What's your biggest grammatical pet peeve?

[hbarcat]

pronouncing "nuclear" as "nuke-ya-ler"

Technically, that is a pronunciation mistake rather than a grammatical error.

Just sayin', izall.

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

The one that gets me really annoyed is a common one here.

Instead of: should HAVE
They use: should of...

Don't know why...but it's annoying to hear UNI STUDENTS using it.

 

[ADbassman]

Shouldn't've

Only double contraction I know.

 

[crayzee]

The mixing up of "further" and "farther". One indicates continuance; the other indicates distance (actual or metaphorical).

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

Adding 'like; onto the end of sentences...

 

[hbarcat]

The one that gets me really annoyed is a common one here.

Instead of: should HAVE
They use: should of...

Don't know why...but it's annoying to hear UNI STUDENTS using it.

Another one is using all capital letters to simulate shouting instead of using italics for emphasis.

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

Another one is using all capital letters to simulate shouting instead of using italics for emphasis.

I don't have access to the italic feature at the mo- I'm on my phone.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

My biggest grammatical pet peeve is Username.

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

My biggest grammatical pet peeve is Username.

I like username n/a......

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

should've=should have="should of"

Me, I'm with Vonnegut: "semicolons are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

 

[username n/a]

My biggest grammatical pet peeve is Username.

I try. That counts for something, doesn't it?

 

[username n/a]

I like username n/a......

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

 

[Atoz]

I can stand neither people who are too lazy to capitalize, nor those who use apostrophes when attempting to use plural nouns.

 

[Craig_S]

Missusing homophones and double negatives.

I don't never do that.

New peeve: Misspelling misusing.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I can stand neither people who are too lazy to capitalize, nor those who use apostrophes when attempting to use plural nouns.

 

[wabbit]

Another infraction that really bothers me is when someone says

"Holy crap, am I ever happy!"

when what they really mean is

"Holy crap, am I ever gay!"

... or the other way around.

 

[Out_of_Toon]

''Take the x off of the y."


As a non-native speaker, I have even greater trouble understanding the origin of this abomination.

 

[rustynuts]

Take the lid off of the jar?

 

[wabbit]

Like me dear ol' mum used to say "Get that damned cat off of the counter!!"