Top 12 Grammar Peeves Ranked!

Top 12 Grammar Peeves!

Original List by zankrank

1. it's 'i couldn't care less.' 'i could care less' means you do care

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2. an apostrophe is never used to form a plural

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an apostrophe is never used to form a plural

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3. double negatives

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4. supposably used instead of supposedly

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5. 'literally' means it actually happened, not that it was shocking

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6. 'loose' and 'lose' are two different words

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7. using 'seen' by itself as the past tense of see

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8. 'your' doesn't mean you are-that's 'you're'

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9. there, their, they're - get it straight

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10. 'nonplus' does not mean what you think it means

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11. 'affect' is a verb. 'effect' is a noun.

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12. 'it's' is short for 'it is'

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