Spelling and grammar bug bears

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Ok I'll start

Greatful

(Bugbears - it's all one word. )

Mine is 'ect' for 'etc'.

I came on to say ECT for et cetera. Only ever seen it on Mumsnet mind you.

"Her and me went to the cinema"

When is ever her and me?

People who say "I done" and "I seen" instead of "I saw" and "I did" 🤯🤯

Bare with me

Not in this cold weather!

I would of gone.

Drives me bonkers!

…and loose for lose.

‘I need to loose 10lbs before my holiday’

People who make fun of others' language mistakes.

I think the 'ect' one is a result of mispronunciation. Lots of people say 'eck-setera' instead of 'et-setera'.

Didn’t used to
boarders for borders

Could of, should of, would of. Which my phone just autocorrected to “have” in all three cases. I had to change them back and now it’s flagging them as wrong. Thank you Apple.

@AllProperTeaIsTheft oh f*ck!

Grate- as in ‘this is grate’

All of those mentioned above and probably lots more I could think of.

You belong in pedants' corner.
It's the only place on MN where you are safe to moan away. And I often learn something new there too!

My current bugbear is that nobody uses its or seems to know when it's isn't correct. Including my own phone's autocorrect.

All of the above. It's as though people are butchering the English language.

His instead of he's 🤦‍♀️

His playing football after school. 🤨

Your error in the title shows how easy it is to make mistakes.

Nucular instead of nuclear. Pacific instead of specific. Mischeevious instead of mischievous. Brushetta instead of bruschetta

Fewer instead of less. I've heard this error from BBC newsreaders.
It's in supermarkets with their 'less than 10 items ' aisles. The one supermarket which states 'fewer than 10 items' is in Cambridge, so I've heard. I suppose if they can't get it right, there's no hope for the rest of us.
For those who really want this piece of information:
'Fewer' is for things you can count, and 'less' is for uncountable things such as water.

That suddenly seems to be very common, I think it must be a phone thing.

Text instead of texted. Generally instead of genuinely. Redundant apostrophes, obviously. I once saw one between the n and t in paint

In colloquial English, depending on where you're from

My phone (iPhone) changes so much I look pretty illiterate a lot of the time. Thing is, it changes it between writing (so looks ok) & sending.

the thing that annoys me THE most is when it changes done/don't should/shouldn't etc. it's going to get me in a lot of trouble one day

"On route", in place of "en route".

The 'his' / 'he's' one puzzles me, because I swear I've only seen it in the last year or two.

@AllProperTeaIsTheft oh fck!*
Sorry! I don't correct people's SPAG unless either they are being an utter arsehole or they are willingly engaging in a discussion about SPAG - I figure that either of those things makes them fair game! Obviously you fall into the second category, not the first .

F*ck instead of fuck.