Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Frustration
People who frustrate me:

  • People who say "was" when they mean "were"
  • People who say "further" when they mean "farther"
  • People who write "it's" when they are not signifying a contraction of "it is"
  • People who pluralize with apostrophes
  • People who pronounce the word "height" as if it were spelled "heighth" with an "h" at the end (I swear to you, they do that in the midwest!)
  • People who pronounce "across" as if it were spelled "acrossed" (and that, too! Can you believe it?)
  • People who write "your" when they mean "you're"
  • Grammar pedants
[Update: Nic has asked to be temporarily removed until such time as his schedule allows him to commit more time to the site. I'm grateful to him for being realistic about his restrictions, and am looking forward to having him rejoin us when his schedule allows.]
Posted by Jess at 1/11/2005 08:40:00 PM ::

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