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.

Can I please add ‘math’ and ‘ass’ (meaning arse) from Brits?

Me too. My brain is designed to see them.

Less when used incorrectly instead of fewer.

I’m don’t know in which instance you’d say step foot..?

But a slither of cake made me laugh 🐍🍰

Stomp instead of stamp
Babies instead of baby's
Could of, should of, would of ad nauseam
He gave it to DH and I

True. I feel very at home in Pedants' Corner. 😃

Incorrect user of a reflexive pronoun.

"Myself and DD were walking to school when a dragon swooped down and burned her PE kit".

Your for you're. Others annoy me, but this is one I see most frequently, so I'm annoyed by it more often.

Your means belonging to you.
You're is short for you are.

'Johnny, is that your ball?' - correct.
'Johnny, is that Billy's ball your playing with?' - incorrect. You are playing with Billy's ball.

Also, 'Jane Austin'. If you're interested enough to be talking about her, you could manage to get her name right.

Using ‘disinterested’ to mean ‘uninterested’.
That battle is lost, though.

All of these.

I'm currently reading a good book on my Kindle, but annoyingly, I have seen a couple of instances of "would/could/should of" dotted around it.

I'm not sure how books are transcribed into kindle or other ereader format these days (is it by some form of AI?) but that sort of howler is not impressive. 😠

Currently bothering me is the widespread use of the word 'iconic' applied to everything and everyone. TV ads, programmes, presenters - all happily misusing it non-stop! Stop saying everything is iconic!

"A biscuit is baked twice, a cookie isn't"

No it isn't. The recipe is different, that's all
(since were being pedantic).

Are you my Dad? 😂 That has been his pet peeve for quite some time now!

LadyMonicaBaddingham - I am your father!
:)

Less instead of fewer - should be punishable with a long prison sentence 😜

'Should of went' instead of 'should have gone'.

In the US a biscuit (usually) has leavening while a cookie does not. That is why we have an expression “that is how the cookie crumbles” because our biscuits are moist and leavened so they don’t crumble while cookies and crackers (generally plain flour and water with no egg or dairy) will break or crumble.

I came on here to say just that but you have beaten me to it.

I have a feeling I heard Sue Perkins on Just a Minute also demanding severe punishment!

Oh my god—into my arms my beamish girl!

Haha! I knew I loved her for a reason 😄

😘😘😂

@PoliteBee was correct, @SerendipityJane.

@Locutus2000 was talking about the "grammar belonging to others"

We’re? 😜

This is the one that causes me actual pain. The BBC are the worst for it,

Surely if there are, say, two or three of something in the world it can be almost unique?