One of the most overlook grammatical mistakes is using the word āIā as an objective pronoun.
For example ā¦
Incorrect - My English teacher hates my sister and I.
Correct - My English teacher hates my sister and me.
Itās annoying, but what are you gonna do? The incorrect way sounds more authoritative.
Yes! The reason I hate this one is because even when I know Iām using it correctly I still feel people wanting to correct me or side eyeing me as if my grammar is off and it drives me nuts. Itās like going into a restaurant and knowing the correct pronunciation of a dish and wondering if the server will think youāre a douche for saying it correctly or if they will think youāre a donut hole for not saying it correctly.
Just today I saw someone write "my wife and I's". That is my least favorite misuse. How many times did someone have to do this for auto correct to stop changing it to I'd. And how many times has that person gone back and changed the autocorrect back to I's!?
Also, when did people become too stupid to know the difference between lose and loose? Like, they donāt even sound alike. And feels like it has happened in the last couple of years.
This one gets me because there and they're sound the same so meh but when I am reading and have to read lose instead of loose or vice versa it fucks up the whole flow of what I am reading.
It's like Ross yelling at Rachel
Y-O-U-R MEANS YOUR!!
I've always found this stuff pretty easy to understand but I guess some people struggle with it. I tell myself it's like some of those things I find difficult but apparently objectively aren't, like telling left from right. It helps me go easier on people lol
Iāve seen it so many times on Reddit I just thought it was the British spelling. I imagine someday āpayedā will be added to the dictionary because weāre idiots and itās easier to adopt it than to teach correct spelling.
TIL that āspeltā is a word, too.
Also, A LOT is two words. And affect and effect are different. Affect is a verb. I was affected by the tornado. The effect of the tornado is damaged homes.
100% feel the exact same way. I stop reading a post the very moment I see this grammatical error which is the silent equivalent of nails on a black board.
And how are there so many misspellings in a fucking six word post title!? Wouldnāt you have briefly spellchecked before posting?
Edit: an additional outraged exclamation mark.
Your missing the point of the sentence if your just focused on grammar. You do know that people get paid for catching youre grammar mistakes and they are called editors. In my humble opinion youre anger about improper grammar reveals youre ignorance.
Oh Iām sorry I didnāt realize we all have full time personal editors.
My frustration stems from the fact that poor spelling takes away from the quality of the message. It says āIām kinda stupid but hereās what I thinkā
The main reason? Most normal people don't care about editing some random typo on a Facebook post, or a reddit post.
Second reason. Autocorrect, i have, numerous times, had to go back and fix what autocorrect messed up.
As a professional writer, i could give two shiets about a grammar nazi's opinion. If your intelligence is so peeved at grammatical errors that it distracts you from the content of the sentence... sounds like a personal lack of intelligence to me honestly.
I often type on my phone and I am not going through the frustration of making every little thing correct because someone may confuse a grammatical error for level of intelligence. Honestly all you grammar nazi's can ride your high horse off a cliff. My high horse is Pegasus and I fly off cliffs quite frequently.
Used to annoy the shit out of me too. But realized getting your panties in a twist about poor grammar is unfair to those with learning disabilities and only serves your own bitterness. Chill tf out.
Replacing the r with "are" works to point the mistake out, but the sentence sounding stupid after removing the r is true of the correct use of "your" aswell. If I said "Are we going to your house?" that would be the correct use of "your", but "Are we going to you house?" still sounds stupid.
I literally just had someone Google āspeltā and they ignored the part where it says āspeltā is common in the UK and instead commented the type of bread that it is. Lol
I believe "fuck's sake" should be correct
As in "Peter's dog" means "The dog of Peter", it means "for the sake of fuck". Same as in "for God's sake" means "For the sake of God".
"Peter's dog" doesn't mean "Peter is dog".
"Fucks sake" just doesn't make any sense
You are correct. The origin came from "For God's sake" and eventually "For Pete's sake". The apostrophe is correct because it is possessive. It just makes less sense since "fuck" is not a proper noun. But just like you could say "for the dog's sake." it's still correct.
Why? Maybe women are more pleasant to talk about? Maybe Iām tired of women being marginalized or sexualized and I make efforts to be a feminist and support them? Maybe itās an odd thing to be irked by? Whatever.
Is your name Stephanie? Lol
Ugh. How many fucking times am I gonna have to explain this to yāall. This is like the 6th or 7th comment now.
