jamie wrote:
nimue wrote:
I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was
raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to
correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems
almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I
usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves.
"Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting
the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers,

My written pet peeves are "alot" and "different than."
My spoken pet peeve is "ex settra".

The other day it took some effort to refrain from correcting a poster
who found a tablet that "curved" her appetite.

Could "curved" have been a typo? The "v" and the "b" are right next to one
another on the keyboard. BTW -- "alot" drives me crazy, too. I always say
"A lot is two words!" However, then I started wondering if I should say "A
lot" ARE two words!'' I still haven't figured that one out! ;-)

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