He’s not his

[LuckyAmy1986]

Anyone else noticed a rise in this?
Eg “love Bradley Cooper his so beautiful”. I hate it. AIBU?

We was in the cue. Queue some man complaining.

The worst one for me is
A am so tired
Why am a like this

The people I know who do this are Scottish. Guessing a colloquialism?

Re. Irish people using “bring” - I always get thrown by the Irish use of “will” instead of “shall/should”. E.g. “will we go to the shop now?”
Again it’s a regional thing though, so not something that bothers me.

He/his, lose/loose, brought/bought however...

We was in the cue. Queue some man complaining.

Or even ‘que*. I automatically think of Manuel.

Yes, you’re right. I’ve often read “que”. And always think of Manuel....

I'm on many food groups and it's actually staggering how the word divine is spelt as Devine. I actually went and checked for myself what the actual spelling is. This is across a few groups where there are people from all over. How can everyone be wrong.

I think it might ge because Devine is a surname, so exists as a word too.

Agree it's (mostly) a lack of basic education and lack of reading.

Before the internet, the only reading material was books, magazines or newspapers which had been written by people paid to do so, and checked by an editor. Even if all you were reading was Smash Hits or Just 17, the copy had been checked by someone who knew what they were doing.

Now, any idiot can share their opinions online on use social media. Newspapers and magazines are dying out. Along with the professional copy, there are people who have really poor spelling and grammar sticking posts up for the world to see. If you read things like "I couldnt of dun any better" or "What's the best thing about been a mum" or "Who's cake is best, my sister or myself's?" you think that's OK.

And if there are grammar mistakes in the above it's because I'm just out of bed, loaded with the cold and haven't had my coffee!!

If you are offended by bad spelling and grammar - NEVER go on the Local Facebook pages. Honestly, I'd swear that most of those had never been to school a day in their lives!

The ones that get me are the ones who are selling a 'Citrone Picarso'. It's written on the back of the fucking car! Just go out and look!

I absolutely hate "he's" instead of "his".
It's like, people just write things and use apostrophes without thinking about what they're actually representing.
My job is a writer/editor though, so I do think more about these things than most, I guess.

Another one I hate is "brought" instead of "bought". Completely different words.

Or "why" instead of "while".

I've seen some relatively intelligent people make these mistakes on social media, and it really makes me wonder how the hell they can get to their 40s without once being corrected, or perhaps reading it in a book and thinking "Oh yeah, THAT'S what it should be!"

I can't say I've seen this happening more frequently, maybe it's a southern England thing?

I always imagine people who insert random colloquialisms into their writing to be "yeah but, no but" teenagers.

An example would be "it's like" instead of "it's as if/it's as though".

Obviously, colloquialisms are fine, and have their place, but a post bigging up one's own linguistic prowess whilst slagging off other people's is probably not the place for it.

My ex used to actually SAY "He's" instead of his!!! I corrected him every single time yet it never made any difference. He was a bit simple.

@JamieVardysHavingAParty An H?
I think you mean a H

My husband is well-educated. He is also getting on a bit in years.

He has started to use 'myself' when he really, really shouldn't. And he's never done it before.

If he carries on he will become an ex-husband.

(Not entirely joking)

An H?
I think you mean a H

Nope, I absolutely don't. The letter H is snobbishly traditionally pronounced Aitch and thus begins with a vowel. Therefore it is an H. I'm cynically convinced it's there as a class-trap, but nevertheless Heaven help you if you say Haitch. I think there are some remarks on the lower classes saying Haitch in the children's classic A Little Princess.

I’m not convinced it’s always auto correct that allows these errors. Some of them must surely have the warning red line. Rediculous corrects to the accurate spelling every time, so people must actively reject the proper spelling.

The random apostrophe also irritates me. I saw a sign at the dental surgery, “Patient’s parking area.” I enquired if there was just one patient, but it was never changed.

I dislike the “less” or “fewer” confusion too.

So many!

I’m not convinced it’s always auto correct that allows these errors.

Some autocorrect (the version Google has shipped with my Android) appears to have some sort of learning feature. Once I have corrected a correction, it doesn't offer that suggestion again.

Anyone who has managed to mistype an email address into Outlook, and found it forevermore seems to prefer the mistake will know what I am on about ... (secret is to press "delete" when it is shown, and it removes it from the list).

@charlestonchaplin your interpretation of bring is incorrect no-one seems to know how to use ‘bring’ and ‘take’ anymore. ‘Should I bring her to A&E?’ is only correct if you are speaking to a person who is currently in A&E

@AlexaAmbidextra Maeve Binchy’s usage of bring is correct @envelopeofpubes read on

The essential difference between these two words is that bring implies movement towards someone or something: Bring your instrument with you when you come over. Whereas take implies movement away from someone or something: Take your belongings with you when you're leaving. www.lexico.com/grammar/bring-or-take

See here for more examples www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/bring-vs-take

An H?
I think you mean a H

Nope. She definitely didn't.

And the pedant in me prefers an hotel to a hotel.

Also, sure it was autocorrect, but I've just seen 'changed tact' as opposed to 'changed tack'.

Foxyloxy my auto correct changes words that are real words to completely different real words which makes for completely incomprehensible reading sometimes if I don't check ,it just changed if to it twice

Brought for bought, really annoying as they do not mean the same thing!!!!!

It's not just that these are all irritating to read, it's that they make people harder to understand. I have no problem with vocabulary (and some grammar) shifting over time; it's a large part of how English became such a dominant language in the world. But without people following basic rules, especially in the written word, the likelihood of miscommunications increases exponentially.

Some of these grammatical irritations are inherited I know that I probably find the misuse of less/fewer more annoying than I might otherwise because it drove my parents mad (and they never shut up about it).

I'm also sad about the missing paternity tale the title promised.

@Rosebud21 yes that’s correct re bring/take. Towards you whether future or present tense. That doesn’t make charlestonchaplin wrong though.

Also. It really grates when people claim colloquialisms are correct simply because they are traditional in a certain locale. Prime example: the English use of the word ‘sat’ rather than sitting. I’m originally from a part of the world where large swathes of the population say ‘we was’ and ‘youse’, but I’d never defend those abominations. Doesn’t make it correct just because everyone you know says it!