Incorrect use of Language

"to be fair" - aargh!

I am the ultimate pedant. I get annoyed when people say bored of or fed up of instead of bored/fed up with. I am increasingly seeing l have all instead of l have been or gone. Would of/could of/should of instead of would have/could have/should have. Another thing that is becoming all too common is the use of bathroom or restroom in the American sense instead of the perfectly adequate toilet/loo/lavatory or even wc. There are far too many more but I risk an apoplectic fit if I continue. Suffice it to say, I am one of the only people I know who still says university in full rather than the all too ubiquitous uni. I put the blame squarely on the Australian soap operas that were so popular in the eighties and nineties for that abomination.

Musicgirl I do so agree with you. …off of, gotten, she knit ( knitted) are all creeping into our language. I went to a grammar school in the 50s and précis, parsing, correct use of speech, and writing marks were drilled into us. I dislike this lax way that is acceptable to some now.
As someone once said, their husband had a Tee shirt , the slogan on it said ‘ I am silently correcting your grammar’.

Myself instead if me. Yourself instead if you.

I used to dislike the response "absolutely". I am glad it seems to have disappeared nowadays. My biggest bugbear of all time is people who say "haitch" instead of aitch. I am sure I have annoying speech mannerisms of which I am totally unaware.

Loose, instead of lose. Two completely different meanings.

grandma2002 Haitch really makes my teeth itch too, as does mischeevious.

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Everyone using ‘texted’ I hate it with a passion.

Menopauselbitch

Everyone using ‘texted’ I hate it with a passion.

I feel like that about people saying 'text'. Or are they saying 'texed'?

All of these. I'm so glad there are so many people out there who agree with me. Sometimes I feel I'm on a losing battle. I'm a real pedant, and my adult children are the same.

The latest two that seem to be in popular use are ‘100%’ and ‘no worries’ the latter often in place of thank you, but they’ll pass.

You do realise that there are literally millions of people who did not go to grammar school.
Should they be cast into outer darkness.
Or are they just beneath your cognisance.

welbeck

You do realise that there are literally millions of people who did not go to grammar school.
Should they be cast into outer darkness.
Or are they just beneath your cognisance.

I am one of them. I went to a comprehensive school but I was taught well and I, along with many others who also attended comprehensive schools, are well cognisant - to use your word - of the rules of English grammar.

Am I the only one who's tired of hearing "hack" used to mean a tip, a fix or an improvement?

No! You’re not!

welbeck

You do realise that there are literally millions of people who did not go to grammar school.
Should they be cast into outer darkness.
Or are they just beneath your cognisance.

It’s nothing to do with whether one went to Grammar School or not, but how well you were taught English at Primary and Secondary level.
There are other sorts of Secondary school, you know and grammar is not the sole preserve of the Grammar school!
My Scottish primary was very hot on grammar, spelling, parts of speech etc.
We did parsing along with weekly spelling tests and our teachers laid firm foundations for our future use of written and spoken English.

Menopauselbitch

Everyone using ‘texted’ I hate it with a passion.

If the verb “ to text”: is now accepted usage, what do you think the past tense should be?

Math for Maths. I hiss the s like a snake to correct people.

A very large number of GNs seem to have gone to grammar school, or even 'the grammar school', judging by the frequency with which it seems to crop up on various threads.

There is nothing wrong with having been to a grammar school it just seems to be mentioned more often than secondary modern or technical school or private school or public school or home school or any other kind of school.

I did my first two years of secondary education at the City of Bath Girls’ School.’ I hated it. Grammar schools were supposed to cater for people exactly like me: bright children from poorer homes. We lived in MOD housing on a council estate and there was no spare money. That school did its very best to exclude children like me, starting with the uniform which was very extensive and expensive, available only from one exclusive supplier. My parents had to go into debt to pay for this. We council estate kids were all put in the bottom class, regardless of ability. It was made clear that the school didn’t expect much of us. Such open prejudice.
Luckily at the end of my second year my father transferred to Scotland and I went to the local co-ed high school where no one cared where you lived, but cared very much that we all achieved our potential. It was a quasi- comprehensive system with a lot of movement between the high and junior high (vaguely similar but better than secondary moderns) schools. The uniforms were all basic black and grey the only differences being the badges and ties. I did far better there than I would have done at the grammar school. It was back in the ‘60s so things are different now.

I wondered that as well RosieandherMaw what is the past tense of to text ?

I dislike hearing texes used as the plural of text.

sodapop
I dislike hearing texes used as the plural of text.

All my exes send me texes?

I actually fizz in annoyance when I hear " I am sat here " NO .. you are sitting here .. it is in the present not in the past ..

Suzieque66 - I generally accept people aren’t always using our language grammatically
I’ll be fizzing alongside you on sat not sitting - particularly when used by journalists who ought to know betterv