Grammatical mistakes EVERYONE makes

[Queen Michael]

People always seem to pronounce the word "have" the same as the word "half". As in "I half to do this."

I can't imagine anybody being able to mispronounce something that poorly.

People saying "whom" when it shoud actually be "who" annoys me. The other way round is fine it's just if they say "whom" you know they're just trying to be clever.

Actually, people do things like that all the time and its really annoying. As for the "who/whom" thing, it's a misconception that they're interchangeable.

What, there are people who think they are?

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

I get infinately annoyed with people who fail to notice the finer points in grammar.

Infinitely.

It's also not "definately". Definitely.

Spoiler

 

[Chromwell]

I am thoroughly enjoying the irony found in this thread.

 

[NiceGurl_14]

People always seem to pronounce the word "have" the same as the word "half". As in "I half to do this."

I can't imagine anybody being able to mispronounce something that poorly.

People saying "whom" when it shoud actually be "who" annoys me. The other way round is fine it's just if they say "whom" you know they're just trying to be clever.

Actually, people do things like that all the time and its really annoying. As for the "who/whom" thing, it's a misconception that they're interchangeable.

What, there are people who think they are?

Yeah, I hear it all the time around where I live and I've corrected people on it. (It's generally followed with a "whatever") At least around where I live it's not something that's heavily taught or really even touched on. I'm really starting to think that I would have been better off being home schooled.

 

[Piflik]

towards - not a word

Actually...that is a word...

Minor things don't annoy me...like two/to/too or off/of...but one thing really gets me...:

'I have a whole in my tooth.'

Oh...when people write like this...

Woak up. Got dresd. Had brekfast. Spoke wif Ergates thi ant who sed itz juss been wurk wurk wurk 4 u lately master Bascule, Y dont u ½ a holiday? & I agreed & that woz how we decided we otter go 2 c Mr Zoliparia in thi I-ball ov thi gargoyle Rosbrith.

 

[JaymesFogarty]

I still don't funny understand the correct implementation of ; (comma + dot)...the semicolon!

I always thought that it was used when continuing a sentence, that would otherwise be a fragment. (Of course, it must follow the same subject.) Par exemple:
"There are five apples on the tree; that's a lot of apples!"
Often, where a comma goes a semi-colon could also go. (And, sometimes should go.)
What I don't understand is the use of the, "~." Is this American? What does it mean?

 

[Jamash]

A couple that I find annoying are "noone" and "coop", as in "Why does noone want to play coop with me?".

Noone is the Old English spelling of Noon, and a coop is structure in which you keep birds.

But it's not just 'no one' and 'co-op' that get merged, some people seem "todo" it quite "abit" with "alot" of words.

 

[Jamous]

Misuse of apostrophes. You know, it's instead of its and vice versa. Its is the possessive, whilst it's is an abbreviation. Just in case you didn't catch that already... >_> <_<

 

[mrwoo112]

People useing "lol" to replace full stops and commas

 

[T-Bone24]

When people say, "should of" instead of "should have".

For example:

"I should of gone to the doctor's" should instead be "I should have gone the the doctor's".

Also, when people say, "for all intensive purposes" instead of, "for all intents and purposes".

 

[Thick]

This may be a localized thing, but I've heard several people use the word 'like' in a very strange way.

"How much do you like?"

Meaning: How long until you're finished?

 

[Queen Michael]

Alot
UR
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Seperate(sepArate)
damm
biotch
Than(should be then)
should of(should have)
tha(the)
teh(the)
ya(yeah/yes)

^^^THIS

Just posting "This" might get you on probation. Just a friendly word of warning.

And by the way, I hate the nonsensical expression "I know, right?" though I'm uncertain if it falls under this category.

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

"I could care less".

Please see David Mitchell's rant on this.

Also, I want to stab anyone in the eye who says "loose" instead of "lose".

This is the one thing that make me really angry when I see it. It's I COULDN'T care less! In other words, you couldn't possibly care less about it if you tried so it must not be important to you at all.
I could care less means you care about it a lot dammit! /rage
I agree, as you can tell.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

"Affect" and "Effect"

I have no clue how to use either of them.

 

[AdmiralMemo]

"your an idiot", how do you own an idiot?

Easily. It's called slavery.

 

[Haydyn]

Double negatives, and apparently "atleast" is actually "at least".

 

[Jacob.pederson]

This is more of a pronunciation mistake, but listen for this. When most people use the word "while" in the middle of a sentence, it comes out as "why." Everyone does this

 

[eggy32]

People saying things like "none of them are coming." None = not one. It should be none of them is coming.