Feb 3, 2009
Ten-Word Tuesday.
Earlier today Bossy found this People magazine article about Lisa Loeb’s marriage to Late Night With Conan O’Brien’s Musical Supervisor Roey Hershkovitz.
Bossy took interest in this story because of a little thing she likes to call Lisa Loeb’s drummer:
Bossy’s friend Ronny has recorded and toured with Lisa Loeb for years, and Bossy was curious whether he attended her wedding. So Bossy read on:
Aww. So Lisa Loeb and Late Night With Conan O’Brien’s Musical Supervisor Roey Hershkovitz exchanged vows in front of 275 guests in a New York restaurant. Or did they?
So wait — the guests will be served jumbo lump crab cakes and Caesar salad with anchovy beignets? So the wedding didn’t happen yet, right? Bossy read on.
So Lisa Loeb wanted her guests to feel cozy when they arrived at the reception. So it has taken place already! Or…?
Are scheduled to entertain?
This confusion regarding the past/present/future tense makes Bossy lose all will to live. Bossy hated when she will read this kind of story like she did six years from now.
Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you tell Bossy about your grammar/written word pet peeve?
And be sure to check back later today for the peeviest comments on the web.
Bossy sort of hates when bloggers use hipsterisms like Gah.
Bossy sort of hates when bloggers use italics and bold.
I have many. but misuse of apostrophes makes me crazy.
Bossy hates when bloggers use photos to explain a story.
I’m a high school science teacher and I HATE that students ACTUALLY THINK they can turn in a paper written in “text-speak” and GET CREDIT FOR IT!
In the immortal word of Bossy: “GAH!”
When people don’t know the difference between it’s and its.
I Hate it when People capitalize things Randomly, Like this.
When people express total disinterest with ‘I could care less’…
When nauseous is used to describe how someone feels. It should be nauseated.
1. People that misuse the words was and were (angie’s husband).
2. People that misuse the words see, seen and saw,arrgggghhh!
3. People that speak “hillbilly” ( see above noted list, Angie’s husband).
Orientate. I don’t even need 10 words. I hate it.
Inability to snip, snip, snip.
HANDS DOWN……….’AX” for Ask………………WTF?!?!?!?
(don’t even need 10 words for THAT)
Text-speak in essays from my college juniors. Two, too, to.
Apostrophes. Also, notes from teachers with bad grammar and spelling*.
(*And they’re teaching my daughter!?!?!)
#13 and double negatives and dangling sentence endings and, and…………………………………………….
vuboq seems to do a lot of things people hate.
Vuboq wishes people would use the subjunctive mood correctly.
Few things are “more” annoying than “random” quotation marks.
Your, you’re, there, they’re, their
It only takes five words!
Ending sentences
with prepositions. Second?
Your versus you’re. Ugh.
The use IN PRINT of supposably and irregardless. NOT REAL WORDS!
I’m with Debby…the your, you’re, their, there, they’re…thing.
You’re welcome vs. your welcome. And irregardless.
It’s vs. its for a possessive. Also further vs. farther.
Let’s see, where to start? Commentator comes to mind, though.
Done versus finished. Steak is done, but people are finished.
Can instead of would you . I can, but will I?
Almost haiku
I as the object of the preposition should be me.
Mom-in-law says,”pregnant for” instead of “pregnant with.”
:S
using apostrophes to make plurals. i also second “orientate.” GAH!
Spelling lose as loose. Did the Cardinals loose the game?
In West Virginia, something “needs done.” Needs TO BE done!
Does the period go inside the quotes? I don’t know.
Which is it?
One, two, and three.
- OR -
One, two and three.
Life’s too short for pet peeves, I gave mine up.
Jodi said, “In this case, Martha, it does go inside.”
I work as a copyeditor, so everything bothers me. Fun!
P.S. to Martha in Mobile: Americans put the period inside quotes. Brits put it outside. And no, I don’t know why.
P.P.S to Bossy: ANCHOVY BEIGNETS?! That is SO not right.
Extra, un-needed – punctuation {like: apostophe’s; semi*colons! & misc|other in+appropriate marks}.
Using “myself” and “literally” incorrectly. “Alot” is not a word.
It’s impossible to read anything with the non-word “alot.”
Martha, an exception: I really like Bossy’s “Ten-Word Tuesday”.
