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TOP 5 PET PEEVES OF 2008 Grammar Girl Rant

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TOP 5 PET PEEVES OF 2008

Grammar Girl Rant

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Honorable Mention

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Honorable Mention

He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.

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Honorable Mention

He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.

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Honorable Mention

He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.

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Honorable Mention

He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.

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Honorable Mention

He complained about people making up words like "conversate" and "pronunciate" and noted that it needed to terminate, not stopitate.

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Carelessness

“Prospect Dumps Realtor For Careless Grammar” by Gary Seigel

“An [realtor] agent told me recently she had lost a client because of a punctuation error.”

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Carelessness

Pedantic=

Fussy, bookish, precise

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Carelessness

“So number five on the 2008 pet peeves list is a careless attitude about language.”

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Myself

Misuse of Myself

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Myself

Fewer = countable itemsLess= abstract amounts“10 items or fewer”“Does my glass have less juice than yours?”

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Myself

i-spesh-uh-lee

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Myself

e-spres-oh

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Myself

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

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Myself

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

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Myself

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

Like Like Like Like Like

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Myself

Misuse of Myself

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Myself

Send the message to Squiggly and myself.

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Myself

Send the message to Squiggly and myself.

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Myself

Send the message to Squiggly and myself.

Send the message to Squiggly and me.

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Myself

Myself and Bob are going to the meeting.

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Myself

Myself and Bob are going to the meeting.

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Myself

Myself and Bob are going to the meeting.

Bob and I are going to the meeting.

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Tap

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Tap

Obama tapped so-and-so for secretary of lawn mowing.

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Tap

“’I do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead,’ Obama told the Grant Park crowd at his November acceptance speech.”

Quote from “Obama speech sparks misuse of enormous proportions” by Mary Schmich

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Tap

“… the use is a U.S. colloquialism, meaning it's questionable to use it in formal situations.”

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Tap

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appointed

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selected

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Tap

chose

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Tap

designated

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Tap????

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Baby Bump

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Baby Bump

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Baby Bump

All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.

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Baby Bump

All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.

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Baby Bump

All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.

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Baby Bump

All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.

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Baby Bump

All year we were hearing about baby bumps on Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Ashlee Simpson, and various other celebrities who may or may not be pregnant.

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Baby Bump

Purple snow cone

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Baby Bump

Purplsnow cone

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Baby Bump

Purpsnow cone

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Baby Bump

Pursnow cone

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Baby Bump

Pusnow cone

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Baby Bump

Psnow cone

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Baby Bump

snow cone

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Baby Bump

Gsnow cone

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Baby Bump

Grsnow cone

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Baby Bump

Grasnow cone

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Baby Bump

Grapsnow cone

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Baby Bump

Grapesnow cone

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Doo dooo dooo!

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Slay

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Slay

"Slay Suspect Amanda Knox Stars in Feature Film in Jail."

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Slay

"Slaying Suspect Amanda Knox Stars in Feature Film in Jail."

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Slay

"N.J. Slay Suspect Confesses”

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Slay

"N.J. Slay Suspect Confesses”

“Fare Found Guilty in Cabbie Slay”

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Slay

Noun: the reed of a loom.

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Slay

Noun: the reed of a loom.

N.J. reed of the loom suspect confesses?

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Slay

“Adidas is selling more run shoes.”

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Slay

“Adidas is selling more run shoes.”

Or

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Slay

“Adidas is selling more run shoes.”

Or

“Shoot suspect evades police.”

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So there you have it.

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The top five Grammar Girl pet peeves of 2008 are

5. Carelessness4. Myself3. Tap2. Baby bump1. Slay