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Old 03-10-2004, 12:56 AM   #121 (permalink)
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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.

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Old 03-12-2004, 09:44 AM   #122 (permalink)
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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...
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Old 03-12-2004, 09:45 AM   #123 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 03-12-2004, 10:23 AM   #124 (permalink)
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One of my biggest is when you see or hear a sentence that ends with the word "at".
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!
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Old 03-15-2004, 07:31 PM   #125 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 03-17-2004, 07:26 PM   #126 (permalink)
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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...
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Old 03-20-2004, 03:20 PM   #127 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 03-20-2004, 06:40 PM   #128 (permalink)
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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...)
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Old 03-21-2004, 10:19 AM   #129 (permalink)
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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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Old 04-06-2004, 11:22 AM   #130 (permalink)
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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'?
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Old 04-06-2004, 11:49 AM   #131 (permalink)
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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.
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).
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Old 04-06-2004, 12:07 PM   #132 (permalink)
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I have no grammatical pet peeves, my grammar is horrible, and I thank people for putting up with it.

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Old 04-06-2004, 02:02 PM   #133 (permalink)
 
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Also, using double negatives, it makes you sound like a hick.
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...

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Old 04-07-2004, 05:31 AM   #134 (permalink)
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Young child - all children are young!!! Ooh do I hate that one...
Are you sure? My father and uncles are still my grandparent's children, even though they are not young.
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Old 04-07-2004, 07:29 PM   #135 (permalink)
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Old 04-13-2004, 05:05 AM   #136 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 04-13-2004, 06:59 AM   #137 (permalink)
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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."
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Old 04-13-2004, 07:30 AM   #138 (permalink)
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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."
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1. The Messiah, as foretold by the prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures. Often used with the.
2. Christianity. Jesus.
I'm pretty sure that 'Christ' is a title, not a name. It's like saying "the mayor".
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Old 04-13-2004, 07:35 AM   #139 (permalink)
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Ah, I always though Christ was his last name. Jesus Christ, Joe Smith, etc
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Old 04-13-2004, 07:38 AM   #140 (permalink)
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italian versus I-talian. first one is right cuz the I is not pronouced I or then it would be I-taly as well.
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Old 04-13-2004, 08:12 AM   #141 (permalink)
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I'm not sure if this was said already, but I hate when people use apostrophes to make plurals.
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Old 04-13-2004, 09:36 AM   #142 (permalink)
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Old 04-14-2004, 07:20 PM   #143 (permalink)
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It irritates me when people leave the "to be" out of a sentance.

My car need cleaned.
The baby needs changed.
etc...
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Old 04-14-2004, 09:09 PM   #144 (permalink)
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One of the funniest episodes of television was the old show, 'Designing Women'. Delta Burke, the loud obnoxious one, went to some fancy party and approached a group of women with the question, "Where are all of you from?"

A snooty woman looks at her and says, "We're from a place where we don't end our sentences with prepositions."

To which Delta Burke responds, " I'm sorry. Where are all of you from, bitch?"

Hehehehe.

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

Note: its, not it's

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Old 04-15-2004, 06:18 PM   #145 (permalink)
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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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People who make non-words part of their conversation.

AT work, people commonly say "It was inputted".

INPUTTED? That is the one thing that drives me nuts! It makes me think less of whoever is talking.

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tr.v. Computer Science in·put·ted, or in·put in·put·ting, in·puts

To enter (data or a program) into a computer.

Usage Note: The noun input has been used as a technical term for about a century in fields such as physics and electrical engineering, but its recent popularity grows out of its use in computer science, where it refers to data or signals entered into a system for processing or transmission. In general discourse input is now widely used to refer to the transmission of information and opinion, as in The report questioned whether a President thus shielded had access to a sufficiently varied input to have a realistic picture of the nation or The nominee herself had no input on housing policy. In this last sentence the meaning of the term is uncertain: it may mean either that the nominee provided no opinions to the policymakers or that she received no information about housing policy. This vagueness in the nontechnical use of input may be one reason that some critics have objected to it (including, in an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage Panel). Though the usage is well established, care should be taken not to use the word merely as a way to imply an unwarranted scientific precision.
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.
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Old 04-17-2004, 04:59 PM   #146 (permalink)
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I hate when people say "I could care less", meaning you care a little, when they mean "I couldn't care less".
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.

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Old 04-17-2004, 05:05 PM   #147 (permalink)
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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...
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."

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Old 04-18-2004, 07:14 AM   #148 (permalink)
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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."

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yeah. but in all fairness, woman had other influences on her bad language!
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Old 04-18-2004, 05:01 PM   #149 (permalink)
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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."
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Old 05-06-2004, 03:59 PM   #150 (permalink)
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I hate it when instead of saying height, people say heigth. (pronounced hi-th)

It pisses me off to no end.
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Old 05-07-2004, 07:38 AM   #151 (permalink)
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ending sentences with prepositions and incorrect homonym usage... these tweak my nerves
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Old 05-08-2004, 10:46 PM   #152 (permalink)
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i hate when people put themselfs first

"me and john went to in-n-out"
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Old 05-09-2004, 10:12 AM   #153 (permalink)
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People that misuse "bring" and "take." Look them up and you'll see there is a difference.Explantaion of the two

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Old 05-13-2004, 07:27 PM   #154 (permalink)
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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)

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One thing that REALLY irks me is when people say "baby" instead of "the baby" like so:
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Old 05-17-2004, 04:57 PM   #155 (permalink)
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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!'
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Old 05-17-2004, 08:42 PM   #156 (permalink)
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how about all of them? they all peeve me...maybe due to a little OCD on my end?
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Old 05-18-2004, 05:04 AM   #157 (permalink)
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I think they're called malapropisms petite
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Old 05-18-2004, 05:45 AM   #158 (permalink)
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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?
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Old 05-18-2004, 08:11 AM   #159 (permalink)
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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..."
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Old 05-18-2004, 09:06 AM   #160 (permalink)
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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..."
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.
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