instead of "steal" (You rob people, you steal things).

- Using "lend" instead of "borrow" (You lend things to people, you borrow things from people).

- All the usual ones "would of", "been" instead of "being", their/they're/there, its/it's etc.

- A Motors forum specific one that always gets me is the use of "brake" instead of "break".

Kold

Simply has to be There/Their/They're and your/you're. I could do this by age 5 only to have the same English class every year until I was 18 and still f*ckers can't do it!

abouttobebanned

I'm another who hates to see loose instead of lose. I mean when they mean to spell loose do they not then question that their previous spelling of "lose" was incorrect?

Smart Bug

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Why be there always of threads about the bad spelling and of the grammer also?
Can i be ansurd pleese?

Because, Tard Ferguson, most Boards.ie users are OCD-ridden perfectionist grammar/spelling Nazis who cannot, for one nano-second, tolerate the sheer ignorance displayed by the intelluctually unwashed as evidenced by their utterly incompetent attempts at rendering a readable and sensical post.

Yes, sensical is a word. Because I said so, that's why.

shellyboo

fonpokno wrote: »

"Should of" is terrible but "I seen" is just infuriating.

You didn't seen anything, you fecking well saw it.

Oh, oh, and 'been' instead of being.

And, and, and... 'I was looking at the telly'... Oh really? Was it off? Or were you actually watching a programme?

And for the love of god, please, internet: It's 'discreet', not 'discrete'. Unless you're having an in-depth discussion about phonology and word sounds, it's discreet.


Oh, and btw: Has anyone seen Tesco's discounted "confectionary" promotion? There's 25% off badly-spelled sweets in your local supermarket NOW!

MIN2511

definately instead of definitely......

I am guilty of using 'would' instead of 'will'

stovelid

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Why be there always of threads about the bad spelling and of the grammer also?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-upmanship

Honey-ec

shellyboo wrote: »

Oh, and btw: Has anyone seen Tesco's discounted "confectionary" promotion? There's 25% off badly-spelled sweets in your local supermarket NOW!

Come back next month for their stationary sale...

Ever noticed that the same people who say "should of" invariably also say "kind have"?

Smart Bug

shellyboo wrote: »

Oh, and btw: Has anyone seen Tesco's discounted "confectionary" promotion? There's 25% off badly-spelled sweets in your local supermarket NOW!

I love Quarlity Strete chicolites myself.

shellyboo

BrokenArrows wrote: »

from the poker forum it drives me nuts when people use the term loose in stead of lose and visa versa.

also forum instead of form and visa versa.

also visa versa instead of visa versa

*cringes*

Please be being ironic... because it's vice versa

MIN2511 wrote: »

definitely instead of definately......

Definitely being the correct spelling of the word, you mean?

ncmc

Double negatives...

"I didn't do nothing"

"We don't need no education"

etc

Drives me cracked.

Alanstrainor

Im make loads of grammatical mistakes everyday, but there are some that really annoy me. Done instead of did. Eg "look what i done"!!!

Gauge

I could care less about grammatical errors.

shellyboo

Gauge wrote: »

I could care less about grammatical errors.

I really wish I could stop caring about grammatical errors. It's torture being a pedant.

andrewh5

Done instead of did e.g. I done, he done, they done.

Honey-ec

shellyboo wrote: »

I really wish I could stop caring about grammatical errors. It's torture being a pedant.

Me too. It's a bit embarrassing telling people one of your ideal dinner party guests is Lynne Truss...

javaboy

I can let most grammar and spelling errors go without bothering me too much. It's only when people deliberately misspell words e.g. when using text speak, or when people make mistakes while correcting someone else. Then they're fair game.

shellyboo

Honey-ec wrote: »

Me too. It's a bit embarrassing telling people one of your ideal dinner party guests is Lynne Truss...

OMG, me too!

*shame*

ronnie3585

I can't stand double negatives; I didn't do nothing, etc.

I also hate when people pronounce eat 'ate', and one 'wane'.

While not technichally a grammatical error, persons who refer to themselves in the third person should be shot.

Honey-ec

ronnie3585 wrote: »

While not technichally a grammatical error, persons who refer to themselves in the third person should be shot.

Poor Pighead...

stovelid

Honey-ec wrote: »

Me too. It's a bit embarrassing telling people one of your ideal dinner party guests is Lynne Truss...

She probably wouldn't come. In much the same way as Patrick Stewart probably spends his life avoiding Trekkies.

luckat

When people use 'may' when they mean 'might', it makes me want to bang my head against the wall.

That's the wall where I've written "Get a life".

javaboy

ronnie3585 wrote: »

While not technichally a grammatical error, persons who refer to themselves in the third person should be shot.

And eaten. Mmmm.... sausages!

Honey-ec

stovelid wrote: »

She probably wouldn't come. In much the same way as Patrick Stewart probably spends his life avoiding Trekkies.

True, but I can live in hope.

Another one is people writing "Yay or nay".

Terodil

You can't have no satisfaction.

Wonderful classics here, I personally also like wild apostrophes (esp. after abbreviations), such as CD's, PC's, chip's...

kraggy

I hate many types of error but the two I can't stand are:

I seen (I saw; almost exclusively a Dublin thing) and

I should of gone (I should have);

especially reading them on here.

Drives me mental.

earlyevening

People who say "rent" when they mean "let" or "rent out". Its not the worst one, but it hasn't been mentionned yet.

I rent the house. Do you pay rent or do you mean you receive it from a tenant??

IvyTheTerrible

"I seen it" and "I done it". No you bloody well didn't!!
Sligo is crawling with people that say that, even qualified primary teachers.

Also, apostrophes before every s are very irritating.

mazcon

"Too" instead of "to' (I went too the shops)!
I also hate hate hate "of" instead of "have".

Nehaxak

English people with their "innit".

genie_us

To be pacific. The word is specific please get it right!

I'm surprised nobody mentioned that yet, it drives me mad. I have to bite my tongue any time I hear people who think they're great telling me to be pacific.

earlyevening

"Crips" when they mean "crisps".

Only skangers do that one.

Terry

Alun wrote: »

- Using "amount of" instead of "number of" when referring to countable items, e.g. "there was a huge amount of people at the match today".

- Using inappropriate adjectives, as in "fast speed" (should be "high"), "expensive price" (ditto), "cold temperatures" (should be "low") etc.

- The inability to know the difference between adverbs and adjectives, as in "the train was travelling really quick" (should be quickly).

- Using "rob" instead of "steal" (You rob people, you steal things).

- Using "lend" instead of "borrow" (You lend things to people, you borrow things from people).

- All the usual ones "would of", "been" instead of "being", their/they're/there, its/it's etc.

- A Motors forum specific one that always gets me is the use of "brake" instead of "break".

So, the train was travelling highly?

Terodil wrote: »

You can't have no satisfaction.

Wonderful classics here, I personally also like wild apostrophes (esp. after abbreviations), such as CD's, PC's, chip's...

My second year English teacher told me that I have apostrophe-itis.
I used to put them everywhere.

My contribution would be to tell people that alot is not a word.

Honey-ec

earlyevening wrote: »

"Crips" when they mean "crisps".

Only skangers do that one.

Or saying "Taytos" when they really just mean crisps.