https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 16:23:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-466027 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:50:05 +0000 Pink Champagne 466027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of them!!<br /> My biggest pet peeve is personally when people say, "I got it at Nordstrom's," or "We went to Pike's Place Market." It's Nordstrom and Pike Place Market.<br /> I got flagged on WB once for grammar-correcting some sad post... But seriously- you couldn't even read the poor girl's post, because she had her your/you're and their/there/they're so hopelessly messed up. I thought I was doing her a favor, but apparently someone thought it was "mean". Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-466026 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:14:08 +0000 Mrs. Grape 466026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there an option for "all of them"? I was a writing tutor all four years of college and saw some nightmarish errors. I've built up a tolerance and try not to correct people, but I still get this sickening little rush inside my head when I see one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465466 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:05:02 +0000 mediagirl 465466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>y vs ies. </p> <p>Baby's First Christmas<br /> The babies had a great first Christmas </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465465 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:04:57 +0000 Lozza 465465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: To be fair, "ooh rub my smooth skin" seems like an odd way to phrase things- Rumpelstiltskin isn't that much more bizarre. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465456 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:59:55 +0000 JoJoGirl 465456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Threads like this make me so happy. I've gotten so used to people screwing up you're/your I'm immune to it now and have moved on to being unbelievably annoyed that people add " 's" to pluralize EVERYTHING!!!! Seriously?! And thank you for "all intensive purposes". OMG it makes my eyes bleed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465455 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:58:10 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 465455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: I've never seen "doggy dog" - so funny! Forums are definitely the best place to find mistakes. The two you mention remind me of song lyric mistakes. My sister used to think the line "Ooh rub my smooth skin" in Baby Got Back was "Ooh Rumplestiltskin." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465339 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:24:24 +0000 Lozza 465339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: I've seen it written on forums before (babycenter I think?). I wanted to say something but couldn't think of how to do so without sounding like a jerk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465333 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:18:48 +0000 littlebug 465333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: "Hammy downs?" Stop. People actually say that?! ETA: I've heard people say something's a "mute" point, rather than "moot." </p> <p>I thought of another thing, though this seems to be more of a Central PA thing than anything else. I grew up there but somehow avoided falling into the habit of doing it. People say things like, "I'm done my homework." NO! You are done WITH your homework! And, "I'm going to mow lawn." NO! You are going to mow THE lawn! They also don't use the infinitive. They'll say, "The house needs swept" rather than "The house needs TO BE swept." Oh my gosh, it makes me crazy! I know in my previous post I said that cultural things don't get to me so much, but those actually do because they are so blatantly incorrect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465320 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:11:41 +0000 Lozza 465320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OH. Can we please add "for all intensive purposes"?<br /> And "doggy-dog world"? And "hammy downs"? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-465310 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:58:41 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 465310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to show this to my H.S. students. It might make them realize the importance.</p> <p>I will add though that some of these are very hard for English learners to get.</p> <p>You've all seen The Oatmeal grammar graphics, right? I actually show them to my students too even though they're a bit adult. : )</p> <p><a href="http://theoatmeal.com/tag/grammar" rel="nofollow">http://theoatmeal.com/tag/grammar</a></p> <p>I just saw a new one on there: flesh out v. flush out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-464856 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:42:10 +0000 Mrs. Blue 464856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are so many good ones on here already. I'll just add:</p> <p>Real/really- "It's real pretty," etc., makes me want to claw my ears off.</p> <p>That/which used interchangeably and without proper punctuation.</p> <p>Last, the insane overuse of commas. I love commas when used appropriately, but I swear people use them without rhyme or reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy/page/2#post-464802 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:27:15 +0000 aprk 464802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: yes! So true </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464776 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:36:25 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 464776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: don't forget this one: </p> [attach=2389/12/mflqgq.420x294.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464724 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:42:20 +0000 yoursilverlining 464724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: bawahahhaa, that is fantastic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464708 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:45:32 +0000 aprk 464708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many of them. But this one in particular </p> [attach=2415/12/mflijx.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464702 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:10:22 +0000 ladyfingers 464702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: AH YES on the "Wallah"! Hooked on phonics definitely didn't work for them...</p> <p>All of these make me twitchy. Especially when it's businesses, books, websites, etc. I'm reading Baby 411 right now and the editing is absolutely ATROCIOUS. It honestly makes me want to discount all the advice in the book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464696 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:01:52 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 464696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate it when people say "seen" instead of "saw" as in "I seen you the other day". Seriously?</p> <p>My husband is so the grammer police, he was raised by two linguists and is bilingual. He's cured me of most of my filler words, which is his biggest pet peeve. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464679 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:28:17 +0000 MusicaV 464679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I forgot here/hear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464585 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:26:50 +0000 sunny 464585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg I'm totally guilty of not knowing a few of these like the less vs fewer... Or who vs that.</p> <p>I've seen voila misspelled a lot and it makes me laugh. "Wallah" was the best one. </p> <p>I also had to bite my tongue when a friend used the word crunch instead of crutch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464431 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:22:21 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 464431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of them!!!! </p> <p>But if I had to pick one ... Unnecessary apostrophes. Drive's me crazy ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464357 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 MediaNaranja 464357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People who use adverbs incorrectly. </p> <p>I want to go on vacation so bad VS I want to go on vacation so badLY. People always forget the -LY and it drives me bonkers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464331 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:04:21 +0000 blackbird 464331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, all of them? It makes my heart ache for the future! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464250 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:32:40 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 464250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Switching that/who.</p> <p>For example "Name people you know that have great style." Since they are people, it should be "Name people you know WHO have great style."<br /> I swear no one ever gets it right!</p> <p>Also who/whom. </p> <p>And when people use apostrophes when they are pluralizing something. Like...." Go Seahawk's!!!" Seriously? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464191 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:34:59 +0000 Mrs. Bee 464191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: pique is almost always used wrong!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464179 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:29:06 +0000 littlebug 464179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: The apostrophe makes me stabby. We got SEVERAL Christmas cards this year that said (for example), "Merry Christmas from the Smith's." NO! </p> <p>Pretty much all grammatical errors make me crazy. Grammatical and pronunciation errors. UGH. On Veterans Day, a local furniture store had a commercial on about their "Vetrans" Day sale - I wanted to throw something at the tv! I'm fine with things like "ay-pricot" vs. "ah-pricot," because that's cultural/regional, but when you're blatantly mispronouncing a word like that....BANANAS!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464140 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:00:03 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 464140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ya'll. </p> <p>It's a contraction of you all. Y'all. I see it on Facebook all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-464011 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:24:22 +0000 JessiBee 464011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another grammar snob over here! They pretty much all drive me crazy. I've been known to lose (not loose!) respect for businesses when I find mistakes on their websites/menus/signs/etc. It's possible I drive my husband a little crazy pointing out little mistakes like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-463966 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:59:10 +0000 BoogieBea 463966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely you're vs your and their vs they're. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-463964 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:58:03 +0000 MusicaV 463964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of these, plus two/to/too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-grammar-mistakes-drive-you-crazy#post-463958 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:52:50 +0000 SleepyMonkey 463958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: yes! this drives me absolutely nuts because if you think about it, it doesn't make sense at all. i was once reading some forum on the internet where someone said it was correct to say "could care less" but it was just a way of saying it differently. i was like, what? no. its just wrong! </p>