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 get’ in a cafe. I stood in a queue behind a man this morning. He was ordering a lot of food and drinks. (He spent £29.70)Every item was preceded by “Can I get” . Luckily my naturally polite nature prevented me from punching him in the mouth, or telling him that he couldn’t get his own food and drink, the staff were there to get It for him.

It's not going to get any better is it 🥺

I get irritated when people mix up while - “during the same time period” - and whilst which can mean “although” e.g. “I had the radio on while driving to work” but “Whilst I understand your point of view, I don’t think we should do that”.

bis cuit - literally "twice cooked".

The weird thing that's popped up in recent years of saying alot for a lot. You never used to see it. Where the hell did it come from? I always want to ask them if they say abit or ahugeamount or ashitload.

Reflexive verb abuse.

…and then the fucking past tense being, “I led down on the bed!”

So, what is it, then? Not exactly a comprehensive sentence.

I do think yous is quite useful - it seems a mistake we don’t have a way to distinguish between singular or a group so it make does make sense that the gap gets filled with yous or y’all.

But that doesn’t mean other people can’t find it irritating of course!

Begs the question. It has its own special meaning. You probably mean raises or poses a question. I don't care if you disagree! I will stick to this until my dying day.
Also, fulsome does not mean full. A fulsome apology is not the same as a full apology (although what is one of those? Is there such a thing as a partial apology? Maybe they mean one given readily rather than reluctantly.).

I was sat. Unless you were placed there you were sitting 😡

I wondered what "Yaas Queen. Just silly." meant.

Pedantry belongs in Pedants' Corner - if it has to exist at all.

Correcting other people's grammar etc. is a sign of bad manners, bad character, or a combination of the two.

I think pedantic posts criticising other posters should be deleted, they're just rude.

Yes, it’s ‘ye’ where I’m from. I find it perfectly valid in conversation or informal writing.

An empty bottle of wine. It’s a bloody empty wine bottle!

A lot of the issues here are caused by autocorrect and "AI" pretending it knows stuff.

However I would counsel some posters to bear in mind that English dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive (I mean, we're not French for goodness' sake!). So usage can change over time - "less" and "fewer" being a case. If enough people say "less than" .... well it becomes what English is,. And how She Is Spoken 😀

I am currently fighting a losing battle with my spellchecker over -"ize". Despite the fact it is perfectly acceptable English ... (ducks and runs away).

One peeve that annoys me a lot is that few people seem to be able to spell Keir Starmer. Love. him or hate him- it doesn’t seem to matter, he’s Kier to most people. Drives me crazier than crazy.

Oh no, that's fine. It's a turn of phrase. A bit of fun. Slang. It has its place.

They do it on purpose to show disrespect.

But, you is both singular and plural.
You could revert to thou and ye, though. 😁

Surely the z, instead of an s, is from Elizabethan english? UK english developed, and the pilgrims took the z to the US with them. So it forked from early English.

I don't want to get into the argument but I thought the second cooking bit referred to the biscuits hardening in the air. I don't think most of them are actually baked twice ( I know biscotti are though).

Needs done

and defiantly instead of definitely

When people write absolute nonsense like...

"I am posting about my boyfriend of which I have been with him for 3 years."

When people use reflexive pronouns incorrectly.

"I gave myself a foot massage," is correct.

"He gave myself a foot massage," is not.

Quite a few, tbh, but most of them have already been recounted on this thread.

Yes, but other people disagree with you. I like learning things, even if it's through making mistakes.

Is it written somewhere that "thou shalt not learn any language skills outside of an educational facility"?

Incorrect use of the reflexive pronoun, predominantly by people who work in HR and estate agents (for example “Myself has invited yourself to a meeting”; “Please share your comments with myself and Sue”; “I’ve brought along some particulars for yourself.” They do it on The Traitors (“I’ve voted for yourself Paul”) and it drives me mad!