What are your pet peeves re English usage?

i am beginning to loath the amount of times that young people use the word "like" at the beginning, middle and end of every sentence said. " i like so know that, like whatever." were once examples of stereotyped L.A air-heads and have now infiltrated our english language to a infuriating degree. i myself am finding that i use "like at the ends of sentences. As a youngster, taking among other A-levels, english, am appalled at myself i just know i'll slip up during my oxford interview and let that word like poison spill in to the conversation. shudder.
I'm sure i am not the only one who feels strongly on the matter.


Thanks for the rant

You're more than welcome to the rant, you're welcome to the site. We've not had a good peeve aired in this thread for some time, so thank you.

thank you very kind to say so

Have a look around the site, Boss, lots of places to rant, lots of things to rant about . . .

Or, if you're so inclined, lots of silliness is also always on offer . . .

sounds like great advice, this the first forum i'v ever used and it going so well

I take it from the internal evidence that you're on the right-hand side of the pond, n'est-ce pas?

We even speak of French fries in this forum...

Not too often, though, we don't want to unnecessarily upset the American conservatives . . .

oui, ce vrai! not that i have any major pains agaist the us, its just that odd british distain we have. Why can't we all get along.

That would be no fun . . . no Galloway come to heap coals of scorn upon the devoted brows of the Senate, no endless mirth occassioned by your monarchy . . . we all need this type of comic relief . . .

mmm true i just said that so i wouldn't get attacked with explosives cigars

One of the wonderful aspects of the "online" world is that you cannot be attacked by anything weightier than an electron . . .

yer but they can pact a mighty punch or so im told i mean what with all that mass approximately equal to 1/1836 that of a hydrogen atom it can go through a paper bag in the amozon.

Here however, all that can be accomplished is the relative "excitement" on the phosphoric coating of your monitor . . . people do get mean as hell, but they can't touch you, so . . .

true. Your carming words have eased my worrried mind

Have you been having a look around?

There's lots to read here, and at least 1% of it is worth reading . . .

mmm i have im most interested in english and poetry really so went on those

I started this thread (clickity-click!) for a member here who is a good friend, and a retired teacher with a love of poetry. Perhaps it will interest you.

thx ur so helpful wow if only everyone was like you. we i suppose it would be a bit samey but all very nice non the less.

As a general matter, you can always peruse the English forum, or the Poetry forum . . .