Can We Guess Your Grammar Pet Peeve?
Can We Guess Your Grammar Pet Peeve?
We all have that one grammatical error that rankles us to our core. What is yours?
We all have that one grammatical error that rankles us to our core. What is yours?
For each sentence in this quiz, choose the WORST grammatical error. You can only choose one.
The Johnsons' addopted the Miller's dog and changed it's name from Bilbo to Frodo.
My friends Grandma went water sking and lost her dentures, wedding ring and her dignity.
The pirates dropped they're tresure chest overboard and it landed in an octopuses garden.
Larissa, Julie and Karen atended a "bachelorette party" from hell.
The Klein brothers' realized that, though fun laundrybasket racing was dangerous and the watermelon helmet made you're hair sticky.
Dougs Mom made the elephant, zebra and monkey costumes, the "hippo" costume was store-bought, and the rest were found dumpsterdiving.
If You put a shrubb on your head, then your crazy like a fox.
Melissa tried to play her' piano in a wind-storm and the chopin, Beethoven and her Vera Wang flew out the window.
Jason bought the trampoleen for his dogs enjoyment but their both jumping on it regularly.
Omission of the Oxford Comma
Omission of the Oxford Comma
The Oxford comma is the difference between "We invited the strippers, Stalin, and JFK to the party" and "We invited the strippers, Stalin and JFK to the party." It is also the difference between a weird party and a very, very weird party. People can have your Oxford comma when they pry it from your cold, dead, and decomposing hands.
Mixing up your and you're
Mixing up your and you're
You're is a contraction of you are, and your is the possessive of you. How hard is that? It must not be very hard. Children learn it in elementary school. The only time you like seeing this mistake in print is when it's in the middle of a long-winded, angry rant directed at you. *you're
Random apostrophes and quotation marks
Random apostrophes and quotation marks
Apostrophes are not that hard. They indicate an omitted letter, as in can't and don't, or a possessive. You do not need a comma for the possessive form of its. Why is that so hard to understand?! They don't go at the end of plural words, and they don't belong in dates. It's the 1980s not the 1980's. Kapish?
Spelling mistakes
Spelling mistakes
Now that everyone has automatic spell checking at their disposal, there is no excuse for typos and spelling mistakes. Sure, the English language is difficult, but when in doubt, Google it. Google is still free! Not that auto-correct is an excuse for bad grammar. Proofread before you hit send. No one wants to hear about how ducking hard it is for you to her out of bread in the mourning.