Scream into the pillow of this thread and avoid scorn on others...

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Pedant's refuge: I have to get it out, but not on the threads themselves as I'll get ripped to shreds it's not polite. It's safe here.

Pier pressure

What gems have made your teeth itch in silent rage?

'comprising of'

(Shall we just shoot all estate agents now, before our teeth shatter from the itching they trigger?)

Can someone explain "would of" / "could of"

Thank you

MrsP - It should be would/could HAVE.

OK dare i be a child and ask why?

I will have to try and remember - i must sound so stupid

Written large and unashamedly on a removal van that was parked in my street for ages 'If your happy, we're happy!'

I wasn't

mrspear, that's just how it is!
But when it's shortened to "she could've said something" it sounds very much like "could of"
I doubt you sound thick, although I've only heard you type

It's not particularly wrong to say "would of" because you are saying "would've"

But sometimes people don't realise that "would've" is an abbreviation of "would have" and write it how it sounds.

Some people also say "anythink" or "nothink" which I think is fair enough, it's just their accent. But I have seen people write it down like that . . .

Lol at myself ... i am too tired and should go to bed

no that's just peggy mitchell, no one else does that in real life

If people are saying 'anythingk' then their accent is wrong.

A woman I follow on Twitter: "More edits today, can't wait till their done, still thats life when your a writer."

What. The. Fuck. Question mark x a million.

(And thank you so much for this outlet. Have been itching to bitch about this, but she's nice and a good friend of a friend, so can't.)

it's when it's used as a possessive
and
grammer particularly when the person is complaining about someone else's grammar (mean, aren't I?

There are others but I can't think of them at the moment.

Did anyone see the first episode of Mitchell and Webb? It had a great sketch about mispronunciation, which had me in tears.

epithet, that is either the best or the worst thing I have ever heard...

Oh God epithet, you mean she's really a writer? It sounded like a parody.

You probably won't be surprised to hear that she is self-published, tether .

Saw this one on a thread the other day "so I rang the school principle" aargh! It's PRINCIPAL!!

And hearing people say DRAWRING, when they mean DRAWING. Simon Groom on Blue Peter used to say this all the time when I was little and it bugged the life out of me.

I was a pedant even then.

I am a fully paid up member of the Apostrophe Protection Society.

An English teacher friend argues, loudly, that the apostrophe is an anachronism. He maintains that there is virtually no occasion when a misplaced apostrophe causes genuine confusion of meaning. He maintains that apostrophe pedantry is merely a tribal middle class affectation, allowing like minded souls to identify each other and bitch accordingly.

Absolutely right. And long may it continue, say I...

I never used to get that sort of thing wrong, ever, until I
a) had babies and
b) started coming on MN

I handed back my pedant badge after an unfortunate it's/its incident when DD was a few days old

There's a notice on a local teashop: "Please bare with us during our renovations."

Don't you need a license for that sort of thing?

And using the word 'maintains' in two consecutive sentences. I hate that.

Sloppy. Just sloppy.

rg, and is that what he teaches his students?

A license Rafi??

Are you sure?

I absolutely HATE 'draw' instead of 'drawer'.
Haitch sets my teeth on edge too.

hay-tch as opposed to aitch!

Cross posts.
Sorry.

Expresso!!!
I mean, come on!