Language misuse rant #4006

[TransitJohn]

The use of "rational" for "rationale." Drives me batty. :crazy:

[Maestro]

1. or moral instead of morale.

:puke:

[billyskank]

2. Not to mention "principle" instead of "principal"

or vice versa. :grr:

[Heidi]

3. And "you're" when "your" is correct.

But it doesn't really drive me crazy. It just makes me "wander" about these people. :rofl:

[ailsagirl]

18. I see the opposite: "your welcome" instead of "you're welcome"

[ailsagirl]

19. "weird" is frequently misspelled as "wierd"

And "consensus" is frequently misspelled as "concensus."

I'm done.

:eyes:

[RC]

4. "There" instead of

"They're"
or
"There" instead of "their"

And to say nothing about "irregardless"
semi educated Ignoramuses

[RebelOne]

7. No, it is usually "their" instead of "there.".

Makes me want to scream. I'm a copy editor, so errors like that drive me absolutely crazy, but I try to be polite, so I don't correct them. But I wonder how some people ever got through high school English. Also, the misuse of it's and its is another pet peeve.

[nytemare]

5. "I pulled over to the medium."

You pulled to the median, the MEDIAN!

:)

[peekaloo]

14. but I wanted a palm reading.

:silly:

[nytemare]

16. ROFL

Good one! Yes, then you would go to a medium. Not for a flat tire, though!

:)

[Nay]

6. Here's one I hear in the South -- "ValenTIME's Day" instead of

"Valentine's Day."

These people truly never, ever pick up a book or even read a calendar page.

[ailsagirl]

23. What about "Feb-YOU-ary" instead of "Fe-BRU-ary?"

This has been in usage so much that my dictionary now
lists it as an alternative pronunciation!!

And the word "hopefully" is often misused. It means
"in a hopeful manner," not "I hope."

WRONG
Hopefully, it won't rain tonight.

RIGHT
She opened the letter hopefully.

But, since our language is constantly evolving, these
things are probably no longer considered ungrammatical.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Flounder and founder

Its and it's.
Affect and effect.
impact as a transitive verb (unless the subject is dentistry.)

[Ikonoklast]

9. Their you go again!

You have know rationale moral for this rant. Its just not write, to.

[swag]

10. It's a motherfucker. I'm actually beginning to find the use of "loose"

for "lose" a little endearing, given the ubiquity of this mistake here at DU.

And my all time favorite is people (and there are a few of them) who spell "fuckin'" improperly as "fuckan."

[Not_Giving_Up]

11. Formerly and Formally

I worked with someone once who labled files as "Company Y, formally known as Company X".

[malmapus]

12. affect / effect here

Even saw praying / preying the other day.

[peekaloo]

13. incite/insight.....but I'm a dipshit with apostrophes at times.

:hide:

[fleabert]

15. supposably instead of supposedly

loose/lose
their/there
saw/seen (as in: I seen it yesterday.)
its/it's/its'

[ailsagirl]

17. What about "it's" instead of "its" ?? So prevalent!!

The dog chewed it's bone. WRONG

The dog chewed its bone. CORRECT

"it's" = "it is" as in:

It's supposed to rain Thursday.


One of my spelling pet peeves.

[evlbstrd]

20. Recently: Imminent Domain.

It's Eminent.

edit for spelling dammit.

[barb162]

21. nucular, relator (instead of realtor), he don't....

[Left Is Write]

22. "Athlete" has only two syllables. It does not have three!

[ailsagirl]

24. Oh, like "ath-uh-lete?" Yes, I've heard that one

And there's always "nu-cue-lar!!" :spank: