Pedants Corner

[Hairy Scot]

Pet peeves:-
1. People confusing amount and number, less and fewer.
2. The British habit of treating collective nouns, and even some singular nouns, as plural.
     eg: Saying England/Liverpool/etc are in the lead. Or treating club, team, government, party as plural.
3. Using impact as a transitive verb when they should use affect.

There may be more to come.

 

 

[boro_boy]

8 minutes ago, Hairy Scot said:

Pet peeves:-
1. People confusing amount and number, less and fewer.
2. The British habit of treating collective nouns, and even some singular nouns, as plural.
     eg: Saying England/Liverpool/etc are in the lead. Or treating club, team, government, party as plural.
3. Using impact as a transitive verb when they should use affect.

There may be more to come.

 

 

I'm shit at English and I probably do all of the above. Deal with it

[Mr McFabulous]

11 minutes ago, Hairy Scot said:

Pet peeves:-

3. Using impact as a transitive verb when they should use affect.

 

 

 

Doesn't make sense. Let me correct you!

Using impact as a transitive verb, when it should be used to affect.

[boro_boy]

16 hours ago, Hairy Scot said:

Pet peeves:-
1. People confusing amount and number, less and fewer.
2. The British habit of treating collective nouns, and even some singular nouns, as plural.
     eg: Saying England/Liverpool/etc are in the lead. Or treating club, team, government, party as plural.
3. Using impact as a transitive verb when they should use affect.

There may be more to come.

 

 

 

16 hours ago, boro_boy said:

I'm shit at English and I probably do all of the above. Deal with it

I do wish I was more intelligent so I could understand it all and use bigger words lol

[Harold]

13 minutes ago, boro_boy said:

 

I do wish I was more intelligent so I could understand it all and use bigger words lol

I am flabbledegobbed and offer you my confibularities.

[Mr McFabulous]

8 hours ago, Harold said:

I am flabbledegobbed and offer you my confibularities.

Confibularities, there is a word.  

@Hairy Scot

cut the crap out mate absolutely no need 

[Hairy Scot]

 

On 22/02/2024 at 07:51, Mr McFabulous said:

@Hairy Scot

cut the crap out mate absolutely no need 

I'm merely expressing my opinion, not criticising you nor any member of this forum, and certainly not criticising any member's  vocabulary.

 

[Mr McFabulous]

2 minutes ago, Hairy Scot said:

 

I'm merely expressing my opinion, not criticising you nor any member of this forum, and certainly not criticising any member's  vocabulary.

 

It's all good then.

[Hairy Scot]

When will people realise than acronyms are different from initials. They are words! The clue is in the 'nym' suffix.

[Hairy Scot]

More pet peeves:-

People saying:-

1. I've got rather than I have.

2. Britain's got talent rather than Britain has talent.

3. Have you got rather than do you have.