“Less than” when incorrectly used in place of “fewer than.”
(Yes, I am a pedant.)
PS, I’m on board with the Great Getzby’s peeves, as well.
I would, however, like to point out that the use of the phrase “fixin’ to” as an indicator of action to take place in the immediate future is entirely correct in Texas. Example: “We’re fixin’ to eat as soon as your Dad gets home.”
What the heck is “wala”? It’s “voila,” people!
plus, commas at the beginning of a line
Definitely #15; using insure instead of ensure; “where’s that at?”
Using “I” or “myself” when “me” is the appropriate word.
Did I read that apostrophes are to be banned in London?
Firstly, lastly, secondly, thirdly, etc. drive me crazy. What is wrong with saying first, last and second?
Too, many,, commas inappropriately, placed!
It’s “unthaw” which, if a real word, would mean “frozen”.
“Definitely” definately has neither an “A” nor three “E’s.” Defanetley.
Misused or missing apostrophes drive me crazy. Crazy, crazy, crazy.
Half-staff vs. half-mast.
Wish journalists knew the difference.
the word “at” concluding ANY sentence.
I’m peeved that at a Jewish wedding they served (will serve?) lump crab, but that has nothing to do with grammar.
But to the 10:
Misuse of apostrophes. Overuse of commas. And spellcheck, people, spellcheck!
I hate first annual events, those are impossible.
I cringe when I read a lot as alot.
MOOT point, not MUTE point. Malapropisms drive me insane.
it would have to be when people misuse THEIR and THERE
Good and well are not interchangable words. Also spellcheck everything.
less than vs. fewer than
is vs. are (ISN’T HARD)
Apostrophe abuse. The word “irregardless.” And “of” where “‘ve” belongs.
Commas, commas, everywhere! When in doubt, leave them out, dude!
They’re over there by the thing that is not theirs.
“these ones” and “all’s that…”
LOL omg like when the kiddz typpe liike thisss LOL
i think it’s hot when a man knows your from you’re.
Also – can I do two? Supposably is not a word.
No such thing as another alternative. Either An alternative, or another option.
Since when is “parent” a verb? And other such atrocities.
Ginormous is not a word. Google is not a verb.
No grammer pet peeves for me. I write good. See.
Walmart girl says Can I help you? No you may not!
fewer – less
than – then
but its – it’s is too hard =(
Using BADLY instead of BAD as in ‘I feel badly.’
Emails that include things like TTYL or LOL or WTF.
Came back for another
Advice or advise?
Argh!
“would of” instead of “would have” – makes my skin crawl!!!
To and too. Loose and lose. Their and there.
Long, endless paragraphs with no discernable meaning. Kill me now.
Why is it hanged not hung for a person?
Your welcome vs. you’re welcome. A lot is two words.
http://thaxtonfam.blogspot.com
Poor grammar in general, particularly misuse of I and me.
People who use “LOOSE” when they mean “LOSE”
The misuse of “their, there and they’re”. Like nails on a chalkboard. Oh, and that goes for the forms of “to, two & too” also
Misused apostrophes, could care less, and “dranken”– not a word!
People who forget to use punctuation at the end of a sentence. Let’s not forget that one. Oy.
M-I-L mispronouncing words. “Flusterated,” “Simonese” cat, “lasana” noodles, “atarded.” sigh
You’re vs. your: It’s called a contraction – learn this, people!
I would rather rip my eardrums out than hear a-whole-nother.
Its two hard too explain why their are so many typos in blogs.
All of the above.
It’s good to have company.
When businesses spell things wrong on purpose eg. Monsta Temptasion, argh…
Came back for more, because my 10-worder is above.
I would respectfully (NOT respectively) ask your readers to join me in a hearty “STOP IT!” when people say this:
“Joe and myself are going to…”
or
“They asked my wife and myself if we…”
or
“If you have any questions, see Sue or myself…”
Do you know how that started? Do you??
It started because stupid people thought it made them sound smart. Honestly.
Every time I hear it, I think “stupid, and pretentious to boot!”
That’s all.
“Him and me did this…”
Learn to use proper pronouns!
Less than ten words: pet peeve?: Their, there, they’re
Give 110%? Anything more than 100% is simply not possible, people!
