What is your pet peeve?
02-13-2011, 05:29 AM
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Lv2sew, dont worry! I am the worst speller, AND my keyboard is broken, so my typing is probaly way worse than yours. SIGH...........
02-13-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by CarrieAnne
Lv2sew, dont worry! I am the worst speller, AND my keyboard is broken, so my typing is probaly way worse than yours. SIGH...........
02-13-2011, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by sharoney
People who walk through the doors of the grocery store with their cart and then just stop- to dig in their purse, or whatever- and block the way. Drives me insane.
02-13-2011, 05:36 AM
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Oh, yeah. This is old....and been through LOTS of teens who spilled almost everything on it. BUT its all I got, so oh, well, right? I really try to reread everything, but sometimes I see something I wrote and theres an oops!
02-13-2011, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by makakehau
A couple of common English errors just aggravate me to no end.
The misuse of your and you're or their, there and they're.
People don't seem to be thinking about what they're saying.
Thanks!
Lori
The misuse of your and you're or their, there and they're.
People don't seem to be thinking about what they're saying.
Thanks!
Lori
02-13-2011, 05:51 AM
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Having dinner in a restaurant and the waitress/waiter keeps asking "can I get "you guys" anything?" or "is everything all right, "you guys"! Grrrr!
02-13-2011, 05:59 AM
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i say and ask again ... please
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
we normally delete Pet Peeve topics because they inevitably lead to hurt feelings. it amazes me that we can never get through one of them without somebody bringing out the Red Pen of Death over spelling and grammar.
of course it would be wonderful if every one of us had the opportunity for a top-notch education; or if everyone of us was a "natural-born" wordsmith.
but that is not the case.
let's face facts. typing in all upper case on the internet is rude. typing in all lower case (as has become my own mildy-regretable habit) is lazy, but saves time. cyber-abbreviations and spell-check in word processing software do not encourage us hone our skills, either.
if yours is a profession that demands proof-reading documents written by others, then - by all means - keep the Red Pen handy when you are at work.
but let's not worry about it here, ok?
of course it would be wonderful if every one of us had the opportunity for a top-notch education; or if everyone of us was a "natural-born" wordsmith.
but that is not the case.
let's face facts. typing in all upper case on the internet is rude. typing in all lower case (as has become my own mildy-regretable habit) is lazy, but saves time. cyber-abbreviations and spell-check in word processing software do not encourage us hone our skills, either.
if yours is a profession that demands proof-reading documents written by others, then - by all means - keep the Red Pen handy when you are at work.
but let's not worry about it here, ok?
02-13-2011, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by imanoni
My pet peeves are people (including newscasters) who use "I and "Me" in the wrong place "Rose spent the day with Jake and I instead of "Rose spent the day with Jake and me"...it just grates!
Servers in restaurants who refer to my lady friends and me as "You Guys".
Servers in restaurants who refer to my lady friends and me as "You Guys".
OR, the improper use of "Myself".......
02-13-2011, 06:55 AM
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Butchering words...I am guilty too,but some things anyone should know if they can read..examples
ideal instead of idea
sherbert it is sherBET
mushroon mushrooM
prostrate for prostate
pitcher for picture
there are so many,,,my hubby is the worst...but its funny.he says fire"extinglisher" and he puts "onyungs" on his burgers..Natalie says cute kid stuff but she cant read yet ...love to hear little kids say words wrong
ideal instead of idea
sherbert it is sherBET
mushroon mushrooM
prostrate for prostate
pitcher for picture
there are so many,,,my hubby is the worst...but its funny.he says fire"extinglisher" and he puts "onyungs" on his burgers..Natalie says cute kid stuff but she cant read yet ...love to hear little kids say words wrong
02-13-2011, 06:55 AM
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When people stand in the middle of an aisle anywhere and you can not get around. Then when you say Excuse ME, they just look at you.
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