What really grinds your gears?

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Surrey Phil 6 Sep 12:32pm, 6 Sep 2024 10,643 posts	0 Surrey Phil Agree to all of those. To me, and to you guys, it jumps off the page. Why do so many people not know the difference?
JamieKai chameleon 6 Sep 12:36pm, 6 Sep 2024 19,104 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon Where and were [Affect vs effect still often causes me to pause and think. And I'm heading off to look into practice vs practise]
GordonG 6 Sep 12:41pm, 6 Sep 2024 10,629 posts	0 GordonG I have to think about breath/breathe for quite some time - usually i have to google it! And to be fair, they're not exactly words most people will write very often. Without wishing to tread on the toes of the Pedant thread, I'll add: the incorrect use of fewer/less
GordonG 6 Sep 12:45pm, 6 Sep 2024 10,630 posts	0 GordonG OK, now i'm on a roll... the inappropriate use of a question mark in headings, which seems to be more and more common these days e.g. "How to fill in the form?" That's a statement, not a question.
alpenrose 6 Sep 12:46pm, 6 Sep 2024 64,289 posts	0 alpenrose The enunciation of presenters on the BBC, specifically this morning pronouncing the word twenty with 2 Ns rather than 2 Ts.
LindsD 6 Sep 12:59pm, 6 Sep 2024 69,600 posts	0 LindsD @GordonG YES!
LindsD 6 Sep 12:59pm, 6 Sep 2024 69,601 posts	0 LindsD For practice/ise think about advice and advise, which you are unlikely to get wrong.
GordonG 6 Sep 1:33pm, 6 Sep 2024 10,631 posts	0 GordonG alpenrose wrote:The enunciation of presenters on the BBC, specifically this morning pronouncing the word twenty with 2 Ns rather than 2 Ts. The way Carol Kirkwood pronounces 'land' - it comes out as 'lind' - Englind, Scotlind, Irelind...
Eynsham Red 6 Sep 4:24pm, 6 Sep 2024 11,315 posts	0 Eynsham Red Come on guys, just breath(e) and chill 😉
Little Nemo 6 Sep 10:03pm, 6 Sep 2024 15,373 posts	0 Little Nemo When you start watching a new TV series and the first episode has loads of promise and an intriguing story but by episode 4 it's become a horribly written, badly plotted mess.