Acronyms. Especially ASAP and FYI. Don’t be so lazy.
(I’m obsessed with this post and can’t stop reading/commenting. Sorry. It’s annoying and so NOT cool.)
Pet peeve: “Exactly ten words” doesn’t equal nine or eleven.
FYI, it’s also rude and pretentious.
I got a business letter with “to all intensive purposes”!!
Can I have 10 more words? The misuse of apostrophes. To hell with 10 words, I need more! I went to pick up a part for my washer today and in the pick-up area, there were laminated signs about “delivery’s” being made…it just amused me so!
Momentarily used as “in a moment.” Means “for a moment.”
“Another words” instead of “in other words” drives me CRAZY!
Is the distinction between plural and possessive that difficult to comprehend?
Sorry, it couldn’t be asked in less than 11 words.
When people get “me” and “I” wrong – me gets peeved.
I hate it when people use “I” incorrectly. “Ben went to the movies with Jennifer and I.” “He sent the letter to Craig and I.”
I have a friend who always says “I seen it”.
Oh, hold it! I got so wrapped up in the peeved thing that I forgot about the 10 word thing! Sorry Bossy!!!
They’re their there. Your you’re.
run-on sentences with no punctuation.
Serving trayf “crab” at they’re wedding, sense its “not” kosher.
Count the errors here. I meant them all. I hope.
Whole nuther – one day Oprah said it and I cringed.
“Myself” as sentence subject. Myself is annoyed at bad grammar.
(Usually used in plural: myself and so-and-so don’t know grammar.)
Husband’s: serial commas, apostrophes, and “inaugural” transmogrifying to a noun.
By the way, #42/Jami, I loved your observation. As all Southerners (or Southerner ex-pats like me) know, “fixin’ to” means “getting ready to think about starting to do something.”
I can’t stand self-proclaimed grammarians who misspell grammar.
Hear, here. Their, there and they’re. I could go on
“parent,” “medal,” “dialog,”; nouns as verbs gift me the willies.
less and fewer, up to 60 % or more…GAH!
Those who don’t know when punctuation belongs inside quotation marks.
omg! i was totally wondering the same thing. i read it like thre times and couldn’t figure it out.
i hate it when people use apostrophe’s incorrectly. like i just did there. i am washing my hat’s. your hat’s what?
i also hate “very kind of”. like “he is a very kind of funny man.” is he very funny? or kind of funny?
There for their , your for you are drives me crazy!
Adverbs describe action and need an ly at the end.
Apostrophes aren’t supposed to warn you of an upcoming S.
“Alls I’m saying…..”
Us vs. We — “Us girls are …..” WRONG!
Street slang, text messaging speak in sentences, LOL’ing in conversation.
It’s “supposEDly” not “supposUBly”. You COULDN’T care less, not COULD.
Bare right in place of bear right.
Bare with me.
Must I? It’s cold out.
Ya think? Not so much! Insinuendo, not a real word.
No. 25 — great choice. I sware! (Swear even.)
I have several…
1 – Those people who misuse apostrophes drive me crazy every time.
2 – In fact, poor punctuation in general makes me judge you.
3 – There are some people who misuse their “they’re”, that’s annoying!
4 – People who use Americanised spellings when they are not American.
5 – Americanised spellings: we Brits invented English correctly, don’t change it!
6 – People forming comparative adjectives incorrectly, “more [adjective]” isn’t always right.
7 – Saying “I could care less” when they mean the opposite.
8 – Long words aren’t always clever. Misused, they’re actually pretty stupid.
9 – Teachers with poor grammar – they must be passing it on.
10 – People who refer to themselves in the third person – Bossy!
Business names misspelled on purpose: Kinder Kare? Toys R Us?
I probably will agree with everything already said. Although I love to italize. I can’t stand the one thing that I do, but I only do it to keep peoples attention span… The whole BTW, WTF, OMG, BRB, blah, blah,blah. What happened to spelling out a sentence in it’s true form. Are we really saving that much time and energy my abbreviating common phrases? P.S. I totally haven’t spell checked, so don’t make fun of me.
“If it’s supposed to be a contraction, it’s i-t-apostrophe-s, scallywag.”
http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail89.html
Should of, could of, would of…it’s should’ve, could’ve, would’ve.
