RE: Language Pet Peeve
February 16, 2017 at 2:11 am
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2017 at 2:12 am by Alex K.)
^^^
all of the above
But the they're/their/there confusion is the worst, I immediately stop reading and my brain shuts down when I encounter it.
In German, my biggest pet peeve is the horrible horrible trend (probably caused by half-assed exposure to the English language) to spell compound nouns as two separate words (Regen Schirm, Bezirks Verwaltung" etc.) when they should be either one word or hyphenated. It makes you look like an idiot at best and makes your writing bizarrely unintelligible at worst. It also makes me want to punch you. If they should ever make that an official rule, I will simply stop using the language in protest. That'll show 'em.
all of the above
But the they're/their/there confusion is the worst, I immediately stop reading and my brain shuts down when I encounter it.
In German, my biggest pet peeve is the horrible horrible trend (probably caused by half-assed exposure to the English language) to spell compound nouns as two separate words (Regen Schirm, Bezirks Verwaltung" etc.) when they should be either one word or hyphenated. It makes you look like an idiot at best and makes your writing bizarrely unintelligible at worst. It also makes me want to punch you. If they should ever make that an official rule, I will simply stop using the language in protest. That'll show 'em.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
