I'm not the grammar police, but...

[roddy]

Got any grammar/spelling pet peeves that really grind your gears? Post 'em up here without singling anyone out in their own thread.


There are two things I see a lot here that make me cringe.


Mobile 1, and break pads.

[Icanfaptothis86]

pickel surprise

[Tcoat]

I aint got no beaf wif anybodyes spelln or gramma as longs as I can reads it.


Oh, and they don't start the thread with "well I gonna be a techer or a wrighter"

[stugray]

this one makes my head want to pop:

"And we're waiting to see whether we'll get some rain.... .. . . . ."

OR NOT!
whether this OR that!
"whether " is used to refer to , at a minimum, two options

If you only have one option then:

"And we're waiting to see if we'll get some rain"

/rant

And two things that aren't necessarily "grammar":

"For all intense purposes" ......what? what do you even think that idiom even means if you say it like that?

"It's so fustrating" what? FUstrating? What the FR-uck does that mean?

[IBill4You]

bear bare
heal heel
they're there their
brake break
we're were
where wear
wtf is a comma anyways?
Auto correct sabotages me sometimes.
The worst offenses include ruining a meme with poor grammar.
It really bothers me that my English 101 class had such a large gap in student skills that our teacher actually admitted to me that he had to grade based on individual progress, or he would've failed >50% of the class. I'm talking he passed English as a second language students that were below a high school level, and this is supposed to be okay.

[pushrod]

People that lack perfect grammar are loosers and will never get anywhere in life.

I personally hate when people use portmanteaus improperly:

Login with the login page (first one should be "log in").

[cdrazic93]

Originally Posted by stugray

What the FR-uck does that mean?

Quoted because yes

[Tcoat]

Proper Spelling / Improper Spelling


abridgement / abridgment
acknowledgement / acknowledgment
amoeba / ameba
analyse / analyze
anaesthesia / anesthesia
arbour / arbor
axe / ax
barrelled / barreled
behaviour / behavior
belabour / belabor
brunette / brunet
calibre / caliber
catalogue / catalog
cancelled / canceled
candour / candor
centre / center
centimetre / centimeter
cheque / check
colour / color
counsellor / counselor
clamour / clamor
crystalline / crystaline
defence / defense
dialogue / dialog
aeon / eon
favour / favor
favourite / favorite
fervour / fervor
fibre / fiber
flavour / flavor
fuelled / fueled
fulfil / fulfill
funnelled / funneled
gauge / gage
goitre / goiter
gruelling / grueling
harbour / harbor
honour / honor
humour / humor
jeweller / jeweler
instalment / installment
imperilled / imperiled
kilometre / kilometer
labour/ labor
labelled / labeled
levelled / leveled
licence / license
litre / liter
louvre / louver
lustre / luster
macabre / macaber
manoeuvre / maneuver
marvellous / marvelous
matte / matt
meagre / meager
metre / meter
millimetre / millimeter
mitre / miter
modelled / modeled
mould / mold
moult / molt
moustache / mustache
neighbour / neighbor
parlour / parlor
pummelled / pummeled
pyjamas / pajamas
odour / odor
reconnoitre / reconnoiter
saleable / salable
savour / savors
sombre / somber
sulphate / sulfate
sulphur / sulfur
totalled / totaled
tumour / tumor
traveller / traveler
tunnelled / tunneled
theatre / theater
valour / valor
vapour / vapor
vigour / vigor
wilful / willful
worshipped / worshiped
queueing / queuing

[pushrod]

Tee Quixote / Tcoat

[why?]

if you are paying attention to someone's grammar get the hell off the internet and drive your car, because you have way too much free time.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by pushrod

I personally hate when people use portmanteaus improperly:

??????

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Proper Spelling / Improper Spelling
arbour / arbor
belabour / belabor
catalogue / catalog
candour / candor
cheque / check
colour / color
clamour / clamor
favour / favor
fervour / fervor
flavour / flavor
harbour / harbor
honour / honor
humour / humor
labour/ labor
neighbour / neighbor
parlour / parlor
odour / odor
savour / savors
sulphate / sulfate
sulphur / sulfur
tumour / tumor
valour / valor
vapour / vapor

You of all people should know better than to do blind copy and pastes.
Both spellings are correct depending on which part of the world you come from.
"Check" isn't mis-spelt unless you are meaning to write "cheque".
Most words ending in an unstressed -our in British English end in -or in American English.

[Sideways&Smiling]

I hate when people spell lose/losing as "loose"/"loosing", and I hate that I see it on Facebook all the time.

[Sideways&Smiling]

Originally Posted by pushrod

People that lack perfect grammar are loosers and will never get anywhere in life.

I personally hate when people use portmanteaus improperly:

Login with the login page (first one should be "log in").

Ugh, I just saw this. I really hope this was you just being ironic. lol