To invite the grammar and language pedants to share their pet peeves?

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AIBU to feel annoyed when I see people say Slither instead of sliver? It was even in a book I read recently. A slither of cake. No! That makes no sense, unless the cake’s been trodden into the carpet!

Also see: step foot in instead of set foot in

There’s plenty of others but those will do for now.

Both: an area of land or sea not mapped.

Excluding prepositions - you're not going London, you're going TO London. Xx

The other day, I saw someone write "I'm not sure where it is pacifically" instead of "specifically". I've heard it said, you can kind of understand where it comes from as they sound vaguely similar, but is the first time I've actually seen it written.

Both: an area of land or sea not mapped.

But a charter isn't a map. It's a legal document granting specified rights or privileges.

A former boss of mine used to say "pacifically", but I think he did it on purpose, as he always wrote "specifically".

He also used to say "tangenital" instead of tangential!

He was an incredibly clever solicitor, who used to draft very complex documents and agreements, so I think it may have been something that started as a joke and became a habit.

Really. I don’t know how anyone thinks that, but I’ve seen it on MN a numbers of times.

Well played 👌

Me and DH went to a party (no…DH and I went to a party). Or even worse, when people think that ANY use of “me” is wrong and say “come and see Stephen or I after the meeting”…. I mean it’s not difficult (come and see me after the meeting….come and see Stephen or me after the meeting)

I was sat (no….I was sitting)

I was having a lay down (OMG no! I was having a lie down)

I feel I have found my people.

It seems that the clientele of a nice restaurant we went to a couple of times while on holiday usually do a runner, because the waiter apparently found it amazing every time someone paid up.

Really? Then you’re just uneducated I’m afraid as I cannot ask for a singular panini. It is like asking for a singular dice or a singular cacti.

if you asked for a singular panini I would think you were an uneducated, untraveled twat along the lines of Vicky Pollard or Lauren Cooper.

When people say less when it should be fewer

Referring to everything as a journey is bothering me just now. Breastfeeding journey, weight loss journey. Ahhh, stop it!!!

sorry I know this isn't a grammar or spelling peeve, but it's really annoying me.

Brought instead of bought is really common in my area. Bugs crap out of me.

English has hybrid vigour!

Yes I know that's why they should have just said special forces.

Bit niche this one, but renumeration instead of remuneration. You’d be surprised how often it comes up in a particular context.

I loathe breath when they mean breathe.
Discusting not disgusting.
Plurals are not that difficult! There is someone on my socials who says “my smiley ladie” and “smiles on these ladys” it drives me crackers.

A couple of the presenters on gardeners world describing gardens as naturalistic, it’s natural !

It's because there should be an apostrophe. But it belongs like this '80s '90s to denote the missing characters. I loathe this one myself. Drives me nuts! I've even seen 1980's or, worse still, '80's which is just inexcusable.

Slither instead of sliver was in some published journal I read recently. I just couldn't believe my eyes.

My pet peeve is no and know. It's so very basic and surely taught from the very beginning of literacy and yet people still somehow get it wrong. It's not exactly quite rare and therefore understandably difficult like stationery and stationary.

Could of/would of IN A BOOK????? That's horrendous!

That's definitely one of my niggles too, bought instead of brought gives me the rage and the Americanisms that creep in like "swim lessons" which I've seen a lot on here, instead of swimming, like wait staff it just sounds so weird and truncated.

And don't get me started on the American corruption "I could care less" - that literally means the opposite of the correct phrase!!

Oh and the weird use of "are" instead of "our" - there's a local shop I follow on FB and one of the the two people that write the posts does it and it's just so ridiculous - "Here's are new stock"..... it's a completely different word!!

Every fucking subject under the sun is allowed in AIBU!!

Is this your first time being pedantic about what can be posted in AIBU?

No one is correcting any one persons spelling or grammar on this thread. Bad manners don't come into it.

‘Naturalistic’ can be an appropriate description of the style of a garden, as opposed to ones which are formal, or stylised.

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