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I have one pet peeve that I have heard to much that I am not sure about it anymore. Is the term "went missing" proper? I have heard it so many times, and it still sounds wrong. How can you go missing?

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"I was SAT at my desk" -- I'm in the US and I've only heard that sentence structure when watching Brit reality shows. I think it must be a UK-only thing.


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Another peeve - "I had saw them walking" or "I had ate dinner" or "I had did it already" (those are like nails on a blackboard to me).

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"I had did it already". Hm-hmm-hmm. That is really a common one, too, just like "I seen her walking her dog". wink

Carol, I think "went missing" is correct, because saying "I got missing" sounds really silly and so does, "I went lost" rather than "got lost". Yes, you have been on a roll! laugh It's fun and I literally had to look up my state to see if it had an "autistic program". (It doesn't, but we DO have lots of programs "for" autistic children. LOL smile

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Them vs. Those

"Them shirts are the best kind." Should be - "Those shirts are the best kind."

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"May" (permission) amd "Can" (ability) are two that are often misused. When I was a child my mother straighted me out on this one. "Can I go to the bathroom?" I'd ask. "I don't know, can you?" she'd reply.

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Y'all.

I absolutely detest that word. I live in the southeast, so I'm constantly exposed to people who say "Y'all" and "Y'all's." Yes, "Y'all's" is the possessive form. Ick.


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Oh, another. Effect and affect. They get mixed up all the time and I think people simply don't know the difference.

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My main peeves:

lose/loose

you and me/me and you/you and I

their/there/they're

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Originally Posted By: myrabeth
Y'all.

I absolutely detest that word. I live in the southeast, so I'm constantly exposed to people who say "Y'all" and "Y'all's." Yes, "Y'all's" is the possessive form. Ick.


I was born in NY and lived there until I was 10. Instead of "y'all", I grew up saying "you guys". When I moved to NC, I got a lot of ribbing for saying "you guys", so I slowly integrated "y'all" into my vocabulary. I think my use of both terms is about 50/50 now.


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