Bernie Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 You've missed out Like.....like, like ,like, like Now the most common word in the English vocabulary, far more common than "and" or "the". Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 In partial summation, subject to additional entries: SO, I LITERALLY, TOTALLY, ABSOLUTELY agree with all of the above peeves..... THERE (THEIR ) all so AWESOME.... YOUR AWESOME.... For mentioning them.... That's BASICALLY it.... [Written tongue in cheek] PS : Let us not forget other annoying misuses : you're/your they're/there/their two/to/too weather/whether use of "OF" instead of "HAVE" ("I should of" instead of "I should have") overuse of the word "BASICALLY " absolutely seriously OMG!! Overuse of "YOU KNOW" in conversation I'm sure there are more, but that is all I can think of at the moment... Admittedly, some can be attributed to spell or grammar checking ( or lack of it), or just simple mistyping.. (big fingers, small keyboar d - happens to me all the time) Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Old proverb: "Better to keep mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt." 2 Quote
RLC35 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said: In partial summation, subject to additional entries: SO, I LITERALLY, TOTALLY, ABSOLUTELY agree with all of the above peeves..... THERE (THEIR ) all so AWESOME.... YOUR AWESOME.... For mentioning them.... That's BASICALLY it.... [Written tongue in cheek] PS : Let us not forget other annoying misuses : you're/your they're/there/their two/to/too weather/whether use of "OF" instead of "HAVE" ("I should of" instead of "I should have") overuse of the word "BASICALLY " absolutely seriously OMG!! Overuse of "YOU KNOW" in conversation I'm sure there are more, but that is all I can think of at the moment... Admittedly, some can be attributed to spell or grammar checking ( or lack of it), or just simple mistyping.. (big fingers, small keyboar d - happens to me all the time) B&C, you forgot "at the end of the day" and "Amazing" Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, RLC35 said: B&C, you forgot "at the end of the day" and "Amazing" TOTALLY.... YOUR AWESOME..... 1 Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) 44 minutes ago, bagerap said: Whatever! Excellent !!! How could I forget " WHATEVER" ??? Edited November 22, 2018 by Bronze & Copper Collector Quote
copper123 Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 15 hours ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said: OMG!!!!! How could I forget them...... Not to mention when "HARD" is used in place of "DIFFICULT" ... [I'm guilty of that myself.....] I have never had a difficulton LOL 1 1 Quote
secret santa Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 I'm like surprised that like nobody's like mentioned the like worst one of all. 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, secret santa said: I'm like surprised that like nobody's like mentioned the like worst one of all. Well, you know, I never thought of that. Know what I mean? Quote
1949threepence Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 Another one - "for me" "Tell you what, for me, Gary, that was a clear penalty. He took the guy at knee height....... " Quote
secret santa Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 26 minutes ago, 1949threepence said: "Tell you what, for me, Gary, that was a clear penalty. He took the guy at knee height....... " Yeah, but he did brilliant......... Quote
Peter Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 I hear what you say but.. Roll out a new scheme.. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 On 21 November 2018 at 6:52 AM, 1949threepence said: Another irritation (to me anyway), is why so many people are starting sentences with the word "so". I share your pain. That abomination seems to be everywhere. It's always in answering a question - "What started you in collecting coins?" "So I was at home one day..." Quote
Peckris 2 Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 On 22 November 2018 at 4:11 PM, 1949threepence said: Another one - "for me" "Tell you what, for me, Gary, that was a clear penalty. He took the guy at knee height....... " That is fractionally preferable to "He's taken the guy at knee height....". 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Peckris 2 said: I share your pain. That abomination seems to be everywhere. It's always in answering a question - "What started you in collecting coins?" "So I was at home one day..." You just wonder where these things start. Quote
1949threepence Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 On 11/23/2018 at 6:43 PM, Peckris 2 said: I share your pain. That abomination seems to be everywhere. It's always in answering a question - "What started you in collecting coins?" "So I was at home one day..." Another one - in talking about the cold weather, both here and in the States, why, when talking about minimum temperatures, are the newsreaders saying "temperatures could reach as low as -16C"? It's "fall as low" - reach is for maximum temperatures. At least the weather forecasters use the correct terminology. Quote
Paddy Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) One of the misuses that gets me every time is "amount" instead of "number", as in "The amount of people collecting coins is on the increase". You use amount for commodities such as flour or sand. You use number for things you can count! Edited February 2, 2019 by Paddy typo 1 Quote
terrysoldpennies Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 3 hours ago, 1949threepence said: "temperatures could reach as low as -16C"? It's "fall as low" - reach is for maximum temperatures. BBC more better English !!! 1 Quote
alfnail Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 Excellent, pretty sure that a pedant would want that correcting!! Quote
Rob Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 I find the BBC's insistence on writing 'the Spain (or whatever country) player' instead of 'the Spanish player' somewhat annoying - but that's just me being Britain Quote
alfnail Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 We're just back from The Gambia where they call the Dutch people Hollandish!! Quote
terrysoldpennies Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Everything Has been Americanised , one that grates with me is TWO TIMES what's wrong with TWICE, its quicker to say. Most of the words in the English dictionary will disappear in the come decades due to lack of use. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 14 hours ago, Rob said: I find the BBC's insistence on writing 'the Spain (or whatever country) player' instead of 'the Spanish player' somewhat annoying - but that's just me being Britain Just as bad is the insistence some have of referring to a team in the singular, as in "England is struggling here, and is lucky to be going in at half time only one goal down". 2 hours ago, terrysoldpennies said: Everything Has been Americanised , one that grates with me is TWO TIMES what's wrong with TWICE, its quicker to say. Most of the words in the English dictionary will disappear in the come decades due to lack of use. And the increasing disappearance of the word "of" after "couple", compensated for by its unnecessary appearance after "outside". Not to mention the growing habit of referring to a date as (e.g.) "February 3". Still, let's be thankful that we still use the logical DD/MM/YY format. God forbid we should ever descend to the utterly illogical MM/DD/YY. 1 Quote
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