One of my pet peeves is the torture of the English language. Now, I don’t profess to be a wizard on the topic, but I used to know a thing or two.
“Myself and Joe went golfing.” Nice one Mr. Webster! Pro football stars seem to be the biggest offenders of the incorrect use of ‘myself’. It sends audio lightning bolts to my ears when I hear it.
This post is supposed to be about non-words! Myself is a real word. What gives?
Alright, I’m getting to it.
Here is a short list of grammatical injustices:
- Heighth: Not a real word, stop using it. Are you confused with width?
- Object-Orientated: Maybe it passes the spell-check muster, but it hurts my ears. You have 2 choices here; object-orientation or object-oriented. Pick one.
- Based Off: It is ‘based on’ in my book.
- Nucular: The way I spell it is n.u.c.l.e.a.r. Pronounced, new-klee-ur.
- Any adverb without the -ly: “You guys played bad.” instead of “You guys played badly.”
I’m sure there are more that tick me off, but I can’t think of any more at this time. I will keep this list updated as they return to my brain.
It’s been a slice,
-b
On a related note to your bad, and badly, is one of the worst fouls I hear: the misuse of Good and Well. (and I hear it so much I actually catch myself misusing it)
Well is an adverb and Good is an adjective. Most people don’t use well enough and use good way too often, and I just can’t leave well enough alone.
If you find yourself telling how someone played good – FOUL!! Play is a verb and good is an adjective.
If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, please go immerse yourself in this -> http://www.school-house-rock.com/GrammarRock.html.