Grammar, you're doing it wrong

[hope_calaris]

Usually, I don't complain about stuff people write. If I don't like it, I don't read it. I close the tab and everyone lives happily ever after. I don't leave angry comments telling the author how much they suck or that they're weirdos for having this particular kink. I have enough random kinks of my own to appreciate the freedom of thought.

So,

Comments

[tj_teejay]

Oh, I totally get where you're coming from, and also why this bothers you so much. I'm a stickler when it comes to spelling and grammar, and it makes me flinch, every time I see blatant mistakes like that. I mean, yeah, nobody's perfect. I make spelling mistakes all the time, and as you know, I'm not a native English speaker either.

Breath and breathe are just one example. I have many more pet peeves that I see spelled wrongly all the time. Most annoying, and it makes my toenails curl every time, is when someone wants to say "must've" and they spell it "must of". Because that makes no grammatical sense whatsoever. Of course you also have the frenquent mix-ups like, "they're" and "their". I can forgive those.

I also have pronunciation pet peeves. At work the majority of co-workers are German (duh), who all have to speak English quite often. Some do it well, some, uhm... not so well. I mean, I get it. Some people just don't have an "ear" for languages and pronunciation. They don't even notice (or don't care) that they're doing it completely wrong. But I have a high standard, and it just irks me to no end that some people pronounce it "DISS-kre-PÄNT-zi" or "EN-ne-LAI-sis" or "E-komm-pe-NAI" (accompany, in case you didn't recognize that one).

Argh! Please don't get me started. I can feel ulcers forming.

[hope_calaris]

How do you get from must've to must of? o_O? That seems more work than anything else.

[teaspoonery]

Try saying it out loud. I've seen "have" written as "of" more often, not just in connection with "must".

[hope_calaris]

Oooh, I haven't thought about the pronuncation at all! It makes slightly more sense now.

[hope_calaris]

Makes sense.

Btw, I meant to ask, did you leave an attempted suicide prompt over at the Suits!kinkmeme? Because it was basically worded the same way.

[hope_calaris]

No, I won't. For one thing, I simply can't imagine Harvey ever contemplating suicide (which is what the prompt asked for), and then I'm pissed that the prompter used your prompt from the F&B meme WORD FOR WORD.

Also, I'm quite happy writing for the amazing F&B fandom. Suits has enough Suitors as it is. ^^

[tuppeny]

It's definitely a pronunciation thing. All of those 've' contractions turn into 'of.' Would of, should of, could of... *eyeroll*

[hope_calaris]

I love your icon. Did I already mention that?

[tj_teejay]

Hey, I found another one. And not only did they spell it "breathe" instead of "breath" (repeatedly), they also spelled Neal's name "Caffery". I couldn't help but leave an anonymous (un-flamy) review.