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Most hated grammatical error [Merged]

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    #332
    Fizman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭Fizman


    1. Me and Consumpta went around the back of the bike shed for a shag

    v

    2. Consumpta and I went into town for a chinwag.


    Grammatically, two is superior. Albeit with 'the ghey' content.


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    #333
    MPInferno
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭MPInferno


    Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.


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    #334
    tech77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭tech77


    MPInferno wrote: »
    Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

    LOL


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    #335
    milod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭milod


    Let's try and keep sarcasm out of this thread folks...

    Grrrr makes I mad :mad:


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    #336
    Diamond007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Diamond007


    Fizman wrote: »
    1. Me and Consumpta went around the back of the bike shed for a shag

    v

    2. Consumpta and I went into town for a chinwag.


    Grammatically, two is superior. Albeit with 'the ghey' content.

    Both are now deemed acceptable in terms of grammatical correctness..

    1. This is 'Descriptive Grammar' which took over from prescriptive grammar (2) in the 20th century. This type is based on structuralism and the hierarchy of language. (morpheme-word-clause.. etc.)

    2. This is 'Prescriptive Grammar' which was more in use in Victorian times. It was the ideal form prescribed by grammarians.

    However grammar has since moved to 'Communicative Grammar' and now 'Corpus Linguistics'


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    #337
    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    I don't like new-age grammer (using 'me' in place of 'I', see above posts). They've just dumbed it down. Stupid reactionary philistines.


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    #338
    Diamond007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Diamond007


    The changes have been made for ESL and EFL.

    If you were to teach prescriptive grammer to ESL students they would never be able to speak fluently as the general populus uses descriptive grammar.


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    #339
    Aurora Borealis
    Registered Users Posts: 939 ✭✭✭Aurora Borealis


    Ones that stand out for me are the misuse of two/too/to, its/it's, them/those, advice/advise and the use of me in place of I. They are all easily avoided and whilst I wouldn't be too bothered hearing them in conversation they do grab my attention in the written word. Hate's a strong word though and I do think grammar has shifted from being presciptive to descriptive so I would be too bothered by it, though obviously if in a teaching environment I would make sure to correct.


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    #340
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    I really hate when speakers say "pacifically" but mean "specifically".
    Also in Limerick the majority of speakers say "sangwiches"


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    #341
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Honey-ec wrote: »
    Come back next month for their stationary sale...

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

    In my local Tesco Store, the sign said 25% of all chocolates


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