Grammatical mistakes EVERYONE makes

[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.

 

[mezmerizer02]

People who say "anyways". It annoys me to death. The word is Anyway. no "s" at the end. Just "anyway".

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

People never say Chris' coat as in no double s sound just say it like you would normally say that name. That is the correct way to pronounce it. People however, always say it like it is written this was Chirs's coat. Speaking of however, very few peopel put the comma after however and other words like it.

 

[mezmerizer02]

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

Actually, that is correct grammar. If you say not one of them are coming, you are referring to more than one, which is just like saying "are they coming?" "No, none of them are coming". Is is used to show a singular noun, not a pluarlized noun. i.e. "Is he coming?" "Yes, he is coming", instead of "Is they coming?" which is incorrect grammar usage. Although none of these are full sentences since it does not specify where they are supposed to be going.

 

[eggy32]

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

Actually, that is correct grammar. If you say not one of them are coming, you are referring to more than one, which is just like saying "are they coming?" "No, none of them are coming". Is is used to show a singular noun, not a pluarlized noun. i.e. "Is he coming?" "Yes, he is coming", instead of "Is they coming?" which is incorrect grammar usage. Although none of these are full sentences since it does not specify where they are supposed to be going.

You're not talking about plurals. You are talking about one. Not one of them. It's one part of a group.

 

[Stabby Joe]

Some people say "can I loan some money", when what they should be saying is "can I BORROW some money".

Anytime someone says the former, I respond with "ok, I want a thousand pounds."

 

[unoleian]

One final thing: for the love of God; it's spelled 'CHEQUE' not 'CHECK'

Eh, what irks me is when people are so intolerable about differences in dialect.
Okay, so that's not really a grammatical issue, but I couldn't leave it alone.

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On to other things--

While using the wrong word out of context is super-annoying, getting hung up on some of the intricacies of punctuation is simply an exercise in pedantry.

You know, I've tried to figure out that damned semi-colon for years, and it's just damn confusing. Almost any sentence can be structured just fine without it. It strikes me as one of those marks most favored by those who would engage in pedantic punctuation practices performed for perfect posting. (Hooray alliteration!)

But enough about all that. How hard is it to use the correct "to," "too," "two," "there," "they're," "their," "you're," or "your" in a sentence?

 

[mezmerizer02]

People never say Chris' coat as in no double s sound just say it like you would normally say that name. That is the correct way to pronounce it. People however, always say it like it is written this was Chirs's coat. Speaking of however, very few peopel put the comma after however and other words like it.

when it's a noun that is not a name you do not ad the S, when it is not a name, you add the S.

 

[-KC-]

I was talking to someone earlier, and I was about to put, in response, simply the letter "k". Figuring that they deserved at least two letters, I revised that to "ok" and sent it. As Google Chrome's spell check has just informed me, and as my seconds late brain informed me then, it should have been revised to the four letter "okay".

Ok, is not a word. if it were, it would probably be pronounced like "rock" without the "r" sound. O.K. was originally used as a funny way to shorten the word "okay" (haha- "kay" sounds like "K" and "O" sounds like... well, you get the point). Now its become so accepted that most people seem to simply think that is how the word is spelled.

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

Actually, you should research some more, because 'OK' has nothing to do with 'Okey' or 'O.K' or whatever. Instead of letter 'O' we should write 0 (zero), yep, I'm not kidding, that's correct.


0k not Ok actually stands for 'zero killed' which is used during Vietnam war, when American soldiers wanted to signalize their air troops that noone died (zero killed), so if you think about that nothing except for 0k is lawfully.


But also there are many other allegations and claims that it comes from Greek language and many dubious explanations, which is essentially an agreement or an assent, back to the Native American term 'okeh' which means an agreement.

They used OK to mean Orfully Konfused, or Often Kontradicts, for example. The continued use of the term eventually migrated into not only the American language, but is used around the world as well.

 

[Plurralbles]

ACK, THE ATTACK OF THE ERRONEOUS COMMAS!

One final thing: for the love of God; it's spelled 'CHEQUE' not 'CHECK'

Dude, even the BANK makes the mistake... damn.

Some people say "can I loan some money", when what they should be saying is "can I BORROW some money".

Anytime someone says the former, I respond with "ok, I want a thousand pounds."

You've honestly had that happen to you? You're surrounded by brainless douchebags.

 

[LostTimeLady]

Oooo... where to start. Well, I think the two main ones that seem to slip past everyone are:

"Gotten". This maybe correct grammar in Shakespeare English and American English but in UK English it is not. In American English you might say "He's gotten over it." But in UK English the correct phrase is "He's got over it." I've kicked myself many a time for letting down my English teacher.

"Could of/Should of/Would of". Although people say it like that that is bad grammar and it's always "could have/should have/would have".

Everyone makes these mistakes I'm sure at least once in their time (I know I have).