Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
gonna is the new going to. I actually think Obama made this normal. Our language changes and I have to accept that. I also have gotten sloppy and therefore, try to be more forgiving.
Your for you're. Lay for present tense lie. Made up tenses like gifted, or broadcasted and forecasted. ie, "I think your saying that it was forecasted that I would be given the time to lay down."
Too many, but I overlook them because I know it's hard to remember all the rules all of the time. In formal writing, people should be most careful, but they are not, and that's when I take exception to such mistakes.
I seen it, me and him are . . . , where you at? "Question!" to introduce asking a question although maybe it is necessary now because upspeak is so common.
Their and there
ReplyDeleteMisplaced apostrophes.
ReplyDeletegonna is the new going to. I actually think Obama made this normal. Our language changes and I have to accept that. I also have gotten sloppy and therefore, try to be more forgiving.
ReplyDeleteAll of the above plus far too many unecessary commas. Also misuse of "toe-tow; their, they're, there; where, we're, were;" and others like that.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course I am most annoyed by mistakes that I make and don't catch before publishing.
ReplyDeleteYour for you're. Lay for present tense lie. Made up tenses like gifted, or broadcasted and forecasted. ie, "I think your saying that it was forecasted that I would be given the time to lay down."
ReplyDeleteSeen...as in, "I seen that book..."
ReplyDeleteDrives me nuts...lol
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Too many, but I overlook them because I know it's hard to remember all the rules all of the time. In formal writing, people should be most careful, but they are not, and that's when I take exception to such mistakes.
ReplyDeleteI seen it, me and him are . . . , where you at?
ReplyDelete"Question!" to introduce asking a question although maybe it is necessary now because upspeak is so common.