TOP 5 PET PEEVES OF 2008
Grammar Girl Rant
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Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.
Honorable Mention
He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.
Honorable Mention
He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.
Honorable Mention
He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.
Honorable Mention
He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.
Carelessness
“Prospect Dumps Realtor For Careless Grammar” by Gary Seigel
“An [realtor] agent told me recently she had lost a client because of a punctuation error.”
Carelessness
Pedantic=
Fussy, bookish, precise
Carelessness
“So number five on the 2008 pet peeves list is a careless attitude about language.”
Myself
Misuse of Myself
Myself
Fewer = countable itemsLess= abstract amounts“10 items or fewer”“Does my glass have less juice than yours?”
Myself
i-spesh-uh-lee
Myself
e-spres-oh
Myself
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
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Myself
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
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Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Myself
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
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Like Like Like Like Like
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Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Like Like Like Like Like
Myself
Misuse of Myself
Myself
Send the message to Squiggly and myself.
Myself
Send the message to Squiggly and myself.
Myself
Send the message to Squiggly and myself.
Send the message to Squiggly and me.
Myself
Myself and Bob are going to the meeting.
Myself
Myself and Bob are going to the meeting.
Myself
Myself and Bob are going to the meeting.
Bob and I are going to the meeting.
Tap
Tap
Obama tapped so-and-so for secretary of lawn mowing.
Tap
“’I do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead,’ Obama told the Grant Park crowd at his November acceptance speech.”
Quote from “Obama speech sparks misuse of enormous proportions” by Mary Schmich
Tap
“… the use is a U.S. colloquialism, meaning it's questionable to use it in formal situations.”
Tap
Tap
appointed
Tap
selected
Tap
chose
Tap
designated
Tap????
Baby Bump
Baby Bump
Baby Bump
All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.
Baby Bump
All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.
Baby Bump
All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.
Baby Bump
All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.
Baby Bump
All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.
Baby Bump
Purple snow cone
Baby Bump
Purplsnow cone
Baby Bump
Purpsnow cone
Baby Bump
Pursnow cone
Baby Bump
Pusnow cone
Baby Bump
Psnow cone
Baby Bump
snow cone
Baby Bump
Gsnow cone
Baby Bump
Grsnow cone
Baby Bump
Grasnow cone
Baby Bump
Grapsnow cone
Baby Bump
Grapesnow cone
Doo dooo dooo!
Slay
Slay
"Slay Suspect Amanda Knox Stars in Feature Film in Jail."
Slay
"Slaying Suspect Amanda Knox Stars in Feature Film in Jail."
Slay
"N.J. Slay Suspect Confesses”
Slay
"N.J. Slay Suspect Confesses”
“Fare Found Guilty in Cabbie Slay”
Slay
Noun: the reed of a loom.
Slay
Noun: the reed of a loom.
N.J. reed of the loom suspect confesses?
Slay
“Adidas is selling more run shoes.”
Slay
“Adidas is selling more run shoes.”
Or
Slay
“Adidas is selling more run shoes.”
Or
“Shoot suspect evades police.”
So there you have it.
The top five Grammar Girl pet peeves of 2008 are
5. Carelessness4. Myself3. Tap2. Baby bump1. Slay