GIP

[kniteracy]

That's it. No message. Well, other than the fact that the word 'anyways' really annoys me. And comma splices kind of bug me, too.

I know I've asked this before, but what's your favourite grammar gripe?

Comments

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

The use of intensive/reflexive pronouns as the objective case, as in, "After you fill it out, please hand the form to either John or myself."

It bugs me because people say it to sound fancier, when in fact they sound pretentious and ignorant.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that one gripes me, too.

Also:

"Yesterday, Sue came down to visit with Mike and I." *cringe*

If you wouldn't with we, you shouldn't with I. ;-)

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

What bothers me about that one is how easy it is to fix (especially in written English): mentally remove "$SUBJECT and" to see if it's still correct. If "... with I" is wrong, so it "with Mike and I." (All of this you knew. But I'm a grammar pedant.)

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I think this sounds charming in an Irish accent. It's awful in any other. :)

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Good point, and I'll add Scottish to that. No one else, though. :-)