| Author | Message | ||
     Heather Citizen Username: Heater33 Post Number: 25 Registered: 8-2005 |
People who throw cigarette butts out of their car window - You are smoking in your car, it already smells like smoke, you have an ashtray, why litter? People who litter in general – Does it really take that much time out of your day to find a garbage can? Why not try and keep parks/sides of road/schools clean? People who still drive and talk on their cell phone – if it’s that important, pull over OR go buy a hands free so you can still drive your car without almost killing someone. | ||
| I'm Only Sleeping Citizen Username: Imonlysleeping Post Number: 129 Registered: 8-2005 |
People who add an 's at the end of every restaurant name regardless of whether it belongs there or not. Like "Basilico's" or "Voro's" or "Centanni's." Why do people do this, even in threads where the name is repeatedly posted correctly throughout? | ||
| WendyP Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 3248 Registered: 12-2004  |
Along those same lines, people (even worse are signs) that say ATM Machine. File that under Department of Redundancy Department! | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12938 Registered: 1-2003  |
and PIN number. | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 1505 Registered: 5-2001 |
or how about Automatic ATM Machine... | ||
| Stevef Citizen Username: Stevef Post Number: 177 Registered: 5-2005  |
People who leave the apostrophe out of Cent'Anni | ||
| I'm Only Sleeping Citizen Username: Imonlysleeping Post Number: 130 Registered: 8-2005 |
A fair point. Still, I stand by my peevedness. | ||
| SO Ref Citizen Username: So_refugee Post Number: 1581 Registered: 2-2005  |
Hot Water Heater... If your water is hot already, why must you heat it? | ||
| Suzanne Ng Citizen Username: Suzanneng Post Number: 665 Registered: 3-2002 |
I get peeved every time I see the directional sign at Livingston Mall: Sear's (the store is called SEARS -- the founder's last name was SEARS not SEAR). | ||
| tom Citizen Username: Tom Post Number: 4525 Registered: 5-2001 |
People who use apostrophe's to make plural's. | ||
| CLK Supporter Username: Clkelley Post Number: 2009 Registered: 6-2002  |
People who put an apostrophe in the possessive its - e.g. "It fell on it's side" Brrrrrrrr .... fingernails on a chalkboard. IT IS is abbreviated it's - "It's cold outside." But if something falls on its side, there is no apostrophe. I'm generally a fairly patient person, and I'm tolerant of many human foibles. But this one sends me ROUND THE FREAKING BEND. | ||
| Case Citizen Username: Case Post Number: 1288 Registered: 2-2005 |
How about the stop sign in front of Arturo's in the village? I've examined it several times and I see nothing to indicate that it's optional - why are people so eager to roll through that thing? | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 3605 Registered: 5-2001  |
Alot of things. -s. | ||
| ess Citizen Username: Ess Post Number: 1391 Registered: 11-2001 |
When people look for something, and they say, "I found it in the last place I looked!" Well, no ••••. If you found it, why would you continue looking? | ||
| Kibbegirl Citizen Username: Kibbegirl Post Number: 424 Registered: 5-2003 |
When people say "pacifically" instead of "specifically". What the hell? | ||
| ess Citizen Username: Ess Post Number: 1392 Registered: 11-2001 |
Or "miss-CHEE-vee-us" when they really mean "mischievous". Ugh. | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1673 Registered: 3-2004 |
I peeve at the smoker/driver who pulls up, empties the ashtray into the street and moves on. May his or her eyeballs turn to grapes. I become annoyed at those who use "supposably" where only "supposedly" makes sense. The come-on, commercial phrase "free gift" drives me up the f-----g wall. | ||
| mwoodwalk Citizen Username: Mwoodwalk Post Number: 527 Registered: 9-2001 |
The misuse of the word "nauseous" (sp?), which means, causing others nausea. What they really mean is "I feel nauseated", i.e., I feel sick. Also, the use of impact as a verb (which has become a ridiculously common usage). Impact is a noun, period. Another one: "I could care less" when the person really means "I COULDN'T care less". By saying you "could care less" you're suggesting that you care some, but could care less----but what you really MEAN to say is, I don't care at all, i.e., I couldn't care any less than I do about this thing. | ||
| tom Citizen Username: Tom Post Number: 4527 Registered: 5-2001 |
Is there any phrase more meaningless than those that go something like, "save up to $50 or more"? This seems to say, you could save less than $50, or more than $50. If you really wanted to be literal, it means you cannot save exactly $50... | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 5880 Registered: 5-2001  |
The Garden State Parkway. To counter Monster, that's where the middle aged men of the world go to act like macho knucklekheads. I had to call 911 AGAIN this morning.  | ||
| Lizziecat Citizen Username: Lizziecat Post Number: 1102 Registered: 5-2003 |
There, their, and they're Here and hear Your, you're and yore I should have went And others. Learn them. get them right. | ||
| crabby Citizen Username: Crabbyappleton Post Number: 506 Registered: 1-2004 |
"Me and her went to the movies." Ay carumba! Please, everyone, correct anyone anytime when you hear this ugly crap. | ||
| BGS Citizen Username: Bgs Post Number: 754 Registered: 10-2003 |
axt instead of ask....drives me nuts!!!! | ||
| sportsnut Citizen Username: Sportsnut Post Number: 2335 Registered: 10-2001  |
