grammar question

No Beattie - 'bored of' really grates, and it gets everywhere. I wonder where and when it first crept in, I remember teenagers starting to say it within the last 10 years. I have almost become resigned to 'different to' as it's so prevalent but 'bored of' is still an irritant.

The whole subject of English grammar frustrates me these days. I can't read anything printed nowadays without having a little shout over one or another point of incorrect grammar. Aaaargh!

I just loathe 'I'm bored of' something instead of 'with' They even say it on the beeb now - is it just me?'

Me too! I was horrified to read a message from one of my own children using it and when I pointed out his error he told me he knew how to spell it but when texting he uses 'of'....aaaargh!!

.....also, can anyone give me a simple rule for the use of 'that' and 'which' please? I did go to grammar school (and I wasn't away that day!) but I seem to have a mental block about how the rule works.

My only bugbear is with people saying 'haitch' the name of the letter H is 'aitch'.....even though the sound it makes is 'huh'!
I understand there is a legitimate use of the 'huh' sound before some vowels in the West Indian culture and that is perfectly acceptable - just as Irish people often pronounce 'th' as 't'. But, when people who are not from these cultures say them, it is actually an error.

I am having trouble remembering words - sod the grammer that would simply be a plus

of in lieu of have is my biggest bugbear. 'We should of gone shopping'. It drives me mad . They were sat is next on my list......

My bugbear is " they were sat sitting" I'm having trouble with ance and ence endings these days.

The past tense of "dive", dove is American, in English it is dived e.g. "he dived for cover".

I have the same problem with dived and dove

However, you are right about it looking strange, Tricia.

Thanks, so "swum" is ok, I learn something new every day!

As above. I have a similar bugbear regarding sat and sitting. I hate to hear people say "they were sat" rather than "they were sitting". "They sat" "they were sitting".

We swam; we've swum.

'Swam' is past tense; 'swum' is past participle used after 'have' or 'had'

Same pattern with 'sing', 'sang', 'sung'.

We have swum