Irregardless of what you think....

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When I saw the subject line with Greyfields as the author I immediately knew what the thread was about. That word is a bit annoying.

My biggest pet peeve is the improper use of "your" and "you're", I see "your" instead of "you're" about 10 times a day. Your Welcome is not proper!

Then there is "to" and "too" or "there" "their" and "they're". There is a difference between these words!

"Your to picky about there grammar!"
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I was born in 1954 to a TN hillbilly and an AR mudpuppy. Until I was 10, I thought people who said "I" instead of "ah" and "ing" instead of "in" were just stuck-up. By high school , I wasn't just a member of spelling and grammar police, I was a captain in the English Language Special Forces. Time and (a little) wisdom have mellowed all that and I try to go for content and intent. If the communication gets through, mission accomplished. Nuc-U-lar still gets my attention.
 
Huge pet peeve of mine.... Not only is irregardless not a word, neither is orientate .
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News Anchors are the worst. I'd like to send them all back to high school grammar classes. Maybe they would pay attention the second time through!
 
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Everyone I grew up with around here says it like you do- I moved here when I was little from Southern Arizona, so I thought it was hilarious. They also say 'woof' for wolf around here in some circles, and half the local population puts an 'r' in wash. I'm not able to articulate how this makes me cringe inside, but I know it's MY problem. I don't usually react at all...except with- Noo- cleee-ahr.

Don't say that one any other way around me. I will cry.
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I used to tease my sister all the time about saying 'warsh'. One day, she had asked me how to get some kind of stain out of her clothes. I asked her if hse had washed it. She said yes, that was the problem. She washed it instead of warshed it!
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My wife uses "orientate" all the time and it drive me nuts. I began to hear it used so many places that I wasn't sure if I was correct or not. When I looked it up I found most references to say that it was not a word, but other references that said it was. The best explanation I found was that it is common in British English, but is considered incorrect in the U.S.
 
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My wife uses "orientate" all the time and it drive me nuts. I began to hear it used so many places that I wasn't sure if I was correct or not. When I looked it up I found most references to say that it was not a word, but other references that said it was. The best explanation I found was that it is common in British English, but is considered incorrect in the U.S.

Can you use that in a sentence? I'm having a difficult time "envisioning" it. Orientate as opposed to ...?
 

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