I only need two words to say it: ROGUE APOSTROPHES
Misuse of which for that and crab at Jewish wedding.
More: affect/effect, our/are, starting every scentence with “So,…”
Typo right in blog TITLE. It’s CHAOS not CAOS, lady!
Text-type spelling such as ur and misspellings and more,
Misuse of ate,eaten,driven,drove,your,you’re,there,their.
I need to know what you are trying to say.
“Half-hazard.” Please, husband, do you mean half-assed or haphazard?
Don’t even get me started… nother is not a word!
I agree with so many. It bothers me when people use “that” instead of “who.”
“She is the type of person who…”
It’s not that hard!
Professional emails written by coworker with they’re/there/their errors.
Nasty customers who like to explain false “T.I.P.” acronym – it’s ENSURE, idiots!
(Yes that’s twelve but it couldn’t be said any other way. I’ve been holding that in for years.)
He/She/They did good on that test.
Instead of “did well”
Oh, and people that say “pacifically” instead of “specifically”.
when a legal document says…”IRREVOCABLE”.
but IT IS…..grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Sven hates when I read first person/third person switches
Double negatives. Bossys peeps are too smart to even address.
Ending with preposition: “Want to come WITH?” “Where you AT?”
BUT really hate trendy expressions that sweep the country but my bad.
Remember: Who did it to whom!
Also, I’d never use “prolly” in place of “probably.”.
Thank you, Alissa #32. That’s my pet peeve of all time!
Misspellings in sales copy – I’m supposed to give them money??!!
ATM , not ATM Machine. Would you say automated teller machine machine ?
I cringe when I see people use nite for night or lite for light.
Nouns used as verbs, like office and dialog. So annoying.
dont got none…huhu..huhu
Heighth is not a word.
Brits: teams are singular nouns.
Thunder and lightening.
Ginormous. A whole nother. Trepidatious. SAT test. All for now.
Why did she think I borrowed it to her for?
So many to choose from, but this one is appropriate for the New Year’s Resolutions gang. “Loose” vs. “lose.” As in, “I’m going to ‘loose’ weight this year.
More than ten words, but I’m not the only one who breaks the rules, so there.
apostrophies, commas, spelling, verb tense, the whole nine yards (shriek)!
Kids saying “and she goes, I don’t like cookies.” They use the word goes instead of said.
“He don’t let me have nothin’.” Just kill Bossy now.
Nauseous instead of nauseated; possessive apostrophe’s instead of plural apostrophes’.
Can’t stand when people correct my Tweets. Get a life.
Me and him are going…
To him and I….
Wrong
BOSSYs readers should visit Englands Birmingham: its abolished apostrophes. Gah!
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Pedants-Revolt-Protests-As-Birmingham-City-Council-Drops-Apostrophes-From-Street-Signs/Article/200901415213596?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15213596_Pedants_Revolt%3A_Protests_As_Birmingham_City_Council_Drops_Apostrophes_From_Street_Signs_
“How much problems” and “very little notes,” for how many.
Also? All of the above. Plus spellcheck don’t catch everything.
I hate when kids say “Kobe be having like this…”
Irregardless of what you’re talking about, the point is mute.
there, their, they’re, too, to, two, misuse make me insane!!!
For me it’s got to be the dreaded split infinitive.
too, to, two, there, their, they’re, cuz, and not capitalizing.
For me it’s when people use the word “impact” instead of “effect”.
Can I cook you some dinner? Please don’t cook me!
Using apostrophe’s when word’s are merely plural drives me crazy!
Also HATE the use of “myself” when “me” is appropriate.
Gardasil commercial: “I wanna be one less”. NO! One FEWER!!!!!
I can’t stand when people use “to” instead of “too”
Omitting :”to be” – Windows need washed.
Clothes need ironed
“I could care less” DRIVES. ME. NUTS. Also? “AnywayS.” Anyway!
It is ten word Tuesday. It’s not fifty word Friday!
Goose, geese, moose, MEESE, and Who’s a cranky monkey?
Should have went! or how about on ebay, needs clean! AGH!
Not the ten-word Tuesday answer…I participated farther up…I just came back to check out what other readers said and am having a delayed reaction:
Those are some SERIOUSLY smokin’ hot sunglasses Bossy is wearing in her pic with her friend Ronny. Sex-ay!
