On a similar note, I'd go with any time someone puts an apostrophe-s at the end of a word incorrectly. Just because the word is plural does not mean you have to insert an apostrophe!
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Going to have to go with various misuses of your and you're, with people saying ideal when they mean idea coming in a close second. (that is a common occurance down here in Kentucky that I have noticed since my move here ten years ago).
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Originally posted by ShotGunShepYou are all wrong!
It is by far the use of "they" as a 3rd person singular pronoun.
Nearly everyone makes this mistake and it is a very hard habit to break.
I can't tell what you mean - give an example, please.
Oh, and Looser or Loose instead of Loser or lose is probably the worst, but retarted pisses me off everytime I see that as well. It's retarded (and you shouldn't be using it most of the time that you do!)
Nothing pisses me off like people inserting the letter R where it doesn't belong, such as Warshington or idear. It's like fingernails on a blackboard to me.
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You've seen it enough on this board and anywhere else that discusses wrestling. Pronounced foo-ed, I assume?
Everyone else knocked off the good ones (your/you're, there/their/they're). But add in repeated hatchet jobs on various names (mostly by my father, as if he is to be believed, Steinfeld was one of the definitive 90's sitcoms and Cingulair is a cell phone company).
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I believe I speak for the elderly folks on this board when I say we need a translation.
I thought of another one: the free use of acronyms that not everyone knows the meaning of in your writing.That is frequently done in technical writing and it is frustrating.
Oh, and its and it's - another common and frustrating common misuse. Its is possessive, people!
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People who don't use capital letters to begin sentences really bother me. As do chatters who use the number zero in lieu of the letter "O" and other lackadaisical short forms.
You'll find people who chat on SMS chat lines (AirG, Kalador, and others) are prone to that.
The worst abuse? Ebonics. To quote the man, Bill Cosby...
"It doesnt want to speak English. I cant even talk the way these people talk. Why you aint where you is go, ra. I dont know who these people are. And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. Then I heard the father talk. This is all in the house. You used to talk a certain way on the corner and you got into the house and switched to English. Everybody knows its important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You cant land a plane with, Why you aint You cant be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth."
Axe, I be, 'where you at', a'ight, all of it makes my ears bleed.
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