CLK - thank you for spelling out that rule. For some reason that's one rule I can never seem to remember. | ||
| Carla Citizen Username: Elbowroom Post Number: 56 Registered: 9-2005  |
Lose does not have two oo's. Spelled wrong daily on the Yahoo! stock message boards. Example: "You're going to loose your money." | ||
| IShep Citizen Username: Twinsmom Post Number: 149 Registered: 1-2003 |
irregardless conversate orientated Where do people learn these words? Sheesh! | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12953 Registered: 1-2003 |
Orientate sounds awful to me, too, but it is correct in British English but not American English. What's wrong with orient? But yeah, irregardless irritates me, and what the HECK is up with conversate? | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1678 Registered: 3-2004 |
Loose does have two o's when it means the opposite of tight or firm, or under control, as in: My belt is loose The dog is loose The president is loose. Loosen the ropes. But "lose the president" is a correct spelling and a correct use of lose, but would not be a correct use of loose. | ||
| SoOrLady Citizen Username: Soorlady Post Number: 3098 Registered: 9-2003 |
Question for CLK - proper use of myself in a sentance please. I always use me or I, but my boss insists on using "myself"... help. | ||
| I'm Only Sleeping Citizen Username: Imonlysleeping Post Number: 131 Registered: 8-2005 |
Myself should only be used in sentences like: "I will do it myself." It should never be used as a substitute for 'me' or 'I.' | ||
| jersey Boy Citizen Username: Jersey_boy Post Number: 335 Registered: 1-2006  |
Than vs. then. "Than" should be used for comparison. As in: "She practices better grammer than I." "Then" should be used to follow an "if." As in: "If I wrote gramatically correct posts, then people would like me." I always remember when to use the apostrophe in "its" or "it's" by thinking of it as the dot on the missing "i". | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12954 Registered: 1-2003 |
imonlysleeping is right. "Myself" is an indirect object. "I rewarded myself" is fine. "Myself and my wife will visit you on the weekend" is an abomination, as is "join my wife and myself for dinner." | ||
| I'm Only Sleeping Citizen Username: Imonlysleeping Post Number: 132 Registered: 8-2005 |
I love that this has turned into a thread about grammar peeves. Here's one that really bugs me: people who say "begs the question" when they really mean "raises the question." It's super nit-picky, I know, but it still bothers me. | ||
| crabby Citizen Username: Crabbyappleton Post Number: 508 Registered: 1-2004 |
Another pet peeve is people discussing grammar and sentence structure who can't spell. | ||
| CLK Supporter Username: Clkelley Post Number: 2011 Registered: 6-2002 |
I really dislike it when people use a $3 word when a 25 cent word would do. "Bunkerisms," or using big words incorrectly, often makes me laugh but only irritates me when the person is clearly trying to show off. Run-on sentences also drive me nuts when other people write them. When I write them, it just demonstrates that I have a complex mind and require elaborate sentence structure to convey the sophistication and intricacy of my thinking.  | ||
| mjh Supporter Username: Mjh Post Number: 391 Registered: 5-2001 |
"disrespect" as a verb. I never heard this until a few years ago, and it irritates me a lot. "he disrespected me!" Ugh. I'm not looking it up, but even if it is correct usage, I think it sounds really dumb. | ||
| Wendyn Supporter Username: Wendyn Post Number: 2791 Registered: 9-2002  |
I hate when people use capital letters for emphasis. Not on a board like this, but in an email or written document. A headhunter once re-wrote my resume, capitalizing the first letter of words she found important like "wendyn excels at Organization and Time Management". I brought it to her attention that that was incorrect, she said "it is for emphasis". I told her if I were the company reading the resume I wouldn't hire me. | ||
| Purplebug Citizen Username: Purplebug Post Number: 114 Registered: 10-2005 |
The loss of the words excuse me, pardon me, may I, and thank you in certain conversations. People who butt into other peoples' conversations. Somebody touching me, grabbing me, or shouting "HEY" when they want my attention. Somebody coughing in my face. People who don't know how to drive. People that park in front of my house and litter, when there is ample room in front of their house. Young adults between the ages of 25 and 35 that are gainfully employed, supposedly intelligent that still live at home with their parents, who are quite healthy, just because they still want to wear Prada and drink Grey Goose martinis and drive a BMW, but are too cheap to pay their own rent and utilities. People who blast their car radios at full volume at 10:30pm on school nights through suburban areas. People that spit when they talk. Herd Mentality. Lack of common sense in adults. Snobbish children. Low rise jeans. Big breasted women that wear shirts three sizes to small [ok, part of that is jealousy]. How most rap music played on the radio ( not that exists) concentrates on making money and denigrating women. The way that some men and women have no self-respect. Alright, those are my pet peeves. The Things that Piss Me Off, is another list.  | ||
| bets Supporter Username: Bets Post Number: 22818 Registered: 6-2001  |
People who say liberry instead of library. | ||
| Oldstone Citizen Username: Rogers4317 Post Number: 629 Registered: 6-2004  |
should of, could of and would of instead of the correct should have, could have or would have. to when they really mean too. where you at? GRRRRRR. |
