Borrow and lend.
I stepped outside to witness an out of control truck impacting my automobile.
This is pretty good, although a lot of it is diction (word usage) rather than grammar.
The most common mistake with “who/whom” occurs when “who” is the subject of a dependent clause and so should remain “who,” even though a prepostion may occur somewhere before it. “He gave it to the man who was holding the sign.” A lot of people incorrectly make that one “whom.”
Also, in common usage “nauseous” now means “nauseated.” Usually I go with the older, more traditional meaning, but in my experience this one is now perfectly okay.
I find the most frequent grammatical lapses to be lack of parallel and the dangling modier. Lack of parallel: “Add salt, sugar, and stir.” Dangler: “After twelve years as an engineer, it was still possible for him to make mistakes.”
“And no religion, too!” - John Lennon
I disagree with may and might. May indicates permission. Might indicates possibility. As in “...you may climb up the ladder, but you might fall”.
Irregardless. Grrrr.
Just saw this on a FB status re: work...”I’m in school Rite now”
APPALLING and APPEALING. Common mistake made by American voters.
Ok, one that I started noticing about 10 years ago and gave up, as bosses, friends, family, strangers got ornery:
(Even hear Rush and other ‘professional’ broadcasters make the mistake...)
The use of “It’s” or “There’s” or “There is” when referring to more than one of something - instead of “There ARE...”
“There’s a lot of conservatives that don’t trust Mitt Romney, for good reason - he’s an optical illusion”
(just thought I’d mix grammer and politics ...)
Start listening - you’ll hear it many times in a day.
What about “ur”?
Whom among us can compose a paragraph that contains every one of these errors? I say we all should write like we laid pencil on paper. It is a moot fact that not everyone can write a continual paragraph. It makes me envy those who can nor does it display my might. I wonder whether to use weather, whether, or if, fewer verbs or less pronouns. The more I type the farther I get from my uninterested state; because I might be anxious.
How is it different than my take on the impactful affect? Oh the irony! It sometimes makes me nauseous.
I remember a “preposition” is a word not to end a sentence with.
How come “newer” is less new than “new” in some situations?
How come “slow up” and “slow down” mean the same thing?
Why do we say “speed up” but never “speed down”?
“Musta notta gotta lotta” - Joe Ely.
“Was” and “Were”; it’s complicated but you can figure it out. I’ll give you a hint. When I was a boy I wished I were king.
I have to wonder about that.
In the sample sentence, "doubtful" and "debatable" can have very different meanings.
Is the council going to join in doubting or divide in debating the matter?
And if everyone uses "moot" to mean "of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic," isn't that it's primary meaning?
My Pet Peeves:
“I could care less” the correct line is “I couldn’t care less”
irregardless - there is no such word “regardless” is enough to suffice
People who mispell the word “necessary”
The one that drives me to reach for my gun, is the past perfect simple confusion:
“If I would have put on my Depends in the morning, I would not wet myself now.”