It's CLIQUE not CLICK!

[MrsD14]

"all the mum's at the school gate are really clicky and never talk to meeee..." Argh. Just...no. It is ALWAYS in a whiny post too. Bothers me far beyond any rational response. I get ANGRY about this. I need to get a grip don't I? or someone lovely could reassure me that it isn't just me? What gets to you?

I have seen 'to all intensive purposes' a few times lately.

'Weary' instead of 'wary' comes up all over the place.

What about when people say 'I'm bias' rather than 'I'm biased'? Or something is 'cliché' rather than 'clichéd'? I see these a lot and am not certain whether they're WRONG or acceptable alternative versions?

There, they're and their mix ups drive me crazy!

Also draws for drawers.

eternalopt - that just shows that it's no longer an incorrect use of "literally" then. I assume you are referring to uses of literally as an intensifier rather than to mean "non-figuratively". Did you know Scott Fitzgerald, Thackeray, Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, Pope are examples of writers who used "literally" to intensify, not to signal a literal physical meaning?

Like you, I'd love literally to only have the one meaning and laugh at football commentators saying "he literally rocketed up the pitch", but the world isn't cooperating.

Clique - like Clinique but missing the middle bit.

Also draws for drawers.

Rhotic speakers do not make this mistake.

Yep daddaddad, but it's still wrong in my eyes. I'm off to buy myself this mug
www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/collections/mugs-1/products/literally-grammar-grumble-mug-no-5

Just a word to some of the newcomers to Pedants' Corner; it's not necessarily the home of prescriptive pedantry. For those interested in a snarkfest of superiority, better go to AIBU.

'Needs gone'.

Not so much here, as on Fb selling pages, but awful nonetheless. I can't fathom it at all - click for clique at least makes some sense as an error.

Completely ruins Teenagers by MCR for me..

Humpty - I believe "needs" + past participle is grammatically correct in some dialects of English, eg if I remember correctly in parts of the US, but also maybe in parts of the British Isles?

DadDadDad, you may be right, but I've heard it from so many different people, who have different origins throughout the UK, that I can't believe it's a dialect variation.

'Gone' needs an auxiliary verb. Otherwise it just sounds odd.

Needs fed. Needs watered.

I see it on here a lot.

"Needs fed" is an acceptable informal use in several regional dialects of English. DH is from upstate New York, and he says it informally as do many people from that region. He wouldn't write it though. He says that they are just shortening the verb form and leaving out the "to be" part. Also I know that I have seen Scottish posters defend it as well.

Clique/click is the one that gets to me, too. They are different words, it is not a spelling thing!

I am also shocked to see more and more "been" being substituted for "being". Again, it is because it is entirely the wrong word.

I am tolerant of regional variations, and can't get worked up about spelling mistakes or typos.

Absolutely Seneca. I was just confirming that it's quite common on a UK parenting site. I have relatives in the Midlands for whom it's common vernacular.

Should it be 'texted' instead of 'text', as in 'I texted her the other day'?
I've always used 'text' - am I wrong??

We've had interesting discussions about "text" before. People don't have any trouble turning verbs they've never seen before into the past tense by adding "ed", eg email -> emailed, Skype -> skyped. So why do some people use "text" for the past tense rather than "texted"?

A clue may be in the many irregular verbs that do this: cut -> past tense = cut, set -> set, put -> put. Note that all those verbs end in 't'. Also, "text" sounds like it already is a past tense (same end-sound as "vexed" or "mixed"). So, over time, usage may lead to "text" being an acceptable past tense.

I still prefer "texted".

Thank you for the info, I didn't realise that both could be correct. I have to say I prefer 'text' but at least now I know that both are acceptable. For now, anyway

Weeeelll, I'm not claiming "text" is acceptable to everyone - and as you look up-thread, you'll see that some strongly object. I'm just observing and speculating about why it's like that and where it might go. But I don't make the rules any more than anyone else!

Thank you, I will bear it in mind. May well play it safe with 'I sent her a text' instead

Like "I'm bias" rather than "I'm biased", or "I text him" instead of "I texted him":

Pack lunch
Skim milk
First come first serve

Too much social media means "definitely" is starting to look wrong to me .

And for the love of God, when you think someone is asking for too much it's "you have a sense of entitlement", NOT "you're entitled".

all the mums at the school gate are really clicky

Aargh, yes!

It conjures up an image of women with bad clicky hips

I've seen several posts on Facebook selling sites.... Chester Draws wanted/for sale!!

Just had to check I wasn't in AIBU.

Thanks, Seneca, for at least attempting to keep this little haven free of smug sniping.