Who's A Pedant?

[Kyuuketsuki]

I'm a pedant, I freely admit it! Especially when it comes to spelling and grammar.

The use of the correct word for a given situation bothers me greatly ... for instance the misuse of "affect" & "effect".

What obvious spelling and or grammar howlers bug you?

AFTERTHOUGHT: Or other pedantry!

Kyu

[MariaEvri]

What obvious spelling and or grammar howlers bug you?



Kyu

when english speaking people mistake their and they're. It just makes my hair stand up.

[Kyuuketsuki]

when english speaking people mistake their and they're. It just makes my hair stand up.

And "there" I guess! You're right though, we should make allowances for non-English speakers though often they seem to be better at it than many native English.

SMS/text language bugs the hell out of me too.

Kyu

[MariaEvri]

SMS/text language bugs the hell out of me too.

Kyu

I dont really mind sms language, but leet. or l33t or whatever its called. Now THAT gives me a headache XD

[Wechtlein Uns]

SMS/text language bugs the hell out of me too.

Kyu

I dont really mind sms language, but leet. or l33t or whatever its called. Now THAT gives me a headache XD

4w, bu7 w|-|y?

j00 n33d 70 l1gh73n up, d00d.  :raised:

[curiosityandthecat]

As someone with a degree in English education, it makes me want to kick babies. Srsly.

I cut a lot of slack to non-native speakers; you kind of have to. Native speakers, however, get no such leniency. I consider poor grammar to be the first big, red flag that I'm not going to agree with what that person says. Creative grammar is fine; poor grammar is mind-numbing.

[BadPoison]

People who say:
"Fairly unique"

"I personally"

"At this moment in time"

"Shouldn't of"

People who missuse the words:

"Literally"
"Absolutely"

And anyone who says the word "whatever" as their counterpoint!

[BadPoison]

Ooh, ooh:

irregardless!

[curiosityandthecat]

Ooh, ooh:

irregardless!

Christ, that makes me cringe.

Most people don't even use "regardless" correctly, either!

[MariaEvri]

4w, bu7 w|-|y?

j00 n33d 70 l1gh73n up, d00d.  :raised:

ehmmm emmm
what?????

edit: okaaaay I understood the second sentence  

[curiosityandthecat]

4w, bu7 w|-|y?

j00 n33d 70 l1gh73n up, d00d.  :raised:

ehmmm emmm
what?????

edit: okaaaay I understood the second sentence  

"Aw, but why? You need to lighten up, dude." Man, I hate l33t speak, haha.

[BadPoison]

4w, bu7 w|-|y?

j00 n33d 70 l1gh73n up, d00d.  :raised:

ehmmm emmm
what?????

edit: okaaaay I understood the second sentence  

I can help!

"Aw, but why?
You need to lighten up, dude. "

[BadPoison]

Curio FTL!

GG

[MariaEvri]

4w, bu7 w|-|y?

j00 n33d 70 l1gh73n up, d00d.  :raised:

ehmmm emmm
what?????

edit: okaaaay I understood the second sentence  

I can help!

"Aw, but why?


You need to lighten up, dude. "

thanks
its that "aww but why" part i couldnt understand

[Faithless]

I must admit to being a most dreadful pedant.  I was a court reporter for 15 years, so not only did I have to deal with bad grammar, I also had to try to punctuate the spoken word, which is sometimes really hard.  On top of that, since everything produced must be verbatim, it's not like I could just change stuff around to make sense.

I have a very long list of grammatical grievances with the English-speaking world in general, but there are a few at the top of my list that make me grit my teeth and want to scream.

The continual inability of almost everyone to properly use an apostrophe.  It's two cars, not two car's!  A plural noun does NOT use an apostrophe.

"They're going over there to eat their lunch."  Read it and learn, America!  That sentence right there should answer all your questions about they're, there, and their!

All the time I see people say stupid things like, "That was given to my husband and I."  Think about it!  If someone gives you something, do you say, "Golly, look what Johnny gave I"?

I have to stop here before I start foaming at the mouth and ripping out my hair.  It's a huge problem for me because I can't even read a newspaper anymore without getting mad and ripping it to shreds.  Thank the FSM for cable or I'd never get any news!