Most Annoying Grammar Mistakes, etc.

KytchynWitche · March 2014

Oh, I was just reminded that when my mom was my age she was working as a secretary. Her boss had her type up some letter or other, and in it he'd written "expertease". My mom, being the diligent worker that she is, changed it to "expertise", and he sent the typed letter back to her with it red-lined and asked her to please type it the way he had written it. She argued, got the dictionary down, showed him, and his response was "Well, the dictionary is wrong. It's expertease because an expert does it with ease!"

pinkshorts27 · March 2014

urbaneca said:

Oh, I was just reminded that when my mom was my age she was working as a secretary. Her boss had her type up some letter or other, and in it he'd written "expertease". My mom, being the diligent worker that she is, changed it to "expertise", and he sent the typed letter back to her with it red-lined and asked her to please type it the way he had written it. She argued, got the dictionary down, showed him, and his response was "Well, the dictionary is wrong. It's expertease because an expert does it with ease!"

oh goodness. that is just awful. At least admit your mistake

themuffinman16 · March 2014

SHOULD OF.... AGHHHHH!

That is the absolute worst! Are you serious? It makes me want to beat my head against a rusty wall of nail spikes. I have seen this atrocity for so long, that I almost think I am wrong when I say or write "should have." It makes me shudder to think about what kids are not being taught in schools, these days

themuffinman16 · March 2014

I think we should just use this from now on. Lol

kaos16 · March 2014

A friend of mine was given a shirt for Christmas that he wears often. His wife takes a TON of pictures. Every time I see him on Facebook wearing his "New Yorker's don't call 911" shirt I want to shake him.............a lot!

laceybird · March 2014

YAW.

I... HATE.... seeing someone type "yaw" instead of "y'all". It absolutely drives me up the wall.

I also hate when people use "prolly" instead of "probably".

cupcait927 · March 2014

Something new to add to the list - champagne spelled as champaign. If I see it spelled incorrectly ONE MORE TIME I will lose my mind (coming from someone who would bathe in champagne if she could).

LizM61409 · March 2014

I work in a hospital. I've attached a pic of something that was posted in a staff area by the nursing manager.

My first thought? I wonder if they'll ask the patients whether "apart" should be one word or two in that first line there.

LizM61409 · March 2014

It also bugs me when people misuse fiance/fiancee.

As in all the women who post about their "fiancee". I mean if it's a lesbian wedding more power to them, but I suspect the majority don't understand that the 2nd e is to make it feminine.

aleighc3 · March 2014

Worst instead of worse.....it does not even sound right!

amakayeb · March 2014

I still remember when I taught persuasive essays to 5th grade during my student teaching. The kids had to write a letter asking their parents for something (a cell phone, a later bedtime, etc.) Apparently, the spell check on the computer liked to change 'definitely' to 'defiantly'. I was laughing so hard while grading all these papers saying things like, "I defiantly need a cell phone so I can be safe," or, "If I could stay up later, I would defiantly be more responsible."

Made for a good follow-up lesson on the dangers of spell check...

laceybird · March 2014

I heard one at work the other day.

Hisself.

Hissssself.

Hssssss!

pumpkinsandturkeys · March 2014

urbaneca said:

Oh, I was just reminded that when my mom was my age she was working as a secretary. Her boss had her type up some letter or other, and in it he'd written "expertease". My mom, being the diligent worker that she is, changed it to "expertise", and he sent the typed letter back to her with it red-lined and asked her to please type it the way he had written it. She argued, got the dictionary down, showed him, and his response was "Well, the dictionary is wrong. It's expertease because an expert does it with ease!"

Hahaha This reminds me of that Friends episode when Joey argues that it's 'moo point' and not 'moot point': "Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo."

mysticl · March 2014

LizM61409 said:

I work in a hospital. I've attached a pic of something that was posted in a staff area by the nursing manager.

My first thought? I wonder if they'll ask the patients whether "apart" should be one word or two in that first line there.

That made me remember a good one. I used to work at a fairly small agency and I would get stuck covering for the receptionist when she wasn't available. One day I decided to flip through the policy manual for her job. In the phone section every time it was supposed to say "button" it said "bottom". For example "to transfer a call, press the hold bottom…………".

laceybird · March 2014

"I seen..."

I don't know which one I hate worse, "I seen..." or "Yaw".

For example,

"I seen this picture on the internet," or "I just seen him yesterday."

vollebell · March 2014

I am a firm believer in the oxford comma. Even though I work in the music department at the high school, I'm correcting spelling and grammar issues constantly. Between the band director, the parents making flyers, and the student's papers it's constant. I've seen them all, corrected them all, and they all drive me crazy.

My favorite from the last band trip:

We were driving past a cemetery that had one of those big sign boards out front. On the board, they had written "Wemens history rocks!"

It took them two days to correct that.

tigersgirlgv · March 2014

My biggest grammar pet peeve is when people use an acronym but then say one of the words anyway: PIN number, ATM machine, GPS system. You are really saying Personal Identification Number number. Drives me crazy!!!

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