Question of the Day, Wednesday, August 24, 2022

[neely]

An early version of QOD for Happy Whiskers Wednesday! It seems that ever since they've eliminated certain subjects in school and people text with abbreviations, emojis, etc. we are losing our grammar and punctuation skills. Some examples are: when people do not capitalize the first letter of a sentence or do not punctuate the end of a sentence, do not capitalize a name, use who for whom and visa versa, there instead of their, your instead of you're, end a sentence with a preposition and so on.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR GRAMMAR OR PUNCTUATION PET PEEVES?

 

[strider rose]

i dont really have any , i make mistakes from time to time myself lol

 

[pearl99]

"irregardless!"
"could of" instead of "could have."

I agree! Things are being lost!

 

[neely]

i dont really have any , i make mistakes from time to time myself lol

Don't feel bad since we all make mistakes from time to time. No one is perfect.

 

[strider rose]

Don't feel bad since we all make mistakes from time to time. No one is perfect.

neely aww thank you hun

 

[Margot Lane]

Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

"irregardless!"
"could of" instead of "could have."

I agree! Things are being lost!

“Could of” drives me up the wall! I wonder if it’s because people don’t know the word is “could’ve”, short for could have.

“It’s” used as the possessive (its) annoys me - though there’s a fair chance it’s because of idiot autocorrect keyboards.

 

[Maria Bayote]

I agree. Most people now are relying on auto spell so many have already lost it. A mistake here and there is ok though. It happens to me too. But when I encounter someone I personally know who doesn't really get the difference between simple words such as you're and your, it gets to my nerves. LOL.

 

[kashmir64]

there/their/they're
So many times the wrong one is used. I can forgive it if the person typing does not have English as a first language.
Although I do make many mistakes, that one just irritates me for some reason.

Also 'I could care less'. It should be I couldn't care less but no one ever says it that way.

 

[misty8723]

1980's instead of 1980s.

 

[misty8723]

Also 'I could care less'. It should be I couldn't care less but no one ever says it that way.

I say I couldn't care less because the other way makes no sense in the context being used.

 

[Winchester]

A supervisor at the paper plant used to say "irregardless" all the time. I finally said, "Look, regardless of what you say, irregardless is not a word! Stop it!" He just looked at me and said, "Really?" "Yes, really! Stop it!" From then on, if we were in a meeting and he was talking and said "irregardless," he'd stop and say "regardless".

I hate text speak with a passion. Also people who write everything in one paragraph. I can't read it and have stopped trying.

To, too, and two
You're, your
There, their, they're
It's, its

When using the plural of a noun, an apostrophe is not needed. Cars are cars, not car's or cars'.

.... (And I know I'm very guilty of that.)

My GF told me I should have (NOT should of) been an English teacher.

 

[neely]

I hate text speak with a passion. Also people who write everything in one paragraph. I can't read it and have stopped trying.

Exactly! When I see lines and lines with no distinct paragraphs it turns me off.

 

[game misconduct]

all that using lol,ttyl,smh stuff that took me a while to figure out at first i admit i like using emojis though easier than typing out hehe.

 

[debbila]

Written sentences that go on and on with no punctuation, so it's a struggle to figure out where they begin and end.

Brought and bought. Did you buy it or bring it?

 

[vansX2]

When people text me using abbreviations like "R", "U" instead writing the word "Are" or You. Too me that's complete laziness.

 

[NY cat man]

All of the above, plus another that I see all the time in various magazines is using 'pour' instead of 'pore', as in to pore over instructions. It's like hitting a speed bump in my reading. And yes, I once was told that I should become a teacher, but the prospect of spending 40 years or more in front of a bunch of indifferent crumb crunchers dissuaded me.

 

[Margot Lane]

Lay: for chickens and setting the table
Lie: for sleeping (and fibbing).

 

[fionasmom]

who/whom
lie/lay
prepositions at the end of a sentence
mines as a possessive, as in "the dress is mines"
the reason is because
misuse of adverbs, as in "real happy to see you"
misplaced modifiers, as in "Hopping across the lawn, I saw a rabbit."
no clear antecedent (professional writers even miss this one)
pronoun disagreement

 

[DreamerRose]

Snuck for sneaked.
Lay for lie.
At as in "Where are you at?" Just leave the "at" off - "Where are you?"
"For Sam and I" instead of "For Sam and me."