To expect people not to use the word hung when they mean hanged.

[cushioncover]

Ok, I know IABU, and I'm no grammar queen myself but I've read this 4 times today and I just had to rant about it! There!

[WanderingTrolley]

YANBU

Pedants unite!

I'm considering a call to arms with regard to 'less' and 'fewer' at the moment.

[cushioncover]

Thanks, WT. I've just seen it everywhere today.

The use of the word 'fewer' is one of the reasons I shop at Waitrose.

[southeastastra]

blimey why is everyone discussing hanging?

[suey2]

And M&S! Sainsburys still have a 5 items or less queue i think. YANBU

[Bouquetsofdynomite]

LOL, same people who say haitch.

[WanderingTrolley]

I'm right with you!

Once, I couldn't buy coffee because of improper grammar.

Pedantry is a curse, as is my caffeine addiction.

[Reallytired]

What is the context?

"I hung my washing out to dry."

"The executioneer hanged Sadam Hussan."

Which is right.

[pania]

Can I just add that I am horrified at the number of people who say "mortified" when they mean "horrified".

All these people should be mortified at their ignorance.

[cushioncover]

I once refused to buy chips from a cafe advertising; fish, chip's and mushy pea's. DH was not amused. We had driven a long way and he was starving.

[suey2]

ambiguous/ambivalent anyone?

[WanderingTrolley]

People who say they were electrocuted when they mean they received an electric shock.

[teeth on edge]

You should have a licence to use the word 'literally' imo.

[WanderingTrolley]

And rogue apostrophes that sneak into your post when you attention is on the slice of cake in front of you instead of the keyboard....




At least I GAAAAHed when I noticed.....

[UnquietDad]

"I was literally petrified".

Really??

[cushioncover]

Quite! Which is why my OP stated that I was not the grammar queen so as to excuse my subsequent mistakes.

[Mercy]

Our local branch of Sainsbury's once had a sign saying 'Pizza's', and my mum noticed that my local (again) WH SMiths had an advert. for both 'Practice Papers' and 'Practise Papers' within the same display.

I'm not usually bothered but hanged/hung is one that does irritate me tbh

[Bouquetsofdynomite]

Infer/imply. Americans are the worst.

[cushioncover]

UD, isn't that musical statues whilst reading Homer?

[Mercy]

I also like Morse's reaction to death being 'instant' or 'instantaneous'

'Coffee may be instant, Lewis' (or along those lines anyway)

[pania]

Another one Americans seem to do a lot is write "i.e" when they mean "e.g".

[pania]

i.e. and e.g. I mean

[beansprout]

Can someone explain the hung/hanged thing please?

I may be stupid but I am willing to learn!

[cushioncover]

Oh don't get me started on practise/practice and license/license.

I remember a flatmate at uni putting refuge sacks on our whiteboard shopping list. I can only imagine he was expecting us to buy them from the Women's Aid Catalogue.

[cushioncover]

Beansprout, you use the term hanged specifically when referring to someone being executed by hanging.

[beansprout]

Thankyouverymuch!