It's "the worsT", not "the worse"

What I want to know, is where has all this 'am' instead of 'have been' come from? I keep seeing: I am married x years.

WTF?!

rest bite instead of respite is one I keep seeing!

Language definitely matters - don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Years ago there was a fuss because an MP made a speechi in which he used the word 'niggardly', meaning 'mean, miserly, tight-fisted etc' and someone made a massive deal of it because they considered it racist.

They were just ignorant and needed to get out their dictionary. I would have been embarrassed to have made that mistake.

Me too. It's increasingly common.

I never mind (and wouldn't dream of commenting) if someone in real life makes a grammatical error, but it winds me up when professional writers, announcers, presenters etc do it.

And yes, (yawn), I know that language is dynamic and always changing etc but there's a need for clear, unambiguous use of language in official contexts. Let the person in the street do the other stuff, but I don't want to hear broadcasters talking about flaunting when they mean flouting, or disinterested when they mean uninterested (totally different meanings). You hear lots of people who really should know better making these mistakes.

I might add that my boyfriend, who has an outstanding mathematical mind and a brilliant sense of humour, has pretty shocking written and occasionally spoken grammar (he often makes the mistake that the OP takes issue with). I also strongly suspect he has undiagnosed ADHD that affects his ability to remember things that are not of special interest to him.

His ex-girlfriend used to correct him on his grammar quite often, and sometimes in a way that showed she thought he was a bit of an idiot for not getting it right. He felt so shamed by this. He really appreciates
the fact that while I could correct him, I don’t. Personally, I only really care about grammar when I am being paid to do so, and then I am very particular indeed.

That's what makes it so interesting!

French and German and Italian follow rules about spelling and pronunciation, but English is a bit wild due to its history.

I love it for that!

The PTA has been posting the same ‘Be apart of our PTA’ message via SM, WhatsApp and email for a few days. It’s particularly cringe when school related. Headteacher and a few of the TA’s are PTA members.

I take the point about it not really mattering for most people in everyday life, but it does get on my nerves when an actual professional TV or radio presenter says, for example: “What a lovely day out that was for my family and I.” When it should be “my family and ME.”

Or just not that interested in English grammar, didn’t make it all the way through school, English as a second language, ADHD, learned mistakes, etc. Some of the smartest people I know have pretty shoddy grammar.

I’m a professional editor and I find grammar snobs a lot more annoying than people who make one or more of a very common set of grammatical errors.

Or are dyslexic.
This place is very ableist. So you can spell? Well done you. Have a

You're probably right. It doesn't stop the mistakes being fucking annoying though.

No. I riffuse.

Given that this has an AIBU platform rather than Pedants’ Corner, can I make a public service announcement?

It’s DEFUSE a situation, not DIFFUSE. As in, defuse a bomb. Please stop getting it wrong.

Something’s always wrong, Baldrick. The fact that people write “worse” whey they mean “worst” is a constant niggle. But today, something is even wronger.

Similarly, “all the worse for you”.

Bought and brought and peddlestool for pedestal. Also sequence for sequins.

Myself agrees with you 😀

These threads are always just the same kind of snobs tutting about the same set of errors.

So yes, YABU as these mistakes have been made for decades and people will continue to make them because not everyone either knows or cares about immaculate grammar as long as they can be understood by any halfway intelligent person. Which in every single example cited so far, they can be.

I see everything that's been mentioned and they all annoy me. I often see "on route" and "per say" on here too.

I do think that people who get all these words and phrases wrong cannot be reading any newspapers, articles or books, and must be using the usually incorrect subtitles on social media reels as the basis of their writing. It does astonish me as most primary school children know that you don't write his for he's or been for being etc.

Ugh I can't stand that. "His had a accident " i really want to corect that so much.

'May' used incorrectly annoys me. As in "Please may you send me x?" It's the new 'myself'.

We're having a night out - sue us 😄

That reminds me - I'm not keen on people saying "based off" instead of "based on".

Wurst if you're German.