Language and grammar pet peeves

[Jemima23]

What are some of your biggest language and grammar pet peeves?
"I could care less", "irregardless", "could of", "your" instead of "you're", etc.

Interestingly, I've noticed that native English speakers make these mistakes even more often than ESL students (in my experience).

 

[5jj]

'Between you and I, ...'

 

[probus]

Scenario.

 

[Rover_KE]

Absolutely.

 

[emsr2d2]

"[Quite] literally" when it's not.
Starting random sentences with "So".
Pronouncing "nuclear" as "nucular". I've heard this from several news broadcasters, who really should know better.

 

[Amigos4]

“Him and I went to the store.”

 

[emsr2d2]

Please contact Helen or myself ...

 

[emsr2d2]

“Him and I went to the store.”

And "Me and him went to the store".

 

[5jj]

And "Me and him went to the store".

Right.

It should be '... went to the shop'.

 

[Jemima23]

"[Quite] literally" when it's not.
Starting random sentences with "So".
Pronouncing "nuclear" as "nucular". I've heard this from several news broadcasters, who really should know better.

Just googled it, and it appears to be a common mispronunciation. I've never heard this one!

 

[5jj]

0.40 to 0.50 here.

 

[Amigos4]

An explanation from Merriam-Webster can be found here.

 

[Amigos4]

'For all intensive purposes. . .'

 

[emsr2d2]

"It's a mute point".

 

[Amigos4]

“If I was a rich man…”

 

[emsr2d2]

It was 3am in the morning.

 

[probus]

“If I was a rich man…”

I for one have no problem with that. Peeve all you want while I drink your tears.

 

[Amigos4]

I for one have no problem with that. Peeve all you want while I drink your tears.

If you was here, I'd disagree with you! And then we would drink a couple of Molson beers!

 

[Tarheel]

Actually

 

[Amigos4]

Tossed high into the sky, the dog caught the Frisbee.