Bad English.

[Brandane]

Another sign of getting older is that I am beginning to sound like my Fathers' (hope that is the correct use of the apostrophe

) generation. Some mistakes in the use of proper English are starting to be a mild irritant

.

Couple of examples.... When you purchase something, you have BOUGHT it; you haven't BROUGHT it!

You could HAVE listened to your English teacher at school; not could OF listened!

Like I said, a mild irritant, but they're (not there or their) creeping in more and more often. Make them do lines at school and they'll soon remember

! That's probably against their (not they're or there) human rights though.....

NB... Dyslexics and sufferers of similar conditions are exempt from this criticism

.

 

[accountantpete]

It's the spellling that gets me - pedles and pedels especially!

 

[tyred]

Break caliper or brake Caliper?

 

[Norm]

...I am beginning to sound like my Fathers' (hope that is the correct use of the apostrophe

)

Unless you have more than one father and they are all pedants, it isn't.

 

[Durian]

It amazes me the number of people that write 'loose' when they actually mean lose.

 

[coffeejo]

When walking around town, I often have to fight the urge to buy a marker pen / Tipp-Ex and correct all the misplaced apostrophes on shop signs and posters.

Oh, sorry, I mean misplaced apostrophe's on shop sign's and poster's.

 

[swee'pea99]

My dad used to love this kind of thing. He told me once delightedly of a sign he'd seen outside a back street garage: 'Punchers repaired'.

 

[Brandane]

Unless you have more than one father and they are all pedants, it isn't.

Now that's one I was never quite sure of. I thought Father's = abbreviation of "Father is", and Fathers' = "of my Father". However having set myself up to be shot down, I stand to be corrected .

 

[Speicher]

Now that's one I was never quite sure of. I thought Father's = abbreviation of "Father is", and Fathers' = "of my Father". However having set myself up to be shot down, I stand to be corrected .

I think you are confusing that with its and it's.

You can sit down now.

 

[Fnaar]

Now that's one I was never quite sure of. I thought Father's = abbreviation of "Father is", and Fathers' = "of my Father". However having set myself up to be shot down, I stand to be corrected .

Father's = belonging to my father (e.g. my father's gimp suit)
Father's = father is (e.g. my father's wearing his gimp suit)
Father's = father has (e.g. my father's been arrested)

Fathers' = belonging to my fathers (e.g. (as more than one father is not usual) my (grand)fathers' gimp suits were made of finest hessian)

 

[Hover Fly]

That belongs to my wife and I. No, it belongs to my wife and me.
My husband and me are going to France. No, my husband and I are going...
(If you ever get stuck in a case like this think what you would say if it was just you, That belongs to I sounds daft.)

I seen you last night. WRONG, you ocularly observed me.

 

[MontyVeda]

That government initiative which aims to get school leavers into work always winds me up... Connexions

One of my old clients at my last job had a website for their porta cabins, or 'site accomodation'... their logo and every occurrence of accommodation on their website only had the one 'm'.

 

[Fnaar]

That belongs to I sounds daft.)

Unless you're from Devon or Cornwall

 

[Melonfish]

LOL.

I currently work in the Information, Communication and Technology industry. There is a jolly nasty habit going around at the moment where our managers and department heads are using a specialised form of speak that they believe is making them sound intelligent, unfortunately it has entirely the opposite effect.
I speak of non other then "Managementese"
Examples
"Ping you an e-mail" Ping? really? the internet control message protocol which allows you to interrogate an ip address or name to see if it is live and connected? Surely you mean SEND you an e-mail?
"going forward" what is? do you mean 'From now on' or perhaps 'in future'?
"take this offline for later" We're not on-line though? we're in a face to face meeting? do you in fact play life as if its some sort of video game?
"drill down to the next level" especially used when browsing through a folder listing. i mean seriously? is there a drill involved? are there any difficulties on clicking on a folder? no. there aren't. your just making stuff up now! the correct term is to browse!
finally there is "Granular" when something is described as "Granular" it is being suggested that we have a lot of detail on said subject i find this particularly annoying as honestly i don't see how this can be applied to looking at details? "we have a really granular level of detail" pardon? "its broken down into granular segments"

now i'm going to go and lie down because i have a headache just talking about these. believe me though, this is but a mere taster of the stupidity creeping into UK business today...
pete
*shudder*

 

[Chromatic]

I pass a sign when going to and from work where they have used privet for private.