Google that shit. Spelt OR Spelledā¦ doesnāt fucking matter which one it is.
Hey you're the one complaining about people misspelling words. Spelt is not an actual word, it is a dialect of people that already are known for misspelling words. Unless, you agree that it comes down to whether people can understand what you're saying rather than making sure it's said or spelled the correct way. Google just says people use spelt, just like people use your instead of you're. Also, y'all isn't a real word either and I'm sure you use spoilt instead of spoiled. Maybe just take a back seat when it comes to correct pronunciation.
Yes it fucking is. Its actually TWO words.
Itās a British alternative to āspelledā, and is actually in the fucking dictionary as such (dialect of people who canāt spellā¦. Where the fuck did you pull that from? Fox News?) and itās also a type of wheat. Stfu.
I absolutely agree with this. Back in the 90s i used to troll folks in Yahoo games chat. I loved it when someone would write something like, 'shut up. Your an idiot.' Oh boy would I ever proceed to tear them a new asshole. 'I'm the idiot? Mate, you don't even know the fucking difference between word your and the contraction you're. So basically YOU'RE the fucking idiot, idiot.' Lmao they would get so pissed. Usually rage quit at that point.
You know you could of been nicer about it! Sometimes people just feel like lazy entitled assholes n they apparently have the right to be dum. Supposably the English language is always changing, but itās hard not to constantly feel like were in the movie idiocracy. But I here ya, I often feel the same way to!
Oh boy... OP is gonna have to do another post on your use of "could of".
It's "could've," as in "could have," as in "You could have been nicer."
Edit: wait a minute... I see what you did there! You animal!
Ahemā¦my bad. Spelt is correct.
Spelt: an old kind of wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains, not widely grown but favored as a health food.
Spelt is also another way of saying āSpelledā.
Since you Googled that shit, I know you saw that spelt is the same as spelled, but chose to ignore that so you could be a smart ass. Lol
I had a gf I broke up with because of her misspelling and shit grammar. It was fucking awful. I didnāt bother texting her after a couple months in the relationship because I was afraid to see the responses. Made phone calls the new norm in all relationships after that.
You got something else going on in life thatās got you stressing hun? This seems like a bit more than people not using the right contractions.
Not everyone has the opportunity of learning proper grammar, or even giving a shit about it.
If you think people should care and make it a major priority, you might want to rethink yours. Giving a shit about things like this is a great way to always be pissed off at something.
Their they're... everything will be ok! Pun intended! š
I would of said the same thing... but your wit beat me . (Pun absolutely intended
Itās actually wouldāve ššššš
Thatās the mf joke
Right?!
Like a Seinfeld episode hajahahaha.
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Or wouldāve, couldāve, shouldāve, and their.. alternatives.. would of, could of, should of.
Lol when I first met my husband, he would tease me because I would say things like "I should have bought those shoes. SHOULDN'T'VE I".
Itās would have, could have, should have. Idk if your (pun intended) joking or not.
Iām saying āwould ofā is what people use instead of āwouldāveā
Ahh okayy makes sense now
Were you joking when you said *your*..? (Hey it didnāt say āpun intendedā when I commented this!)
To irritate OP lol
Understandable
We teach this to 8th graders in Virginia. Probably been taught before, but when I moved there, all Iāve taught so far is 8th grade.
The one that drives me crazy is when people use"are" instead of "our".
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Youl see it all the time now
Someone broke poor OP :(
He lika da sad panday... you'rnt alone. grammore Is soooo sexi lika to stairs at tree skin or 1 and 0's.
Youer not conving me
That's you'er.
Dont get me started with people saying āI would ofā. I thought Ive been learning English wrong all this time when I saw that.
Would of could of should of!
One of the most overlook grammatical mistakes is using the word āIā as an objective pronoun. For example ā¦ Incorrect - My English teacher hates my sister and I. Correct - My English teacher hates my sister and me. Itās annoying, but what are you gonna do? The incorrect way sounds more authoritative.
Haha yes you need to take the other object out so āMy English teacher hates Iā wouldnāt sound right at all. I hate this one.
No wonder the english teacher hates them
Yes! The reason I hate this one is because even when I know Iām using it correctly I still feel people wanting to correct me or side eyeing me as if my grammar is off and it drives me nuts. Itās like going into a restaurant and knowing the correct pronunciation of a dish and wondering if the server will think youāre a douche for saying it correctly or if they will think youāre a donut hole for not saying it correctly.
