Calling All Grammar Police! This is the thread for you! [View All]

[theHandpuppet]

You know there have been times when you've had to sit on your hands or aim a wall-rattling, primal scream at the keyboard. Yes, 'fess up! This is your chance to vent those frustrations over those common mistakes in grammar you've seen time and again in DU posts. Don't be nasty but let's hear it -- what's bugging you, DU grammarians?

My pet peeves:

Non-words such as "bestest" and "stupidest". If you're the best at something then you can't be bettered. The best is the best, better than all the rest. Bush might be the most stupid person ever to plant his butt in the Oval Office, but he's not the stupidest. That's Bushspeak.

Hypocrisy is spelled H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y. There is no endless number of variations.

One cannot "loose" one's marbles but losing them is another matter entirely.

Text messaging shorthand; for example, U 2 R a Freeper!

Their, they're and there are NOT interchangeable.

Okay, what's your beef? :evilgrin:

BTW, my punctuation skills suck, but that's another topic entirely.

Edited to correct typo for which I shall be severely punished! :P