Today is Grammar day, so the Early Breakfast listeners played Pedantic Pat and got their grammar gripes off their chests. (Is that even a grammatically correct sentence? Is this one?)
Here are just some of the texts that came in (or should it be 'here is some' because 'some' is the collective noun for the texts?)
Anyway...
''Should of' instead of 'should have' drives me crazy especially if I read it in a newspaper article. Marian Timoney Donegal '
'Don't you hate when people say Pacfic when they mean specific - I feel like screaming that's an ocean!!!'
'Hello Teresanne, using adjectives instead of adverbs, e.g. run quick V's quickLY '
'Mistaking "your" and "you're" or "there" and "their" is like mistaking "catastrophe" and "cat ass trophy"! Eoghan in Dungarvan.'
'Using "literally" when you don't mean it. "I literally died when I saw him". Well, no, you clearly didn't if you're talking to me now'
'It's BeauMONT Hospital . Not BeauMOUNT Hospital. Metaphorically Wrecks my head. JB'
'My one is the term near miss to describe a miss when it was clearly a near hit sean in cork '
'hi, a lot of people don't know the difference between less and fewer . Ger in Meath.'
'When people capitalise words for no reason from Fergal in lucan '
'I was sat there'...please someone else tell me that is incorrect!!! Steve'
'Don't forget the word basically.It's every second word out of some peoples mouth.Liam Laois'
'People who say 'seen' instead of 'saw'. I think it certain parts if the country.'
'People using Presently when they mean At Present or Currently '
'I hate when people seek confirmation after asking a question by asking "doesn't it not?"'
'The phrase "my bad" drives me up the wall. How is the word "bad" possessive. Also "I does be" is one a colleague uses daily, it is like nails on a blackboard to me. John in churchtown'
'Mixing up amount and number drives me nuts - the amount of times I've heard it ! Sé'
'Teresanne my surname is O'Dwyer. Anyone who follows me on Twitter with the same name but spell it like this O Dwyer without the mandatory apostrophe gets blocked. Niall in Tipp '
'People using 'is' when it should be 'are' aaaaaggghhhh.... Anthony from Drogheda'
'Hi, what really annoys me is when people refer to it as a fillum and not film, mike'
'Most common errors are in usage of 'where, were' 'there, their, they're' 'affected, effected' rory Monaghan'
''"I seen" instead of i saw.... Big one in Kerry, from Jim in Cork.'
'People who seen who done it & then pacifically cover it up! Sean in Galway'
'I done it, axed instead of asked and pronouncing news as nus are my 3 pet hates. Sandra in Stillorgan '
'The improper use of the word Random. Drives me nuts. Alan in wicklow.'
'Hi T, it drives me crazy when people pronounce minute men-yet instead of min-it. The older generation do it a lot. Mark in Galway'
'Teresanne I think this is a "Dublin" one: "in anyways".... P D9'
'What about the dubs saying "thats worser" from a dub!!'
'Phone no being advertised as o86 instead of zero 86 O is a letter. You hear this quiet often. Michael in Kilkenny'
'Use of the word Brang as in I Brang my etc. and them as in past me them shoes. Damian on route to Limerick'
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