I get seriously annoyed at people who type a letter as if they are speaking the words onto the paper. Does that make sense?

You talk a totally different language to the one you write with, don't get the two confused!

I just think it's not too much to ask to try and give good grammar.

(fatboss quickly proof reads his post) :)

It really irks me when people replace the word "have" with "of".

Such as: "they shouldn't of been there".

And I see this a LOT... I mean, geez...

One of my biggest is when you see or hear a sentence that ends with the word "at".

"Where you at?"
"Where are you at?"
"Were are you going to be at?"

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHH!!!!!

A second is incorrect use of adverbs. L and Y are letters too folks. Learn them. Love them. Use them :) Often-LY. :lol:

And you're from Ohio? Ouch...

I absolutely hate "internet speak." Some things I use myself, like "lol". But replacing words with numbers? Drives me crazy.

Edit: Forgot one...people that don't use punctuation. Arg!

Don't want to read through all the post so not sure if this one is already in here.

I hate it when people use to, too and two wrong. I hate it when I see someone write: I have too admit that this is to much for me. Too is about the easiest word to use correctly.

When someone uses TO when it's supposed to be TOO, or HEAR when it's HERE. etc...

Also, using double negatives, it makes you sound like a hick.

Saying ME and Sara went to the store, it's Sara and I...

This thread could go on forever. I, too am guilty of not reading the whole thing (after the first time I posted, of course). I was just reminded of another MAJOR peeve of mine.

When you quote somebody, you have a QUOTATION. "Quote" is not a noun. It is, in fact, a verb.

Used to assistant teach middle school English. Chatspeak has pervaded their lives so much that kids can't put a 3 sentence paragraph together anymore. They write 'cuz' for because, inject 'like' into every other sentence and can't spell to save themselves. But the worst offense to me is beginning the written essay with a question in the manner of, Did you ever.....?Teachers are accepting this and it is like nails on a chalkboard to me!!! One last peeve-daughter actually had alright as a spelling word!!!! ARRGGGHHH!!! (did any of you know that you never, ever say 'thank-you' at the end of a business letter? Never thank someone for something they did not do yet-say, I appreciate your prompt consideration...)

What are you supposed to say at the end of a business letter? "Thank you in advance for your prompt consideration"? I always thought a "Thanks for your time" was standard protocol. Please enlighten me.

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I don't know exactly who the 'a' or 'an' thing is supposed to work, but from what i remember 'an' goes before any word starting with a vowel. For some reason it drives me nuts to see an 'an' before a word like monkey or something. Just doesn't sound right to me. Hell I may be wrong but it still sounds stupid

Any word starting with a vowel???
Do you say 'a union' or 'an union?" In Canada, our police are called RCMP members. Is he 'a RCMP member' or is he 'an RCMP member'?

I just pulled my copy of "Woe is I" off the shelf (excellent reference text by Patricia T. O'Conner). Here's the a/an story:

Use a in front of words that start with these sounds: a "sounded" h (the ha-ha variety, as in history, horror, hotel);a "long" u (the yew variety, as in university, utopia, eulogy, European).

Use an in front of words that start with these sounds: a "silent" h (hour, honor, herbal); a "short" u (uncle, umbrella, umber).

I have no grammatical pet peeves, my grammar is horrible, and I thank people for putting up with it.

Unless, of course, you meant to use a double negative, right?

Where I come from, people use double negatives with the understanding that the sentence turns out positive in the end. So, "I don't have no interest" can mean you have some vague interest, in colloquial speech...

Are you sure? My father and uncles are still my grandparent's children, even though they are not young.

Noone mentioned this one yet. :D

Here's two of mine:

past / passed:

It bothers me when people write "I past by it on the way to work"


robbed / burglarized:

Robbery is the taking of something from a PERSON by using force or the threat of force. I read in the newspaper all the time "House robbed while family on vacation". A house cannnot be robbed. A house is burglarized.

One thing that REALLY irks me is when people say "baby" instead of "the baby" like so:

"Baby doesn't like his bottle too hot!"

or

"Make sure baby gets enough sleep!"

It's *THE* baby, goddamn it.

A branch of this would be "The Passion of The Christ". It should be "The Passion of Christ". If I borrow a friend's ladder and this friend is named Smith, I don't say, "The Ladder of The Smith."

Dictionary.com:
I'm pretty sure that 'Christ' is a title, not a name. It's like saying "the mayor".

Ah, I always though Christ was his last name. Jesus Christ, Joe Smith, etc ;)

italian versus I-talian. first one is right cuz the I is not pronouced I or then it would be I-taly as well.

I'm not sure if this was said already, but I hate when people use apostrophes to make plurals.

It irritates me when people leave the "to be" out of a sentance.

My car need cleaned.
The baby needs changed.
etc...

HAHA. I love that! That show had its moments.

Note: its, not it's

/had to enter at least one peeve.

Sorry, but this poster just bothered me, because as a CS student I hear this ALL the time and use it all the time, and it's perfectly acceptible!


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Sure, using bad grammar bothers me, but the absolute worst grammar pet peeve of mine is when someone corrects a perfectly acceptible sentence. If you are going to correct me, please make sure I was actually wrong. I'm not an idiot, and I know how to speak my own language, thank you.

Nice one. My parents do that all the time. "I could care less about blah!" Um, if you could care less, then you're not proving your point very well. If you could NOT care less (couldn't) then it would make more sense.

-Lasereth

It's what context you're using the double negative in. That sentence can be taken two ways: I don't have any "interest," and I don't have "no interest." Double negatives are used more than I'd like to admit in my hometown. A woman at work actually said, "Nope, those dishes don't need no washing no way."

-Lasereth

yeah. but in all fairness, woman had other influences on her bad language!

1. not choosing the proper...

there, their, they're

or

your, you're

2. when someone is asked how they are doing and they respond with "doing good" when they mean "doing well."

I hate it when instead of saying height, people say heigth. (pronounced hi-th)

It pisses me off to no end.

ending sentences with prepositions and incorrect homonym usage... these tweak my nerves

i hate when people put themselfs first

"me and john went to in-n-out"

People that misuse "bring" and "take." Look them up and you'll see there is a difference.Explantaion of the two

Ever talk to someone from the UK -- They have to go to hospital - (WHICH ONE?) or that girl goes to uni -- uni is annoying enough - but be specific -- which one -- there's only one university in the UK? Only one hospital?
(I really must cut back on the caffeine)

When people screw up the use of Can and May

Speech quirks drive me battier than any grammar usages ever could -- (Umm, Like, Ya Know - -will send me over the edge)

I'm not sure if it's grammatical or just a spelling error, but I HATE it when people say 'funnest' or 'hugest'...they aren't real words. Also, I hate when people write 'would of' instead of 'would have!'

how about all of them? they all peeve me...maybe due to a little OCD on my end?

I think they're called malapropisms petite

Ah okay.

I also hate run-on sentences they get so annoying because you never know when to pause for a breath they just keep going on and on and on and for me I just get angrier and angrier!

See how annoying that was?

I swear to god ever since I posted that "Baby" pet peeve in this thread, I've been hearing it at least ONCE daily. It's driving me CRAZY.

Just now, I heard someone say, "When baby is born..." :mad:

Hate to stomp on your peeve, Stompy, but I would think that in those cases you've brought up, they're not only referring to the baby as an object, but actually giving him/her/it a pseudonym, or a nickname.