| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms 12:14 - Jul 19 with 4448 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
Grammar:
'could/should/would of' instead of 'could/should/would have'
'His' instead of 'he is' or 'he's'
Eggcorns/malapropisms:
'Pacific' instead of 'specific'
'Heart rendering' instead of 'heart rending'
Your turn. 😊 [Post edited 19 Jul 12:18]
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 21:42 - Jul 19 with 898 views | suffolkpoker |
My grammer is so poor I don’t even have one |  |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 21:47 - Jul 19 with 882 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 15:25 - Jul 19 by urbanpenguin |
It's old English, and simply has re-entered the language. through different dialects and English returning from the various places we took it around the world through colonisation. |
Nonsense. The current use of that has nothing to do with "old english" |  | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 22:28 - Jul 19 with 849 views | Plums |
'Affect' instead of 'effect' and vice versa.
It's an irritant I've inherited from my university head of third year and she wasn't wrong. |  |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 22:35 - Jul 19 with 833 views | saxon |
Literally, when used in a context when it's anything but e.g. "I literally died laughing". | | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 23:25 - Jul 19 with 800 views | TheMoralMajority |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 14:19 - Jul 19 by jontysnut |
At risk of sounding like William Rees-Mogg I deplore the modern usage of ' beg the question '. |
Agree with this. Sadly I think that ship has long sailed, as I struggle to recollect when I last heard/read it used in the traditional context.
"Chomping at the bit" annoys me far more than it has any right to. It's just plain wrong. Horses champ at the bit. They don't chomp at it.
In fact, I'm not entirely convinced you can chomp at anything much. You could certainly chomp on something... like a Mars bar for instance, but even then horses don't chomp on the bit. They may chomp down on some hay, but then, that's not the phrase.
Like I say. Annoys me far more than it has any right to. |  |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 23:57 - Jul 19 with 783 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 22:28 - Jul 19 by Plums |
'Affect' instead of 'effect' and vice versa.
It's an irritant I've inherited from my university head of third year and she wasn't wrong. |
I was told to remember the meaning by the first letter of each word: the affect is the action, the effect is the evidence.
"The houses were profoundly affected by the earthquake."
"The earthquake had a profound effect on the houses" [Post edited 20 Jul 0:11]
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 00:56 - Jul 20 with 751 views | Ryorry |
“Amount of” instead of number of when referring to people.
“The amount of people going through the gates …”
Err, they’re not quantities of sugar, they’re individual humans. |  |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 01:58 - Jul 20 with 715 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 12:34 - Jul 19 by _clive_baker_ |
Winds me up how young people seem to omit the word ‘to’ quite regularly.
I’m going Starbucks. No you’re not, dickhead. You’re going to Starbucks. |
That's absolutely normal form in the Northamptonshire (and maybe wider East Midlands) vernacular, across generations.
Personally I love a bit of vernacular dialect. Adds a bit of local flavour. Quite different to Pacific/specific etc. [Post edited 20 Jul 2:13]
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 02:00 - Jul 20 with 712 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 14:12 - Jul 19 by PhilTWTD |
'Over' rather than 'more than' when talking about a figure. |
I can see the headlines now:
"Phil Ham unhappy with reports that TWTD has over a million members." | | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:12 - Jul 20 with 621 views | azuremerlangus |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 22:35 - Jul 19 by saxon |
Literally, when used in a context when it's anything but e.g. "I literally died laughing". |
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Genuinely
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:14 - Jul 20 with 620 views | PhilTWTD |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 00:56 - Jul 20 by Ryorry |
“Amount of” instead of number of when referring to people.
“The amount of people going through the gates …”
Err, they’re not quantities of sugar, they’re individual humans. |
Indeed, I was going to mention that as well! |  | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:17 - Jul 20 with 617 views | Cheshire_Tractor |
'At the end of the day...'
At the end of the day I want to watch the sunrise. |  | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:34 - Jul 20 with 593 views | Plums |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:14 - Jul 20 by PhilTWTD |
Indeed, I was going to mention that as well! |
Less than and fewer as well! | |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:36 - Jul 20 with 591 views | PhilTWTD |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:34 - Jul 20 by Plums |
Less than and fewer as well! |
Very much so! | | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:37 - Jul 20 with 588 views | PhilTWTD |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 02:00 - Jul 20 by ArnoldMoorhen |
I can see the headlines now:
"Phil Ham unhappy with reports that TWTD has over a million members." |
I might let that slide! | | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:42 - Jul 20 with 568 views | Ryorry |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:12 - Jul 20 by azuremerlangus |
Add these to the list:
Genuinely
Random |
Slight digression - anyone else never trust anyone who says “trust me …”. ? | |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 11:43 - Jul 20 with 531 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 10:42 - Jul 20 by Ryorry |
Slight digression - anyone else never trust anyone who says “trust me …”. ? |
Similarly... "To be honest with you..."
Does that mean that they're not being honest the rest of the time? |  |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 17:10 - Jul 20 with 440 views | DJR |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 11:43 - Jul 20 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Similarly... "To be honest with you..."
Does that mean that they're not being honest the rest of the time? |
"To be fair" and "To be honest" mean different things, and are often used incorrectly by football pundits. |  | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 17:35 - Jul 20 with 420 views | DJR |
"try and" rather than "try to". [Post edited 20 Jul 18:16]
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 19:21 - Jul 20 with 359 views | Stevoski |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 11:43 - Jul 20 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Similarly... "To be honest with you..."
Does that mean that they're not being honest the rest of the time? |
Along with... "I ain't gonna lie..."
What also irks me is people using the word brought when they mean bought.
Oh, and saying "It's jokes" or "that's jokes" when they mean "It was a joke". | | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 21:00 - Jul 20 with 303 views | WeWereZombies |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 13:44 - Jul 19 by DJR |
I remember about 35 years ago (probably during World Cup 1990) seeing a letter to a newspaper in which someone had written something along following lines.
"To conjugate "done good"
I done good.
You done good.
He done good.
She done good.
The boy Lineker done good." [Post edited 19 Jul 13:59]
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Posters who do not use 'the' when they post '...written something along the following lines.' |  |
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 21:02 - Jul 20 with 304 views | Bluesky |
Obviously. |  | | |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 22:30 - Jul 20 with 261 views | TheReturnOfCthulhu |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 15:50 - Jul 19 by bluelagos |
Grammar Nazis. Though probably not the thread for it tbf |
If only you'd gone to a Grammar school. Oh, hang on.
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| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 08:38 - Jul 21 with 121 views | DJR |
| Pet hates with grammar and 'eggcorns'/malapropisms on 21:00 - Jul 20 by WeWereZombies |
Posters who do not use 'the' when they post '...written something along the following lines.' |
Standards are obviously slipping!
As it is, I take the view that the only way to properly check something written on screen is to print it out. And when I worked, I would proof read anything I sent out three times, once for sense, second to spot typos, and third to double-check I hadn't missed anything.
It was probably drummed into me by the firm I first worked at where nothing was sent out without it being read and signed by a partner, which could be a pain when trying to catch the last post.
These days, with the transient nature of many things electronic, I tend to just bash things out. [Post edited 21 Jul 9:57]
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