Grammatical mistakes EVERYONE makes

[hermes]

Its/It's is the most common I have seen.

 

[carpathic]

towards - not a word
alot - not a word

 

[Queen Michael]

The reason that it's/its bugs me (and many others) is probably due to how easy it is to avoid if you try. There's no reason for it to occur.

 

[socialmenace42]

The Waiter turns to the "P" section on animals and reads, "Panda. Black and White bear-like animal native to Southeastern Asia. Eats, shoots, and leaves."

I'm going to be a complete t*at and point out that the commas in the last line were not needed

People who don't understand the purpose of an apostrophe enrage me somewhat. Words like 'don't', 'can't' and 'I'll' aren't that complicated to write propperly.

 

[MKScorpion]

its and it's
they're and their

Even though that's spelling and not grammar, those type of mistakes still annoy me a bit.

Actually, it is a grammar mistake, because using one instead of the other results in convoluted sentences.

Its = Possessive, belonging to a singular object.
It's = It is

"The dog ate its bone." =/= "The dog ate it's (it is) bone."

They're = They are
Their = Possessive, belonging to a group of people

"Their yacht sank." =/= "They're (They are) yacht sank."

I stand corrected. Well folks, the more you know...

 

[drummond13]

For me it's the improper use of "its" and "it's". Most grammatical mistakes I see on forums all the time, and it's annoying but whatever, most people can't write.

But the whole "its" and "it's" thing I see professional writers do wrong ALL THE TIME. Most games I play or even books I read mess this up at least once. It's frustrating. The writing collective needs to get its basic grammar use in order.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

What are some accepted grammatical mistake you frequently see people making?

The split infinitive. "To boldly go" when it should be "to go boldly".

I see what you did there.

Nice one.

 

[_Cake_]

I don't see them so much as I make them n_n

 

[Daveman]

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 (in that it doesn't annoy me) it's just if they say "whom" you know they're just trying to be clever.

 

[Thick]

I am certainly no one to throw stones about grammar. I have the hardest time with lay/lie and manipulating words like themselves and else. But the most gross abuse of internet speech irks me; "How R U 2day?" etc.

I'm reminded of a poem I was shown once where the author intentionally didn't capitalize 'I'. It was supposed to be some sort of symbol of poor self worth, but I could only think, "No, it's a symbol of pretentious writing."

 

[Queen Michael]

I hate it when people say "He asked Tanya and I if we wanted to go to the movies with him" when it should be "He asked Tanya and me if we wanted to go to the movies with him".

 

[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.

 

[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... >_> <_<