Although fluther tends to be strict on spelling and grammar; generally, on the interenet, and emails between friends, I overlook many spelling and gramatical errors, because I make them myself all of the time. Typing quickly, my fingers don’t type as fast as my brain is thinking, so I make mistakes. On a more formal document, or even in speech some of my pet peeves are:
- Not using adverbs. The sentence, “I take it personal,” just sounds so strange to my ears.
- Also, in the midwest I hear things like, “I was bit by a mosquito.” In NY you would have been bitten.
- the word irregardless. If I have to explain that just forget it LOL.
@ragingloli brought up another that I notice a lot.
When it is someone who speaks English as a second language none of it bothers me If that person is somebody who I am close to, like my husband, I might correct him so he can learn the correct usage.