Comments on: Question: Writing Pet Peeves

By: Pablo

Pablo — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:16 +0000

Actually, I disagree. You should always double-space after a period, or any sentence-ending puncuation. I think the current trend is to get away from this because of newer fonts that are proportionatly spaced. Actually, I think it’s just a new way to interject texting short-cuts.

My pet-peeve is double question marks. WTF??

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:17:59 +0000

I’m an ellipses freak…

…haha.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:15:55 +0000

I HATE:

There, They’re, Their, offenders.

AND

Your, You’re offenders.

It makes my blood boil.

“Your a doll, Katie.”

Get away from me, freak! Learn to spell

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:14:06 +0000

I Randomly capitalize Words.

Okay, I did it on purpose in that sentence, but I really do have a problem doing it. I don’t know where it came from, but it’s something that I do.

By: joshlos

joshlos — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:05:08 +0000

Comma splices.

By: Je

Je — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:23:59 +0000

I could ramble on and on about this FOREVER. I probably have a list a mile long, but someone just alerted me to one that drives me nuts:
When people double space after periods, before the start of a new sentence! That was maybe acceptable in high school. But no more!

By: LiLu

LiLu — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:40:34 +0000

I answered this last Friday and didn’t even know it. Bad sidewalk-walkers!

http://www.livitluvit.com/2009/03/but-you-cant-take-masshole-out-of-girl.html

By: nicoleantoinette

nicoleantoinette — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:57:31 +0000

Grammatically, it really bugs me when people capitalize the wrong words.

Stylistically, I don’t like when writers try too hard to be funny.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:01:37 +0000

Absolute biggest pet peeve has to be when people try and hold a conversation using phrases like lol, those abbreviations that are meant for AIM. I mean seriously? You have to know REAL English! Please form normal sentences which I can comprehend. You don’t sit there and seriously type up your email full of words like ppl do you? This would especially bother me in professional situations.

Maybe that’s just me.

But I also hate when people can’t capitalize the first word of a sentence. Oh and I’m gonna jump on the comma bandwagon even though I’m one of those people. Commas are my mortal enemy!

By: Rockabye

Rockabye — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:28:20 +0000

Also, reigning in something requires a place for you to be reigning. You can’t reign in spending unless it’s the Great Kingdom of Spending.