I know it's quite common, and I know it can be taken the wrong way, but I simply can't help pointing it out to people. Not to belittle them, but to educate them.
After all, if we don't keep our standards up, we lose them. Before long we all didn du nufin.
The one that really makes my brain twitch is lose/loose :)
The one that has been really annoying me lately is when someone refers to a group of people that ends in "-ist", and it's a group so you obviously use the plural, but they don't put an "s" at the end for some reason. Something like "Antifa and BLM are just a bunch of terrorist!" or, "The Communist are trying to take over the country." or "They call us a bunch of right wing extremist, but I don't see what is so extreme about upholding the Constitution." I see it all the freaking time, and I truly don't get it. My best guess is because people leave off the "s" when they say it out loud, and it sounds fine to them, they end up spelling it that way too.
From another grammar-nazi, I know how you feel.
I know it's quite common, and I know it can be taken the wrong way, but I simply can't help pointing it out to people. Not to belittle them, but to educate them.
After all, if we don't keep our standards up, we lose them. Before long we all didn du nufin.
The one that really makes my brain twitch is lose/loose :)
Ah yeah that one bugs me too.
The one that has been really annoying me lately is when someone refers to a group of people that ends in "-ist", and it's a group so you obviously use the plural, but they don't put an "s" at the end for some reason. Something like "Antifa and BLM are just a bunch of terrorist!" or, "The Communist are trying to take over the country." or "They call us a bunch of right wing extremist, but I don't see what is so extreme about upholding the Constitution." I see it all the freaking time, and I truly don't get it. My best guess is because people leave off the "s" when they say it out loud, and it sounds fine to them, they end up spelling it that way too.
a bit like 'math' then :P