What I really dislike is when adults knowingly "teach" young children incorrect grammar. For example, I have heard people ask children "How's her doing today?" when they don't speak that way to other people. Children learn what they hear and that is just wrong.
Oh, I also don't like when people speak about themselves in third person. PLEASE, there is a reason why we have the word "I".
Which is why I posted it that way, Amie! :lol::lol::lol: because we all dislike the overuse of "literally"
I know. Sorry. I should have had a emoticon or something there. I got it the joke. lol. (They really need to invent a sarcasm font.)
When people use the word "quote" as a noun - i.e. "I want to share a quote with you from this book". To quote is a verb, quotation is a noun. Also, "somewhere's else".
My Webster's Dictionary (p. 1996) is under the impression that quote is both a verb and a noun. (Sorry, I had to look this up because it didn't jive with things I was taught in journalism.)
Having just read a news article, there is another term that really gets to me: "working families" - as if anyone who generates an above-average income somehow doesn't work for it and those earning a below-average income do.
I really cringe over taters, maters and nanners. I have heard those all my life, but still can't stand it. I don't hear nanners as much except when someone says nanner sandwich or nanner pudding. I hear mater sandwich a lot and tater salad. Another one is mainaise for mayonaise.
I hate the misuse of there/their/they're and your/you're! We are pretty strict about crude language in our home, so my kids also think some not-so-bad words are bad words. My dd13 came home this summer and told me that her swim coach said the "F" word to her. I thought she probably meant fart, which is not allowed in our home. I questioned her more just out of curiousity, and it was the REAL "F-bomb"--as in "Get off the f-ing walls!". That word makes me cringe!! (Just FYI, it's one of the many reasons my dd is now on another team.)
Homophones are my pet peeve. I couldn't believe it when my dh was going to use "to" on an email instead of "too". At that moment, he didn't realize that it could also or very. (Btw, this thread has me very nervous about my grammar and spelling.) Also, I've always wanted to ask. What's up with the dd,ds and dh? I don't know of many people who go around saying, "My dear husband went to work." "My dear daughter is in 9th grade." or "My dear son is on the soccer team."
Ha! That's true. If someone were to say that in real life, it would sound either condescending or sarcastic. "Yes, dear husband, you are right." Yep. Definitely sarcastic.
I the ds/dd/dh thing is just because s/d/h look kind of lonely sitting off all by themselves. I don't think it's sarcastic, I think it's affectionate. Besides, how many people actually say, "I put my shirt on backward! Laughing out loud!"?
I don't use the ds thing too often. I usually don't use to many "text" type of words. I prefer my words spelled out, but I will use them sometimes. After getting laid off of a job without ANY warning, I sent an e-mail to the corporate office venting my frustration. I didn't get rude, but when I got my response I wanted to send a nasty note. Why? In the response, there were three instances where they used the word "where" instead of "were". One of them was something like this, "I am glad you where able to find a job." HUH? I guess their spell check was working, but spell check doesn't catch things like that. I decided not to be ugly about it, but the temptation was great.
I don't think it sounds sarcastic when we 'say' it in text, but if we were to actually say it in regular conversation it does. Sort of. I was trying to be funny. *fail*
