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All I want to know is just who the hell is "they"? As in..."Well, you know they say"......

hate the use of "them things" instead of "those things". The use of "change it" instead of "exchange it", hear that a lot around Christmas time.

My husband's family are famous for these!

And also, "actually". When the teens use this in their sentence, it is their way of saying "your wrong, let me straighten you out"!

My husband asks me how I would feel if someone corrected my grammer. I told him that I would appreciate it! I'd want to know!

Spelling? Well, I am the worst!

Boo, I am with you about the word "panties".

Oops! My post should've said, My husband's family IS famous for these!

I agree on the spelling and grammar front. Anyone can make mistakes, but it's the people who don't try that really get under my skin. My husband's niece is 19 and has NO CLUE how to spell. It's all text speak and make no sense whatsoever.
My English has always been to a fair standard thanks to my Dad's encouragement to get it right, but my husband has an English degree. We work in the same department and his role is to ensure that all advertising that we sent out is correct so he's a perfectionist. I get corrected/told off sometimes and it has taught me how to use English correctly in most situations, although I still screw it up when I'm tired or stressed. However it does earn him an earful when he corrects me while I'm telling HIM off for something!
We regularly come across people who question his decisions and try to change his text to incorrect versions. It drives him nuts (and me too, because I have to sit through the rant!). If you have someone there whose role is to make it correct, why question what they write?

And for those people struggling with dyslexia, or other problems that cause spelling/thinking issues, that's a completely different matter. It's easy to tell from sentence construction whether people use English properly and have made mistakes or just don't care what they write. (and that would apply whoever was in that role, not just because he's my husband!)

Personal pet peeves:
Should of/ could of - instead of should have/ could have
Their/there/they're
Here/hear
Capital letters at the start of words that don't need them.
Text speak in corporate communications including email. If it's a personal message, fine. But not when you're trying to be professional.
Kr - used at the end of a message (at work) instead of 'Kind regards'.
Apostrophes to imply plural. In fact, don't get me started on apostrophes.

Sorry. Putting my soap box away now :o)

And now I'm reading my own message and spotting errors. How ironic.

I was raised to speak "High English" and not to have a NY accent - it was not tolerated...and was always immediately corrected by my very nit picky Mother. As a result, I am able to be understood very easily by people who really don't speak English. I'm tolerant of others for the most part, and let their slang roll off my back, but the absolute peeve that I can't let go is from Massachusets - it is "so don't I" - used as "I have tomorrow off", "oh yeah? so don't I" trying to say that they, too, have the day off, however, they are saying that they DON"T...but you can't explain it to them... ughhh. Another improperly used saying that will have me raising my eyebrows is "I could care less" My typical response is "Really? How much less could you care?" I should stop saying that, as it just gets lost amidst the confused stares and head scratches...

Mine isn't really about spelling it's more of sayings.Such as "That's just like" when in fact it has nothing to do with the topic.Or "I know what you're saying" or "I know how you feel."
When really how could you or do you?
Then there's the little memo on the bottom here,"I promise to be nice"
That NEEDS to be there for a reminder???

Oo, i just thought of something..

When people put an "er" where there should be an "a"

For example: BANANERS!!! GAH!

The one that gets to me is when people end a sentence with a preposition such as "where was that at?" Or all the others that you hear on TV every day!! I know I dont always use proper English but I hear it when it is wrong.
Also when some use the word 'bring' when it should be 'take' because I did hear that on TV recently. The Ad says to "bring this with you to your Doctor" then I yell (at the TV when I am alone) "NO!... You take it to the dang Dr"
Hahahahahaha
I have decided to stop watching TV, I think, before I throw something into the thing.

-Jan

to add to my last posting.......
I understand that they no longer teach grammer at schools so I am sure the language will only get butchered more very soon.
And Yes, I am old enough to remember getting a proper scolding at school for NOT using the proper grammer. I guess the younger ones here will not understand the things that bother me. ;-)
-Jan