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What is your English language pet peeve?

Discussion in 'Member Casual Chat' started by Kode, Oct 29, 2016.

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  1. Sampson Simpon

    Sampson Simpon Active Member

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    People that have spelling and grammar as one of their pet peeves ;)
     
    Sampson Simpon, Jun 20, 2017
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  2. Ritter

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    The Queen of England's crown = wrong! This would mean England has a crown which the queen rules over.

    Correct way is; Queen's of England crown. Here it is the queen who possesses a crown and not England.

    At least this is how it works in my native tongue and people seem to never get it right. Not too sure if the same rule applies to English though. But, I would think it does.
     
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    Ritter, Jun 20, 2017
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  3. Ritter

    Ritter Well-Known Member

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    You should have misspelled and used imoroper grammar there for comedic effect imo. :p
     
    Ritter, Jun 20, 2017
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  4. guttermouth

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    i guess my peeve would be people misusing it
     
    guttermouth, Jun 20, 2017
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  5. yabberefugee

    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    My wifes pet peeve is "you guyses" it drives her nuts! I encourage my friends to use it in front of her.:lol:
     
    yabberefugee, Jun 20, 2017
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  6. yabberefugee

    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Another one of my wifes peeves. To me "I seen" is informative, It informs a little of the speakers ignorance, ....no harm done.
     
    yabberefugee, Jun 20, 2017
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Had a friend that would use the word "did" in a peculiar fashion. He would say, " I wish I had did that." I never said anything to him about that.
     
    yabberefugee, Jun 20, 2017
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  8. J.Idallian

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    The biggest problem I have is with people who don't punctuate correctly. I tend to vocalize everything that's written internally, and it screws up my reading cadence if something isn't punctuated correctly. I can generally tolerate everything else because I understand what's being said in context.
     
    J.Idallian, Jun 20, 2017
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