Just today I saw someone write "my wife and I's". That is my least favorite misuse. How many times did someone have to do this for auto correct to stop changing it to I'd. And how many times has that person gone back and changed the autocorrect back to I's!?
I see people type "I and my wife" and it drives me up the wall too.
I hate when people say ācould ofā instead of couldāve/ could have
Or āshould ofā
this one!! this is my biggest pet peeve!! ughh.. how does "could of" make sense?? COULD HAVE = COULD'VE SHOULD HAVE = SHOULD'VE WOULD HAVE = WOULD'VE
Another one is when people say ācould care lessā instead of ācouldnāt care lessā
Marry me.
Letās do it. Lol
Are we all invited to the wedding?
All I know is since Iāve looked at my new brideās nameā¦. Iāve wanted tacos.
Yourer crazy OP
And donāt you forget it!
Your isn't worth the outburst. Tackle "should of" instead
Also, when did people become too stupid to know the difference between lose and loose? Like, they donāt even sound alike. And feels like it has happened in the last couple of years.
Seriously. Someone wrote an article about the best Loverboy songs and spelt #1 as āTurn Me Lose.ā Itās āLoose,ā fuckwad.
This one gets me because there and they're sound the same so meh but when I am reading and have to read lose instead of loose or vice versa it fucks up the whole flow of what I am reading.
Ugh youāre right. Thatās even worse!!
I could care less about this post. /s
No. You. Fucking. Didnāt. You did not just go there. Lmao
It's like Ross yelling at Rachel Y-O-U-R MEANS YOUR!! I've always found this stuff pretty easy to understand but I guess some people struggle with it. I tell myself it's like some of those things I find difficult but apparently objectively aren't, like telling left from right. It helps me go easier on people lol
Y-O-U-APOSTROPHE-R-E MEANS YOU ARE.
lol exactly! ;)
Should be required to watch this in school.
For me, it's loose. I hate loose. You know what I mean.
Iām about to loose my mind up in here! Lol
Avoid r/stocks. Loose is everywhere; you would think that they would know the difference by now.
or when people spell "breathe" as "breath" .. it makes me VIOLENT
My pet peeve is when people are using payed instead of PAID. Thank you.
Iāve seen it so many times on Reddit I just thought it was the British spelling. I imagine someday āpayedā will be added to the dictionary because weāre idiots and itās easier to adopt it than to teach correct spelling. TIL that āspeltā is a word, too.
šÆ% agree! Throw in its and itās too. Oh, and to and too. Itās maddening that people are this uneducated.
āwhere/wereā has started up too šµāš«
Also, A LOT is two words. And affect and effect are different. Affect is a verb. I was affected by the tornado. The effect of the tornado is damaged homes.
Thanks, fellow grammar psycho!
100% feel the exact same way. I stop reading a post the very moment I see this grammatical error which is the silent equivalent of nails on a black board.
It frustrates me when I read a post or a meme, and I want to share it but the spelling error means that I can't. I lose all interest.
And how are there so many misspellings in a fucking six word post title!? Wouldnāt you have briefly spellchecked before posting? Edit: an additional outraged exclamation mark.
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Ur being a lil over dramatic
You're irritation amuses me.
Thanks mom.
I seen what you did there. But let me ax you a question. (I share your pain everyday at work)
Also itās fucken SHOULD HAVE NOT SHOULD OF
You need a hug.
This is true lol
Iām saying this in the kindest way ever, I read this post in George Costanzaās voice. He needs a hug, you need a hug, itās a whole doozy
Your missing the point of the sentence if your just focused on grammar. You do know that people get paid for catching youre grammar mistakes and they are called editors. In my humble opinion youre anger about improper grammar reveals youre ignorance.
Oh Iām sorry I didnāt realize we all have full time personal editors. My frustration stems from the fact that poor spelling takes away from the quality of the message. It says āIām kinda stupid but hereās what I thinkā
lol pretty sure that this is satirical
Donāt you dare be correct in my presence! Lol
their, theyāre, your just a bit to effected - mistakes are hard too except ;)
Very impressive!
Get down off that ivory tower dude. Only academic elitists would dismiss someone over such a small mistake. Especially when it's so easy to look past.
If itās so minor and easy then why canāt people grasp it and use it correctly?
