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re: What grammar error bugs you the most?

Posted on 3/10/19 at 10:51 pm to
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7855 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 10:51 pm to
would of gone there
could of had it
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
36903 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 11:40 pm to
Then/than

Every time I see someone post that they would rather something then something else I always think why do you want both?

Eta: reading some other responses, these really annoy me too.

Worse/worst
Dominant/dominate
A part/apart
This post was edited on 3/10/19 at 11:47 pm
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
36903 posts
Posted on 3/10/19 at 11:43 pm to
quote:

Sell and sale.....

Ex: I have a fishing rod for sell.
I want to sale my fishing rod.


That one is so weird. I had never seen it before then suddenly one day I start seeing it all the time. I don't understand how they get that wrong.
Posted by UHadMeAtMeatTornado
TX
Member since Aug 2012
274 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 12:11 am to
I've been seeing this one more and more lately. People who use "text" instead of "texted" for the past tense.

"He text me yesterday."
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118793 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:50 am to
“alot”
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
14811 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:41 am to
Less/fewer - Ben McDonald I’m looking at you.

Also I’ll admit to always messing up further/farther
Posted by Tiger inTampa
Tampa, FL
Member since Sep 2009
2171 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:25 am to
quote:

I seen that.


6 pages and only 2 folks mentioned this one. Customers, vendors, and co-workers will use "seen" improperly. Daily I hear this at least twice.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 7:26 am
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32711 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:27 am to
have went

Probably bothers me the most.

Then/than is a problem too.

Effect/affect (people are morons)

People who thing it is always "____ and I". You don't sound smarter saying "come visit Jake and I." It's wrong and you should feel stupid.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 7:30 am
Posted by Lutcher Lad
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Member since Sep 2009
5758 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:27 am to
When someone says "I was conversating"... instead of using the correct verb, conversing.

Also, the term, "I was making groceries".
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18769 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:38 am to
quote:

I forgot about the lightening when that storm came through...


Lightning (bolt of electricity) is misspelled lightening (what Michael Jackson did to his skin) more often than it is spelled correctly.

I predict that within 10 years or so lightening will become an accepted alternate spelling. Because Idiocracy.
Posted by Spasweezy
Unfortunately, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
6616 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:05 am to
I’m fairly well-tempered. Nonetheless, I want to beat people when I hear them speak that way.
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14663 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:32 am to
quote:

What grammar error bugs you the most?

Unnecessary apostrophes.
Posted by TheGodfather
baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
576 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:36 am to
sorry for your lost
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57221 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:36 am to
People who misuse "I" or "myself."

When I hear people say "bring the report to myself" or "take a picture of Bob and I" it's like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
17009 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:40 am to
No capitalization, no commas, and no periods.
Posted by WallsAllAroundMe
Member since Jan 2016
1064 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:46 am to
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This post was edited on 4/8/19 at 12:01 pm
Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
24835 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:00 am to
quote:

Heathens that don't use an oxford comma


God save the Oxford comma!
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
14857 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 9:37 am to
I/we seen
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19295 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:06 am to
Bring and Take

I'm going to bring Jr to Sonic for tater tots - wrong

I'm going to take Jr to Sonic for tater tots - right

People in South La screw these up all the time
Posted by JEAUXBLEAUX
Bayonne, NJ
Member since May 2006
55358 posts
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:11 am to
Could have went. Moronic

I seen. Illiterate speak

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