Pedants' Corner

snakepilsen

Marg2k8 wrote: »

This is true, but I wasn't the one to say Pedant's Corner.

But you were the one who wanted to make it more than one pedant.;)

hazyjo

Generally, or just with comps?!


OMG not sure I should really start...


1. It is called a 'holiday'. You are not going on your 'holibobs'. ARGHHHHHHHH. That really should be a hanging offence.


2. Most comp forms have a row for 1st line of address, then 'City' then 'County'. Just say 'location' or 'area'. I live in Chingford. It's not a city. I cringe every time I type it next to 'City'.


3. There was a far worse handbag up for grabs last/this week (honestly, they sung its praises! Yuck!). I opened it and visibly shuddered.


4. Don't start me off with holiday comps where they say things like: three night's holiday. ARGHHHH. Get your apostrophe in the right place.


I'll be back


Jx

Marg2k8

snakepilsen wrote: »

But you were the one who wanted to make it more than one pedant.;)

That's true.

CheCazzo

I had a survey in my inbox today for Lactofree milk which Mr Cazzo has to have - got almost all the way through it until one of the options was ' I don't want to have to cut the thing's out that I enjoy '. I'm afraid I stopped dead in my tracks and filled the comment box with a damned good telling off and suggesting that if they wish to be taken seriously they might want to find someone less stupid to compile their survey questions. I do feel much better now but I just bet nobody will read it!

Roger_Rampant

Rant of the day

Thank you for signing up to smeginthepants
Your username is: smeginthepants
Your password is: By2e5nH7vb

OK, so I happen to use LastPass to generate a unique password for each site that I sign up with, but these people need to realise that:

1) Email is not a secure mode of communication

2) A lot of people use the same password in most situations

[/rant]

CCP

Thanks for starting this thread, Roger - every time I see your signature I think "oh, me too!".

My current pet hate is one of the mag dailies, where the answer is a company's slogan, "Pamper Beautiful" - what does that even mean?! :mad::mad::mad:

Roger_Rampant

snakepilsen wrote: »

If this was to be a place for multiple pedants to gather, it would be plural and possessive.

Pedants' corner

Just to clarify, the reason that I chose it to be "Pedant's Corner" rather than "Pedants' Corner" is because I saw it being a little bit like sitting on the naughty chair, or being told to stand in the corner with a dunce's hat on. That's because people often tell me off for being so pedantic! :rotfl:

The more pedants in here the better, naturally, but ideally we should take our turn in Pedant's Corner one at a time. In fact, after thinking about it, maybe it would be better to say that we need to stand on our pedestal in the corner one at a time. :rotfl:

Obviously if you guys would prefer a pedants' corner then I can always edit the title

CheCazzo

It is a matter of eternal personal shame that I didn't actually notice anything wrong with your original title

CCP

If it makes you feel any better, Roger, my RL friends call me Miss Pedant, so you're certainly not alone in your corner!

thekiwibex

Oh goodness, I could go on forever:

1) When something is described as "quality" to mean it is good. Things can be poor quality too - "quality" isn't inherently positive!
2) People typing "defiantly" when they mean "definitely"
3) Some people seem to think that using "I" or "myself/yourself" sounds more well-spoken, when in many cases, the grammatically correct word to use is "me/you", eg "he had dinner with my husband and I" or "is the property for yourself and a partner?" are both incorrect!

Sorry, I'm rather pedantic too!