Improper use of quotation marks.
“utilize”
Impact as a verb
ignorant used to mean rude
When people say: I seen him….I done that. GAG…
Coco
Less vs. fewer, between vs. among, “I could care less.”
this is my favorite post ever. all of the above.
“wink”
Here is a good verb tense mix-up. On a cake.
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/02/tensed-up.html
People who say loose weight when they mean lose weight.
Check out this link:
http://www.foodfacts.info/blog/labels/Burger%20King.html
Scroll down to the September 19, 2008 entry and weep.
“mute” point; misplaced/overused apostrophes; “could care less” (it’s ‘couldn’t')
too many more to list.
Bonus pet peeve: when people begin sentences with “Obviously”.
Lay vs. lie, “very sort of,” and “I myself personally.”
Almost 200 comments and no one else hates lay vs. lie? I think it’s so prevalent that no one knows the difference any more!
“Very sort of” is all over the BBC.
And I can’t believe “I myself personally” has ever been said once, but I’ve heard it many times.
Gah.
Foolery, yes the “lay/lie” bugs me, too, but i’d started to doubt myself since it’s so prevalent.
Forgot one that I hear all the time in Texas: “Didn’t used to” like
“I didn’t used to have all these grey hairs, but all the bad grammar’s stressing me out, y’all.”
Please be advised: Only idiots use apostrophes to form plurals.
Son-in-laws to mean plural sons-in-law.
Bossy peeps have strong opinions about grammar! Fun! Clever! (#200!)
The word “like” when used to describe/preface everything. Meh.
The sweeping staleness of “the vast majority of” for “most.”
When people write tons of one word sentences. So. Dumb.
Shelly – I use “didn’t used to” all the time. Eeek! I don’t know what to use instead!
I am a 6th generation Texan though. That’s the problem!
Thanks for the heads up!
i’m an editor. i used to be a copy editor. i can edit to style no fewer than four styles. (AP, Chicago, AMA … and damn, what was the other one?) My pet peeve is people who criticize elements of one style they believe to be wrong, when in fact it’s a whole other world they haven’t even thought of. And yes, i did just end that sentence in a preposition. The head NYT copy editor has a thought on that one, if you want to argue with me.
Oh! I hate the use of too many exclamation marks! Also you all, Y’all, youse and quacamole with a hard gw instead of an hw. Shiver…
I guess gw isn’t really a hard g though…doh.
Michele is getting a little cranky about using ten words.
I’m with Damsel. As a 7th grade teacher, I have many a student who actually believes one can turn in an essay with “text-speak” because, “that’s, like, HOW I TALK!”
Speaking of the word “like,” I hate it.
Improper semicolon use burns, and comma splices make me cringe.
Ok, so this isn’t ten words either, but doesn’t it drive you crazy to hear someone say “hot water heater”? If the water is already hot, why would it need a heater? Sheesh. It’s a freakin’ water heater, people!
-”heightH”
-”eXpeSHUlly”
-”supposUBly”
-”Mortified” describing fear
-Speaking “you”, meaning “I”.
I think I HATE H.A.T.E. speaking language malaprops more than spelling as I read mail and business related things every day HOWEVER their, they’re & there are probably my worst oh and runon sentences like this one
Bean! You hit one I forgot! Own it, people: “I”!
It’s never ok to say “just between you and I.”
“quote” is a verb and “quotation” is a noun. And please don’t talk to me about recent common usage because I can’t hear you…
may I suggest that to feel grammatically powerful and do a good deed, bossy’s readers go to freerice.com and choose “English Grammar” as the subject? all these and more.
My son always corrects me when I say “I’m good” intstead of “I’m well” after someone asks how I am.
When a person lists Oscar Wild as a favorite writer.
(Bossy hates when bloggers use photos to explain a story = you hate me a lot!)
Smashing two words together to make a new one, blech.
(This started driving me crazy a few years back when a real estate company had a radio ad for “dockuminiums.” Apparently these are condominiums on a lake that included a dock. WHY not just call them that???)
Momentarily does not mean soon, presently, or in a moment.
“Can I ask you a question?” My answer: “you just did.” , or “I don’t know, can you?” Can we not learn to use the word MAY???
“Where is it at?” My answer: “before the at.”