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To actually hate people who say bought instead of brought

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GentleButter · 08/04/2024 21:41

Why?
WHY DO PEOPLE SAY BOUGHT WHEN THEY SHOULD SAY BROUGHT?
It's unbearable.
I cannot bear it when someone says it.
I'm polite, so I have to use every muscle in my throat and mouth to stop myself from screaming "But you didn't BUY it! So WHY are you saying BOUGHT????"
It happens constantly.
I was in a meeting at work. Someone said "Yes, I bought this issue up the other day" internally, I screamed "But you didn't BUY this issue, so WTF are you saying you BOUGHT it?".
This goes on and on all around me.
Worst of all, my own husband says it, which is insufferable. No amount of me correcting him will make him understand the nonsense of saying 'bought' when he should say 'brought'. And he went to private school, so he was well educated and he still can't get it right. There's no excuse.

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GentleButter · 08/04/2024 22:26

YeahComeOnThen · 08/04/2024 22:14

@GentleButter

it grates, it's annoying...
but HATE? That's a bit strong.

Teach your DH the ditty. Start planning the new patio !!

Yes.
Hate.

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BettyShagter · 08/04/2024 22:25

Berlinlover · 08/04/2024 22:23

My post clearly went over your head.

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Yes, let's pretend it did.

Either way, ignoring poor spelling and grammar by strangers on the internet (unless you genuinely can't understand them), is the adult thing to do.

BingoMarieHeeler · 08/04/2024 22:24

IBegYourBiggestPardon · 08/04/2024 22:08

I always struggle with the 2 so try to find ways around not having to use bought/brought

Brought as in bring. So just remember the R.

Bought for buy.

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GentleButter · 08/04/2024 22:23

LaCerbiatta · 08/04/2024 22:15

All of these, but lately people being unable to turn a word plural without using an apostrophe drives me mad. How??

"My daughter did her GCSE's." Her GCSE's what???? Why do people not know how to pluralise a word?? Is it not the most basic thing??

Oh God this is so true.
I see this all the time too!
I work in a professional setting and there are signs up at work saying "This way to the toilet's". I feel like writing across it "The toilet's what?" And another sign saying "In case of emergency's". When I saw this I lost the will to live. Never mind the emergency. Just spell the bloody word correctly.
I see it all the time outside of work to. An apostrophe instead of a pleural spelling.
What is going on with these people?

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Berlinlover · 08/04/2024 22:23

BettyShagter · 08/04/2024 22:20

That's the spirit!

You're learning to act like an adult on the internet 😁

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My post clearly went over your head.

Kta7 · 08/04/2024 22:23

GentleButter · 08/04/2024 22:12

Why do you struggle??

Present tense: Buy
Past tense: Bought

Present tense: Bring
Past tense: Brought

It hurts my head that people get this confused.

It's
So
Easy.

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Oh for crying out loud - we all have different strengths, surely that’s not a tricky concept to grasp?

LoopyLooooo · 08/04/2024 22:23

happyfishcoco · 08/04/2024 22:12

I can't stand seeing mistakes! But whenever I point them out, people get upset with me.

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Don't do it then unless they've asked you to mark their work.

BingoMarieHeeler · 08/04/2024 22:22

Fazed and phased! See that one on here all the time. ‘DH is not phased’ 😵‍💫

Jitterybugs · 08/04/2024 22:21

You should of brung it up at the time . It’s too late to drawer attention to it on here now.

scruffydogstinks · 08/04/2024 22:21

People who say 'less' when they mean 'fewer'.

Also people who say everythink instead of everything.

Also people who use double negatives not even thinking about the logic of what they're saying. For example saying "I didn't do nothing" when they actually mean "I didn't do anything".

abracadabra1980 · 08/04/2024 22:21

I have never heard anyone say this. Sometimes it can be because they have misheard a word when young and it has not been heard or spoken, very often, therefore nobody corrects them. My ExH mispronounced the word chimney as chimley until he was corrected at 21, purely because he'd misheard it.

BettyShagter · 08/04/2024 22:20

Berlinlover · 08/04/2024 22:12

I’ll ignore your bad grammar then.

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That's the spirit!

You're learning to act like an adult on the internet 😁

Zebresia25 · 08/04/2024 22:20

HundredMilesAnHour · 08/04/2024 21:47

Almost as bad as people who seem incapable of understanding the difference between borrow and lend.

“Can you borry me a drill?” (or similar) when I lived in London 😱

Judd · 08/04/2024 22:19

ThereIsIron · 08/04/2024 22:10

What did the other meeting attendees say when you screamed?

The OP says she screamed internally so the other meeting attendees were unaware of this.

Snugglemonkey · 08/04/2024 22:19

TreesAndSandAndWaves · 08/04/2024 21:44

I don’t think I have ever heard someone say that. At risk of reaching peak MN … could it be a regional thing?

My pet hate is when people use “text” instead of “texted” for past tense e.g. “I text her yesterday but she didn’t answer”.

I work with someone who says and writes "tex" instead of texted.

Catsmere · 08/04/2024 22:18

The one that makes me grind my teeth is lay instead of lie, or laying down instead of lying down. It's everywhere.

LaCerbiatta · 08/04/2024 22:15

All of these, but lately people being unable to turn a word plural without using an apostrophe drives me mad. How??

"My daughter did her GCSE's." Her GCSE's what???? Why do people not know how to pluralise a word?? Is it not the most basic thing??

StormingNorman · 08/04/2024 22:14

GentleButter · 08/04/2024 22:12

Why do you struggle??

Present tense: Buy
Past tense: Bought

Present tense: Bring
Past tense: Brought

It hurts my head that people get this confused.

It's
So
Easy.

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Easy does it.

YeahComeOnThen · 08/04/2024 22:14

@GentleButter

it grates, it's annoying...
but HATE? That's a bit strong.

Teach your DH the ditty. Start planning the new patio !!

Georgesbar24 · 08/04/2024 22:14

I thought it was the other way round usually.

cfmtb · 08/04/2024 22:13

My manager says 'pacific' instead of 'specific' and it absolutely makes me grit my teeth every single time.
Really doesn't help she says it in most conversations, probably pacificially to grind my gears 😜

StormingNorman · 08/04/2024 22:13

YeahComeOnThen · 08/04/2024 22:11

@IBegYourBiggestPardon

have you seen/ heard this before?

buy bought (no r's)

bring brought (both have r's)

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honeyfox · 08/04/2024 22:12

My husband brought the dog for a walk in the forest this evening when it was raining. Apparently he ran her around under the canapé.

I am contemplating divorce tbh.

happyfishcoco · 08/04/2024 22:12

Berlinlover · 08/04/2024 22:05

The majority of people on Mumsnet can’t tell the difference between loose and lose. When I pointed this out a few days ago my post got deleted.

I can't stand seeing mistakes! But whenever I point them out, people get upset with me.

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GentleButter · 08/04/2024 22:12

IBegYourBiggestPardon · 08/04/2024 22:08

I always struggle with the 2 so try to find ways around not having to use bought/brought

Why do you struggle??

Present tense: Buy
Past tense: Bought

Present tense: Bring
Past tense: Brought

It hurts my head that people get this confused.

It's
So
Easy.

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