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re: What grammar error bugs you the most?

Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:37 pm to
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:37 pm to
Won’t vs. want

I can’t figure out why people don’t understand the difference.
Posted by Caymus
Houston
Member since Jul 2015
1134 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:37 pm to
Oxford comma
Posted by AMac
Member since Aug 2018
1551 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:37 pm to
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Posted by STLDawg
The Lou
Member since Apr 2015
3714 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:47 pm to
Nauseous instead of nauseated.
Posted by xGeauxLSUx
United States of Atrophy
Member since Oct 2008
21000 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:55 pm to
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
42457 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:58 pm to
People who use “want” when they mean “won’t” and vice versa.

I think it’s because in the south many people pronounce “want” as “won’t.”
This post was edited on 3/10/19 at 8:00 pm
Posted by RedMustang
Member since Oct 2011
6851 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:00 pm to
Could care less.
Posted by xGeauxLSUx
United States of Atrophy
Member since Oct 2008
21000 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:01 pm to
Not using "a" or "an" correctly.

Not using "is" and "are" correctly in conjunction with singular or plural words.
Posted by EST
Investigating
Member since Oct 2003
17832 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:02 pm to
nucular instead of nuclear
Posted by Ton Chou
On the Levee
Member since Feb 2010
757 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:18 pm to
People that obsess about the grammar, yet know nothing on the topic being written about.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35141 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:21 pm to
Sale
Posted by Undertow
Member since Sep 2016
7318 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:22 pm to
Then/than
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:26 pm to
A lack of subject verb agreement trouble me.
Posted by Dellybelly82
Canton, oh
Member since Mar 2019
543 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:26 pm to
I misuse want and won't often.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35553 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:26 pm to
People that don’t understand the difference between affect and effect.
Posted by duggieblue
GA
Member since Feb 2010
4335 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:36 pm to
-The use of the word “I” as something other than the subject pronoun it is instead of me, usually as part of a prepositional phrase or a compound direct object.
The book is for John and me - correct. The book is for John and I - WRONG. The pit bull licked my sister and me - correct. The pit bull licked my sister and I - WRONG
Might as well say using me (an object pronoun) as a subject when “I” is correct. Joe and I are intelligent rascals. - correct. Joe and me (me and Joe) are intelligent rascals- WRONG

- The use of the past tense of “to go” instead of the perfect tense form.
I have (had) gone to the lake - correct. I have (had) went to the lake - WRONG
Posted by Sport Wood
Shreveport
Member since Dec 2006
706 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:42 pm to
Ending a sentence with “at”. Where are y’all at? Fingernails on a chalk board.
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
28904 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:43 pm to
sense/since
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16203 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:46 pm to
It irks me when people use “I” instead of “me” because they think it makes them sound smart.

Learn what an objective case pronoun is people!
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69301 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:53 pm to
dominate/dominant is the most common error you see on TD.

even dukke v, a Michigan grad, constantly uses the incorrect form.
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