Two things people routinely get slightly wrong on Mumsnet that set your teeth on edge and which you would ban....

[CurlewKate]

Mine are "nickname" when you mean "shortening" and "double-barrelled" when you mean "hyphenated"

*When people respond to posts on here with....

Howling.
This with knobs / nobs on.
Exactly this.
Get your ducks in a row.*

Or 'Wow. Just wow.

This is what we were told, yes. Whether it was actually guidance or law is not very relevant as police interpreted as they wanted eg stopped people sitting down in the park when there was never a 'don't sit' law.

Derbyshire police were also stopping people who lived in the Peak District from going walking there until it was highlighted they weren't doing anything wrong.

But covid did illustrate how many people, including the police, worryingly, had absolutely no idea of the legal status of legislation, guidance and random words coming out of people's mouths when put on the spot, the latter being the only known 'official' source of the 1 hour rule.

Yet many people decided that was 'the law' and if you read the law to see what it actually said, people accused you of 'looking for loopholes'.

No, I'm reading the law so I know what the rules actually are.

None of these are errors apart from "this with nobs on".

"Written in a style not to my liking" isn't the same as "wrong".

Upmost for utmost is taking hold.

Queen Elizabeth I, surely? She was succeeded by James I of England/VI of Scotland.

(Although the way things are going with separatist nationalism in Scotland and Wales, you never know, he could be a future King of England. Or Prince of nowhere).

@Bluevelvetsofa

Kerb and curb. The kerb is the thing at the edge of the pavement. To curb something is to reduce or restrict it, like “ curb your enthusiasm.”

I've been told here that I was wrong to say that the edge of a pavement is a kerb, not a curb!

Also taken to task for pointing out the difference between bring and take and told I was wrong, because lots of people had said so!

Yes! This drives me crackers!

At least these are said with a humorous nod rather than mistakes. These don't bother me 😊

1. stop diagnosing people with autism/narcissism/whatever based on one subjective post from a stranger online. Please just don’t.
2. please tame the cruel comments and bitchiness, especially if people have said they are struggling. I remember being on here years ago, getting told I had to be lying and slated terribly while my child genuinely was the victim of something and have never felt so alone. As a result, these days if I read a post where someone is struggling, especially if they have no replies, I will always answer kindly and supportively.

Yea I think I misunderstood the thread!!!

This. I read posts from otherwise highly literate people whose (◀️ another one) only error is writing 'loose' when they mean 'lose'. Drives me mad.

'Curb' is correct for the edge of the pavement / sidewalk in American and international English. 'Kerb' is correct in British English. I suspect this is the source of the confusion.

'Effected' when they mean 'affected'. 'Gotten' 'I done' and similar errors really get to me. They are used all over the internet and they really annoy me!

Again, gotten isn't an error, it's correct it just isn't common usage where you're from. It is correct in Ireland and Scotland where it never fell out of use, as well as the US and presumably plenty of other English speaking places worldwide.

I done is regional - fine in informal communication (like MN), but not formally correct.

Also taken to task for pointing out the difference between bring and take and told I was wrong, because lots of people had said so!

Bring and take are used differently in Ireland, here's the extract from Wiki because I can never actually remember the difference myself:

Bring and take: Irish use of these words differs from that of British English because it follows the Irish grammar for beir and tóg. English usage is determined by direction; a person determines Irish usage. So, in English, one takes "from here to there", and brings it "to here from there". In Irish, a person takes only when accepting a transfer of possession of the object from someone else – and a person brings at all other times, irrespective of direction (to or from).

It would be wrong to correct an Irish person's use if it was in line with the above.

Gah, forgot to bold the first sentence is my post about bring and take above, it's a quote from @SinnerBoy .

were where we’re, their there they’re, many homonyms, homophones, homographs

Loose and lose is one that even journalists get wrong. The English language is so arcane with pronunciation so I understand why people get it wrong. I'm a natural pedant though so it does bother me to see it wrong so often!

Is it ableist to suggest grownups should know the difference between 'to' and 'too'?

Is it regional? I done is used up here but it tends to be a marker of class/academic achievement/background rather than regional.

It is here. It wasn't used at all where I grew up (Dublin), but I hear it a lot where I live now (NI) including from very educated and articulated people. They wouldn't use it in formal writing but do in conversation.

Curb' is correct for the edge of the pavement / sidewalk in American and international English. 'Kerb' is correct in British English. I suspect this is the source of the confusion.

Yes, I'm aware that our colleagues across the Atlantic use the wrong word.

This is the type of condescending attitude on MN that sets my teeth on edge!
In this case I hope pp was joking?

Queen Elizabeth I, surely? She was succeeded by James I of England/VI of Scotland.

No. Queen Anne was the last monarch with the separate title Queen/King of England (She was also Queen of Scotland and Ireland). She became Queen of Great Britain with the passage of the Acts of Union.