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.

Chester draws. Ugh.

"Draws" is specifically a pitfall for non-rhotic speakers.

Yes I think the connotation (for me anyway) of ‘pregnant to’ is that it is either a gift (from a woman to a man) or the consequence of something that was done to a woman.
Honestly I just find it irritating and that’s the closest I can get to an explanation.

Diner: "Can I order a drink please ?"
Server: "Of course you can." (walks off ending conversation).

Diner: "May I order a drink please ?"
Server: "Of course you can. What would you like ?"

😂
Point taken.

Ah yes, reminds me of a presenter on Radio 4: 'There's people who...'

I think maybe she & Alex Scott have had elocution lessons but taken it one step too far

No punctuation and no breaks to indicate a new paragraph

I had a teacher at primary school who used to insist on us using ‘may’ instead of ‘can’ when asking to go to the loo.

“As best as you can”.

Surely it’s “as best you can”.

The book I'm currently reading is full of 'was sat' when it should be 'was sitting'.

I'm about a third of the way through the book and I'm seriously wondering if I can actually finish reading it.

Just going back to your point about 'slithers' of cake OP. I once stopped reading a book because the characters kept having 'slithers' of cake - they seemed to eat an extraordinary amount of cake - and I just couldn't take it any more.

I find People using the word been instead of being, and dose instead of does absolutely infuriating.

I notice some people use 'renting out' a house to mean 'renting' it from the landlord. 'Renting out' to me means the owner is renting it out.

Been instead of being and seen instead of seeing.

I'm just waiting for them to say human beans.

What kind of books are people reading that the writing is so poor?

Arguably indeed. It's like saying 'done and dust' instead of 'done and dusted'.

People using “myself” when they mean “I” or “me” and saying “text” instead of “texted” (to me, that just sounds like the original word is “to tex”…).

Also the word “chiropractic”. It is used as a noun all the time by everyone including chiropractors but that form of word is clearly an adjective and the noun should obviously be “chiropraxy”. I accept I may be completely alone in this last one.

My mother was a primary school teacher and tried to get her class to use may instead of can in that situation. She nearly gave up when one little boy tapped her on the shoulder and said "Please May, can I go to the toilet?"

Instead of 'shopping' in 'going shopping' or 'doing the weekly shopping', it has become 'the weekly shop', which I find slightly jarring. To me, 'shop' means the actual business / premises so 'doing the shop' sounds a bit dodgy.

Absolutely bloody awful. I'd be writing to the publisher.

Books are full of errors nowadays. The publishing model has changed over the years in favour of keeping costs down.

And a readership who don't care.

Eats shoots and leaves.

Ihavent read the whole thread, but it's John's Hopkins University, not John Hopkins.

I will never say a tough watch, a challenging read etc and I roll my eyes when I hear or read it.
I guess there has always been a good read but afaik that was a standalone phrase.
I’m less a pedant than someone who is just easily irritated 🙊

It’s Johns Hopkins but I’m guessing that was your phone helping you 😀