Grammar Gaffes

[SoupDragon]

Spotted in Tescos this morning "Please note that the products on this shelf has been discontinued"

(was that you using multiple identities to nag me ks?)

This isn't a grammatical error but still made me laugh.

In DS's nursery newsletter....

In the baby room there will defiantly be jelly play.

Avalon - I'm standing in the corner!

God, that drives me up the wall. There's an advert on TV at the moment that says 'less' when it should be 'fewer' and I have a conniption every time I hear it.

How does it happen? Doesn't anyone, at any point during the making of these things, point it out?? Or are Mumsnetters the only people on earth with a reasonable grasp of grammar?

It's not so much the poor grammar that would puzzle me but the sign itself saying that something that isn't there is available any more? World of the Absurd

ROFL Picadilly!

The signs in the (very expensive) new Scottish Parliamnet have no punctuation in them - supposedly so as "not to confuse the visually impaired".

So for example, the signing pointing toward the Suite of the First Minister states "-> First Ministers Suite".

I wonder if they actually DID bother to consult with the RNIB - as I would have thought that the point of puntuation is to make things CLEARER!

On the other hand, errant apostrophes do really bug me - "it's" for the possessive "its" is my biggest bugbear - and following on from that, my Mum's rule (as an ex English teacher) was "if in doubt, leave it out".

Ds (4) is already being taught grammar: he can't quite cope with "I did it" - wanting to say "I done it", so we have compromised with "I have done it" (eg finished on the potty). He has now famously corrected my mother, who exclaimed "DONE IT" when bowling skittles - to which he very seriously said, "No Granny, I HAVE done it"

Tamum - my Mum used to complain in M& S every time she went in about the "5 items or less" signs!

Kids' grammar is great though isn't it? My daughter has just got the hang of 'bring' and 'brought' but yesterday came up with 'broughted'

Well, Prettybird, thank her from me then

anyone correct "me and angus" to "angus and I"?

all my boys end in s so apostophes will be an issue.
e.g charles' room
BUt ds2 ( miles) is the worst mile's miles' and so on

I'd correct "me and angus" to either "Angus and me" or "Angus and I" depending on what was correct. I really can't stand it when people say something like "That's up to X and I" when they mean "That's up to X and me".

They wouldn't say "That's up to we" would they?

Another bugbear of mine is people saying different than or different to when they mean different from.

I'm sure there's more. Suppose I should get a life really

I hate it when I get e-mails/correspondence from colleagues with basic grammar errors. What do you do - tell them?! .... escpially when it is also going out to customers.

The West of Scoltand has a particular set of colloquial speech which can appear (/is !) particualry ignorant

eg "I/We/he done it" "We have went ....", "Youz guys".

The porbelm is that half the time, they don't even realsie that what they are saying is grammatically incorrect - and therefore don't correct themselves when faced with different audiences. I just cringe!

Poor ds, as I've mentioned, is already getting indoctirnated NOT to do this!

One of dh's bugbears is "between" when used for a choice of more than two things.

I hate it when I get e-mails/correspondence from colleagues with basic grammar errors. What do you do - tell them?! .... escpially when it is also going out to customers.

The West of Scoltand has a particular set of colloquial speech which can appear (/is !) particualry ignorant

eg "I/We/he done it" "We have went ....", "Youz guys".

The porbelm is that half the time, they don't even realsie that what they are saying is grammatically incorrect - and therefore don't correct themselves when faced with different audiences. I just cringe!

Poor ds, as I've mentioned, is already getting indoctirnated NOT to do this!

One of dh's bugbears is "between" when used for a choice of more than two things.

Promise, I only pressed "Post Message" once!

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... and I really should preview, ESPECIALLY when the thread is about grammar (.... but I never claimed my typing was any good!)

Oooh, Picadilly Circus, were we twins separated at birth? My two main pet hates there

oh just shut F up you lot, some of us havent got time for all this crap tbh!

Where are your apostrophes Fio??

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? Twiglett. He gave it to Anguus and me.

erm Angus, I meant

shut the fuck up then

is that okay?

or not

in chat room styleeeee