Please tell me I'm not the only one. I am infuriated by bad grammar. I frequently find myself wanting to correct people's grammar and sentence structure on Facebook. The most common infractions are the misuse of I and me and misuse of the word whom.
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LOL! I am the same way! My pet peeve is the use of pronouns in the wrong way, as in, "Him and her went to the store," and also the use of "they" and "them" in place of the singular, as in, "When a person drives on the expressway, they need to only pass on the left."
These infractions are done not only on Facebook, but in published articles by professional writers and spoken by newsreaders on television as well!
Pulling my hair out! LOL!
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Someone posts a pic like..."This is my son and I"......It's all I can do not to have a complete meltdown. or when people don't understand the difference between who and whom......I can't take it!!!!
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People really show their intelligence and concern for accuracy of information through their use of your/you're and there/their/they're. If you get something this simple wrong, how am I to believe you really know what you are talking about on more difficult issues?
Oh, YEAH!
Magenta, how is it acceptable? Do you mean that it passes muster with most everyone and so it has stuck?
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...or when someone's sentence structure isbackwards....example..
"I spoke to someone on the phone who I couldn't understand"
This is backwards sentence structure,implying that you did not understand the phone and not the person with whom you were speaking on the phone.
"I spoke to someone on the phone who I couldn't understand"
This is backwards sentence structure,implying that you did not understand the phone and not the person with whom you were speaking on the phone.
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plural pronoun, possessive their or theirs, objective them.1.nominative plural of he, she, and it.
2.people in general:They say he's rich.
3.(used with an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine he or the definite feminine she):Whoever is of voting age,whether they are interested in politics or not, should vote.
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Another common infraction is when people say all of a sudden. There are many words that can be used as either an adjective or a noun, however sudden is not one of those words. I google it and it said that since it is an idiom then technically it is proper grammar but I just can't justify using an adjective as a noun.
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