Going passed? Instead of going past?

[marshmallowfinder]

I know it's likely to be autocorrect, but it seems to be popping up so frequently and is really frustrating. I find it difficult to keep accepting the mangling of spelling everywhere. 😞 I know I'll have my arse handed to me on a plate, but I just wanted to have a small whinge.

Anyone else?

Time passed quickly.

First past the post.

Yes, perfectly correct. Not what I'm referring to.

That would annoy me too. You are not alone.

imply rather than infer (OK, that’s not a spelling error)
affect rather than effect (it is a noun, but has a completely different meaning)
a recent thread where a few people were writing curb when they meant kerb.

And I’ve just gone off piste with capitals and full stops. Apparently younger people don’t use full stops because it’s seen as aggressive. Beats me.

Curb is American English. It's not completely wrong, therefore. Just jarring. It's a bit like cosy/ cozy, airplane/ aeroplane. I'm sure there are other examples.

American English favors favours 'ize' endings; British English 'ise' endings. There are some agreements: both use 'prize'.

'Passed' in the wrong context is jarring. But since we're chiming in with individual bugbears, where in the living fuck did 'alot' come from? It's not an English word anywhere.

You're not wrong. I've seen this a lot recently for some reason and it really irritates me.

"Alot" drives me round the bend too. It isn't even a real word. It should be two words!!

Why are full stops seen as aggressive? That makes no sense.

Was that aggressive? I'm confused. And aggressive again
[Grin]

I’ve no idea, makes no sense to me. But that’s what I’ve seen.

It must be something some people find tricky to differentiate as I see it fairly often (online places like Mumsnet)

I learned about alot the animal in this section a long time ago & still think about him with his sad face whenever I see alot mentioned. There is a meme for most occasions featuring him 😁.

A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

I think that here in 2023 'curb' is American and 'kerb' is English.
However, I think 'curb' is one of those words which went westwards over the Atlantic and now comes back. In the Parish Council minutes of a small English village, sometime between 1895 and 1910 -ish that thing which separates the road from the footpath is definitely written as 'curb'.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html?m=1

This is the original blog post featuring the alot.

It's infuriating.
Someone I know has self published and used past/passed incorrectly.
I can let any of this slide (albeit whilst cringing) in speech, or in informal communication, but if it's something that's going to be published/sign written or in any way 'out there' as any promotional material, it really should be correct.

@mathanxiety , curb is fine if you mean it as in 'curb your enthusiasm' but not curb as in 'curb appeal'.

What is 'curb appeal', please?

A mistake. It's kerb appeal.

Insure instead of ensure. I think I've lost that battle though.

And I when it should be me drives me insane. I seem to be the only person left in my social circle who knows when to use "you and me".

I agree with you OP.

Also affect/effect, people don't seem to know the difference.

Re a different meaning of passed, I've always hated the euphemism "passed away" instead of saying died, but have recently often seen and heard the word"passed" used to state that someone has died, which to me is even worse. When did that become acceptable usage?

DH has just read a bit from a book to me where the author mentions seeing a small 'slither' of light on the horizon.

Very frustrating indeed, these examples actually in print. How do they get past the proofreaders?

Do Americans use prize when they mean prise?

Re a different meaning of passed, I've always hated the euphemism "passed away" instead of saying died, but have recently often seen and heard the word"passed" used to state that someone has died, which to me is even worse. When did that become acceptable usage?

I think they mean someone has "passed from earth to heaven" or some such nonsense. Ridiculous in such a secular society.