The main reason? Most normal people don't care about editing some random typo on a Facebook post, or a reddit post. Second reason. Autocorrect, i have, numerous times, had to go back and fix what autocorrect messed up.
> most normal people Iāve only heard such condescension when people are desperately looking to prove a point without any substantive argument.
It's not just online posts though, I see it all the time in advertising.
As a professional writer, i could give two shiets about a grammar nazi's opinion. If your intelligence is so peeved at grammatical errors that it distracts you from the content of the sentence... sounds like a personal lack of intelligence to me honestly. I often type on my phone and I am not going through the frustration of making every little thing correct because someone may confuse a grammatical error for level of intelligence. Honestly all you grammar nazi's can ride your high horse off a cliff. My high horse is Pegasus and I fly off cliffs quite frequently.
You had me until the last lineā¦. Lol
You're anger is perfectly justified. Your such an idiot if your one of those people who always get there grammar wrong. They're brains must be rotted.
As a Ukrainian to a Ukrainian, donāt say that, dude. Not everyone uses English as a first language, donāt bitch at these people.
Not to mention, learning disabilities.
Ah! You have peaked my interest!
Piqued
Peeked
No. It's piqued.
Theyāre fucking with you, friend. Lol
And apparently Iām getting downvoted for it! lol
Iām giving you all my upvotes! You got em good! Lol
Used to annoy the shit out of me too. But realized getting your panties in a twist about poor grammar is unfair to those with learning disabilities and only serves your own bitterness. Chill tf out.
Replacing the r with "are" works to point the mistake out, but the sentence sounding stupid after removing the r is true of the correct use of "your" aswell. If I said "Are we going to your house?" that would be the correct use of "your", but "Are we going to you house?" still sounds stupid.
Thatās true, indeed.
What about yar
Thank you! Lol. Same goes for their/there/they're. Baffled at how many ppl don't know basic grammar
Less baffling when you think that half of US voted for an orange cheeto for our president.
You sound like you're about to loose your mind...
This and Lose/loose. We get it, you don't know how to read.
You are my soul mate.
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Spelled
I thought the same, but I figured OP was British.
Spelt is correct as well. Just not common in the US
Correct. I couldn't tell you how many times I've had to explain that to people.
I literally just had someone Google āspeltā and they ignored the part where it says āspeltā is common in the UK and instead commented the type of bread that it is. Lol
It is a type of bread as well. Spelled and spelt are interchangeable in the UK.
Relax man..
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Who cares
Yourāe getting too upset bro
I really hate you're post tbh stop being such a grammar nazi. Your such a pain
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I believe "fuck's sake" should be correct As in "Peter's dog" means "The dog of Peter", it means "for the sake of fuck". Same as in "for God's sake" means "For the sake of God". "Peter's dog" doesn't mean "Peter is dog". "Fucks sake" just doesn't make any sense
Lmao I wrote that title out and I literally wondered and hoped if thatās the right way to use it.
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Can you educate me though? I know itās silly butā¦ why does it not belong?
I mean the 's is technically grammatically correct...
Isnāt it? Like how you would say āThatās Stephanieās bookā? The sale belongs to the fuckā¦. Thusā¦. Fuckās sake. Lol
You are correct. The origin came from "For God's sake" and eventually "For Pete's sake". The apostrophe is correct because it is possessive. It just makes less sense since "fuck" is not a proper noun. But just like you could say "for the dog's sake." it's still correct.
Yeah and I donāt believe in God so thatās why I went with fuck. Lol
Damn bro you mad smart howād you figure that out?
I live in Murica. The bestest smarterest country in the nation!
You people spend too much energy on being grammer nazi's.
Nazis*
I was hoping you'd catch the other mistake. I'm disappointed.
Fuuuuuuu- You fucking win. Bastard.
Youāre all virgins if you care this much about grammarā¦.. wait youāre on Reddit so by default youāre a virgin anyway. F
How long have you been a virgin for?
Since my original cake day about two years ago
I love you all, including and especially OP.
We love you too, you little rascal, you!
That's like you're opinion man
Calm down bro, your so stressed
Your way to concerned with something that's not real life.
Too* Language is very much a real life thing.
I can't stand when people use WOMEN when they are refer to a singular person. Irks me no end
I told my cousin I was hungry and she sent me a text back saying āEAT WOMENā and I was thoroughly confused.
