Grammatical mistakes EVERYONE makes

[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.

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.

That makes very little sense you have basically contradicted yourself. If a noun is not a naming noun there are different rules eg. princesses. If it is a naming noun however you just use nothing for plural. Although if you want to get into possessive which is what I was giving an example if something ends with the letter s you just add a '. That is it and you don't pronounce it like it is written as 's.

 

[Amphoteric]

Using the word "of" instead of "have".

 

[Azure-Supernova]

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.

Maybe your bank makes that mistake.

Also people who use 'i.e.' in the place of 'e.g.'. They mean two different things!

 

[Azure-Supernova]

FODDER FODDER FODDER

Double Post

FODDER FODDER FODDER

 

[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.

Maybe your bank makes that mistake.

Also people who use 'i.e.' in the place of 'e.g.'. They mean two different things!

was just saying how wide it's spread amongst the ignorant...

 

[Thick]

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?

This, and not necessarily just because I love the word pedantry.

Though I have never really looked into it, or ever thought that there was material on it to look into, I have been known to whip out the ol' semicolon now and then. I always understood it to be the comma's comma, something to take the place of a comma when a comma just can't hack it. See how the comma in the semicolon is holding up a period? That's because it is an extra strong comma, strong like ox.

Okay, so that last bit I just made up.

 

[Crash 9000]

Apostrophes! So many people use them in the wrong places

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

It's and its. Two very different words, people.

 

[Shaun Hastings]

People who prenounce "draw" as "drawl".

I mean, how the hell do you even do that?

 

[sunburst]

-snip-

Incorrect. While the word none is technically singular itself, you determine whether you should use a singular or plural verb based on the noun that none is modifying. Since your example sentence was "None of them are coming," the noun being modified is the plural them. In these situations, both the singular and plural forms of verbs are generally considered grammatically correct but the plural is more correct in modern English. If the noun being modified was singular, as in "None of the food is spoiled," then you would obviously use the singular verb.

Someone incorrectly correcting another person's grammar will set me off every time.

 

[Acier]

Not grammar, but the "Are there any woman here?" thread made me think of it.

And no not the misuse of Woman.

When people mix up gender and sex. It's a pet peeve of mine, although everyone thinks they're interchangable when they aren't!

Sex= Physical sexual organs, female/male. This is absolute black and white
Gender= Mental femininity/ masculinity. Is not 100% (can be mostly feminine with a few masculine traits) and has nothing to do with what's between your legs.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

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

Infinitely.

It's also not "definately". Definitely.

Spoiler

I'm a grammar nazi. Sue me.

 

[Edorf]

His - He's
Their - They're
Once - Ones

 

[FieryTrainwreck]

Disagreement in numnber.

 

[Tourette]

Apostrophes in names is a very common mistake where the ' is placed before the s in plural.

 

[Antiparticle]

"the game is great but the ending is it's weak point"

Almost everyone does that, I see it a million times per day.

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

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

Infinitely.

It's also not "definately". Definitely.

Spoiler

I'm a grammar nazi. Sue me.

If you were a true grammar Nazi you would have A) capitalized Nazi and B) commented on the lack of apostrophy in the image.

Please hand in your badge by the door.

 

[pliusmannn]

fu. why do you even bother? k, ok, okay, whatever?

 

[blankedboy]

I just love it when people neglect to use semi-colons; it's really not hard to use them correctly.

i see what u did thar

Anyways, freakin' 'effect' and 'affect'. How hard can it be??

 

[Woodsey]

Surely grammar is sentence structure? In which case, it's a little ironic you want common mistakes in grammar and then provide a spelling mistake as an example. And besides, Chrome accepts "OK" meaning you just put a lower case K (which would be wrong).

Saying "OK" is incorrect is like saying "they're" is incorrect.

Am I the only one who's annoyed by the grammar in the OP's post? Was it intended to be ironic?

Just noticed that as well. Commas all over the place!