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This is one of those grammar threads! What grammatical error drives you completely bananas?
For myself, I'd say the confusion of then/than and (as you can tell by my title) comma neglect or abuse.
The only thing that has ever bothered me is when people write alot. A LOT*
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
Bahaha awesome.
I just can't stand when people don't use the correct their/there/they're or two/to/too. It's 3rd grade learning, people.
@accorn: haha one of my favorites from her!! " I like THIS Alot more."
The one that makes me crazy is a part vs apart. I see so many people write things like "I'm happy to be apart of ____". You mean you're happy to be away from it? 
Hyperbole and a Half KILLS me! I don't think anything cracks me up as much as that blog.
@accorn: I love that kind of alot... a lot! ;)
Ugh I could go on and on, but I don't want to hurt feelings of the grammatically impaired.
Lol the "Alot" from hyperbole and a half is one of my favs! I like the one that was done for the oatmeal in reference to her comic. "Alot of oatmeal":
Even if nothing good comes of this thread, I will cherish that link forever.
I really hate your/you're. This might be because I cannot cure my fiance of using your constantly.
I used to be an editor at the most godawful publishing company on the entire planet. I quit after a month, if that tells you anything. In the novel I edited while there (and really, I shouldn't be calling it a novel... Calling it "drivel" would be insulting to all the upstanding drivel in the world), I saw some awful stuff because the author had no grasp of the English language. My favorite was when the protagonist was on the phone with her love interest and finally said, "I'm going to bed Ryan."
...Well, yes, but that didn't happen for another hundred pages or so, and she shouldn't have just told him over the phone!
Your/you're and their/they're/there mix-ups annoy me more than anything. It's not rocket science, honestly. There are some pretty clear rules about when to use which word.
Pluralization issues: it's passers-by, fathers-in-law and maids of honor, not passer-bys, father-in-laws or maid of honors.
A few others:
affect vs. effect
allowed vs. aloud
faze vs. phase
reins vs. reigns
waist vs. waste
aisle vs. isle
fiance vs. finance
There are so freaking many! But lately I seem to be noticing a trend in grammar fail happening when people on here have multiple people in their bridal party with the honor title. It is maids of honor, not maid of honors, and it is best men, not best mans.
And this is possibly less grammar and more accent/linguistics, but ya'll and ain't drive me insane!
@GreenEyedMoon: LMAO!! Couldn't you just tell that she was foreshadowing?? ;)
@accorn: I am laughing so hard at this blog right now, you have no idea.
BTW..yay 1,000 posts!! :)
I can't stand the following: there, their, they're errors and it and it's. To, too, and two are not too far behind on that list...
@HappilyEverAfter54: "a lot" and "alot" are both technically correct.
@linguo42: Wait...do people actually make some of those mistakes?
I'll admit sometimes I have to think very hard about affect and effect but I do try. I never know where to put commas either.
@Grizz: Agreed!! That is the first thing I think of whenever I see it - you want someone to be away from your wedding?
A close second is your/you're, but seriously nothing bugs me more than apart/a part.
@Ms Hedgehog: Incorrect. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alot
Oh, and another one: Defiantly instead of definitely. I actually laugh out loud when I see that people have typed it. Oh, you're defiantly going to do something? You're such a rebel. haha.
What drives me crazy is "definately". It comes from the same root as "definition". There shouldn't be an A in the word!
I am laughing out loud!! so glad I'm not the only anal retentive grammar person on here!!!! LOVE the link!
Your vs. you're is my biggest pet peeve, and it's always in the most like, assholish comments that people tend to do this, i.e., YOUR JUST JEALOUS AND UGLY!!
In high school we had points taken off in English class for every "alot" in a paper. It's not correct.
@accorn: Yup. I've actually seen every single one of those on the Bee as well as Facebook.
@GreenEyedMoon: @ohheavenlyday: I've even seen people write "allot" for that, which of course means something entirely different.
The alot is one of my favorite things ever :)
I hate "could of, would of, should of".
Damn it people! That doesn't even make sense!
It's supposed to be the short form for "could HAVE (could've), would HAVE (would've), should HAVE (should've)"!
Hey now, don't go getting all fancy with apostrophes and stuff!! Some of them are still working on capitalization.
Grrr! I see this on the bee a lot and it really makes me go "What??" Ladies, it's neither 'devestated' nor is it 'rediculous'. Phew, I've been waiting for a thread like this to open so I can say this :)
ETA. It's more of a spelling mistake than a grammatical error.
@ohheavenlyday: You're (or, you are) probably right! Lol!
I won't even mention the comparative of bad: bad, worse, worst, and how i hate to read "this is the worse!" and "but it got worst than that!"
Basic common sense ones that EVERYONE should know:
their/they're
too/to/two
your/you're
waist/waste
by/bye/buy
u/you
hole/whole
i am/i'm
weather/whether
witch/which
Let's not leave out the 'could of', 'should of'.
The ultimate butchering of the English language. Aaaaaaaaaah!!!!
bahahaha i LOVE this thread! one of my biggest pet peeves is when people put a question mark at the end of a statement that is of questioning nature. for example, if someone wrote something like, "i'm not sure if i'm going to the game?" oh my gosh, i don't know why but it drives me insane!!! and yes, the your vs. you're kills me also... ugggghh....
its/it's
their /there/they're
I/me
There are a bunch more but why beat a dead horse. The grammar skills of the world are going down the crapper.
Ok I have to chime in. Less vs fewer!!!! This drives me INSANE. It's everywhere, commercials even get it wrong (ie- "50% less calories than before" no! there are 50% fewer calories than before!, "10 items or less")...don't they have people editing those things?!
Rediculous and definately are also up there for me (but I guess that's more spelling than grammar?), and their/they're/there + your/you're...not rocket science. Also fiance and fiancee....fiance is the male, his future wife is his fiancee. They are not interchangable. Whew, I'm done.
ETA: I love the Oatmeal and I would like a pet "alot".
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