A pedant on Facebook - moi?

I hate the spoken 'offen' instead of often
And I have 'o' level english lang and lit.
Loved them both

I have always objected to "dead nice".

Me too, at comprehensive.

Something I also will take to my grave - and yes, I too sat those O levels. Those were the days when English grammar was treated with appropriate importance.

Actually, that should read...

....Those times WHEN

Hoisted myself on my own petard there

I'm ancient enough to have sat "O" levels in both English Language and English Literature - considered as two totally subjects back in those good old days. Those times where the teachers came to morning assembly wearing their cap and gown.

We had a very scary, very large English Language teacher. If you can imagine the "face that launched a thousand ships" - hers was the polar opposite. We dreaded her - and as luck would have it I managed to be in her class probably 5 out of the 7 years I was there. But my goodness did she teach grammar. Hours and hours of breaking down sentences - subject, object, predicate etc. And I shall take to my grave -

A preposition is something you should never end a sentence WITH.

Passed down to my daughter who is probably more pedantic than I am ( or should that just be "I"?)

eazybee

My daughter gave me a cotton shopping bag last year. I have never dared use it outside the house. It reads:

I am silently
correcting your
grammar.

But it is true!

I’d like one of those!
But I’d have to add, ‘…and spelling’!

Pedants of GN unite- we have nothing to lose except for the misplaced apostrophe!
Sometimes I am not correcting grammar silently, but verbally. I have been known to harangue a television presenter from my sofa .

Very funny ferry23
I love the desk dairy too.
My pet hate is very unique
Everyone does it now.
It makes no sense. It's either unique or it's not.

It doesn't help though that it's considered rude to point out errors. Even teachers were advised to ignore mistakes because "it's the meaning that counts". So how to people learn the correct spelling/grammar?

It’s the ‘chest of draws’ that I always notice.

Probably the ‘chest’ part marries up with the ‘knicker’ part.

It's very rare for gransnet to make me laugh, but your post did. I understand exactly what you mean. However, it wouldn't really be diplomatic, if you live in a small community.
Perhaps you could make a comment along the lines of how poorly educated certain people are.

I had a friend whose DH wore a T-shirt, on the front of which was written

I am silently correcting your grammar.

Your welcome!🤣🤣

The pieces written by the so-called journalists on our local paper are appalling.

My daughter gave me a cotton shopping bag last year. I have never dared use it outside the house. It reads:

I am silently
correcting your
grammar.

But it is true!

Same here BlueBelle but I have to grit my teeth.
Even newspapers etc are guilty and should know better. I have lost count of the times the word reign has been used incorrectly recently .

I don’t, but it drives me mad. Did these people not have an education? Do they not read anything but trash?

I know it drives me mad too but i d never be so hard hearted as to point it out to anyone

Thankfully GN is the only social media I use. That’s bad enough.

It amazes me what people put on FB and don't read what they've put before they hit that send button...
I've just happened to look on there and someone has posted - Hi. I'm after a week by week desk dairy tried all over.
Someone has replied - What are you milking on your desk.
Love it...
It's the businesses that I would avoid if they can't advertise without a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes. It makes me think they're not very professional if they can't write properly - just my opinion.

No, just a reflection on the sad state of English grammar and spelling nowadays - as witnessed daily on GN.

Ohhhhh bitchy

Germanshepherdsmum

There are as many as two others who qualify?

I'm also an optimist Germanshepherdsmum

crazyH

You should of 😂 (my pet hate)

Mine too 😁