6 Grammatical Errors That Need to Stop Now

July 09, 2015 | Jonathan Long

[Smokin' Joe]

There might be lactose intolerance in there somewhere...

[huldah1776]

I read the Bible a lot so when I write I think subconsciously that a Pauline dissertation is needed and my mind just goes on and on making points but sometimes it’s a little disjointed in the logic.

[HandyDandy]

Ok, then, for posteritys sake, in his words (not mine):

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

[R. Scott]

I use Microsoft Word. It tries to change “I” to “me”, as in “I want it” changes to “me want it”. It also wants to change all “good” to “well”.

[piytar]

Thanks!

[HandyDandy]

Curiously enough, an impacted wisdom tooth led to an impacted BM. It was the codeine for the tooth pain, plus two BK bacon-double cheeseburgers...........

[krunkygirl]

I want you to feel (...not feely) better soon :)

[Will88]

I just scanned the thread, but I can't believe no one has posted this (unless I missed it).

Weird Al

[wintertime]

I look for the “moose”. It helps.

[SharpRightTurn]

This used to be 5th or 6th grade material to learn, at the latest.

But government schools had to sideline these sorts of basics to squeeze in “Heather Has Two Mommies”, diversity training, and all the rest.

[Verginius Rufus]

Is "h" before a vowel silent when the syllable is unaccented? I think usage varies.

Definitely you would write A History of Malta but it could be either "an historian of Maltese history" or "a historian of Maltese history."

[Nea Wood]

Good one! Seems almost everyone uses “nauseous” instead of “nauseated.”

Another one is “anxious.” “I’m anxious to go to the party.” Why, is there somebody there you dread?

Another one is when you’re talking about something owned by two people. It would be “Joe and Carol’s children” if they have children in common, but “Joe’s and Carol’s children” if they each had children separately with different spouses.

[tunedin]

Seeing alumni used for alumnus, alumna, or alumnae makes me crazy. Grrrr...

[stylin19a]

why does the word TWO have a W but doesn’t have a “wa” yet
the word ONE has a “wa” sound without having a “W” ?

[IYAS9YAS]

“it is” - but the non-use of it when dealing with possession has always puzzled me.

Because we treat its like his or her. No apostrophe.

[LS]

It impacts me greatly when someone abuses that word.

[B4Ranch]

Let us all pray that President Trump will correct that problem.

[Fightin Whitey]

They’re always telling me I’ve got a snotty side.

Twenty-four hours and plenty of Alka-Selzer and I’ll be my jaunty, unlubricious ol’ sef again.

[B4Ranch]

Shouldn’t that be a compacted BM?

[Exit148]

The effect was that it did affect you.