Regarding the proper use of English. What is your pet peeve when it comes to common mistakes people make?

Answer 1

I think she meant regarding the proper use of English,
I'm sure she meant to hit the comma instead numb nutts, so don't get nasty!

It bothers me when people say supposibly like its a word. Its supposedly! Or they say "pacifically" instead of specifically

Answer 2

The misspelling of dose for does, and the lack of capital letters at the beginning of sentences.

Answer 3

Irregardless.

If you look the word up in the dictionary, it will make you fall off your chair with laughter. It is so commonly misused that it made it into the dictionary as the most commonly screwed up word! I mean, come on! "Not, not regarding?"

Answer 4

Incomplete sentences such as "Regarding the proper use of English" always bug me.

Answer 5

For me it's the incorrect use of the apostrophe. I once saw, at a bus station, a sign that read

"TO THE BUSE'S"

Answer 6

There are common words that people consistently misspell, weather it's the enviorment or something else.

Answer 7

When people say literally but don't mean literally, like, "He was literally bouncing off of the walls" when he never left the floor, or "She's literally made of money". She is? Literally? Not flesh and blood?

Answer 8

Ending a sentence with a prepositional phrase - "Where's my coat at?"

Also, it's annoying when people misspell -
"Too", "To", or "Two"....

Answer 9

would "of" instead of would "have"
The phrase "In other words" when some people say "Another words"...doesn't make sense.
People who say "supposebly" instead of "supposedly".

Or when people say "I could care less" when in fact they mean they couldn't care less.

Answer 10

trivial commas