Mistakes that give you the RAGE

[poemontheocean]

'Should of' - it's should HAVE.
'Alot' is not even a WORD!

Add yours!

Calling someone "ignorant" to mean "they were rude and ignored me" rather than they are, you know, ignorant.

When did that happen? I'm sure nobody used it in this sense until a few years ago, now it seems to be in half the online dictionary definitions (not the better ones though )

'Disinterested' instead of 'uninterested'.
'Disinterested' means 'impartial'.

I think that battle has been lost, though - as has 'begs the question' which doesn't mean the question needs to be asked.

Who/whom.
"Who shall I address this to?"
No no no! "To whom shall I address this?"

Less/fewer. I won't use that particular line at the supermarket. The supermarket that has aisles. Not isles.

The who/whom distinction is fast disappearing in English as is the disinterested/uninterested distinction.

I sort of agree Seneca, but that doesn't mean I have to like it!

I was sat at home looking out the window when I saw a man that didn't ought to of been in my garden.
I opened the window and yelled 'What you doing there???!!!'
The man looked totally unphased and said 'I came to ask you for a lend of your chainsaw' and laughed in a wierd way.
I literally died of fright!

What a rediculous, apaulling story, Finneganscake

Ask as a noun. No, Sky Sports presenter, it is not 'a big ask'. Ask is not a noun!

Here, here.

Practice / practise and plurals with 's give me the rage. I deal with teachers on a daily basis, they really should know the difference.

I totally agree with the comment about 'The Teacher'. I stopped reading it because of the poor punctuation. I cannot believe that some people who make a living from sign writing do not think to question a misplaced apostrophe. It reflects very badly on their business and that of their customer. It looks shoddy.

The practice/practise distinction is not observed in American English so I do hope that you won't rage at Americans who don't practice it.

Def in eye tly ( definitely)
Spoken by Dubliners.
'I done it'
'I seen it'

I'm sure this must have been mentioned already but my blood pressure won't take a catch up . Effect/affect.
As seen on fb selling groups near you. "Slight rip. Doesn't effect use."
Just

I have just read a thread where the op talked about "myself and dh". I am now raging. I had to come here to write it down so that I didn't make my only comment on her thread about the appalling grammar.

It's got to the stage now where I am wary to write things like "to effect best practice" on things like job applications and essays because I cannot trust that the person reading it will understand that it is in fact correct.

wary of writing!

I was going to put another word instead of wary, but changed it

I think all of these annoy me. I picked up a children's centre brochure recently advertising a spelling and grammar course "for adult's only".

Me and her instead of she and I.

Sometimes "me and her" is correct when "she and I" wouldn't be.

The ones that really get me are the ones where it's not only usage or spelling that are wrong, but it's clear that the person doesn't even know how the word is pronounced correctly.

One I saw not long ago on here was "pedal stool" for pedestal. "Chester draws" is one in a similar vein that seems to crop up on selling sites.

Yes, it's just as frustrating when people use she and I incorrectly because it's been drilled into them that it's always "I" rather than "me"!

Neverindoubt - I still remember a teacher correcting my use of "practice" to "practise" even though I had used it correctly!

I hate the "me and her" misuse when the person in question is the subject of the sentence - e.g. "Me and my husband went out last night" or "Her and her friend were walking down the street." They'd never say "Me went out" or "Her was walking" so why on earth does it happen?

Chester draws and the incorrect use of there/their/they're.

Effect and affect misuse also gives me the rage.

Very unique