Thread: Commonly used bad grammar

I wouldn't call myself a grammar nazi, but there are several commonly misused words that drive me insane. It's funny because there are times when my grammar drives my wife crazy. I'm completely comfortable with my bad grammar though.

heres an example.
"Ekspecially" :especially
I don't think a day goes by that I don't here someone throwing an extra letter into the word especially. What's more, when I've corrected people, they look at me like I'm an idiot.

Another one that I here all the time.
"Foward" :forward
I even here educated people say it. I think this one bothers me so much because without the R your not moving toward the front( or "fore").

Here's one more.
"A scissors" :A pair of scissors
I can overlook a person saying "a scissor", but "a scissors" drives me nuts. I often hear people doing this with pliers too. It's plural because it's one thing that's comprised of two equal main parts. The same goes for glasses or shorts. Would you go shopping for a sunglasses?

I usually try to ignore it because it seems rude to correct strangers. But sometimes I think it may be ruder to let them go on speaking incorrectly.

My wife corrected me at a family function when I said "I ain't got no keys". I shrugged my shoulders.

Guess I ain't got no grammar neither!

Not suggesting this as an appropriate course of action, but rather a simple reassurance that you are not alone.

My grandmother used to correct me all the time when I would use snuck instead of sneaked. Even though snuck is considered the nonstandard past tense of sneak now there are still people that consider it improper. I still use snuck. As the years pass by the crammer changes.

Mine is instead of more fun they say funner.

Show me anyone who is correct all the time and I,ll show you someone who hasn't been out of his lab experiment since birth!

It's not going to be the end of the world without perfect grammar. Tc

You just had to bring up the lab, didn't you, TC!

My big one is could, instead of couldn't, care less.

Originally Posted by bouschie

Mine is instead of more fun they say funner.

Isn't the proper form "funnier" ? In that case it can be used either way if I am not wrong.

Tc you crack me up.
I too have my language quirks.
Mine is when people say pacifically instead of specifically.
There are others but usually written and not spoken words.

For me the one that always gets me is "there" instead of "their" or "your" instead of "you're"

Or people that can't figure out the difference between advice and advise or lose and loose.