I would of.

[Papa Dangerous]

This is just my own opinion, but I hate pleonasms.

Other phrases that irk me:

My moms says.....
-How many moms do you have?

She is good!
- You mean well!

They is...
- Is they now?

 

[Deleted member 92857]

I really, really hate to hear people pronounce the word "scheduled" with the sh as in shoe. That's British. The Brits also pronounce jaguar, aluminum, controversy, and other words differently. If you're going to imitate the Brits, go for it all or nothing. In the USA, it's pronounced sked-uled", there should be no "con-TRAVERSEE" over this.

Also, the thorough demonstration of the total lack of undersanding of the verbs of being grates on my eardrums like an Axel Rose vocal:

I be
you be
he, she, it be
we be
you be
they be

What that is? Who he be?

I understand slang and dialect stretch the boundries of correct grammar, and I know conjugation is hard, but that be making my ears hurt!


We have a word/expression in the south that probably bothers some: "fixing to" or "fixinta", meaning "preparing to" or "will do very soon". Example of use: I'm fixinta go to the store.

 

[Rush-2112]

That, and "liberry" instead of "library"

Just horrible. Just like "Febuary"

Also annoying when people misuse:

they're/there/their
your/you're
it's/its
two/to/too

 

[Horny Toad]

what about probly instead of probably... Hear that one far too often. I myself am somewhat of a grammar nazi

You failed to capitalize the first word in your sentence and you omitted a period.


A phrase I hear quite often at work is "reply back." That one always bugs me.

 

[Hot Rats]

I could care less.

Exactly, this is the one pushes my button.

 

[MatticusMania]

Seriously. Those words put in that order don't even mean something else than the intended message.

How about:
I would have

It can even be contracted into "I would've". Don't spread bad grammar to your peers, wear protection!

I believe the mistaken grammar is a result of phonetically sounding out "I would've", which sounds very close to "I would of". But, does anyone else find a thread on grammar a little ironic when the first sentence is not grammatically correct?

"Those words put in that order don't even mean something else than the intended message."

 

[JTE]

No one's talked about the misuse of apostrophes on the 'net. For example, people who assume possessives all require an apostrophe as in the thread title in Amps that says "Cab's choices". But then frequently the same people can't keep "it's" and "its" correct either.

My signature line has been here almost since I joined.

John

 

[Papa Dangerous]

Grammar? What does Chelsey Grammer have to do with anything?

 

[Jimbob Jones]

There's somethink wrong with this thread, but I cant put my finger on it...

 

[FilterFunk]

Writing "loose" when it should be "lose." Also, using apostrophes in plural words. Fruit vendors do this a lot - they write "Cherrie's," "Orange's" and "Strawberrie's" on their signs. Why?

 

[Jim Nazium]

Nuke-ya-ler
Nuke-lee-ar

 

[Horny Toad]

Then there is the overuse/misuse of quotation marks: The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

 

[macaroni tony]

I'm sure these have been said, but here goes:

mixing up "your," and "you're"
"Irregardless"
"I'm a-pozed to"
unnecessary quotation marks on signs (i.e. Employees Must "Wash Hands" )
spaces before punctuation marks . Why is that necessary ?

 

[armywalaby]

I've got a buddy that says "ideal" when he means "idea". Makes some funny sentences.

 

[kobass]

unnecessary quotation marks on signs (i.e. Employees Must "Wash Hands" )
spaces before punctuation marks . Why is that necessary ?

Because everyone knows the employees don't actually "wash their hands."

 

[IconBasser]

an old boss of mine had a funny way of pronouncing certain words.

truth was "troot", smooth was "smoot"
product was "produk", air duct was "air duck"
and so on.

used to piss me off to no end...

 

[L-A]

I believe the mistaken grammar is a result of phonetically sounding out "I would've", which sounds very close to "I would of". But, does anyone else find a thread on grammar a little ironic when the first sentence is not grammatically correct?

"Those words put in that order don't even mean something else than the intended message."

I...

Oh, you.

 

[MatticusMania]

an old boss of mine had a funny way of pronouncing certain words.

truth was "troot", smooth was "smoot"
product was "produk", air duct was "air duck"
and so on.

used to piss me off to no end...

Pronunciation of words is a very regional thing. Your old boss ost likely pronounced "wash" as "warsh" and so on. I never understood why people got so hung up on dialect... if you can understand what people are communicating to you why get pissed off about it?

 

[IconBasser]

Pronunciation of words is a very regional thing. Your old boss ost likely pronounced "wash" as "warsh" and so on. I never understood why people got so hung up on dialect... if you can understand what people are communicating to you why get pissed off about it?

in his case, he was born and has lived his whole life in San Bernardino. Nobody else talks like that here. I think he does it on purpose.

 

[Ayce]

Blame it all on "gonna, wanna, goneta, etc." These slang words came from my generation, and earlier, and are now acceptable in a lot of areas. My 6 year old has a phonics program on the computer, and has several of these words spoken.
You can also blame rap music and texting for a lot of the destruction of the language. Short forms and poor pronunciation mean misinterpretation of the correct spelling of many words. After a while, they become acceptable. Proper use of grammar and spelling went the way of the dodo when cell phone texting became the norm, caused by corporate greed, (cents per letter, causing users to save money by shortening words or phrases.)
"Aks" is a good example, because that is how it is pronounced in the rap scene, even if spelled correctly on the lyric sheet.
The worst part of that is, if you try to correct the speaker, you just might get the **** beat out of you, or worse, for "dissin da bro."

Then again, look back at olde english, and you will see how the language has evolved over the centuries, with new words entering use while others fall into disuse.
JMO of course.