writing mistakes that annoy you the most?

I see what you did there. Well done!

Hear, hear! - Use this if you agree with something someone said or wrote and want to implore others to hear the message.

Here, here! - Use this if you've found what a search party was looking for and want to call their attention to the spot where you found it.

You might get away with claiming you responded to a post with "Here, here!" because you're trying to say, "Here is a post you should read," but what you probably intended to type was the correct form - "Hear, hear!"

"Well, I didn't say I was the expert, I merely pointed out some mistakes I find annoying"

the premise behind your post was annoying, and i pointed that out. as alluded, if you're going to highlight poor grammar or other mistakes, be sure your $hit is watertight first. i think the queen would be upset at the way you have butchered her language. for the record, i couldn't care less if my writing is rife with errors. however, when there is irony in the world, i enjoy pointing it out. it is especially satisfying when it is a self righteous prick such as yourself.

You should care if your writing is rife with errors, because it reduces your credibility.

Rediculous. Seriously?

11 a runner wrote:

"Well, I didn't say I was the expert, I merely pointed out some mistakes I find annoying"

the premise behind your post was annoying, and i pointed that out. as alluded, if you're going to highlight poor grammar or other mistakes, be sure your $hit is watertight first. i think the queen would be upset at the way you have butchered her language. for the record, i couldn't care less if my writing is rife with errors. however, when there is irony in the world, i enjoy pointing it out. it is especially satisfying when it is a self righteous prick such as yourself.

Wow, someone has a short fuse. Did your mother come down to the basement and catch you masturbating? Get a life you f***ing weirdo.

Comma abuse and neglect. C'mon, people, there's no reason we have to endure writing such as these examples:

He brought her a dozen roses, he had forgotten she was allergic to them.

The unabridged dictionary, was used mainly to press flowers.

We love Shalane, she is beautiful.

Because the cell phone was missing the girl began to talk about buying a new one.

He was wearing a garish, bright green, tie.

The main reason I didn't want to go to the movie, is I didn't have enough money.

Semicolons, periods, and subordinating conjunctions are your friends.

I'm not a fan of using "you" as a general, catch-all pronoun in formal writing, yet I can't get my students not to use it.

Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet, but it seems as if no one knows the difference between an adjective and an adverb. Unless I stopped to help a small child or an old lady, I did not "do good" in that race. Additionally, I'm not going to go get something real quick and I am not going to drive slow!

You forgot a comma.

Their are alot.

johnny rotten wrote:

I'm not a fan of using "you" as a general, catch-all pronoun in formal writing, yet I can't get my students not to use it.

Do you tell them that they should use "one"?

Something is either unique or it isn't. It's not very unique or extraordinarily unique or kind of unique. It's unique, period.

Bear of Bad News wrote:

Misuse of the apostrophe when naming decades annoys me (ex "in the 80's" instead of "in the '80s"). Mostly, this one bothers me because it is a mistake that is often made by people who should know better in situations where more care should be taken. I have seen this mistake in a number of academic papers and in a number of articles on well regarded professional websites. I don't much care about your apostrophe use when you are posting something on Facebook, but take the time to get things right if you are going to call yourself an expert and provide your thoughts or findings in a professional or academic setting.

Isn't the apostrophe allowed after numbers? According to the Old 97's it's legit.

You forgot a comma.

Caught this one on the NYTimes webpage:

Bears Have Look of a Champion With Cutler

By DAN McGRATH

If an N.F.L. team is only as good as its quarterback, than Chicago can look forward to big things in the playoffs.

Really?? wrote:

1. Can I go to the bathroom? Probably the most common Grammar mess up and improper way of saying something.

I teach ESL in Japan and teach my students this. I also tell them that it isn't technically correct and explain it to them, but suggest they use it anyway. The fact is, it is the normal English usage (at least in America) and they may as well learn it. The reason is twofold: One, Japanese will panic if and when they hear something just a little different than the way they have learned it. They think they may be mistaken in the meaning, and just freeze (funny, but sad really). Two, if they are "properly" taught, they may actually think that if someone asks "can I go to the bathroom", that they literally are asking about their ability rather than for permission.

Ask a Japanese person, "How are you?" and they will answer you properly most of the time. Ask the same person, "How are you today?" and they will become like a deer in headlights.

Such is ESL for typical Japanese learners.

You forgot a comma.