Do you have a grammar hangup?

Question

It bugs me when people say "different than" or refer to food as "healthy" instead of "healthful..." I'm just curious about the other weirdos out there :)

Answer 1

When people use hangup; they should use problem, or negative emotional response, etc.

In dictionary it is hang-up!

Answer 2

Yes! I absolutely hate it when people write "your" instead of "you're" as a shortened form of "you are"! For example,

"Your welcome"

or

"Did you know that your the best person ever?"

or something like that.

It drives me nuts!  

Answer 3

I get bugged by "real good."  Too many people on TV (even newscasters) have used it that the dictionary has made "real" an adverb.  I also get bugged by "him and I" or "her and I", that is using the wrong case of pronouns.  My mom corrected my grammar from the time I could talk, so I learned it way before I started school.  

Answer 4

Absolutely.

I hate it when people refer to the sidewalk, pavement, ground, dirt, etc., as the "floor". Floors are indoors, not outdoors.

One of my friends has a bad habit of saying things like, "I had went to her house yesterday." Clearly, the correct way of saying this is "I had gone to her house yesterday." I never correct her, although it drives me mad.

Also hate it when my friend refers to Best Buy as Best Buys.

p.s. Not sure what you mean when you say "different than". If I'm correct the phrase "different than" and "different from" are practically synonymous and are both acceptable in American English. Could you explain?

Answer 5

I can't stand "Drive Slow" signs. Would an "ly" cost that much more?

Answer 6

The term "free gift " makes me gag. A gift IS free, why say it twice? As for usage, "there", "their" and "they're" are misused more than Jon-Benet.

Answer 7

I am really bugged more by people who carp about or try to 'correct' perfectly proper grammar.

In American English, 'different than' and 'different from' are both completely correct grammar. See link below.

Also, to njspamkiller: 'Slow' may be an adverb. Adverbial use has been attested since Shakespeare's day. See link below.

Answer 8

Giuseppi;

I don't know what you mean. Sure sometimes it almost drives me two drink two sea people who dont know the difference between 2, to, and too, and they just wont learn, but thet prolly dont no wot to study.