Comments on: Grammatical Mistakes That Drive Me Nuts

By: tvaddictgurl

tvaddictgurl — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:38:00 +0000

The people that live on the floor below us used to have a sign on their door that read:

Please take
off you’re
shoe’s.

They’ve since taken it down which is too bad because on the day we moved out (which will be next month) I wanted to go down with a red pen and correct it.

By: Meljprincess

Meljprincess — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:15:00 +0000

lili, I didn’t know that about Prerogative. Thanks.

By: Lauren Dane

Lauren Dane — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:30:00 +0000

Oh mine are affect and effect, especially the past tense “affected” and “effected” drives me nuts (and makes me grateful for my editor)

And the thing about commas is that they’re so often in the eye of the beholder! I’ve had stuff with publishers who put commas EVERYWHERE! It’s their house style. I’ve had editors who hate them. Shrug. I do know I was a major comma splicer back in my newbie days but I’v really worked hard to improve that, LOL

By: Lili

Lili — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:55:00 +0000

And then I forgot – the word is Prerogative not Perogative. I do so hate that mistake, and it’s everywhere from books to the evening news.

By: Lili

Lili — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:48:00 +0000

Guilty as charged. :)

And also - than/then and their/there/they’re.

I’ve never see these common errors in books. But then I don’t read current fiction.

And if you’ve ever read an English assignment written by a 16-year-old, you’ll see the dumbing down process in full swing. The teachers don’t catch even the smallest errors. And the problem of graduating illiterate students is growing.

By: Meljprincess

Meljprincess — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:22:00 +0000

Yea, I check it and it’s, who’s and whose, and your and you’re. Must read my “Idiot’s Guide to Grammar”! Commas drive me crazy.

I see so many errors in books. It’s like I’m reading ARCS. Ridiculous..

By: Kate R

Kate R — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:16:00 +0000

oh it’s as possessive Ooooohhh oh ACK. EEEeeiii
of course I get it’s/its wrong 50% of the time, but I do check it before the final version.