Any common mistakes in grammar (or bad cliches) you've seen lately?

[TheNinja]

Somebody wrote me recently for help on their "lab top"

I was also recently informed via email to not worry about getting into the party b/c I was indeed on the "guess list"

You don't want to work in that field, workers there are "a diamond a dozen"

 

[WombRaider]

your and you're is very common.

 

[TheNinja]

Did you know that Aloe Vera is "editable"?

 

[daveshel]

Nobody seems to be able to use the apostrophe correctly these days.

 

[richardycc]

a unique.

 

[Special K]

I hate it when people misuse "lose" and "loose".

 

[imported_quasi]

Drugs are addicting

Wrong.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Then vs. than is my favorite. If we go by internet messageboards, it seems about 8% of the population knows the difference.

 

[StevenYoo]

http://xkcd.com/326/

 

[shortylickens]

Should of


I actually put that in a recent email.

I'm so ashamed.

 

[LongCoolMother]

there, they're, their. in official documents.

 

[Leros]

Kind of

Example: I kind of hate you.

 

[EGGO]

In before....darn someone already did xkcd.

 

[her209]

I have decided to take a league of absence

 

[RichUK]

"your" and "you're" pisses me off the most.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Somebody wrote me recently for help on their "lab top"

I was also recently informed via email to not worry about getting into the party b/c I was indeed on the "guess list"

You don't want to work in that field, workers there are "a diamond a dozen"

And by the way, I don't think those aren't grammar mistakes.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Somebody wrote me recently for help on their "lab top"

I was also recently informed via email to not worry about getting into the party b/c I was indeed on the "guess list"

You don't want to work in that field, workers there are "a diamond a dozen"

And by the way, I don't think those aren't grammar mistakes.

You did that on purpose, right?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Somebody wrote me recently for help on their "lab top"

I was also recently informed via email to not worry about getting into the party b/c I was indeed on the "guess list"

You don't want to work in that field, workers there are "a diamond a dozen"

And by the way, I don't think those aren't grammar mistakes.

You did that on purpose, right?

:laugh:

 

[Synomenon]

Does "Recommend me a..." count? Just doesn't sound right. I always though it was, "Can you recommend..." or "Can anyone recommend...".

 

[seemingly random]

grammar != spelling

 

[Synomenon]

^
That's what I thought. It just really annoys me when I see someone say, "Recommend me a...".

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: IsLNdbOi
"Recommend me a...".

Probably technically correct grammar but uncommon style.

 

[Dirigible]

I approve of this thread.

 

[Synomenon]

I just saw another one that gets to me. It's when people say "duel" when they mean "dual".

 

[TheNinja]

Ya, I guess mine aren't really grammar mistakes. I kind of screwed that up. They are just people who don't know how to properly type a cliche.