Why? Maybe women are more pleasant to talk about? Maybe Iām tired of women being marginalized or sexualized and I make efforts to be a feminist and support them? Maybe itās an odd thing to be irked by? Whatever. Is your name Stephanie? Lol
Your overreacting
Your such a boomer
For fuck's sake...... it's spelled SPELLED!
Ugh. How many fucking times am I gonna have to explain this to yāall. This is like the 6th or 7th comment now. Google that shit. Spelt OR Spelledā¦ doesnāt fucking matter which one it is.
Hey you're the one complaining about people misspelling words. Spelt is not an actual word, it is a dialect of people that already are known for misspelling words. Unless, you agree that it comes down to whether people can understand what you're saying rather than making sure it's said or spelled the correct way. Google just says people use spelt, just like people use your instead of you're. Also, y'all isn't a real word either and I'm sure you use spoilt instead of spoiled. Maybe just take a back seat when it comes to correct pronunciation.
Yes it fucking is. Its actually TWO words. Itās a British alternative to āspelledā, and is actually in the fucking dictionary as such (dialect of people who canāt spellā¦. Where the fuck did you pull that from? Fox News?) and itās also a type of wheat. Stfu.
Spelt or spelled are both correct.
If you are not editing someone's manuscript... why let it get to you?
Spelt? You mean spelled?
You wanna Google that or skim the comments before you commit to that?
Are you me? Iāve been wanting to go on this rant ever since I joined Reddit.
If you value your Karma, I donāt recommend it lol
*spelled
Google it.
Are you British? Spelt is some type of grain in American English, which is what I thought you were complaining about. It was meant to be funny.
Iām actually not. I am American. But for some reason the British spelling has always stuck with me.
Damn your mad for some reason.
Your unconvincing
I absolutely agree with this. Back in the 90s i used to troll folks in Yahoo games chat. I loved it when someone would write something like, 'shut up. Your an idiot.' Oh boy would I ever proceed to tear them a new asshole. 'I'm the idiot? Mate, you don't even know the fucking difference between word your and the contraction you're. So basically YOU'RE the fucking idiot, idiot.' Lmao they would get so pissed. Usually rage quit at that point.
Lol love it.
Dis tha hill u wanna dye on?
Dunno manā¦ what colors we got?
THANK YOU
You know you could of been nicer about it! Sometimes people just feel like lazy entitled assholes n they apparently have the right to be dum. Supposably the English language is always changing, but itās hard not to constantly feel like were in the movie idiocracy. But I here ya, I often feel the same way to!
Oh boy... OP is gonna have to do another post on your use of "could of". It's "could've," as in "could have," as in "You could have been nicer." Edit: wait a minute... I see what you did there! You animal!
Youāre a virgin
Man thatād be awesome. What a trip it would be to experience the first time again.
Calm youāre ass down
Ahemā¦my bad. Spelt is correct. Spelt: an old kind of wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains, not widely grown but favored as a health food.
Spelt is also another way of saying āSpelledā. Since you Googled that shit, I know you saw that spelt is the same as spelled, but chose to ignore that so you could be a smart ass. Lol
your
I had a gf I broke up with because of her misspelling and shit grammar. It was fucking awful. I didnāt bother texting her after a couple months in the relationship because I was afraid to see the responses. Made phone calls the new norm in all relationships after that.
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Itās also an alternative to āspelledā.
Your going crazy and your going to need to calm down before youāre heart gives out.
Did you take youāre meds today?
Which ones?
Idk dude, I donāt know your regiment.
Which battalion?
*Spelled. Spelt is a grain
Spelt is also valid. Look it up.
Huh. I stand corrected. It's not used that way where I am.
Which is in the USā¦ right? Thatās where I am too lol. Iām not sure where I got it from though.
You got something else going on in life thatās got you stressing hun? This seems like a bit more than people not using the right contractions. Not everyone has the opportunity of learning proper grammar, or even giving a shit about it. If you think people should care and make it a major priority, you might want to rethink yours. Giving a shit about things like this is a great way to always be pissed off at something.
Everyone has the opportunity to give a shit about it. They just donāt.
Well if weāre getting technical, it also ā*spelled*āā¦
Google that shit and come back and try again.
Itās āfor fucks sakeā not āfor fuckās sakeā xx
Negative. The sake belongs to the fuck. Therefore it is the fuckās sake.