[RedDlicious]

My recent pet peeve is when people ask when I am "coming down" somewhere when it North of where I live. How do people not understand simple direction?

[arkl]

"apart" means different from "a part"

and oh, "too" is not "to"

[Lipton]

We've already clocked the misspellings and common grammatical errors.

Now get into the COMMAS.

People putting comma's to indicate plural state.
People putting a comma in this sentence: I do not like her, or her.
People randomly putting commas in their sentences.

STOP.

[£100]

Originally posted by Lipton

We've already clocked the misspellings and common grammatical errors.

Now get into the COMMAS.

People putting comma's to indicate plural state.
People putting a comma in this sentence: I do not like her, or her.
People randomly putting commas in their sentences.

STOP.

What? Do you mean an apostrophe? If so, that's completely understandable because in some languages the apostrophe is used to pluralise nouns ending in vowels or abbreviations.

[calumc]

Yeah misplaced apostrophes annoy me


Also people saying "should of" instead of "should have"

[RatedG²]

Originally posted by caerbayn

LOL I get annoyed when someone says "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"

OMG is it really "I couldn't care less"? I swore it was the former because when you say that, you really mean that you really could care...even less than you do. So I always thought it was "I could care less."

[£100]

Originally posted by RatedG

OMG is it really "I couldn't care less"? I swore it was the former because when you say that, you really mean that you really could care...even less than you do. So I always thought it was "I could care less."

The correct idiom is "…couldn't care less." "I could care less" implies that you do care and therefore defeats the purpose of the statement. It's supposed to be a classy way of saying IDGAF.

[Wilkes]

You can use more then two nouns with 'neither'.

[UnusualBoy]

Originally posted by Rock That Beat...

He has dyslexia so I forgive him.

He does not!

Right?

[Guy]

"I'm good" is actually acceptable. The verb is 'am,' which is a linking verb. 'Good' is modifying the subject. And adverb ("well") in this case would be incorrect. Adverbs modify verbs. It would make no sense. It is no different than saying, "I am tall" or "I am sick."

[Dephira]

The English language does not use enough commas imo

[UnusualBoy]

Sometimes I have problems using "Still" & "Yet". In school they told me that still is used for affirmative sentences and yet for negative ones but I 've seen many of you have used "Still" in negative sentences, is it correct?

[Hooligan]

Oh how "I could care less" makes me laugh.

[BnPac]

Originally posted by Golden

Some native English speakers have the nerve to correct some members whom are not native English speakers while not even being completely fluent in their own language. I mean, some of the mistakes I've seen and still see made by some of the Americans and UK'ers on this forum are beyond laughable. So before bothering to correct other people, better have checked your own grammar too.

Originally posted by Delita_chan

I'm an English major, yet I have no pet peeves because of the language studies I've done in my Master's classes. I have a much different perspective. It is all situational and the internet is but one of many literacy domains. Language is extremely colloquial here and as long as the message is communicated, I have no qualms about it. If we were talking academics, business matters or anything of that sort, then of course improper grammar should be criticized.
I'm that odd English major who doesn't go around correcting everyone's grammar and being a snot about what wording to use. Academic settings are different, though. No shade intended.

This!

It is so weird to see some here acting so arrogant with it when some of us are not from America or UK/Canada. I barely had english classes at school. It is even funnier that some here could act so pompous about these rules when they don't even understand how they are used or why they apply, they have just memorized them like a robot will memorize a code, yet they have the nerve to act like they have a special gift. And they even made some grammatical mistakes in this thread.

However I have to admit the thread was a great idea if it was intented to help people improve their english. And a special thanks the members here that were willing to explain the workings of your language without acting superior (especially 100pounds) .

I still don't get it, I'm always so happy to see foreigner writing in French or trying to speak it. I guess people are different.
Although when I'm with french people only I also have my pet peeves.